Maggie Walker Governors School is a public magnet school located in Richmond Virginia. Formerly known simply as "Governors School", it was attached to Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond until the fall of 2001, when it moved into the abandoned Maggie Walker High School. The quizbowl team has been coached by John Barnes since 1999. They host the annual house-written GSAC tournament in December, and ran a novice tournament called HAVOC in April of 2008 and 2009; recent incarnations of both have been well-received for their quality.
State Championships
Maggie Walker teams have won the NAQT Virginia Championship in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009,2010 and the AAA VHSL State Championships in 2000, 2003, and 2007.
National Championships
Maggie Walker won the 1995 NAC. In Quizbowl, Maggie Walker won the 2004 NSC, and both the NSC and HSNCT in 2007. Maggie Walker also won the 2010 HSNCT
Noted Alumni
Teams and coaches
Season
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Regular A team lineup
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Coach
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1993
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Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Sabrina Chan
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Kahtra Kayton
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1994
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Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Paul Welch
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Kahtra Kayton
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1995
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Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Paul Welch, Sabrina Chan
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Kahtra Kayton & Allyson Ey
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1996
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Amanda Goad, Josh Kaplowitz, Algis Rudys, Tanim Islam
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Hal Waller
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1997
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Tanim Islam, Vinay Jain, Josh Crockett, Fran Bigman
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Hal Waller
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1998
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Fran Bigman, Bill Hunt, Free Williams, Ben Weisberger
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Ken Wilkins
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1999
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Rupa Mishra, Tim Maness, Brian Gross, Mark Walker
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Ken Wilkins
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2000
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Matt Weiner, Ben Neale, Megan Laswell, Jimmy Hare
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John Barnes
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2001
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Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou
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John Barnes
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2002
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Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou
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John Barnes
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2003
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Eric Nielsen, Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow
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John Barnes
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2004
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Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow, Neel Rai
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John Barnes
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2005
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Mark Guerci, Xun Zhou, Lydia Powell, Angela Zhu
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John Barnes
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2006
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Xun Zhou, Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler
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John Barnes
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2007
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Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler, Mehdi Razvi
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John Barnes
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2008
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Palmer Mebane, Andrew Goodfellow, Anant Shukla, Greg Tito
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John Barnes
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2009
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Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, Matt Kluge
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John Barnes
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2010
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Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach
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John Barnes
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2011
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Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim
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John Barnes
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Succession of titles
Succession of minor titles
External links
Team Website