Omar Q Beckins Academic Challenge
Omar Q Beckins Academic Challenge, sometimes known as the Omar Q Beckins Invitational/Tournament, or variations on that name, is an annual spring Chip Beall Questions Unlimited tournament in Westchester County, NY. It is usually hosted by White Plains High School since its inception in 1990 and usually serves as a sort of pre-nationals for National Academic Championship-bound teams.
Results
| Year | Winner | Second |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | White Plains | Monroe |
| 1992 | White Plains | Irvington |
| 1993 | Byram Hills | Horace Greeley |
| 1994 | White Plains | Horace Greeley |
| 1995 | White Plains | New Rochelle |
| 1996 | St. Joseph's | White Plains |
| 1997 | Waramug | Carmel (NY) |
| 1998 | Ridgewood | Somers |
| 1999 | Ridgewood | Horace Greeley |
| 2000 | White Plains | New Rochelle |
| 2002 | Kellenberg Memorial | Horace Greeley |
| 2003 | Horace Greeley | Kellenberg Memorial |
| 2004 | Hastings A | Hastings B |
| 2005 | Byram Hills | Horace Greeley |
| 2006 | Byram Hills | White Plains |
| 2007 | New Rochelle A | Horace Greeley A |
| 2008 | New Rochelle | Edgemont |
| 2009 | White Plains | Horace Greeley |
| 2010 | Byram Hills | Horace Greeley |
| 2011 | White Plains | Ardsley |
| 2012 | Ardsley | White Plains |
| 2013 | Irvington | White Plains |
| 2014 | Briarcliff | Horace Greeley |
| 2015 | ??? | ??? |
| 2016 | ??? | ??? |
| 2017 | Croton | ??? |
| 2018 | Croton | Greens Farms |
| 2019 | ??? | ??? |
| 2020 | Not Held |
(Les Roby, coach of White Plains, gives teams a packet of previous results on the morning that competition begins and emails a write-up to teams following the tournament. Most of these haven't been posted elsewhere, therefore future results may be to come by)
Hall of Fame
Les Roby awards Hall of Fame status to competitors who have been honored with all-tournament-team status multiple times in a row. Most members of the Hall of Fame have been MVP's of at least one tournament and have been in at least one final four round.
| Name | School | Year Inducted or MVP years |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Collins | White Plains | MVP 1991 |
| Chris Brunelli | Walter Panas | MVP 1993 |
| Rory Gormley | Clarkstown North | MVP 1994 |
| Steve Lawrie | White Plains | MVP 1995,1996 |
| Andrew Toonkel | Horace Greeley | 1996 |
| Jeff Filipini | Carmel | MVP 1997 |
| Joe Alderman | Irvington | 1998 |
| Dave Madden | Ridgewood | MVP 1998 |
| Ben Aronin | White Plains | 2002 |
| Warren Tusk | Briarcliff | MVP 2001 |
| Nick Giglia | Kellenberg Memorial | MVP 2003 |
| Dan Wolkowitz | Hastings | MVP 2002 |
| Sara Sheer | Horace Greeley | 2004 |
| Nate Mattison | Byram Hills | MVP 2004,2005,2006 |
| Sam Casper | Hastings | 2006 |
| Soumya Sanyal | White Plains | 2006 |
| Rebecca Maxfield | New Rochelle | MVP 2008 |
| Jacob Paul | White Plains | 2009 |
| Jack Wooley | St. Joseph's | 2009 |
| Sam Caywood | Horace Greeley | 2010 |
| Paul Kim | Horace Greeley | 2010 |
| Adam Jaffe | White Plains | MVP 2011 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | Ardsley | MVP 2012 |
| Alec Vulfson | Irvington | MVP 2013 |
| Tong Li | Briarcliff | MVP 2014 |
| Jacob Brady | White Plains | MVP 2015, 2016 |
| James Brandfonbrener | Edgemont | MVP 2017 |
| Joel Gardner | Hastings | MVP 2018 |
| Jack Mahoney | Croton | 2018 |