Northwestern
| Northwestern University | |
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| Location: Evanston, IL | |
| Current President or Coach | Ved Muthusamy |
| National championships | none |
| NAQT Page | link |
Northwestern University is a large private university located in Evanston, Illinois.
In a noted "Cinderella run" at 2017 ICT, the Northwestern team consisting of Dylan Minarik, Greg Peterson, Adam Silverman, and Max Rong pulled off four upsets in the playoffs (over Yale, Maryland, Chicago, and Stanford) and a second-place finish (to Michigan).[1][2][3] In recent years, the all-graduate student Northwestern A team has consistently finished in the 10-15th place range at national tournaments, including an 11th place finish at 2025 ACF Nationals, tying the school's record finish at that tournament in 2017 and 2018.
Northwestern was the host site for 2005 ACF Nationals, the infamous 2011 NSC, the 2012 College National Championships of the National History Bowl, and of 2021 ACF Nationals. It has hosted every Chicago Open from 2018 onward.
Throughout the season, Northwestern Quizbowl hosts Jr. Wildcat (a middle school tournament) and usually mirrors several college tournaments.
Players
Azura Gollamudi (2024-), Ved Muthusamy (2022-), Sharath Narayan (2022-), Jacob Puthipiroj (2023-), Matt Schiavone (2024-), Chris Sims (2020-), Stephen Walsh (2024-)
Former Players
Colby Burnett (2001-05), Andy Wehrman (2004-05), Anant Shah (2008-12), Cory Haala (2009-12), Dan Donohue (2010-14), Adam Sperber (2010-14), Kevin Malis (2011-15), Dylan Minarik (2013-17), Greg Peterson (2015-18), Adam Silverman (2016-19), Jack Drummond (2017-21), Rohin Devanathan (2020-22), Justin Jasperse (2019-22), Jake Lyons (2018-22), Sheldon Wong (2018-22), Jack Izzo (2019-23), Beni Keown (2019-23), Chloe Chow (2020-24), Jason Huang (2022-24), Andrew Salij (2019-24), Nikhil Chellam (2020-25)