Shiva Oswal

Shiva Oswal
Noted subjects	History, Generalist
High school	Pi-oneers (2018 - Present ) Stanford Online (2018 - Present)
Middle school	Pi-oneers (2014 - 2018)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Shiva Oswal (Class of 2022) is a resident of Cupertino, CA. He has participated in Middle School and High School tournaments at the local, state, and national level. Shiva first started playing Quiz Bowl in 5th grade, after being introduced to the game in late 2014 by Ankit Aggarwal.

Notable Achievements as an individual

Shiva first entered national prominence when he became the youngest player to be an All Star at the 2015 Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT-15). Since then, he has been a National All-Star at the MSNCT in 2016, 2017, and 2018, including being the top scorer at the 2018 MSNCT.

In January 2017, NAQT began its program of honoring top teams and players each week. As part of this program, Shiva was named the first-ever NAQT Middle School Player of the Week for the week of Jan 7, 2017. Later, Shiva was also named to the National Middle School Quiz Bowl A Team for 2017.

At the 2018 MSNCT, Shiva posted a 14-1 record en route to winning the entire tournament solo! He was the National Middle School Player of the Year and Captain of National Middle School A Team for 2018 [1].

Shiva after soloing, and winning, 2018 MSNCT! From L-R: NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel, Shiva, and Shiva's father Vikas

In 2019, he won David Madden's JV History Bee title, scoring 47 points in the final on the 6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system.

Quizbowl / History Bowl career

Team Pi-oneers

Shiva Oswal was the captain of Team Pi-oneers between 2014 and 2018.

Team Stanford Online

In 2018, Shiva Oswal started playing as a member of Stanford Online, an online school based in the Bay Area and affiliated with Stanford University. The team made its regional debut in the fall of 2018, and its national debut at the 2019 HSNCT, where the team finished 50th.

COVID Pandemic

Shiva essentially retired from Quizbowl and History Bowl in March 2020, partially due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.