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{{Infobox|Name =  Xinyun "Charles" Hang
 
{{Infobox|Name =  Xinyun "Charles" Hang
 
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|schoolcur = {{nowrap|[[Washington University in St. Louis]] (2010-2013; 2014-Present)}}
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|schoolpast = [[St. Charles Community College]] (2010; 2014)
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|highschool = [[Francis Howell Central|Francis Howell Central High School]] (2005-09)
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|highschool = [[Francis Howell Central]] (2005-09)
 
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'''Xinyun Hang (Charles Hang)''' is a player for [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. He captained the [[2009 Francis Howell Central]] Scholar Quiz Bowl team which tied for 27th at the  [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]], where he was a tournament All-Star. He is also a writer for [[NAQT]] and a member of the [[Missouri Quizbowl Alliance]].
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'''Xinyun Hang (Charles Hang)''' is a member of the [[Washington University in St. Louis]] Quiz Bowl Team, which he led as president from Fall 2017 to Spring 2019. He founded the [[St. Charles Community College]] team and led it to win the [[2010 CCCT|2010 Community College Championship Tournament]]. In high school, he played for [[Francis Howell Central]].  
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=Playing History=
 
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==Middle School==
 
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Charles was first introduced to Quiz Bowl in sixth grade by his SEGA gifted program teacher at Saeger Middle School, Mrs. Debbe Van Beers. Van Beers, the founder and former coach of the [[Francis Howell North|Francis Howell North High School]] Quiz Bowl team, encouraged all of her SEGA students to join the Quiz Team sponsored by her husband Mike. Charles was the unofficial top scorer of competition between Saeger, Bryan, and Hollenbeck Middle Schools.
 
  
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==High School==
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He owns [[Olympia Academic Competition Questions]], a question writing company, and writes for [[NAQT]] and [[NHBB]]. He was a member of the [[Missouri Quizbowl Alliance]] until his resignation in 2010.
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After graduating from Saeger Middle School, Charles began playing for the [[Francis Howell Central|Francis Howell Central High School]] team coached by Kathryn Keierleber. Charles was a top scorer for the team and a captain during his junior and senior years, leading the team to a 27th place finish at the [[2009 NAQT HSNCT]].
 
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===2005-2006===
 
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Charles was one of five former SEGA students and Quiz Team members to join the [[Francis Howell Central]] Quiz Bowl team in Fall 2005. His first tournament was the 2005 [[Two Saints Conference]], where he was Junior Varsity top scorer, leading the JV A team in scoring to a third place finish. Charles joined the Varsity team in the Spring of 2006,  encountering [[good quizbowl|good Quiz Bowl]] for the first time in late January at the [[WUHSAC|WUHSAC VIII]] tournament. Unfortunately, he spent much of the tournament substituted out for seniors and failed to see the differences between the WUHSAC questions and those supplied by [[Bryce Avery]] for Two Saints.
 
  
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After WUHSAC, Charles was a high scorer at the Washington and [[Warrenton Tournament|Warrenton]] tournaments, where Francis Howell Central took 3rd and 2nd, respectively. Charles was also a member of the 2006 [[Gateway Athletic Conference]] championship team, though he answered zero tossups in the final game against Fort Zumwalt West. [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=8006007&t=7599673] Unfortunately, Charles had to take the ACT on the day of the [[MSHSAA]] District competition and did not know to rejoin his team for the playoff rounds, causing the team to place second to Fort Zumwalt West on the last question. Nevertheless, the 2005-2006 season proved Charles a rising star in the world of Missouri Quiz Bowl, despite his ignorance of the fact.  
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Charles is also known for wearing a boutonniere and taking pictures at tournaments.
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==Career==
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===Middle School===
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Charles played on the Scholar Quiz Team of Saeger Middle School.
  
