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University of Missouri
Location:
Columbia, MO
Current President or Coach Avery Wagner
National championships
NAQT Page link

This article describes the Quiz Bowl team of the University of Missouri. For Quiz Bowl in the state of Missouri, see Missouri (State)

The University of Missouri Quizbowl Club is the official collegiate quizbowl organization of the University of Missouri's flagship campus at Columbia (also known as MU or Mizzou). The team attends circuit tournaments regularly in its home state as well as the surrounding area. The team actively hosts both high school tournaments and college tournaments as an organization and serves to assist in the efforts of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

History

The current incarnation of the team at Missouri began in 2008, when the club was re-founded by Charlie Dees and Alex Dzurick. Prior to this, the history of the club is a little more unclear. A competitive team did exist on campus as late as 2005, on which Jason Mueller competed, and NAQT records have entries for Missouri in tournaments as early as the 1996 Midwest SCT.

Competition Results

2008-2009

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2008 Early Fall Tournament UIUC 4th overall Charles Dees & Alex Boone
2008 ACF Fall Truman State (A) Div. II/Undergrad Champion, 2nd overall (B) ?? A Team: Charles Dees, Larkin Philpot & Karen Draper and B Team: Ali Pearson, Justin Myers & Josh Chittum
2009 ACF Winter Missouri S&T Div. II/Undergrad Champion, 2nd overall Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick, Mike Madden & Larkin Philpot
2009 NAQT Sectionals WUSTL 2nd in Div. II Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick, Evan Kaiser & Lauren Miles NAQT
2009 Cardinal Classic Stanford University 10th Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick, Karen Draper & Larkin Philpot
2009 ACF Regionals University of Chicago 8th Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick, Chris Olson & Joey Spicer
2009 Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice UIUC 1st Charles Dees & Joey Spicer
2009 ACF Nationals WUSTL 2nd in Div. II Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick, Chris Olson & Joey Spicer

2009-2010

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2009 ACF Fall Missouri 4th, 9th Two solo house teams: Brandon Roney (4th) and Joey Spicer (9th) Overall
2010 ACF Winter Missouri State 1st Charles Dees Overall
2010 NAQT Sectionals Region 11 Missouri State Div. I Undergrad Champion Charles Dees & Alex Dzurick Div. I, Div. II
2010 ACF Regionals WUSTL 1st Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick & Joey Spicer not available
2010 NAQT ICT Chicago, IL 17th in Div. I Charles Dees, Alex Dzurick & Joey Spicer Overall

2010-2011

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2010 Early Autumn Collegiate Novice WUSTL 5th Zach Goree, Trenton Davis, Mike Madden & Chris Zhang Overall
2010 ACF Fall Truman State 7th Jacob Billingsley, Jason Gober & Chris Zhang Overall
2011 NAQT Sectionals Region 11 Missouri State 4th in Div. I and 2nd in Div. II Joey Spicer solo in Div. I and Jacob Billingsley, Jason Gober & Chris Zhang in Div. II Div. I, Div. II
2011 ACF Regionals WUSTL -- Chris Zhang Prelims, Playoffs, Combined
2011 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament Rock Bridge HS 8th Alex Dzurick, Jacob Billingsley & Zach Goree Overall

2011-2012

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2011 Early Autumn Collegiate Novice WUSTL (A) 1st, (B) 4th A Team: Alex Drake, Alex Dzurick, Greg Lindsey & Jacob Billingsley and B Team: Arleigh Atkinson, Eric Briesacher, Mark Anderson & Zach Goree Overall
2011 Missiles of October Rock Bridge HS (A) T-3rd A Team: Alex Dzurick, Chris Zhang, Greg Lindsey & Jacob Billingsley and B Team: Alex Drake, Elise Moser & Zach Goree Statistics
2011 ACF Fall Truman State University 2nd Jacob Billingsley, Greg Lindsey & Chris Zhang Overall
2012 NAQT Sectionals Region 9 Illinois State University 5th in Div. I and 3rd in Div. II Alex Dzurick solo in Div. I and Jacob Billingsley solo in Div. II

2012-2013

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2013 Western Invitational Tournament Truman State 3rd Avery Wagner & Greg Lindsey Overall
2013 Minnesota Undergrad UIUC -- Avery Wagner & Jacob Billingsley Statistics
2013 NAQT SCT Region 11 Truman State University 5th Avery Wagner Overall

2013-2014

Tournament Host Location Finish Team Members Statistics
2013 Collegiate Novice 4 Missouri 4th Daniel Raymon, Ethan Washburn, Andrew Kessel & James Dolezal Overall
2013 Michigan Fall Tournament WUSTL (A) 3rd (B) 7th A Team: Avery Wagner, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin & Jacob Billingsley and B Team: Greg Lindsey, Andrew Kessel, James Dolezal & Daniel Raymon Statistics
2013 Penn Bowl WUSTL 6th Avery Wagner & Itamar Naveh-Benjamin Statistics
2013 ACF Fall Truman State University (A) 1st (B) 9th A Team: Avery Wagner & Itamar Naveh-Benjamin and B Team: James Dolezal & Daniel Raymon Statistics
2013 DRAGOON UIUC 8th Jacob Billingsley, Avery Wagner & Itamar Naveh-Benjamin Statistics
2014 SUBMIT Southeast Missouri State University 2nd Avery Wagner, James Dolezal & Itamar Naveh-Benjamin Statistics
2014 NAQT Sectionals Truman State University (A) 1st (B) 7th [both in Div. II] A Team: Jacob Billingsley, Avery Wagner & Itamar Naveh-Benjamin and B Team: James Dolezal & Daniel Raymon Statistics
2014 NAQT ICT Chicago, IL T-5th, Div. II Jacob Billingsley, Avery Wagner, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin and James Dolezal Statistics

Hosted Events

Note: Some quizbowl events that occur on the Missouri campus are not officially affiliated with the team. The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance frequently utilizes facilities due to Columbia's centralized location. While the Missouri team itself is not the host for these events, team members often staff MOQBA events. The NAQT Missouri Qualifier has been held at MU since 2010, and from 2010-2012 the Pre-Nationals tournament was held at MU. In addition, the campus is the official site for the MSHSAA state championship quizbowl tournament and the Missouri Scholars Academy Scholar Bowl, but these events are unaffiliated in any way with the Missouri team.

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Current Players

Leadership

Presidents

  • Avery Wagner (2013-present)
  • Jacob Billingsley (2011-2013)
  • Alex Dzurick (2009-2011)
  • Charlie Dees (2008-2009)

Treasurers

  • Greg Lindsey (2012-present)
  • Alex Dzurick (2009-2012)
  • Charlie Dees (2008-2009)

Alumni