Alex Dzurick
| Alex Dzurick | |
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| Current college | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Past colleges | None |
| High school | South Callaway |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Player from the University of Missouri-Columbia, formerly of South Callaway, and the current secretary of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance. Alex also played at the middle school level.
High School Career
Alex is the founder of the William Woods Academic Tournament. A four-year varsity player, he posted impressive scores throughout his high school career, including the third highest points-per-game in the entire state for the 2008 MSHSAA district series (as a senior) and the fourth highest points-per-game in the 2006 MSHSAA Class 3 state championships (as a sophomore).
Before Alex's senior year, his team never attended outside tournaments. In 2007-08, South Callaway attended the William Woods tournament and the Warrenton Warrior Classic.
He competed in the 2006 Missouri Scholars Academy scholar bowl, and lost only to a team of scholars led by fellow quizbowler Terin Budine of Savannah.
Alex was an active member of the Missouri Academic Competition Message Board while in high school, and is now a moderator. Along with Taylor Smith and Kelson Rosbach of Hallsville and Ravi Fernando of Kirksville, Alex attended the Truman State mirror of Zot Bowl in August 2008.
Records and Results
Individual
- 2005 MSHSAA All-District (C3D4) Team
- 2006 MSHSAA All-District (C3D4) Team
- 1st place - 11.40 avg. tossups per game (tpg)
- 2006 MSHSAA All-State Class 3 Team
- 4th place - 7.0 tpg
- 2007 Mid-Missouri All-Conference Team
- 2007 MSHSAA All-District (C3D4) Team
- 2nd place - 13.75 tpg
- 2008 Warrenton Warrior Classic Tournament
- 2nd place
- 2008 Mid-Missouri All-Conference Team
- 2008 MSHSAA All-District (C3D4) Team
- 1st place - 20.2 tpg (3rd highest in the state)
Team
- 2005 MSHSAA C3D4 Series: 2nd place vs. School of the Osage
- 2006 MSHSAA C3D4 Series: 1st place vs. School of the Osage
- 2007 MSHSAA C3D4 Series: 2nd place vs. Hallsville
- 2008 MSHSAA C3D4 Series: 2nd place vs. Hallsville
- 2006 MSHSAA Class 3 State Series: 4th place
- 2007 Mid-Missouri Conference Tournament: 1st place vs. Hallsville
- 2008 Mid-Missouri Conference Tournament: 2nd place vs. Hallsville
- 2008 Warrenton Warrior Classic Tournament: 4th place
- 2008 William Woods Academic Tournament: 2nd place vs. Centralia
Rivals
Alex's main quiz bowl rival was Taylor Smith of Hallsville, a conference and district opponent. In addition, a rivalry with Charles Hang developed after the 2008 Warrenton tournament. Dzurick, Smith, and Hang are all alumni of the Missouri Scholars Academy.
University of Missouri
While at Mizzou, Alex has been involved in planning the structure of the University of Missouri Quizbowl Club along with fellow Mizzou freshman Charlie Dees. He served as co-tournament director for the first annual Missouri Fall Academic Tournament on November 1, 2008, and the first annual Tiger Bowl on January 24, 2009. During his first year at Mizzou, he attended the ACF Winter tournament in Rolla, NAQT Sectionals Midwest at Washington University, Cardinal Classic XVIII at Stanford, ACF Regionals at Chicago, and ACF Nationals at WashU.
Alex was elected president of the 2009-10 Mizzou club. As such, he has been active in securing funding for the team and communicating on behalf of the club. He served as co-TD for the 2009 incarnation of the MFAT and will be directing the inaugural Mort Walker Invitational on February 13, and served as a moderator at the 2009 Tiger Bowl II. A tight fall schedule and unfortunate death in the family have prevented him from playing thus far, but he plans to attend at least the 2010 NAQT SCT and ACF Nationals.
Alex is also a founding member of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance and serves as the group's secretary.