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====Awards====
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===High School===
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*Top Scorer, 2005 [[Two Saints Conference]] Junior Varsity Division
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Charles played for the [[Francis Howell Central]] Scholar Quiz Bowl team coached by Kathryn Keierleber from 2005 to 2009. He led the team to a t-27th place finish at the [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]].
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*High Scorer, [[Warrenton Tournament]]
 
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*High Scorer, [[Washington Tournament]]
 
  
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===2006-2007===
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Like many Missouri players such as [[Jason Mueller]], [[Alex Dzurick]], and [[Ikshu Neithaleth]], Charles attended at the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA), a gifted camp for Missouri's top rising juniors.
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Charles was a member of the [[Francis Howell Central]] Varsity A team in the 2006-2007 season and a high scorer at several tournaments despite spotty attendance. At his first tournament, the 2006 Two Saints Conference, he was second only to [[Teresa Kilmer]] of [[Fort Zumwalt West]] in scoring, though his team was defeated by Zumwalt West and placed in the tournament's second playoff bracket, which it won, placing 5th at the tournament. Charles was also the bracket top scorer.
 
  
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Charles's Spring tournament attendance was spotty, and as a result the team failed to reach the playoffs at both [[WUHSAC|WUHSAC IX]] and the [[Warrenton Tournament]]. Charles did attend the [[Washington Tournament]], where he was the top scorer and Francis Howell Central took first. Charles was also a high scorer at the 2007 [[Gateway Athletic Conference]] and at [[MSHSAA]] Districts, with Francis Howell Central taking second at the former and tying for third at the latter. During these tournaments, Charles relied heavily on freshman George Yu, whose math skills complimented Charles's history knowledge. This tandem would be the key to the team's future victories.
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Around 2008, he came into conflict with the [[hsquizbowl.org|HSQB forum]] community, especially [[Matt Weiner]], after describing some anti-MSHSAA criticism there as excessive. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6302]
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====Awards====
 
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*2nd Place Scorer, 2006 [[Two Saints Conference]] Varsity Division [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517721/]
 
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*Top Scorer, 2007 [[Washington Tournament]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517860/]
 
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*High Scorer, 2007 [[Gateway Athletic Conference]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517872/1/]
 
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*High Scorer, 2007 [[MSHSAA]] District
 
  
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===Missouri Scholars Academy===
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Charles ended his high school career by leading the [[2009 Francis Howell Central]] team to a tie for 27th at the [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]]. [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2750] He was the 23rd HSNCT All-Star, coming in 25th overall. [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2009/2009-hsnct-results.html]
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Like many Missouri players such as [[Jason Mueller]] and [[Alex Dzurick]], Charles's attendance at the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA), a gifted camp for Missouri's top rising juniors, was important to his formation as a Quiz Bowl player. He was the top scorer in the MSA Inter-House Scholar Bowl tournament, leading his team to a second place victory. More importantly, he met many players from other teams at MSA including [[Julia Price]] and Kai He of [[Fort Zumwalt West]] and Mark Schneider of [[Kirksville]], thus helping him begin to see the wider world of Quiz Bowl.
 
  
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===2007-2008===
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===College===
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Charles was a Co-Captain of the [[Francis Howell Central]] Scholar Quiz Bowl team for the 2007-2008 season, leading it to several tournament victories. He began the season by soliciting the help of [[Jeremy Gibbs]] in obtaining previous Two Saints results to gauge his opposition. This began his acquaintance with Gibbs, who later introduced Charles to the [[Missouri Academic Competition Message Board]]. It is ironic that Gibbs set Charles on the path to understanding good Quiz Bowl by introducing him to the Board, given that Gibbs is Missouri's best known promoter of [[bad quizbowl|bad Quiz Bowl]]. Charles also helped double the team in size from roughly six to twelve members through recruiting.  
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Charles has been part of the Academic Team at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] since 2009, with the exception of the 2013-2014 season. He became the team's president in 2017 and was treasurer from 2010 to 2011. He also founded the team at [[St. Charles Community College]] and led it to win the [[2010 CCCT]].
  
