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|Image = VCUlogo.PNG
 
|Image = VCUlogo.PNG
 
|citystate = Richmond, VA
 
|citystate = Richmond, VA
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|president = [[Matt Weiner]] & [[Andrew Alexander]]
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|president = [[Sean Smiley]] (president), [[Cody Voight]] (director of collegiate tournaments), [[George Berry]] (director of high school tournaments), [[Matt Weiner]] (coach)
 
|nats = [[2005 ICT|2005 NAQT Undergraduate]]
 
|nats = [[2005 ICT|2005 NAQT Undergraduate]]
 
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VCU's quizbowl team is currently led by [[Matt Weiner]], [[Evan Adams]] and [[George Berry]], who are building a perfect society in which the mistakes of the past will be eliminated.
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VCU's quizbowl team is currently led by [[Cody Voight]], [[Sean Smiley]] and [[George Berry]], who are building a perfect society in which the mistakes of the past will be eliminated.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
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It should be noted that a VCU team, about which nothing else is known, attended a 1993 invitational tournament at Virginia as per [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.college.college-bowl/browse_frm/thread/8e8849c2888e9c74/6d5fd2f2530d1557?lnk=st&q=#6d5fd2f2530d1557  this Usenet post], and teams from VCU participated in [[CBI|College Bowl]] at least in 1986 and 1996 according to [http://www.collegebowl.com/schoolhistoryrpt.asp?CustomerID=394 College Bowl's database] (as well as 1991 according to noted villain [[Tom Michael]]'s page). Matt Weiner heard a rumor once that an ancient VCU team was banned for a time from College Bowl for using College Bowl packets in their own invitational tournament, but is not sure where he picked up this information or whether there is any truth to it.
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A VCU team, about which nothing else is known, attended a 1993 invitational tournament at Virginia as per [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.college.college-bowl/browse_frm/thread/8e8849c2888e9c74/6d5fd2f2530d1557?lnk=st&q=#6d5fd2f2530d1557  this Usenet post], and teams from VCU participated in [[CBI|College Bowl]] at least in 1986 and 1996 according to [http://www.collegebowl.com/schoolhistoryrpt.asp?CustomerID=394 College Bowl's database] (as well as 1991 according to noted villain [[Tom Michael]]'s page).
  
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More concretely, VCU quizbowl was founded by Matt Weiner in November 2002 by virtue of his attendance at the [[ACF Fall]] tournament held by [[Case Western]]. Through fall 2005, the team consisted solely of Weiner and the occasional socially-based appearance of Weiner's personal acquaintances who happened to be taking classes at VCU. Veterans of the Virginia high school circuit would frequently e-mail Weiner asking to join the team, then never express interest in attending any tournaments. Tournaments won by VCU in this time period were the 2003 [[NAQT]] Sectionals at [[Virginia]], the 2003 [[Princeton]] [[Buzzerfest]], the 2004 [[Maryland]] [[TIT|Terrapin]], the 2005 NAQT Sectionals, the 2005 Manu Ginobili/Tony Parker at Maryland, and the undergraduate title at the [[2005 ICT]].
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More concretely, VCU quizbowl was founded by Matt Weiner in November 2002 by virtue of his attendance at the [[ACF Fall]] tournament held by [[Case Western]]. Tournaments won by VCU in this time period were the 2003 [[NAQT]] Sectionals at [[Virginia]], the 2003 [[Princeton]] [[Buzzerfest]], the 2004 [[Maryland]] [[TIT|Terrapin]], the 2005 NAQT Sectionals, the 2005 Manu Ginobili/Tony Parker at Maryland, the undergraduate title at the [[2005 ICT]], the [[2006 ACF Regionals]] at Princeton, the 2006 UNC tournament, the 2007 NAQT Sectionals at George Mason, and the 2007 Maryland Terrapin. [[Evan Adams]] and [[Andrew Alexander]] became team mainstays for the next two years, with [[George Berry]], [[Cody Voight]], and [[Sean Smiley]] all joining the team in fall 2009. Sometimes with the aid of dual-enrolled high schooler [[Tommy Casalaspi]], the team went on to finish second to [[Maryland]] infinity times, also winning the 2010 ACF Winter tournament at NC Wesleyan and finishing fourth at both Division I and Division II of the [[2011 ICT]]. A VCU team led by Sean Smiley and Cody Voight also won the 2011 ACF Fall site at [[Virginia|UVa]], and a team containing Smiley, Voight, and Berry finished a strong 14th at ACF Nationals in 2012, losing only to [[Rice]] in the second playoff bracket.
  
