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{{Collegebox|College Name = Washington University in St. Louis
 
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|president = [[John Ahlfield]]
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'''Washington University in St. Louis''' (also known as '''WUSTL''' or '''WashU''') is a private institution in St. Louis County, MO. Its Academic Team (WUAT) plays on the Midwest circuit and is led by by [[John Ahlfield]].
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'''Washington University in St. Louis''' (also known as '''WUSTL''' or '''WashU''') is a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. Their quiz bowl team plays in the Midwest circuit and is led by [[Mia Bloss]]. Each year WUSTL hosts several tournaments, the largest of which is [[WUHSAC]] in the spring.
 
==Team History==
 
==Team History==
Washington University in St. Louis has been a fairly successful team in the Midwest.
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The WashU Quiz Bowl student organization was historically known as the Washington University Academic Team (WUAT).
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===2008-2009===
 
===2008-2009===
In the 2008-2009 season, WUAT qualified for the [[2009 ICT|2009 NAQT ICT]] by virtue of being an [[NAQT SCT]] host. The Division I team went 6-7 to place 20th of 32 teams, while the Division II team went 9-4 to tie for 10th of the 31 teams which actually attended the tournament. Division I player [[Gordon Arsenoff]] was a tournament All-Star, coming in sixth overall with 52.83 PP20TH. [http://www.naqt.com/Results/2009-ict-results.html]
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In the 2008-2009 season, WUAT qualified for the [[2009 ICT|2009 NAQT ICT]] by virtue of being an [[NAQT SCT]] host. The Division I team placed 20th, while the Division II team tied for 10th. Division I player [[Gordon Arsenoff]] was a tournament All-Star, coming in sixth overall. [http://www.naqt.com/Results/2009-ict-results.html]
 
===2009-2010===
 
===2009-2010===
The Washington University Academic Team is being led by [[John Ahlfield]] in the 2009-2010 season.
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[[John Ahlfield]] took over leadership of the Washington University Academic Team from [[Neel Kotra]] in the 2009-2010 season.
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The WUSTL team's first tournament of the 2009-2010 season was the [[Illinois]] mirror of [[EFT|Early Fall Tournament 4]]. The B team finished 16th while the A team finished 18th. [http://severedlights.com/trygve/illinois_eft_2009/EFT%202009%20(minus%20Indiana's%20final%20game)_standings.html] The team took 2nd place at [[ACF Fall|ACF Fall 2009]], hosted by [[Missouri]]. [http://justpredictions.webs.com/quizbowl/09ACFFall_standings.html] The WUSTL house team also took first at [[GIT|GIT XIV]]. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8552]
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===2010-2011===
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WUSTL C, a team of Kefu Lu and Joel Muskin-Pierret, placed first at their mirror of ACF Novice. Charles Hang and Joel Muskin-Pierret won ACF Fall. A team of Charles Hang, Joel Muskin-Pierret, David Hollander-Urbach, and Peter Glaser won the 2011 Midwest SCT D-II title, while their D-I team, consisting of Gordon Arsenoff, won the D-I title.
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The team was the subject of [[2011 WashU Student Life article|an article]] in Student Life, the campus newspaper.
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===2011-2012===
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Gordon Arsenoff, Charles Hang, Sam Haynes, and Simon Hsu tied for 12th place at the [[2012 ICT|ICT]]. A team of Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, Sam Haynes, and Adrian Blaszkiewicz placed 21st at [[2012 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]].
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===2012-2013===
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Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, and Sam Haynes tied for 26th place at the [[2013 ICT|ICT]]. Sam Haynes, Charles Hang, and Richard Yu reprised the team's 2012 performance by tying for 21st at [[ACF Nationals]].
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===2021-2024===
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The team received a massive boost when [[Matthew Lehmann]] enrolled for a law degree; meanwhile, other strong specialists enrolled in other graduate programs ([[Jeremy Cummings]] in math; [[Annabelle Yang]] and [[Paul Lee]] in medical school) and Hang continued his studies with a master's degree.
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The teams of this era obtained by far the school's best-ever performances at national championship tournaments, including 4th-place finishes at [[2023 ICT]] and [[2023 ACF Nationals]], and 2nd-place finishes at both [[2024 ICT]] and [[2024 ACF Nationals]].
  
The WUSTL team's first tournament of the 2009-2010 season was the [[Illinois]] mirror of [[EFT|Early Fall Tournament 4]]. The B team went 4-8, finishing 16th of 24, while A team went 3-9, finishing 18th. [http://severedlights.com/trygve/illinois_eft_2009/EFT%202009%20(minus%20Indiana's%20final%20game)_standings.html] The team did better at [[ACF Fall|ACF Fall 2009]] hosted by [[Missouri]], taking 2nd and winning the Division II and Undergraduate championships. [http://justpredictions.webs.com/quizbowl/09ACFFall_standings.html] A WUSTL house team also took first at [[GIT|GIT XIV]]. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8552]
 
 
==Tournament Hosting==
 
==Tournament Hosting==
 
WUSTL prides itself on its track record of excellence in hosting tournaments at various levels.
 
