University of Illinois Lab
| University of Illnois Laboratory High School | |
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| Location: Urbana, IL | |
| Club Presidents | Tim Cho |
| Coaches | Chris Butler |
| State Championships | IHSA 2015 (A) |
| National Championships | None |
| National Appearances | HSNCT: 2014, 2015 SSNCT: 2018 (tentative) NSC: 2016 2017 |
| Program Status | Active |
| School Size | 311 (2009) |
| NAQT Page | link |
University of Illinois Laboratory High School (Uni High) is a lab school on the engineering part of the University of Illinois campus in Urbana. It includes a composite year for 7th and 8th grades alongside the standard four years of high school. However, only high school students are allowed to participate in the Scholastic Bowl team due to age restrictions by the IHSA, with the middle school students in a separate middle school team. The Uni High Scholastic Bowl team was founded in 2013 and has since expanded to include a B team and a C team, with about 20 active members on all teams. The team is coached by John Butler and its president is Tim Cho. Although the school is called "Uni High" throughout the Champaign-Urbana area, teams from other parts of the state tend to call it "Uni Lab", "U of I Lab", or "Urbana Uni Lab School".
The team attended the 2014 HSNCT and the 2015 HSNCT. The team attended the 2016 NSC and the 2017 NSC. They placed eleventh at the 2016 NAQT Illinois State Championship and ninth place at the 2017 NAQT Illinois State Championship. They won the 2015 Class A IHSA State Championship. Because of the IHSA's policies, Uni was moved up to class AA, despite having only 320 students. The team placed second in 2017, losing to IMSA 500-320 in the championship round after beating Carbondale, Auburn (Rockford, IL), and OPRF.
As of 2018, Uni High is within the top five teams in Illinois and the top fifty in the nation.
Team Members
Ethan Ashbrook (10)
Dylan Bowman (10)
Tim Cho (11)
Jonathan Lau (9)
Reed Phillips (12)
Daniel Cho (9)
Henry Kraatz (10)
Aryan Lalwani (9)
Robert Nagel (11)
Nicholas Phillips (9)
Sasha Rushing (10)
Srijan Shukla (9)
Matthew Tang (10)
Romaisa Aamer (9)
Maher Adoni (9)
Martin Dalling (11)
Lia Dankowicz (11)
Zachary Donnini (9)
Maddie Harden (10)
Arav Jagroop (9)
Caitlin Mamaril (9)
Sam Polonus (10)
Noah Rebei (9)
Lawrence Taritsa (11)
Lucas Wood (9)
Joanna Yoo (9)
Notable Tournament Performance
2015 IHSA State Champions, Class A
2017 IHSA State Runner-Up, Class AA (moved from Class A in 2016)
2017 Masonic State Runner-Up, Class AA