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As usual, Charles's first tournament of the season was the [[Two Saints Conference]]. There, he was the top scorer, leading the team in scoring to a first place finish on improved questions from 2007-2008 [[MSHSAA]] State provider [[Shawn Pickrell]]. The tournament was also Charles's first time captaining the team, which he led to victories over Fort Zumwalt West's Varsity B and D teams on the tournament's second day.  
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====St. Charles Community College====
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Because Charles was a student at both [[St. Charles Community College]] and WashU, Charles founded a Quiz Bowl team at SCC and won the 2010 Kansas CCSCT. This action was criticized because Charles was also taking classes at WUSTL in Spring 2010. [[NAQT]] decided that Charles's actions were permitted under NAQT's rules and that a player pursuing both four and two year degrees should have the opportunity to choose to play either CCSCT/CCCT or SCT/ICT. [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9320&start=0]
  
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Charles continued his leadership efforts in the Spring Semester despite conflicts with Youth Orchestra rehearsals. He captained the team to a first place finish at the [[Warrenton Tournament|2008 Warrenton Tournament]] and a fourth place finish at the [[Helias Tournament|2008 Helias Tournament]] with the help of George Yu and his math skills. Notably, the team attended Helias after Charles convinced his coach of the need to attend more and varied tournaments. Unfortunately, because he could only attend two regular season tournaments that semester, Charles chose to miss [[WUHSAC]], showing his continued ignorance of good Quiz Bowl. Similarly, Charles allowed his coach's lukewarm response to the idea prevent the team from attending the [[2008 NAQT Missouri Qualifier]] after failing to understand the Qualifier's importance.
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Charles went on to lead the [[St. Charles Community College]] team to win the [[2010 CCCT|2010 Community College Championship Tournament]], with the team going 11-1, where Charles was also the top scorer with 123.42 PP20TH. [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3286]
  
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In post-season play, Charles led [[Francis Howell Central|Francis Howell Central's]] team to the 2008 [[Gateway Athletic Conference]] championship. Unfortunately, he had to take the ACT on the day of [[MSHSAA]] Districts again, allowing Francis Howell Central's elimination during preliminaries by [[Kirksville]] and Fort Zumwalt West, the latter of which defeated Howell Central by only five points.  
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The week after the [[2010 CCCT]], Charles [[One-man teams|played solo]] at the [[Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament|2010 Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament]] at Illinois, which also featured a high school open team that had styled itself the "Charles Hang School for College Players Who Club Baby Seals," with team members [[Dan Donohue]], [[Nolan Winkler]], and [[Ben Carbery]] playing as prominent community colleges Valencia, Chipola, and Northeast Alabama, respectively [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/martin65/www/MCMNT%20Prelims_teamdetail.html#t1] - this team never had the opportunity to face Charles Hang because of his failure to make the top playoff bracket.
  