WUSTL prides itself on its track record of excellence in hosting tournaments at various levels.
 
===High School===
 
===High School===
Washington University runs [[WUHSAC]], a [[NSC|PACE NSC]] qualifier, every spring semester using house-written questions. The tournament is the most widely attended [[good quizbowl|good Quiz Bowl]] event for high schools in the State of Missouri, regularly drawing 30-40 teams.  
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Washington University runs [[WUHSAC]], a [[NSC|PACE NSC]] qualifier, every spring semester. It was run on housewritten questions through 2012 before becoming a mirror of [[Yale]]'s [[BHSAT]] in 2013. WUHSAC is affiliated with the [[Missouri Quizbowl Alliance]].
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In Fall 2015, WUSTL began hosting [[WUFAT]], a fall high school tournament also affiliated with the [[Missouri Quizbowl Alliance]].
 
===College===
 
===College===
 
====National Tournaments====
 
====National Tournaments====
As a centrally-located school, Washington University has repeatedly hosted both national and regional tournaments. WUSTL was chosen by NAQT to host its [[ICT]] in [[2001 ICT|2001]], [[2004 ICT|2004]], and [[2008 ICT|2008]], much to the joy of quizbowl fans who didn't want to go to the [[2003 ICT|middle]] of [[2007 ICT|nowhere]] again.   It was also the host for the [[2009 ACF Nationals]], though the tournament was beset by logistical difficulties.  [[FOGHAT]] 2008 also took place at WUSTL on Sunday, November 2nd, the day immediately after GIT.
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WUSTL hosted the [[NAQT]] [[ICT]] in [[2001 ICT|2001]], [[2004 ICT|2004]], and [[2008 ICT|2008]]. It was also the host for the [[2009 ACF Nationals]], though the tournament was beset by logistical difficulties.   
 
====Gateway Invitational Tournament====
 
====Gateway Invitational Tournament====
WUSTL annually hosts the [[GIT|Gateway Invitational Tournament]] in late Fall. The tournament was previous run as a packet submission event, before becoming an NAQT Invitational Series tournament for college teams. The 2009 iteration of GIT was a mirror of [[Valencia|Valencia Community College]]'s [[Delta Burke]] novice tournament and was won by the WUSTL house team.
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Through Fall 2010, WUSTL hosted the [[GIT|Gateway Invitational Tournament]]. The 2009 and 2010 iterations of GIT were mirrors of [[Valencia|Valencia Community College]]'s [[Delta Burke]] novice tournament.
 
====On Campus Tournament====
 
====On Campus Tournament====
An on-campus intramural tournament has been held each of the past 31 years.  Until 2008, this was a [[CBI]] Campus Tournament, but after the collapse of CBI, it was written as a house-written event in 2008 which was mirrored by [[Carnegie Mellon]]. For the 2009-2010 season, the tournament will be hosted on Intramural questions provided by [[NAQT]].
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WUAT held an on-campus tournament through the 2010 season.  Until 2008, this was a [[CBI]] Campus Tournament. After the collapse of CBI, it was a house-written event in 2008 which was mirrored by [[Carnegie Mellon]].  
==WUSTL and College Bowl==
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WUSTL was noteworthy for continuing to play College Bowl until its demise despite losing the [[1980 NCT]] for questionable reasons.
 
 
==Members==
 
==Members==
 
===Currently Active===
 
===Currently Active===
''Note: This List is Incomplete, and updated as of the 2009-2010 season'' <BR>
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''This list is currently incomplete''
'''Graduate Students''': [[Gordon Arsenoff]] '12 <BR>
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* [[Charles Hang]]
'''Seniors''':  [[John Ahlfield]] (President), [[David Hollander-Urbach]], [[Peter Glaser]], [[Rose Hallett]], [[Puneet Kollipara]],  [[Tian Shen]] <BR>
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* [[Matthew Lehmann]]
'''Juniors''':  [[Mohit Iyyer]], [[He Ji]] <BR>
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* [[Annabelle Yang]]
'''Sophomores''': [[Charles Hang]] (Treasurer), [[Spencer Fish]] (Vice President), [[Kimberly Jones]], [[Simon Hsu]]  <BR>
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* [[Paul Lee]]
'''Freshmen''':  [[Joel Muskin-Pierret]], [[Joshua Jacobs]], [[Katie Ford]], [[Adrian Blaszkiewicz]], [[Kefu Lu]], [[Ammar Zahid]], [[Matt Viggiano]], [[Ethan Kahn]]<BR>
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* [[June Yin]]
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* [[Neal Joshi]]
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* [[Cyrus Zhou]]
  
===Prominent former members===
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===Alumni===
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* [[Gordon Arsenoff]]
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* [[John Ahlfield]]
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* [[Raj Bhan]]
 
* [[Andrew Brantley]]
 
* [[Andrew Brantley]]
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* [[Seth Ebner]]
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* [[Spencer Fish]]
 
* [[Joel Gluskin]]
 
* [[Joel Gluskin]]
 
* [[Neel Kotra]]
 
* [[Neel Kotra]]
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* [[Sean Phillips]]
 
* [[Sean Phillips]]
 
* [[Charlie Steinhice]] spent all or part of one season at WUSTL at the very beginning of his career.
 
