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Brad Fischer
Noted subjects	Generalist; Math, Music, Ancient Greece
Current college	Northern Illinois University
Past colleges	Rock Valley College
High school	Winnebago
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Brad Fischer is a former high school/collegiate player from the northern Illinois area. He is married to Kristin Strey, and their son James was born in 2009.

High School Career

Fischer is considered by many to be among the best high school players of his era (2005-06, the beginning of the transition to pyramidal quizbowl in Illinois), and among the very best players to emerge from any smaller school in Illinois history. After some minor successes as a junior, including winning the year's Winnebago Invitational, in 2006 he led Winnebago to fifth place at Loyola Ultima and third place in the 2006 IHSA Class A State Finals. In both his junior and senior years, Fischer was named First Team All-State.

College Career

Rock Valley College

Fischer started his college career at Rock Valley College, attempting to start a team at the community college. The team traveled to one tournament (Elvis at Wisconsin) and hosted one high school tournament (The Decemberist) during his time there. The Decemberist had a second incarnation after his December 2007 graduation and transfer to Northern Illinois University.

Northern Illinois University

Fischer started a Quiz Bowl Association at NIU, primarily to host tournaments while also playing a small schedule of college events. His last collegiate tournament, 2011 ICT, saw him place fifth individually and lead NIU to a tie for 10th place in Division II.

Illinois Quizbowl

Fischer has been a prominent volunteer in the northern Illinois and Chicagoland region since graduating from high school, and can usually be seen staffing high school tournaments. In addition, he was a writer for Aegis Questions, has written for Scobol Solo, New Trier Varsity, and the IHSA State Series. He and Kristin currently serve as assistant coaches for IMSA.

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-'''Brad Fischer''' is a "currently active" collegiate player from Illinois.
+'''Brad Fischer''' is a former high school/collegiate player from the northern Illinois area. He is married to [[Kristin Strey]], and their son James was born in 2009.
 ==High School Career==
-Fisher is considered by many to be among the best high school players of his era, and among the very best players to emerge from any smaller school in Illinois history.  As a junior at [[Winnebago|Winnebago High School]] in Illinois, he led his team to a tournament victory at the Winnebago Invitational, a Big Northern Conference Championship, and a Regional title. His senior year featured Winnebago's first attendance at noted tournaments such as [[UIUC Earlybird]], [[Loyola Ultima]], and the inaugural [[New Trier Varsity]]. During his senior year, Brad was the top scorer at every tournament that Winnebago attended that named an All-Tournament team. Winnebago also won its third consecutive Varsity Conference championship and won the school's first berth in the State Finals in five years.  Fischer led his team to a third place finish, stopped by [[Latin School|The Latin School]] in randomly assigned pool play, which prevented the best two teams in the state from facing each other in the final match.  In both his junior and senior years, Fischer was named [[IHSSBCA All State Program|First Team All-State]].
+Fischer is considered by many to be among the best high school players of his era (2005-06, the beginning of the transition to pyramidal quizbowl in Illinois), and among the very best players to emerge from any smaller school in Illinois history. After some minor successes as a junior, including winning the year's Winnebago Invitational, in 2006 he led Winnebago to fifth place at Loyola Ultima and third place in the 2006 IHSA Class A State Finals. In both his junior and senior years, Fischer was named [[IHSSBCA All State Program|First Team All-State]].
-===Senior Year Tournaments===
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-|-
-|UIUC Earlybird||1st||7th
-|-
-|Loyola Ultima||N/A||5th
-|-
-|[[Scobol Solo]]||T-3rd||N/A
-|-
-|[[IHSSBCA Kickoff]]||1st||3rd
-|-
-|New Trier Varsity||1st||T-5th
-|-
-|Kaneland Varsity||1st||3rd
-|-
-|Sterling Varsity||1st||2nd
-|-
-|Winnebago Varsity||1st||2nd
-|-
-|Streator Rotary||N/A||5th
-|-
-|NAQT State||1st||6th
-|-
-|IHSA State||N/A||3rd
-|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
-|}
 ==College Career==
 ===Rock Valley College===
-Brad started his college career at [[Rock Valley College]], attempting to start a team at the community college. The team traveled to one tournament (Elvis at [[Wisconsin]]) and hosted one high school tournament ([[The Decemberist]]) during Brad's time there. The Decemberist has since continued to exist, although the club no longer does.
+Fischer started his college career at [[Rock Valley College]], attempting to start a team at the community college. The team traveled to one tournament (Elvis at [[Wisconsin]]) and hosted one high school tournament ([[The Decemberist]]) during his time there. The Decemberist had a second incarnation after his December 2007 graduation and transfer to [[Northern Illinois University]].
 ===Northern Illinois University===
-Along with [[Kristin Strey]], Brad is in the process of starting a quiz bowl club at [[Northern Illinois University]]. Brad and Kristin shook off a couple years of rust and attended the UIUC mirror of the third annual [[EFT]], finishing in the bottom bracket. Brad and Kristin also hosted the 2009 reincarnation of the [[Huskie Bowl]] at Northern Illinois.
+Fischer started a Quiz Bowl Association at NIU, primarily to host tournaments while also playing a small schedule of college events. His last collegiate tournament, 2011 ICT, saw him place fifth individually and lead NIU to a tie for 10th place in Division II.
+==Illinois Quizbowl==
+Fischer has been a prominent volunteer in the northern Illinois and Chicagoland region since graduating from high school, and can usually be seen staffing high school tournaments. In addition, he was a writer for [[Aegis Questions]], has written for [[Scobol Solo]], [[New Trier Varsity]], and the IHSA State Series. He and Kristin currently serve as assistant coaches for [[IMSA]].
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