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|Subjects = History, Generalist
 
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'''Arin Parsa''' (Class of 2025) is the captain of the [[Stanford Online]] High School team in California. Arin started playing academic quiz bowl in 5th grade as a founder and captain of the [[Challenger Almaden]] team, notable for its formidable performance in several regional and national tournaments.
  
==General==
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==Notable Achievements==
Arin Parsa (6th, 2026) is an avid quiz bowl player. He is the founder and captain of the [[Challenger Almaden]] quiz bowl team in San Jose, California. He also likes to compete in history, humanities, science, and academic competitions from [[NHBB]] and [https://www.iacompetitions.com/about/ IAC].
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* NAQT MS IPNCT & U.S. Academic Bowl champion in 2019, 2021. Voted #1 in MS player poll.
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* NAQT all-time highest individual PPG in the MSNCT. Top 5 all-star in first year in 5th grade
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* NAQT all-time highest tournament PPG as a 7th grader, and second overall after [[William Groger]] in the middle school division
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* T-4 in the 2021 MSNCT as a solo player team. Highest PP20TUH and PPB among 112 teams.
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* Youngest finalist and multiple medal recipient in the 2018 International History Olympiad held in Berlin
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* Only player after [[Shiva Oswal]] to win multiple [[IAC]] national titles across subjects in a single year: history, humanities, science, and overall academics
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* 2022 International History Olympiad Junior Varsity Champion
  
Arin holds national title for '''2019 NAQT IPNCT champion''', and his best in quiz bowl is [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=869974 240 PPG] against [[Bret Harte B]] in the MS-27 tournament in Northern California. He also holds the 6th grade national title for the '''Academic Bee & Bowl, the History Bee & Bowl, the Humanities Bee, and runner-up in the Science Bee'''.
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==Career==
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[[File:Arin_with_Director_of_International_Academic_Competitions.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|Arin wins 6th grade IAC nationals for the National History Bee & Bowl, the National Humanities Bee, U.S Academic Bee & Bowl, and placed second in the National Science Bee.<br>From L-R: [[NHBB]] Director [[David Madden]] and Arin]]
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Arin was introduced to quiz bowl in 2015 by a televised match between [[Bellarmine|Bellarmine College Preparatory]] and [[Valley Christian]] Junior High playing a match on Kron-4 TV.
  
==Notable Achievements in NAQT==
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In the 2017-18 season, a 5th-grade Arin led a Challenger Almaden team to great success in the Northern California quiz bowl circuit, winning all regular season middle school and novice divisions of several high school tournaments. Arin went on to place t-13 at the [[2018 MSNCT]] while being second scorer overall on a team largely consisting of players younger than 6th grade. On December 1st, Arin was named NAQT Player of the Week.
Arin made history with his performance at the 2018 MSNCT, as a 5th grader in his first year of quiz bowl, making the [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/individuals.jsp?tournament_id=8399  top five]  list of overall scorers. He led his team to a T-13 finish, another record breaking performance for a team primarily comprised of middle schoolers younger than 6th grade. He won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_History_Bee_and_Bowl#Elementary_Division_National_Champions '''2018 National Elementary History Bee'''], and at the 2018 International History Olympiad held in Berlin, Arin won bronze medals for the Scramble, which focused on the colonial history of Africa, and the Hexathlon. He also led California B along with BASIS Silicon Valley's [[Sasha Prakir]] to a fourth place finish after a last-question loss to [[Karsten Rynearson]] and Team New Yeticut.  
 
  
In the 2018-19 season, as a 6th grader, Arin went on to dominate the Northern California Quiz Bowl circuit, leading his team to '''win all six middle school tournaments''' in California (MS-27, 28, 29, and IS-178A, 180A, and 184A). Furthermore, Arin ventured into the HS CalCup circuit in Novice and Standard divisions, winning CalCup II in the [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5446/stats/novice_all_games/  HS Novice] division, and CalCup III in the [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5646/stats/comp._%26_standard_all_games/teamdetail/#t18 HS Standard] division. On December 1st, 2018, Arin was named NAQT Player of the Week.
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During the 2018-19 season, Arin won the middle school division of the [[2019 IPNCT]] by defeating [[Rohan Ganeshan]] from [[Quest Academy]] 185-70. He led the Challenger Almaden team to a t-28 finish at the [[2019 MSNCT]], where he was the top scorer, and was voted the top middle school player of the year in the [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=22718 middle school post-nats player poll] conducted by [[Conor Thompson]].
  
