2025 SSNCT

The 2025 Small School National Championship Tournament was the eleventh iteration of NAQT's SSNCT, held on April 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, IL.

The tournament was split into two separate divisions: the Traditional Public Schools Division, which was open to public schools with 500 or fewer students enrolled in the top three grades; and the Open Division, which was open to schools which did not meet the definition of a "Traditional Public School" and which had 350 or fewer students enrolled in their top three grades. The Traditional Public Schools Division also contained a Very Small Schools subdivision, which consisted of public schools with 200 or fewer students enrolled in their top three grades.

88 teams contested the Traditional Public Schools division, 32 of which were categorized as Very Small Schools. A further 66 teams contested the Open Division.

Traditional Public Schools Division

2025 NAQT SSNCT (Traditional Public)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	West Point A
Runner-up	Hastings A
Third	Russell A
Fourth	Glasgow A
High scorer	Mateo Cabral, Westmont
Site	Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Field	88 (32 VSS)
Stats	[1]

West Point A (Alabama) faced unbeaten Hastings (New York) in a rematch of the 2024 SSNCT final, where Hastings defeated West Point 550-210 and claimed a staggering 17-0 title. West Point avenged their 2024 loss with 400-285 and 400-360 victories in an advantaged final, delivering Hastings their first losses of the tournament and claiming their first ever SSNCT championship.

Morris A (Oklahoma) claimed their first Very Small School championship with a 14-2 record.

Open Division

2025 NAQT SSNCT (Open)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	St. Mark's A
Runner-up	Park Tudor
Third	BASIS McLean A
Fourth	Alabama Cyber Tech A
High scorer	Tate Osborne, Alabama Cyber Tech A
Site	Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Field	66
Stats	[2]

St. Mark's School of Texas A defeated Park Tudor (Indiana) 540-250 and 495-285 in two legs of an advantaged final, clinching a record-extending fifth SSNCT Open Division championship behind a 17-1 overall record.

Individual Awards

All stars were ranked by their PP20TUH (points per 20 tossups heard) in the preliminary rounds of the tournament.

Traditional Public Schools Division

All Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	Mateo Cabral	10th	Westmont	10	231	32	94	13	25.4%	117.32
2	Tyler Thurman	12th	Macomb	10	224	18	112	29	13.8%	111.16
3	Brodie Henry	12th	West Point A	10	230	53	48	24	52.5%	100.43
4	Thomas Jenkins	12th	Gwinn	10	229	14	96	13	12.7%	96.51
5	Matthew Kapinus	10th	New Berlin	10	227	12	90	6	11.8%	92.51
6	Hunter Scott	12th	Hallsville	10	217	15	85	16	15.0%	91.71
7	Tristan Sheets	12th	Benjamin Logan	10	219	9	81	3	10.0%	84.93
8	Tony Kuker	12th	Woodbine	10	223	11	84	21	11.6%	80.72
9	Ean Merrill	12th	Morris A	10	224	16	60	3	21.1%	73.66
10	Camden Walker	12th	Greenville	10	216	14	64	18	17.9%	70.37
11	Austin Chen	11th	Geneva	10	209	17	56	16	23.3%	70.33
12	Adam Wise	12th	Rushville-Industry	10	217	6	78	23	7.1%	69.59
13	Kasan Peters	11th	Glasgow A	10	221	25	44	14	36.2%	67.42
14	Chloe McCabe	12th	Hastings	10	229	22	49	10	31.0%	67.25
15	Jack Sandel	10th	Pleasant Plains	10	210	7	65	11	9.7%	66.67
16	Jack Williams	12th	White Pigeon	10	213	9	65	16	12.2%	66.20

Rising Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	Holiday Herman	10th	Pandora-Gilboa	10	218	7	64	7	9.9%	65.14
2	Colton Masta	10th	Jonesville	10	218	6	62	3	8.8%	63.76
3	Jacob Darnell	9th	Bayless B	10	215	6	51	5	10.5%	53.49
4	Harper Ragains	10th	Russell B	10	210	7	47	11	13.0%	49.52
5	Keaton Hinkle	9th	Houston	10	222	3	49	8	5.8%	44.59
6	Camden Newby	10th	Narrows	10	213	1	45	8	2.2%	39.91

Open Division

All Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	Tate Osborne	12th	Alabama Cyber Tech A	10	238	71	66	22	51.8%	135.71
2	Benjamin Edmunds	11th	Utica Academy	10	226	46	86	11	34.8%	132.30
3	Karthik Jayaram	12th	Walker	10	234	56	63	17	47.1%	118.38
4	Braxton Davis	12th	New Heights Christian A	10	234	48	52	10	48.0%	101.71
5	Omkar Bharath	12th	Herberger	10	221	19	75	2	20.2%	92.76
6	Carson Tidwell	9th	Merrol Hyde	10	230	19	84	26	18.4%	86.52
7	Surya Dinesh	12th	St. Mark's School of Texas A	10	239	53	20	7	72.6%	80.33
8	Aditya Mandke	9th	Spring Branch Institute	10	217	17	64	8	21.0%	78.80
9	Zoe Wang	12th	Early College at Guilford A	10	231	37	35	9	51.4%	74.46
10	Evan Ting	9th	Park Tudor	10	233	35	40	13	46.7%	73.82
11	Jackson Green	11th	University School of Nashville A	10	231	19	57	14	25.0%	67.97
12	Amory Kaufman-Young	10th	Providence A	10	214	24	43	16	35.8%	66.36

Rising Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	Aatman Shah	9th	Keith Country Day A	10	224	22	47	13	31.9%	65.62
2	Andrew Kosel	9th	Cistercian	10	225	12	55	12	17.9%	59.56
3	Alec Freeman	10th	Paideia B	10	220	16	44	13	26.7%	55.91
4	Gavin Sigua	9th	Park Tudor	10	233	23	29	4	44.2%	52.79
5	Tony Lu	10th	St. Mark's School of Texas A	10	239	31	13	3	70.5%	48.54

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