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|Image = Florida.jpg
 
|Image = Florida.jpg
 
|citystate = Gainesville, FL
 
|citystate = Gainesville, FL
|president = Zachary Knecht
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|president = [[John Nienajadlo]]
|Highest National Finish = 2nd at 2003 NCT
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|nats = [[2021 ACF Nationals|2021 ACF]]
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:''This article describes the quizbowl team at the University of Florida. For high school quizbowl in the state of Florida, see [[NAQT Florida State Championship]].''
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The '''University of Florida''' has long had one of the stronger teams in the country, with first scorers such as [[Chris Borglum]] in the early 90s, [[Raj Dhuwalia]] a decade later, and [[Taylor Harvey]] in the present era. Currently the undisputed best team in the state of Florida, a team of [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Tracy Mirkin]], [[Jonathen Settle]], and [[Leo Law]] finished in 5th place at the 2021 DI ICT and won [[2021 ACF Nationals]].
  
''This article describes the quizbowl team at the University of Florida. For high quizbowl in the state of Florida, see [[NAQT Florida State Championship]].''
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==Current Players==
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{{Columns-list|colwidth=200px|
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* [[Mateo Acosta]]
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* [[Biniam Alaro]]
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* [[Graham Cope]]
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* [[Anthony Delgado]]
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* [[Robbie Dreasher]]
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* [[Rachel Galvin]]
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* [[Leah Honsinger]]
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* [[Yuliang Huang]]
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* [[Jeya Iyadurai]]
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* [[Leo Law]]
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* [[Tracy Mirkin]]
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* [[John Nienajadlo]]
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* [[Hayden Prather]]
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* [[Zion Szot]]
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* [[Sophie Torres]]
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* [[Qingyu Zhang]]
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* [[Bill Zhao]]
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* [[Tiffany Zhou]]
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}}
  
The '''University of Florida''' has long had one of the stronger teams in the country, with first scorers such as [[Chris Borglum]] in the early 90s, [[Raj Dhuwalia]] a decade later, and [[Taylor Harvey]] in the present era. Currently the undisputed best team in the state of Florida, the current A team of [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Jonathen Settle]], [[Tracy Mirkin]], and [[Alex Shaw]] tied for 7th place at the 2019 DI ICT.
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==Former Players==
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{{Columns-list|colwidth=200px|
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* [[Keyon Aghajan]]
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* [[Nathan Andreo]]
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* [[Adi Basu-Dutta]]
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* [[Adam Behar]]
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* [[Alessandro Benadia]]
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* [[Munir Ben-Jamaa]]
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* [[Teertho Bhattacharya]]
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* [[Martin Bontjes]]
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* [[Jack Brady]]
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* [[Justin Byrd]]
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* [[Jenna Callison]]
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* [[Anne Clark]]
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* [[Ezra Cockram]]
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* [[Brenden Cohen]]
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* [[Chris Corona]]
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* [[Matt DeJong]]
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* [[Freddy de la Torre]]
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* [[Alejandra Diaz-Fernandez]]
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* [[Casey Diduryk]]
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* [[Jay Dunkelberger]]
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* [[Quynh Duong]]
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* [[Victor Fan]]
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* [[Nabeel Farooq]]
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* [[Robin Fintz]]
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* [[Malia Fortney]]
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* [[Eric Fowler]]
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* [[John Francis]]
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* [[Michael Freedman]]
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* [[Richard Garber]]
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* [[Julio Gonzalez-Zuluaga]]
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* [[John Gordon]]
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* [[Will Grossman]]
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* [[Megan Hamilton]]
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* [[Zach Harper]]
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* [[Taylor Harvey]]
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* [[Sam Hendley]]
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* [[John Hester]]
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* [[Ethan Hewett]]
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* [[Henry Hill]]
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* [[Jacob Hujsa]]
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* [[Jacob Hultzman]]
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* [[Shawn Jarrard]]
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* [[Carson Jones]]
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* [[Kayla Kalhor]]
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* [[Aaron Kashtan]]
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* [[Miles Kendall]]
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* [[Max Kilman]]
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* [[Min Kim]]
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* [[Zachary Knecht]]
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* [[Jason Kwong]]
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* [[Matthew Lamperski]]
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* [[John Lievonen]]
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* [[Francis Lord]]
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* [[Sunil Mahajan]]
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* [[Tyler Marth]]
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* [[Dimitri Medina]]
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* [[Cristina Metral]]
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* [[Emily Moline]]
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* [[Noah Molko]]
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* [[Jacob Murphy]]
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* [[Michael Naim]]
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* [[Alex Nelson]]
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* [[Khanh Nguyen]]
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* [[Emily Olson]]
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* [[Caitlin Parandjuk]]
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* [[Dylan Parker]]
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* [[Sean Platzer]]
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* [[Mario Ramirez]]
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* [[Alex Randell]]
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* [[Joseph Rios]]
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* [[Andrew Rozes]]
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* [[Noah Schwab]]
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* [[Jonathen Settle]]
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* [[Aaran Siegel]]
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* [[Alex Shaw]]
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* [[Matt Soree]]
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* [[Mia Steller]]
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* [[Samuel Swanson]]
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* [[Rachel Tanchak]]
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* [[Jameson Tockstein]]
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* [[Carl Tubridy]]
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* [[Travis Vitello]]
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* [[Morgan Walker]]
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* [[Sarah E. Whitfield]]
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* [[Ben Willis]]
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* [[Zonshen Yu]]
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* [[Noah Yudewitz]]
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* [[Jason Zappulla]]
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* [[Mingyin Zhu]]
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}}
  
 
==Writing==
 
==Writing==
Several Florida writers contributed to the inaugural SUN tournament in 2017. [[Taylor Harvey]] head edited FST in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 version received critical acclaim for excellent difficulty control and an interesting expanded distribution.
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Several Florida writers contributed to the inaugural [[SUN | Spring Undergraduate Novice]] tournament in 2017. [[Taylor Harvey]] head edited [[Florida Spring Tournament]] in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 version received critical acclaim for excellent difficulty control and an interesting expanded distribution. In the spring of 2020, several members of the Florida team contributed to another edition of SUN.
  
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In the fall of 2020, the Florida team led the writing of the Nats-minus set [[Florida Open]], also known as FLopen, which was received positively by the community.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 10 October 2022

Florida
Florida.jpg
Location:
Gainesville, FL
Current President or Coach John Nienajadlo
National championships 2021 ACF
NAQT Page link
This article describes the quizbowl team at the University of Florida. For high school quizbowl in the state of Florida, see NAQT Florida State Championship.

The University of Florida has long had one of the stronger teams in the country, with first scorers such as Chris Borglum in the early 90s, Raj Dhuwalia a decade later, and Taylor Harvey in the present era. Currently the undisputed best team in the state of Florida, a team of Taylor Harvey, Tracy Mirkin, Jonathen Settle, and Leo Law finished in 5th place at the 2021 DI ICT and won 2021 ACF Nationals.

Current Players


Former Players

Writing

Several Florida writers contributed to the inaugural Spring Undergraduate Novice tournament in 2017. Taylor Harvey head edited Florida Spring Tournament in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 version received critical acclaim for excellent difficulty control and an interesting expanded distribution. In the spring of 2020, several members of the Florida team contributed to another edition of SUN.

In the fall of 2020, the Florida team led the writing of the Nats-minus set Florida Open, also known as FLopen, which was received positively by the community.