Edmond Memorial

Edmond Memorial High School
Location: Edmond, OK
Coaches	Jordan Gotcher, Amanda Liu
State Championships	OJABA Class 6A: 2001, 2006, 2012 [1]OSSAA Class 5A: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002.[2] NAQT: 2002, 2003, 2009 Science Bowl: 1993, 1997, 2011 [3]
National Championships	1995 ASCN, 1996 ASCN
National Appearances	HSNCT: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013-2016 TOC: 1995, 1997-1999 NAC: 1990, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 TOC: 2000-2003 PAC: 1996, 1999
Program Status	Active
School Size	1978
NAQT Page	link

Edmond Memorial High School's Academic Team plays in OSSAA Academic Bowl in addition to other formats such as NAQT. Memorial's program was started in the 1988-1989 school year with the encouragement of Principal Sam Winn by social studies teacher Tina Page. Past Memorial coaches include: Tina Page, Adys Altstatt, Eugene Chase, Rick Trefz, and Valerie Benton. Past assistant coaches include: Rick Trefz, Shayne Stanford, Patti Harrold, Greg Oppel, Jim Carlile, and Andrea Sampley.

Memorial currently holds two fundraiser tournaments, the Bulldog OSSAA Invitational and Bulldog NAQT Invitational. In the past a fall tournament was held for all-comers in the ASCN format.

The Edmond Memorial team web presence includes the team webpage [4], Facebook fan page, Facebook group page and Twitter [5] for the current team, the page on iHigh.com [6] and the team's current tournament schedule [7].

2000-2001 season

The 2001 Edmond Memorial High School team began the year with a first place finish at the Rose State Social Studies Bowl in Oklahoma City. Two days later, the team's captain Scott Smith suffered a ruptured appendix and missed half of the remaining year due to complications. The loss of their captain did not stop the team from winning first place at the Vanderbilt Academic Bowl Competition. The team was again at full strength for NAQT Nationals at which it placed 9th and ASCN Nationals at which it place 10th.

2011-2012 season

The team had a successful 2011-2012 season. The freshmen won OJABA state and the varsity were one question from repeating as OK Science Bowl repeat champions.

Teams and Coaches

Season	Varsity Lineups	Coach
1988		Tina Page
1989	Jennifer Addington, Eric Coonfield, Jim Ford, Chris Harris, Helen Matthews, Greg Oppel, Amy Skypala	Tina Page
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
1995	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
1996	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
1997	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
1998	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
1999	Mike Taylor, Terry Condreay, Eric Buschelman, Matt Linehan, Scott Smith, Divya Gunda, Christine Aspy	Valerie Benton
2000	Eric Buschelman, Scott Smith, Divya Gunda, Tyler Bond, Stephanie Craig, Jessica Moore, Colin Brown, Mitch Hargis	Valerie Benton
2001	Scott Smith, Tyler Bond, Stephanie Craig, Jessica Moore, Colin Brown	Greg Oppel
2002		Greg Oppel
2003		Greg Oppel
2003		Greg Oppel
2005	Allison Brown*, Cary Cavnar, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls, Garrett Willis*	Greg Oppel
2006	Allison Brown*, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls	Greg Oppel
2007	Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, James Grider, Josh Holmes, Lily Hoot, Fareeha Safir*, Thomas Whittaker	Greg Oppel
2008	Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, Lily Hoot, Zain Raza, Fareeha Safir*, Salman Safir, Saxon Sampley, Thomas Whittaker	Greg Oppel
2009	Rohaid Ali, Patrick Bender, Wade Craig, Daniel Griffin, Zain Raza*, Chuck Rebman, Saxon Sampley	Greg Oppel
2010	Patrick Bender, Tyler Bural, Wade Craig, Emma Fairbanks, Maggie Hoot, Jonathan Miller, Rida Raza, Saxon Sampley*	Greg Oppel
2011	Patrick Bender*, Tyler Bural, Wade Craig*, Emma Fairbanks, Maggie Hoot, Jonathan Miller, Rahul Rajala, Rida Raza, Kim Sheldon	Patti Harrold & Greg Oppel

Notable Alumni

Patrick Bender, Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Wade Craig, Eric Heller, Ben Lyons, Eric MacArthur, Alex Putnam, Zain Raza, Fareeha Safir, Saxon Sampley, Scott Smith, Mike Taylor, Joy Woods

Oklahoma Academic Coaches Association [8] Academic All Staters

Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Sam Green, Divya Gunda, Drew Laxton, Alex Putnam, Fareeha Saifr, Saxon Sampley, Scott Smith, Joy Woods

Team Oklahoma Panasonic Academic Challenge Team Members

Eric MacArthur(2)*, Eric Buschelman, Mike Taylor*, Jessica Moore, Stephanie Craig(2), Taylor Long, Colin Brown(2), Joy Woods

• Asterisk denotes All-American

Tournaments Won

• Boren Cup-
• E.P. McCabe Scholars Bowl- 09
• L.L.Lewis Cup- 06, 08, 12
• NAQT State - 02, 03, 09, 18
• Timberwolf Invitational- 12, 13
• Oklahoma Quizbowl Alliance- 01, 02, 03, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12
• Oklahoma Regional Science Bowl- 93, 97, 11 [9][10][11]
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Area- 09
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association District- 09
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association State- 93, 95, 96, 02 [12]
• Rose State Social Studies Bowl- 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 00, 01, 05, 06, 08, 09 [13]
• Savannah, MO, Invitational
• Vanderbilt Academic Bowl Competition XX- 01 [14]
• Wichita State University
• Oklahoma Early Fall Tournament- 16

Nationals Performance

• 2009 HSNCT (5-5) 82nd
• 2008 HSNCT (3-7) 151st
• 2007 HSNCT (5-5) 86th
• 2006 HSNCT (3-7) 110th
• 2004 HSNCT (4-6) 43rd
• 2002 HSNCT (6-4) 18th
• 2001 HSNCT (8-6) 9th
• 1999 HSNCT (9-6) 4th T

See Also

• 1995 Edmond Memorial
• 2001 Edmond Memorial

Succession of Minor Titles

ASCN TOC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
James Island	1995, 1996	Walter Johnson