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By season's end, Charles had resolved to focus the team on good tournaments and to make the team more representative of the school through recruiting. To demonstrate the team's skills, he arranged the first ever [[Francis Howell Central]] Faculty vs. Team match, which the team lost 220-270 because he and George were regularly substituted out. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518173/1/] In recognition of his efforts, Charles was recognized as a Co-Captain of the team for the season.
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====Awards====
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{{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]]
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*Top Scorer, 2007 [[Two Saints Conference]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518045/]
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*Top Scorer, 2008 [[Warrenton Tournament]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518123]
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|previous = [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]]
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*Top Scorer, 2008 [[Helias Tournament]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518127/1/]
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|next = [[Will Alston]]
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===2008-2009===
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==Writing==
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Charles was Varsity Captain of the [[2009 Francis Howell Central]] Quiz Bowl team. He led the team to the most successful season in school history, including a tie for 27th at the [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]], where he was a tournament All-Star. These successes came from his work to impart an understanding of good Quiz Bowl to his team.
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*Charles owned [[Olympia Academic Competition Questions]], a question writing company he founded in October 2010 and has written for [[NAQT]], [[NHBB]], and [[HSAPQ]] as well as some other events.  
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*With the help of [[Dan Donohue]] and others, Charles produced a pyramidal tournament in the [[MSHSAA]] format for the Fall 2009 Varsity tournament at [[Richland (Missouri High School)|Richland High School]]. That tournament was intended as an introduction to pyramidal questions. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7641889/] These writing projects inspired [[Olympia Academic Competition Questions|Olympia's]] formation.
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Charles's first tournament of the 2008-2009 season was the Truman State mirror of [[Zot Bowl]], which he attended with his MSA friends. There, he was the top high schooler and third highest scorer overall, with 70 [[PPG]]. [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=80080&t=518192] At this time, Charles began participating on the [[hsquizbowl.org|HSQB forum]] and came into conflict with the wider community, especially [[Matt Weiner]], after describing some of the criticism of MSHSAA there as excessive. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6302] Despite this, under the influence of [[Charlie Dees]], Charles began learning the [[canon]] and using pyramidal questions in practice. Finally, he helped bring the team to an all time high of 15 players through recruiting.
 
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Unfortunately, Charles had to spend much of the 2008-2009 season playing [[MSHSAA]] state provider [[Questions Galore]]. In the fall, he was the 2009 [[Two Saints Conference]] top scorer, leading the FHC team to a second championship. Charles also convinced his coach to attend the team's first Fall invitational in many years, the [[Hancock Tournament]] in November, where he was the third highest scorer and led the team to a first place finish. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7535749] In early January, he helped the team take first at the DeSmet Invitational after arriving at the second half of the last preliminary game to help earn enough points to advance as a wild card. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7545145/]
 
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After DeSmet, Charles convinced the [[Francis Howell Central]] team to focus on [[good quizbowl|good tournaments]]. The first of these was [[WUHSAC|WUHSAC XI]] in late January. Charles was a tournament high scorer, placing second only to [[Siva Sundaram]] of [[Rockford Auburn]], though the team suffered a disappointing quarterfinal loss to [[Parkway Central]]. [http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/wuhsac11/WUHSAC%2011_individuals.html][http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6007&start=0&hilit=WUHSAC]
 
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Charles's next [[good quizbowl|good Quiz Bowl]] tournament was the [[2009 NAQT Missouri Qualifier]], where he was "power champ, 10 champ, and neg champ," leading the team to a third place finish. [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=8004276&t=7579445][http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/hosting/0809/naqtmo09_playoff_standings.html] Two weeks later, he led the team to its first good Quiz Bowl championship, at the [[Missouri S&T Spring Tournament|2009 Missouri S&T Spring Tournament]], after convincing Ms. Jessica Rowe to chaperone. Charles was again the top scorer. [http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/hosting/0809/spring09largefull_standings.html] Finally, around this time, Charles secured school funding for the to attend the [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]].
 
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After such successes, Charles had to play bad Quiz Bowl again while leading the [[Francis Howell Central]] team to a first place finish in the 2009 [[Gateway Athletic Conference]]. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7597348] Unfortunately, though Charles was the top scorer at the team's [[MSHSAA]] District competition, the team lost the final to Zumwalt West after his correct response of "Mary I, Queen of Scots" for the "Catholic cousin of Queen Elizabeth I" was inappropriately rejected. [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=8006578&t=7609488] Charles found the questions and the nature of the defeat appalling. Finally, Charles became a member of the [[Missouri Quizbowl Alliance]] at this time and was recognized in the [[Missouri Academic Competition Message Board]] player ranking poll as the top Generalist and top male Quiz Bowl player in Missouri, as well as tying for top history and top literature player. [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=8006998&t=7590925] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7641145/]
 