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In spring 2006, the first new actual quizbowl players joined the team--freshmen [[Andrew Alexander]] and [[Vinod Kondragunta]], where within eight days they experienced both the peaks and valleys of competition--winning their first-ever collegiate tournament (the 2006 ACF Regionals at Princeton) and playing on one of the most atrocious collegiate packet sets in recent memory (the 2006 NAQT Sectionals). [[Haris Niaz]] joined in 2007, and after four and a half years, Weiner's goal of bringing a team of four people to a tournament as "VCU" was finally realized. The newly constituted team won the 2006 UNC tournament, the 2007 NAQT Sectionals at George Mason, and the 2007 Maryland Terrapin.
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==Tournaments Hosted==
  
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The 2008 season saw Weiner move from player to coach and several new freshmen players, such as [[Timothy Fox]], [[Evan Adams]], and [[Mark Zimmerman]] join the program. VCU attended a team-record 11 tournaments, finishing as high as 2nd place in some events, and earning 16th and 19th place finishes at the two nationals. VCU also hosted six tournaments in the 2007-2008 year.
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VCU is an extremely active tournament host at the high school, collegiate, and open levels.
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==Tournaments==
 
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VCU has hosted several tournament at the high school, collegiate, and open levels.
 
  
 
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| Date
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| Name
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| Level
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| [[winner]]
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| [[second]]
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| [ Stats]
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| [[Question Set]]
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| 11/08/08
 
| 11/08/08
 
| [[ACF Fall 2008]] Mid-Atlantic Site
 
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| [[2009 Penn|Penn]]
 
| [[2009 Penn|Penn]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/fall08/fall08vcu_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/fall08/fall08vcu_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2008 ACF Fall]]
 
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| 08/17/08
 
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| [[Chris Ray]], [[Keith Jamison]], [[Rebecca Fischer]], [[Leonard Chang]]
 
| [[Chris Ray]], [[Keith Jamison]], [[Rebecca Fischer]], [[Leonard Chang]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/vcuopen/vcunovice08_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/vcuopen/vcunovice08_standings.html Stats]
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| [[ZOT Bowl]]
 
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| 08/16/08
 
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| [[Brendan Byrne]], [[Andrew Hart]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]]
 
| [[Brendan Byrne]], [[Andrew Hart]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/vcuopen/vcuopen08_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/vcuopen/vcuopen08_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2008 VCU Open]]
 
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| 05/03/08
 
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| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson A]]
 
| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson A]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/sft2/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/sft2/ Stats]
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| [[2008 PACE Regular Season Set]]
 
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| 03/22/08
 
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| [[2008 Maryland|Maryland B]]
 
| [[2008 Maryland|Maryland B]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/jbchp/jbchp_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/jbchp/jbchp_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2008 MUT]]
 
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| 02/23/08
 
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| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman A]]
 
| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman A]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/lmt/lmt_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/lmt/lmt_standings.html Stats]
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| [[NAQT]] IS-74
 
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| 11/3/07
 
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| [[2008 North Carolina|North Carolina A]]
 
| [[2008 North Carolina|North Carolina A]]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/acf_fall_midatlantic_2007/acf_fall_midatlantic_2007_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/acf_fall_midatlantic_2007/acf_fall_midatlantic_2007_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2007 ACF Fall]]
 
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| 5/05/07
 
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| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
 
| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/sft/sft_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/sft/sft_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2007 PACE Regular Season Set]]
 
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| 3/10/07
 
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| [[2007 Maryland|Maryland]]
 
| [[2007 Maryland|Maryland]]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/ojp/vcu-open_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/ojp/vcu-open_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2007 Illinois Novice]]
 
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| 11/15/03
 
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| [[2004 Duke|Duke]]
 
| [[2004 Duke|Duke]]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/aob_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/aob_standings.html Stats]
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| [[2003 Illinois Open]]
 
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==Current Players==
 
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* [[George Berry]]
 
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* [[Cody Voight]]
 
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* [[Sean Smiley]]
 
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==Former Players==
 
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* [[Matt Weiner]]
 
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* [[Evan Adams]]
 
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* [[Andrew Alexander]]
 
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* [[Timothy Fox]]
 
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* [[Vinod Kondragunta]]
 
