Ladue

Ladue
Location: Ladue, MO
Coaches	Mike Hill, Jeffrey Miller
State Championships	2012, 2013 NAQT 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 MSHSAA Class 4
National Championships	2013 NSC, 2013 NASAT
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Ladue Horton Watkins High School ("LADUE??! for short) is a public high school in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area.

Ladue won the Class 4 MSHSAA state titles in 2006 and 2009 despite attending almost no tournaments, doing so due to knowledge gained in the real world and the relative weakness of the Missouri canon. Beginning with Max Schindler's improvements, Ladue has more recently proven itself as the top Missouri team. Their banner victories have included the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 Missouri Fall Academic Tournaments, Tiger Bowl III, IV, and V, the 2011 Villa Duchesne Tournament, the 2011 Missouri S&T Spring Tournament, and the 2012 NAQT Missouri Qualifier. The team also took third place at WUHSAC XIII, losing only to the out-of-state teams, Carbondale and Northmont.

Starting in 2011, Ladue began hosting LIST, an annual housewritten tournament which has been well-received across the country.

A team of Max Schindler, Zev Kane, Ben Zhang, Jeremy Novack, and Haohang Xu tied for 13th at the 2011 HSNCT, where Max was an All-Star. Ladue tied for 5th at the 2012 HSNCT and placed 10th at the 2012 NSC.

In 2013, a Ladue A team of Schindler, Zhang, Xu, and Jialin Ding placed 2nd at HSNCT to LASA A, and Ladue B tied for 21st after going 7-3 in the prelims. The same Ladue A team won the 2013 NSC after defeating LASA A twice in a row, and was selected to be the Missouri NASAT team, winning the tournament in the first game of an advantaged final with Texas.

Ladue is completely unaffiliated with "Battle Hymn of the Tamil Tiger Mother," an open team on which its members sometimes play.

Current Players

Sophomores (Class of 2015)

• Linhan Chen
• Brian Jiang
• Ibhan Kulkarni
• Dasha Malkova
• Michael Prablek
• Kevin Yang

Juniors (Class of 2014)

• Enze Chen
• Emily Chu
• Sam Crowder
• Jialin Ding
• Mohith Nagaraj
• Stella Schindler
• Kisan Thakkar
• Ben Zhang
• Toby Zhu

Seniors (Class of 2013)

• David Abraham
• Sarah Allen
• Collin Christner
• Sushant Koirala
• Sydney Petersen
• Taylor Petersen
• Max Schindler
• Mukund Subramanian
• Haohang Xu

Alumni

• Zev Kane (2011)
• Ryan Liu (2011)
• Jeremy Novack (2011)
• Ravi Upadhyayula (2011)
• Aojia Zhao (2011)
• Zach Bell (2010)
• Lukas Bundonis (2010)
• Sam Lite (2010)
• Ronit Patniak (2010)
• Jason Bell (2009)
• Jack Chen (2009)
• Tim Pulisetty (2009)
• Marc Prablek (2009)
• Jason Wu (2006)

Tournament Results

2012-13 Academic Year

Date	Tournament	Question Set	Team	Record	Rank	Stats
10/20	Missouri Fall	NAQT IS-118	A	13-1	1/32	[1]
			B	9-3	3/32	[2]
			C	4-6	18/32	[3]
			D	4-6	19/32	[4]
			E	2-8	29/32	[5]
12/01	Tiger Bowl V	HSAPQ-32	A	13-0	1/31	[6]
			B	10-2	2/31	[7]
			C	6-4	11/31	[8]
			D	4-6	25/31	[9]
2/02	Mort Walker Invitational	GSAC	A	11-0	1/24	[10]
			B	11-2	2/24	[11]
			C	9-3	3/24	[12]
			D	8-3	9/24	[13]
			E	6-5	14/24	[14]
2/16	WUHSAC XV	BHSAT	A	11-1	1/28	[15]
			B	5-4	17/28	[16]
3/02	NAQT Missouri Qualifier	NAQT IS-124	A	13-0	1/30	[17]
			B	10-3	2/30	[18]
			C	4-6	16/30	[19]
			D	2-8	28/30	[20]

MSHSAA Class 4 State Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Liberty North Kansas City Kirksville	2006 2009 2011, 2012, 2013	North Kansas City Kirksville (Defending Champions)

NAQT Missouri Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Savannah	2012, 2013	(defending champions)

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Hunter	2013	TBD