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Charles ended his high school career by leading the [[2009 Francis Howell Central]] team to a tie for 27th at the [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]]. [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2750] He was the 23rd HSNCT All-Star, coming in 25th overall despite much [[neg|negging]]. [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2009/2009-hsnct-results.html] His interest in military history can be heard in his excitement at hearing his favorite battle Friedland in a Napoleonic battles bonus during the team's round 14 game against [[Detroit Catholic Central]]. [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2009/podcasts/index.html]
 
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*Top High Schooler (3rd Overall), 2008 [[Zot Bowl#Truman State|Zot Bowl]] Truman State Mirror [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518192/2/]
 
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*Top Scorer, 2008 [[Two Saints Conference]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518230/]
 
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*High Scorer (3rd), 2008 [[Hancock Tournament]] [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7535749]
 
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*High Scorer (2nd), 2009 [[WUHSAC|WUHSAC XI]] [http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/wuhsac11/WUHSAC%2011_individuals.html]
 
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*Top Scorer, [[2009 NAQT Missouri Qualifier]] [http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/hosting/0809/naqtmo09_prelim_individuals.html]
 
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*Top Scorer, 2009 [[Missouri S&T Spring Tournament]] [http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/hosting/0809/spring09large_individuals.html]
 
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*Top Scorer, 2009 [[MSHSAA]] Class 4, District 7 Tournament [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7608933]
 
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*Top Generalist, Top Male Player in Missouri, tied for Top History & Literature Players in Missouri [[Missouri Academic Competition Message Board]] Player Ranking Poll [http://moquizbowl.com/single/?p=8006998&t=7590925]
 
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*All Star (25th Overall, 23rd All-Star), [[2009 HSNCT|2009 NAQT HSNCT]] [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2009/2009-hsnct-results.html]
 
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==College==
 
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Charles is currently a member of the Academic Team at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].
 
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===2009-2010===
 
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Charles's first tournament of the 2009-2010 season was the mirror of [[EFT|Early Fall Tournament 4]] held at [[Illinois]] on October 3rd, 2009. He captained Washington University's B team to a 4-8 finish, with the team coming in 16th overall of 24 teams, while he himself was 6th highest scorer with 64.58 PPG. [http://severedlights.com/trygve/illinois_eft_2009/EFT%202009%20(minus%20Indiana's%20final%20game)_standings.html] At the Missouri mirror of [[ACF Fall|ACF Fall 2009]] on the 31st of October, 2009, Charles led a [[WUSTL]] team of three freshmen to take 2nd place, winning the Division II and Undergraduate championships, while he was the tournament's top scorer. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8407]  [http://justpredictions.webs.com/quizbowl/09ACFFall_standings.html] He followed up this accomplishment a week later on the 7th of November by leading the [[WUSTL]] house team to take first place at the fourteenth iteration of the [[Gateway Invitational Tournament]], where he was the second highest scorer. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8552][http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=6&page=individuals]
 
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* High Scorer, [[EFT|Early Fall Tournament 4]] at [[Illinois]] (6th Place Individually, Team 18th Place Overall) [http://severedlights.com/trygve/illinois_eft_2009/EFT%202009%20(minus%20Indiana's%20final%20game)_individuals.html]
 
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* Top Scorer, [[ACF Fall|ACF Fall 2009]] at [[Missouri]] (Team 2nd Place Overall) [http://justpredictions.webs.com/quizbowl/09ACFFall_individuals.html]
 
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* High Scorer, [[GIT|GIT XIV]] at [[WUSTL]] (2nd Place Indidividually, Team 1st Place Overall) [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=6&page=individuals]
 
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==NAQT==
 
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Charles has been a writer for [[NAQT|National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC]] since May of 2009.
 
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==HSAPQ==
 
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Charles has been a writer for [[HSAPQ|High School Academic Pyramidal Questions]] since November of 2009.
 
