Aptakisic

"Buffalo Grove Aptakisic" redirects here. It is not to be confused with, and is not a feeder for, the high school team Buffalo Grove.

Aptakisic Junior High
Location: Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Club Presidents	??
Coaches	Luanne Faulkner (2020-2025) Barry Love (2013-present)
State Championships	2015 IESA 2A
National Championships	2017 MSNCT
National Appearances	2017 MSNCT, 2018 MSNCT, 2019 MSNCT, 2025 MSNCT
Program Status	Active
School Size	755
NAQT Page	link

Aptakisic Junior High is a public middle school in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Teams are stylized as "Eagles" or "Berning Eagles".

Aptakisic won the 2015 IESA state championship. It is normally in a sectional that includes Barrington Station.

Aptakisic won the 2017 MSNCT. The team consisted of Arjun Nageswaran, Daniel Ding, David Lee, and Ram Potham. The team was further honored by the National Quizbowl Awards in 2017 with Nageswaran gaining a spot on the National Middle School "A" Team, and their coach, Barry Love being named national middle school coach of the year.

Notable alumni

• Govind Prabhakar (Aptakisic Class of 2016), 2018 JV History Bee national champion
• Arjun Nageswaran (Class of 2017), led the team to victory at the 2017 MSNCT.
• Aadit Juneja led the team to a t-5 finish at the 2019 MSNCT.

Current Roster

• Ansh Aggarwal
• Sadhana Anbazhagan
• Evy Chan
• Riya George
• Alice He
• Jason Jacob
• Monit Karmakar
• Vivaan Kottapalli
• Debbie Lee
• Likhith Nimmanapalli
• Natasha Sahu
• Arnav Thorat
• Shaivi Wankhede
• Sahana Bala
• Jonah Cooper
• Harry Tufnell

NAQT MSNCT National Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Middlesex A	2017	Pi-oneers

NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament Champions 2011-2018 2011: Kealing A  · 2012: Kealing A  · 2013: Barrington Station A  · 2014: Harmony Excellence-Houston  · 2015: Kealing A  · 2016: Middlesex A  · 2017: Aptakisic  · 2018: Pi-oneers 2019-2021 2019: Hunter A  · 2021: Churchill A  · 2022: Longfellow A

National History Bowl Junior Varsity Champions Champions (2011-pres) Wilmington Charter (2011) · Northmont (2012) · Northmont (2013) · Westview (2014) · Hunter (2015) · James E. Taylor (2016) · Beavercreek (2017) · Stevenson (2018) · Hunter A (2019) · Team MB A (2020) · Wakeland (2021) · Livingston (2022) · Thomas Jefferson (2023) · Stevenson (2024) · Hazen (2025) Small School Champions (2013-pres) AMSA (2014) · Hewlett (2015) · Aptakisic (2016) · Leonia (2017) · The Wheatley School (2018) · Archimedean (2019) · Vilonia (2023) · Eastchester (2024) · Mahomet-Seymour (2025)