Arin set the '''highest PPG record for a middle schooler in 7th grade''' or below. His best was [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=869974 240 PPG] in a match against Bret Harte B on December 2nd, 2018, and as of September 5th, 2019, Arin holds NAQT’s [https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-tournament-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 third all-time best PPG] across entire tournaments, after [[William Groger]] and [[Karsten Rynearson]].  
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In the 2020-21 season, Arin started playing high school competitive tournaments and was the second highest contributing scorer after [[Karan Gurazada]] in the [[Stanford Online]] High School team. In the middle school division, Arin won the IPNCT for a second time, defeating [[Aatreyo Bhattacharya]] from [[Churchill Middle]] 350-170, solo'ed to t-4 finish at the MSNCT with the highest PP20TUH and PPB among 112 teams, and an individual prelim PPG of 168.12 surpassing the previously-held PPG record by [[Shiva Oswal]].
  
In April 2019, Arin won the 2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) in the middle school division by beating Rohan Ganeshan from Quest Academy, Chicago in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhbGvaQlCk&t=2s 185-70] result. In May 2019, Arin led his team to a 7-1 record in MSNCT prelims, and T-28 finish in finals after two back-to-back losses in playoffs to Daniel Wright Junior High from Chicago, and Stratford Sunnyvale A from California. He was the '''top scorer in MSNCT''' with [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/individuals.jsp?tournament_id=9499 a 138 PPG in prelims], second only to Shiva Oswal in 2018. On May 19, Arin was voted as the [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=22718 top] middle school player in a MS Post-Nats Player Poll conducted by [[Conor Thomson]].
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In the [[IAC]] circuit, Arin won the National History Bee & Bowl in his grade from 2018-20. At the [[2018 IHO]], he won bronze in the Scramble and Hexathlon, latter jointly with [[Sasha Prakir]]. In 2019, Arin won the 6th grade division of the U.S. Academic Bee & Bowl, the National History Bee & Bowl, and the Humanities Bee, as well as placing second in the National Science Bee, making him the second player to win NHBB division titles in more than one subject (the first being [[Shiva Oswal]]). That year, he also made the upper bracket of the varsity History Bowl competition playing solo. In 2020, Arin won the Global Summer History League in middle school division and placed second in the Junior Varsity History Bowl, Winter League, playing solo against Hunter B. In 2021, Arin beat [[Churchill Middle]] to defend his U.S. Academic Bowl middle school championship title. In 2022, Arin won the Junior Varsity International History Olympiad.
  
==Notable Achievements in NHBB and IAC==
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{{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[MSNCT|MSNCT Leading Scorer]]
[[File:Arin_with_Director_of_International_Academic_Competitions.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|Arin wins 6th grade IAC nationals for History Bee, Humanities Bee, Academic Bee & Bowl, and placed second in the Science Bee From L-R: [[NHBB]] Director [[David Madden]] and Arin]]
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|previous = [[Shiva Oswal]]
Outside of NAQT, Arin played [[NHBB]] and [https://www.iacompetitions.com/about/ IAC] tournaments for history, science, humanities, and academic bee and bowls playing solo. After [https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/middle-schooler-arin-parsa-wins-regional-academic-competitions-in-san/article_f2a624ec-50bf-11e9-b88b-472ce4f945b5.html winning] history, science, and academic tournaments in sixth grade division in California in March 2019, in a rare feat, Arin went on to [https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/california-sixth-grader-arin-parsa-wins-multiple-national-academic-titles/article_877578f6-9478-11e9-845c-dfcd09e7ef0f.html sweep] most of the awards in sixth grade division at the national level by a huge margin in June 2019. '''Arin won the Academic Bee & Bowl, the History Bee & Bowl, the Humanities Bee, and placed second in the Science Bee''' in his division. This was the second time a student won national titles in more than one subject. The first student to achieve this was [[Shiva Oswal]] in 2016.
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Arin was given an [https://youtu.be/tkcjTGllS10 honorable mention] by David Madden, Director of NHBB and IAC, for his performance at the Varsity History Bowl in April 2019 held in Arlington for making the '''upper bracket in playing solo as a 6th grader against 11th and 12th graders.''' A highlight game for Arin was holding up against the reigning Varsity champion team, Fred Zhang and TJ, in a [http://www.nhbbstats.com/bowl/pool.php?pool=2 250 to 310] loss.
 