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==Independent Writing==
 
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Charles independently writes questions for tournaments in Missouri and beyond. Along with [[Julia Price]], he wrote the 2009 Missouri Scholars Academy Scholar Bowl Tournament playoff game questions, which were well received. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7624236] Charles also produced a pyramidal tournament for the fall Varsity tournament at [[Richland (Missouri High School)|Richland High School]], which was also well received as an introduction to pyramidal questions in the [[MSHSAA]] format for Missouri teams. [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7641889/] In doing so, he had the help of [[Dan Donohue]] and a number of other players.
 
  
 
== External References ==
 
== External References ==
 
* [http://www.naqt.com/stats/player.jsp?contact_id=167 NAQT Results for Charles Hang]
 
* [http://www.naqt.com/stats/player.jsp?contact_id=167 NAQT Results for Charles Hang]
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* [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9320&start=0 "Charles Hang discussion" on the Quiz Bowl Resource Center Forums regarding his choice to play CCSCT]
  
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Latest revision as of 10:07, 11 August 2022

Xinyun "Charles" Hang
Noted subjects History
Current college Washington University in St. Louis (2010-2013; 2014-Present)
Past colleges St. Charles Community College (2010; 2014)
High school Francis Howell Central (2005-09)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Xinyun Hang (Charles Hang) is a member of the Washington University in St. Louis Quiz Bowl Team, which he led as president from Fall 2017 to Spring 2019. He founded the St. Charles Community College team and led it to win the 2010 Community College Championship Tournament. In high school, he played for Francis Howell Central.

He owns Olympia Academic Competition Questions, a question writing company, and writes for NAQT and NHBB. He was a member of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance until his resignation in 2010.

Charles is also known for wearing a boutonniere and taking pictures at tournaments.

Career

Middle School

Charles played on the Scholar Quiz Team of Saeger Middle School.

High School

Charles played for the Francis Howell Central Scholar Quiz Bowl team coached by Kathryn Keierleber from 2005 to 2009. He led the team to a t-27th place finish at the 2009 NAQT HSNCT.

Like many Missouri players such as Jason Mueller, Alex Dzurick, and Ikshu Neithaleth, Charles attended at the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA), a gifted camp for Missouri's top rising juniors.

Around 2008, he came into conflict with the HSQB forum community, especially Matt Weiner, after describing some anti-MSHSAA criticism there as excessive. [1]

Charles ended his high school career by leading the 2009 Francis Howell Central team to a tie for 27th at the 2009 NAQT HSNCT. [2] He was the 23rd HSNCT All-Star, coming in 25th overall. [3]

College

Charles has been part of the Academic Team at Washington University in St. Louis since 2009, with the exception of the 2013-2014 season. He became the team's president in 2017 and was treasurer from 2010 to 2011. He also founded the team at St. Charles Community College and led it to win the 2010 CCCT.

St. Charles Community College

Because Charles was a student at both St. Charles Community College and WashU, Charles founded a Quiz Bowl team at SCC and won the 2010 Kansas CCSCT. This action was criticized because Charles was also taking classes at WUSTL in Spring 2010. NAQT decided that Charles's actions were permitted under NAQT's rules and that a player pursuing both four and two year degrees should have the opportunity to choose to play either CCSCT/CCCT or SCT/ICT. [4]

Charles went on to lead the St. Charles Community College team to win the 2010 Community College Championship Tournament, with the team going 11-1, where Charles was also the top scorer with 123.42 PP20TH. [5]

The week after the 2010 CCCT, Charles played solo at the 2010 Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament at Illinois, which also featured a high school open team that had styled itself the "Charles Hang School for College Players Who Club Baby Seals," with team members Dan Donohue, Nolan Winkler, and Ben Carbery playing as prominent community colleges Valencia, Chipola, and Northeast Alabama, respectively [6] - this team never had the opportunity to face Charles Hang because of his failure to make the top playoff bracket.


ACF Nationals Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
2019
Will Alston

Writing

External References

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