Friends Select

Friends Select School
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Coaches	Ian Lockey
National Appearances	2016 HSNCT, 2017 HSNCT, 2018 SSNCT, 2018 HSNCT, 2019 SSNCT, 2019 HSNCT, 2021 SSNCT, 2021 HSNCT 2022 SSNCT, 2022 HSNCT
Program Status	Active
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Friends Select is a Quaker school in Philadelphia, PA. They have won the first threePhiladelphia City-Wide Championships and are a regular on the Pennsylvania quizbowl circuit. Their most notable achievement within wider quizbowl to date was placing second in the Open Division of the 2018 SSNCT.

Notable Accomplishments

• 1st Place, Philadelphia City-Wide QuizBowl Championship 2016, 2017, and 2018
• 2nd Place, Tri-State Falcon Fall Tournament 2016
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Spring Invitational 2017
• T-1st Place, Wissahickon Invitational 2017
• 1st Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational 2017
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018
• 3rd Place, Quaker Fall Open 2017
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018
• 3rd Place, Manhiem Township Spring 2018
• 2nd Place, 2018 SSNCT

Current Team Members

• Richard Chen
• Jake Shapiro
• Rudyard Lynch
• Saras Perry-Anderson
• Desean Smith
• Daniel Nelson
• Jonah Taranta
• Matt D'Annunzio
• Silas Mohr
• Aidan Pulliam
• Minas Macos
• Charlotte Kaplan
• Alex Shapiro
• Hannah
• Pascal Han
• Alec Kane
• Jeremy Cohen
• Hannah Dubb

Alumni

• Henry Mohr (2016)
• Drew Kaplan (2016)
• Imon Rahaman (2016)
• Laura Haskin (2016)
• Emma Miller (2017)

Individual Accomplishments

• Rudyard Lynch was 2nd Team All State by GPQB for 2016-2017
• Richard Chen was Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2016-2017, and was subsequently named 1st Team in 2017-18