Jade Dai
| Jade Dai | |
| Noted subjects | History (Military history burning grind), Geography, Politics, Current Events, Christian literature, Soccer |
| High school | Jasper (2022-) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Jade Dai is the current president of the Jasper High School Quiz Bowl team and a former member of the Rice Middle School Quiz Bowl teams, succeeding Abraham Zhang and Frank (Zihan) Xu. He has maintained a five-year status in Quiz Bowl, participating in the 2020 and 2022 PISD Middle School Quiz Bowl Championship, and for Jasper the 2023 and 2024 PISD Quiz Bowl High School Championship, the 2022 TQBA Kickoff XVIII Tailgate Classic, the 2023 ILLIAC Playtest Mirror (where Jasper most certainly beat up Ivy League teams), the 2023 TQBA Kickoff XIX Tailgate Classic, the Plano West-hosted LUKA III tournament, the 2023 St. Marks Invitational, and the 2024 Costa Rica International Pool Bash, the 2024 L. D. Bell Invitational, and the 2024 HAMLET hosted by Tanay Bodducherla and Aatreyo Bhattacharya of Mira Loma High School. He has additionally obtained the distinction of participating in the 2024 NAQT Individual Player Nationals Championship Tournament, grabbing an 147th place out of 261, and obtaining a record 23th place in the History subcategory, ahead of 2024 champion Ali Hamzeh, and the 2024 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. He has traditionally been a highly active member and constantly attends quiz bowl meetings for his competitiveness and recreation. He has additionally revived Jasper Quiz Bowl, through his essential outreach managers, from a state of dysfunction to a thriving club with 125 members. Jade specializes in history, geography, current events, politics, Christian literature, and soccer. He is also the manager of the NAQT-sponsored buzzword community identified as the "International Jasper High School Association's Buzzword Grind". Current or past Jasper players are always welcome to join the Buzzword league if they contact Jade Dai#2909 on Discord. He is additionally a member of the Buzzword societies of "Buzzword Southeast" and "Quizbowl Discord".