Maggie Walker

From QBWiki
Revision as of 22:32, 29 November 2013 by Vasa Clarke (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Maggie Walker Governor's School
Mwlogo.png
Location:
Richmond, VA
Coaches John Barnes
State Championships VHSL 2000, 2003, 2007; NAQT Virginia 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
National Championships 2004 PACE; 2007 PACE; 2007 NAQT; 2010 NAQT; 1995 NAC
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

Maggie Walker Governors School (often Maggie Walker or Gov for short) 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, and by Hana Reed since 2013. They host the annual house-written GSAC tournament in December, which has been well-received for its quality and mirrored nationally in recent years. The school also ran a novice tournament called HAVOC in April of 2008 and 2009.


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, and won the 2011 National History Bowl.

Noted Alumni

Teams and coaches

Season Regular A team lineup Coach
1993 Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Sabrina Chan Kahtra Kayton
1994 Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Paul Welch Kahtra Kayton
1995 Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Paul Welch, Sabrina Chan Kahtra Kayton & Allyson Ey
1996 Amanda Goad, Josh Kaplowitz, Algis Rudys, Tanim Islam Hal Waller
1997 Tanim Islam, Vinay Jain, Josh Crockett, Fran Bigman Hal Waller
1998 Fran Bigman, Bill Hunt, Free Williams, Ben Weisberger Ken Wilkins
1999 Rupa Mishra, Tim Maness, Brian Gross, Mark Walker Ken Wilkins
2000 Matt Weiner, Ben Neale, Megan Laswell, Jimmy Hare John Barnes
2001 Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou John Barnes
2002 Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou John Barnes
2003 Eric Nielsen, Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow John Barnes
2004 Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow, Neel Rai John Barnes
2005 Mark Guerci, Xun Zhou, Lydia Powell, Angela Zhu John Barnes
2006 Xun Zhou, Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler John Barnes
2007 Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler, Mehdi Razvi John Barnes
2008 Palmer Mebane, Andrew Goodfellow, Anant Shukla, Greg Tito John Barnes
2009 Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, Matt Kluge John Barnes
2010 Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach John Barnes
2011 Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim John Barnes
2012 Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim, Jordan Bekenstein, Connor Wood John Barnes
2013 Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim, Jordan Bekenstein, Connor Wood John Barnes
2014 Connor Wood, Vasa Clarke, Kevin Yuan, Will Overman}

Succession of titles

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Dorman
2004
Thomas Jefferson
PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Raleigh Charter
2007
Walt Whitman
NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Richard Montgomery
2007
Thomas Jefferson
NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Wilmington Charter
2010
State College
National History Bowl Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
None
2011
Hunter

Succession of minor titles

NAC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
East Brunswick
1995
Houston Memorial

External links

Team Website