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* [[Haris Niaz]]
 
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* [[Mark Zimmerman]]
 
  
 
==Title Succession==
 
==Title Succession==
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==External Links==
 
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[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/vcuqb/history.html Official Site]
 
 
[[Category: College clubs]]
 
[[Category: College clubs]]
 
[[Category: VCU]]
 
[[Category: VCU]]
 
[[Category: Programs that have won NAQT ICT Undergraduate]]
 
[[Category: Programs that have won NAQT ICT Undergraduate]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Revision as of 14:12, 8 March 2013

Virginia Commonwealth University
VCUlogo.PNG
Location:
Richmond, VA
Current President or Coach Sean Smiley (president), Cody Voight (director of collegiate tournaments), George Berry (director of high school tournaments), Matt Weiner (coach)
National championships 2005 NAQT Undergraduate
NAQT Page link

VCU's quizbowl team is currently led by Cody Voight, Sean Smiley and George Berry, who are building a perfect society in which the mistakes of the past will be eliminated.

History

A VCU team, about which nothing else is known, attended a 1993 invitational tournament at Virginia as per this Usenet post, and teams from VCU participated in College Bowl at least in 1986 and 1996 according to College Bowl's database (as well as 1991 according to noted villain Tom Michael's page).

More concretely, VCU quizbowl was founded by Matt Weiner in November 2002 by virtue of his attendance at the ACF Fall tournament held by Case Western. Tournaments won by VCU in this time period were the 2003 NAQT Sectionals at Virginia, the 2003 Princeton Buzzerfest, the 2004 Maryland Terrapin, the 2005 NAQT Sectionals, the 2005 Manu Ginobili/Tony Parker at Maryland, the undergraduate title at the 2005 ICT, the 2006 ACF Regionals at Princeton, the 2006 UNC tournament, the 2007 NAQT Sectionals at George Mason, and the 2007 Maryland Terrapin. Evan Adams and Andrew Alexander became team mainstays for the next two years, with George Berry, Cody Voight, and Sean Smiley all joining the team in fall 2009. Sometimes with the aid of dual-enrolled high schooler Tommy Casalaspi, the team went on to finish second to Maryland infinity times, also winning the 2010 ACF Winter tournament at NC Wesleyan and finishing fourth at both Division I and Division II of the 2011 ICT. A VCU team led by Sean Smiley and Cody Voight also won the 2011 ACF Fall site at UVa, and a team containing Smiley, Voight, and Berry finished a strong 14th at ACF Nationals in 2012, losing only to Rice in the second playoff bracket.

Tournaments Hosted

VCU is an extremely active tournament host at the high school, collegiate, and open levels.

Date Name Class Champion Runner-up Stats
Date Name Level winner second [ Stats] Question Set
11/08/08 ACF Fall 2008 Mid-Atlantic Site Collegiate Maryland A Penn Stats 2008 ACF Fall
08/17/08 VCU Novice Tournament: A Metaphorical Deal With the Devil Open Brendan Byrne, Andrew Hart, Trevor Davis, Gautam Kandlikar Chris Ray, Keith Jamison, Rebecca Fischer, Leonard Chang Stats ZOT Bowl
08/16/08 VCU Open 2008: Look at That Horse Open Jerry Vinokurov, Ted Gioia, Henry Gorman, Andy Watkins Brendan Byrne, Andrew Hart, Trevor Davis, Gautam Kandlikar Stats 2008 VCU Open
05/03/08 VCU Season Finale Tournament II High School Dorman A Thomas Jefferson A Stats 2008 PACE Regular Season Set
03/22/08 VCU Undergraduate Tournament: James Branch Cabell Has a Posse Collegiate Maryland A Maryland B Stats 2008 MUT
02/23/08 VCU Last-Minute Tournament High School Thomas Jefferson A Dorman A Stats NAQT IS-74
11/3/07 ACF Fall 2007 Mid-Atlantic Site Collegiate Maryland A North Carolina A Stats 2007 ACF Fall
5/05/07 VCU Season Finale Tournament I High School Maggie Walker Dorman Stats 2007 PACE Regular Season Set
3/10/07 VCU Open 2007 Open Maggie Walker Maryland Stats 2007 Illinois Novice
11/15/03 Illinois Open East: Alpha and Omega Bowl Open Maryland Duke Stats 2003 Illinois Open

Title Succession

NAQT ICT Division I Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Illinois
2005
Williams

External Links

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