* [[Charlie Steinhice]] spent all or part of one season at WUSTL at the very beginning of his career.
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* [[Richard Yu]]
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* [[Patrick Butenhoff]]
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* [[Tirth Patel]]
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* [[Vishal Puppala]]
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* [[Em Powers]]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.wustl.edu/ Official website]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis Wikipedia entry]
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*[http://naqt.com/stats/school.jsp?org_id=1051 NAQT page]
  
 
[[Category: College clubs]]
 
[[Category: College clubs]]

Latest revision as of 10:43, 23 April 2024

Washington University in St. Louis
Wustl-logo.jpg
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Current President or Coach Jonah Schwartz
National championships none
NAQT Page link

Washington University in St. Louis (also known as WUSTL or WashU) is a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. Their quiz bowl team plays in the Midwest circuit and is led by Mia Bloss. Each year WUSTL hosts several tournaments, the largest of which is WUHSAC in the spring.

Team History

The WashU Quiz Bowl student organization was historically known as the Washington University Academic Team (WUAT).

2008-2009

In the 2008-2009 season, WUAT qualified for the 2009 NAQT ICT by virtue of being an NAQT SCT host. The Division I team placed 20th, while the Division II team tied for 10th. Division I player Gordon Arsenoff was a tournament All-Star, coming in sixth overall. [1]

2009-2010

John Ahlfield took over leadership of the Washington University Academic Team from Neel Kotra in the 2009-2010 season.

The WUSTL team's first tournament of the 2009-2010 season was the Illinois mirror of Early Fall Tournament 4. The B team finished 16th while the A team finished 18th. [2] The team took 2nd place at ACF Fall 2009, hosted by Missouri. [3] The WUSTL house team also took first at GIT XIV. [4]

2010-2011

WUSTL C, a team of Kefu Lu and Joel Muskin-Pierret, placed first at their mirror of ACF Novice. Charles Hang and Joel Muskin-Pierret won ACF Fall. A team of Charles Hang, Joel Muskin-Pierret, David Hollander-Urbach, and Peter Glaser won the 2011 Midwest SCT D-II title, while their D-I team, consisting of Gordon Arsenoff, won the D-I title.

The team was the subject of an article in Student Life, the campus newspaper.

2011-2012

Gordon Arsenoff, Charles Hang, Sam Haynes, and Simon Hsu tied for 12th place at the ICT. A team of Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, Sam Haynes, and Adrian Blaszkiewicz placed 21st at ACF Nationals.

2012-2013

Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, and Sam Haynes tied for 26th place at the ICT. Sam Haynes, Charles Hang, and Richard Yu reprised the team's 2012 performance by tying for 21st at ACF Nationals.

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2021-2024

The team received a massive boost when Matthew Lehmann enrolled for a law degree; meanwhile, other strong specialists enrolled in other graduate programs (Jeremy Cummings in math; Annabelle Yang and Paul Lee in medical school) and Hang continued his studies with a master's degree.

The teams of this era obtained by far the school's best-ever performances at national championship tournaments, including 4th-place finishes at 2023 ICT and 2023 ACF Nationals, and 2nd-place finishes at both 2024 ICT and 2024 ACF Nationals.

Tournament Hosting

WUSTL prides itself on its track record of excellence in hosting tournaments at various levels.

High School

Washington University runs WUHSAC, a PACE NSC qualifier, every spring semester. It was run on housewritten questions through 2012 before becoming a mirror of Yale's BHSAT in 2013. WUHSAC is affiliated with the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

In Fall 2015, WUSTL began hosting WUFAT, a fall high school tournament also affiliated with the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

College

National Tournaments

WUSTL hosted the NAQT ICT in 2001, 2004, and 2008. It was also the host for the 2009 ACF Nationals, though the tournament was beset by logistical difficulties.

Gateway Invitational Tournament

Through Fall 2010, WUSTL hosted the Gateway Invitational Tournament. The 2009 and 2010 iterations of GIT were mirrors of Valencia Community College's Delta Burke novice tournament.

On Campus Tournament

WUAT held an on-campus tournament through the 2010 season. Until 2008, this was a CBI Campus Tournament. After the collapse of CBI, it was a house-written event in 2008 which was mirrored by Carnegie Mellon.

Members

Currently Active

This list is currently incomplete

Alumni

External links