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Hunter College High School
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Location:
New York, NY
Coaches Stephen Young
State Championships 2008 NAQT
National Championships 2012 NSC
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

Hunter College High School is a public school located in Manhattan, New York City.

History

The team was founded in early 2006 by Guy Tabachnick. The team made its first appearance at TJ Fall '06, making the playoffs, and went on to finish 7-3 and tied for 33rd at the 2007 HSNCT. They have been an East Coast powerhouse ever since.

After taking 2nd place at the the 2011 NSC, the team continued to make their imposing presence known throughout the 2011-2012 school year, culminating in the Lily Chen-led team defeating Bellarmine in a one-match final to snag their first national championship at the 2012 NSC. Their B-team finished 17th as the highest-ranked B-team in attendance. At the 2012 HSNCT, they finished tied for 5th. Coincidentally, their B-team also finished 33rd.

At the 2012 National History Bee and Bowl, a subset of the 2012 team roster led by Richard Yu won the National History Bowl title. At the Bee finals held at Mount Vernon, Richard tied for second place.

Though a large number of the team's players graduated, the team continued to prove itself a worthy adversary in the 2013-2014 school year. Led by ""Zihan Zheng"", it continued to win local tournaments and won 13th place at the 2013 NSC due to the impressive performances of Zihan himself, with help from lit specialist ""Marianna Zhang"" and talented generalist ""Wilton Rao"".

Tournaments

Hunter hosted its first tournament, the 2008 Prison Bowl, on January 19th, 2008. The questions were generally hailed as being of high quality and are available here. Prison Bowl II, a collaboration with Walter Johnson, happened in January 2009, and Prison Bowls III and IV, head-edited by Lily Chen, occurred in the springs of 2010 and 2011 to critical acclaim.

Current Members

Zihan Zheng, 2013
Lily Chen, 2012
Richard Yu, 2012
York Chen, 2012

Paul Moschetti, 2012
Marianna Zhang, 2014
David Xu, 2012
Wilton Rao, 2013

Willie Ha, 2013
Mehnaj Ahmed, 2012
Matthew Gurevitch, 2012
Sarah Hammerling, 2012

Alumni

Guy Tabachnick, 2009 (captain)
Tony Cheng, 2009
Maggie Tse, 2009

Team Website

http://sites.google.com/site/hchsquizbowl/

Succession of Titles

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
State College
2012
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