Wayzata

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Wayzata
Wayzata.jpg
Location:
Plymouth, MN
Coaches Meaghan Decker (2009-present)
State Championships 2012, 2013
National Appearances HSNCT: 2005-2008, 2010-2014
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link


Wayzata High School a public 9-12 high school located in Plymouth, Minnesota. Wayzata claimed back to back NAQT Minnesota State Championships in 2012 and 2013. Generally they play in the West Division of the MNHSQB League, and have also claimed that title for the last two years. Recently, Wayzata tied for 13th at the 2012 HSNCT, after notably upsetting 3rd seed High Tech. Wayzata also has an active Science Bowl team coached by Amanda Laden and has attended National History Bee and Bowl events. Wayzata High School has competed Knowledge Bowl but has since withdrawn from that circuit. It has three feeder middle schools: Wayzata East, Wayzata West, and Wayzata Central.


2013-2014 Roster

Wayzata Trojans roster
Upperclassmen

Seniors (Class of 2014)

  • Jack Buan (C)
  • Jayant Chaudhary
  • Katie Talerico (C)
  • Elizabeth Hannigan
  • Nathan Stocking
  • Prasanna Vankina
  • Andrew Schmidt

Juniors (Class of 2015)

  • Luke Soucy
  • Lucas Sun
  • Faheem Jabir
  • Andrew Stern
  • Alan Chiang
  • Sruti Paladugu
  • Mason Zhang
  • Thomas Zhang (C)
  • Austin Zhang
  • Sweta Bedal
  • Alicia Wong
  • Jakob Cornell
  • Michael Ansusinha
  • Michelle Qian
  • Vineeth Thirunavu
  • Bella Roussanov
  • Varun Rajagopal
  • David Begelman
  • Nathan Ringo
  • Joram Zaragoza
  • Bella Roussanov


Underclassmen

Sophomores (Class of 2016)

  • Amaan Bankwala
  • Kevin Liu
  • Tony Zeng
  • Edward Mu
  • Michael Cai
  • Cody Hou
  • Nathan Ringo
  • David Mo
  • Rishav Desgupta
  • Joseph Chen
  • Kevin Qian
  • Abhinav Bhaskar

Freshmen (Class of 2017)

  • William Drew
  • Ian Kariniemi
  • Rithvik Pasumarty
  • Stewart Hagen
  • Karma Lama

Other Players

  • Alicia John
  • Pranav Maddula
  • Sweta Bhoopatiraju
  • Brielle Pizzala
  • Duncan Masica
  • Nick Pizzala
  • Gayathri Rao
  • Gowri Rao
Coach/President
  • Meaghan Decker

Assistants

  • Brian Decker

Other Notable People

  • Cindy Behrens - CFO, school activities coordinator
  • Dave Vieth - donates his room after school

Key

(C) Captain

(A) Alternate Captain


History

see List of Wayzata Quiz Bowl seasons

WHS Alumni

Tournament Results

2013-14 Academic Year

Date Tournament Question Set Team Record Rank Stats PPB
10/25/13 SOCIAL X IS-129A
A * 9-1 2/24 [1] 24.73
B * 8-2 3/23 [2] 24.49
C * 8-2 4/23 [3] 22.24
D * 5-3 T5/23 [4] 19.45
E 1-5 19/23 [5] 12.50
10/25/13 SOCIAL X JV MS-07
F (D-II) 2-4 7/10 [6] 21.58
G (D-II) 4-3 5/10 [7] 21.14
11/7/13 - 2/27/14 MNHSQB League, North Division MN-13
A 4-0 [8] missing data
B 4-0 [9]
C 3-1 [10]
D 3-1 [11]
E 4-0 [12]
F 2-2 [13]
10/25/13 RAT-RACE (JV/UC) TC-14
A * 7-0 5/62 [14] no bonuses
B * 6-1 2/62 [15]
C * 7-0 1/62 [16]
D 5-2 17/62 [17]
E [18]
F [19]
G [20]
10/25/13 TOSSUP (JV/UC) MS-08
A 6-0 1/15 [21] 25.41
B 5-1 4/15 [22] 22.29
C 4-2 5/15 [23] 21.26
D 3-3 9/15 [24] 20.00
12/07/13 GINVIT IS-128
A * pending results [25]
1/11/14 Lake Conference IS-130 (TU only)
A 10-2 2/14 [26] NA
B 10-2 3/14 [27]
C 6-4 6/14 [28]
D 5-5 7/14 [29]
E 4-6 10/14 [30]
1/25/14 SnowCat IS-132
A 10-0 2/20 [31] 18.26

(*) qualified for HSNCT

^ qualified for PACE NSC

Past coaches

  • Clarice Hagen (2001(?)-2009)
  • Mary Topic (2007(?))
  • Smiley (2007(?))


NAQT Minnesota State Championship Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
St. Thomas (MN)
2012
Wayzata


NAQT Minnesota State Championship Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Wayzata
2013
(upcoming season)