 
 
==Statistics==
 
https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/index.jsp?contact_id=401036
 
 
 
==Other==
 
Arin learned about quiz bowl in 3rd grade, and thought quizbowlers had super powers when he first saw [[Jonchee Kao]] from Bellarmine College Preparatory and [[Omeed Askary]] from Valley Christian Junior High playing a match on Kron-4 TV in 2015. How else can they know so much??
 
Arin’s favorite moderator is Ms. [[Niki Peters]]! He was not happy when he lost to David Wright in the 2019 MSNCT playoffs, right when Ms. Peters was moderating!!!
 
 
 
Arin likes to lean across the table with knees on the chair when playing, if the moderator allows it. Well, at least until he is tall enough ...
 
  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 5 January 2023

Arin Parsa
Arin Parsa IPNCT.jpg
Noted subjects History, Generalist
High school Stanford Online (2021-Present)
Middle school Challenger Almaden, Stanford Online (2017-2020)
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Arin Parsa (Class of 2025) is the captain of the Stanford Online High School team in California. Arin started playing academic quiz bowl in 5th grade as a founder and captain of the Challenger Almaden team, notable for its formidable performance in several regional and national tournaments.

Notable Achievements

  • NAQT MS IPNCT & U.S. Academic Bowl champion in 2019, 2021. Voted #1 in MS player poll.
  • NAQT all-time highest individual PPG in the MSNCT. Top 5 all-star in first year in 5th grade
  • NAQT all-time highest tournament PPG as a 7th grader, and second overall after William Groger in the middle school division
  • T-4 in the 2021 MSNCT as a solo player team. Highest PP20TUH and PPB among 112 teams.
  • Youngest finalist and multiple medal recipient in the 2018 International History Olympiad held in Berlin
  • Only player after Shiva Oswal to win multiple IAC national titles across subjects in a single year: history, humanities, science, and overall academics
  • 2022 International History Olympiad Junior Varsity Champion

Career

Arin wins 6th grade IAC nationals for the National History Bee & Bowl, the National Humanities Bee, U.S Academic Bee & Bowl, and placed second in the National Science Bee.
From L-R: NHBB Director David Madden and Arin

Arin was introduced to quiz bowl in 2015 by a televised match between Bellarmine College Preparatory and Valley Christian Junior High playing a match on Kron-4 TV.

In the 2017-18 season, a 5th-grade Arin led a Challenger Almaden team to great success in the Northern California quiz bowl circuit, winning all regular season middle school and novice divisions of several high school tournaments. Arin went on to place t-13 at the 2018 MSNCT while being second scorer overall on a team largely consisting of players younger than 6th grade. On December 1st, Arin was named NAQT Player of the Week.

During the 2018-19 season, Arin won the middle school division of the 2019 IPNCT by defeating Rohan Ganeshan from Quest Academy 185-70. He led the Challenger Almaden team to a t-28 finish at the 2019 MSNCT, where he was the top scorer, and was voted the top middle school player of the year in the middle school post-nats player poll conducted by Conor Thompson.

In the 2020-21 season, Arin started playing high school competitive tournaments and was the second highest contributing scorer after Karan Gurazada in the Stanford Online High School team. In the middle school division, Arin won the IPNCT for a second time, defeating Aatreyo Bhattacharya from Churchill Middle 350-170, solo'ed to t-4 finish at the MSNCT with the highest PP20TUH and PPB among 112 teams, and an individual prelim PPG of 168.12 surpassing the previously-held PPG record by Shiva Oswal.

In the IAC circuit, Arin won the National History Bee & Bowl in his grade from 2018-20. At the 2018 IHO, he won bronze in the Scramble and Hexathlon, latter jointly with Sasha Prakir. In 2019, Arin won the 6th grade division of the U.S. Academic Bee & Bowl, the National History Bee & Bowl, and the Humanities Bee, as well as placing second in the National Science Bee, making him the second player to win NHBB division titles in more than one subject (the first being Shiva Oswal). That year, he also made the upper bracket of the varsity History Bowl competition playing solo. In 2020, Arin won the Global Summer History League in middle school division and placed second in the Junior Varsity History Bowl, Winter League, playing solo against Hunter B. In 2021, Arin beat Churchill Middle to defend his U.S. Academic Bowl middle school championship title. In 2022, Arin won the Junior Varsity International History Olympiad.

MSNCT Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Shiva Oswal
2019,2021
Pranavkrishna Bharanidharan