Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence

Year Location Field size Champion Runner-Up Cooper Award Young Ambassador Award 1998^[9] Case Western Reserve University 29 State College Area High School Henry Ford II High School Sue Ikenberry, coach at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, on behalf of Ben Cooper — 1999^[10] University of Pennsylvania 22^[11] State College Area High School (2) Rockville High School Joe Hermiller, coach at E.L. Bowsher High School — 2000^[12] Furman University 16 State College Area High School (3) Eisenhower High School Rick Barry, James Garrick, and Hodges Lewis, operators of Academic Competition Enterprises — 2001^[13] Bowling Green State University 22 State College Area High School (4) Georgetown Day School Robert C. Grierson, editor of Scholastic Visions, the newsletter of the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association — 2002^[14] The George Washington University 40 Richard Montgomery High School Detroit Catholic Central High School Douglas Tyson, coach at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, and Sue Altman, producer of It’s Academic, on behalf of the entire It’s Academic program — 2003^[15] Case Western Reserve University 27 Paul M. Dorman High School Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Carolyn Hawkins, coach at Cookeville High School — 2004^[16] University of Maryland, College Park 40 Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Paul Cain, coach at Ysleta High School Matt Weiner, Virginia Commonwealth University and David Bykowski, formerly of Furman University and University of Michigan 2005^[17] Valencia Community College 31 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (1) State College Area High School Sue Korosa, coach at Copley High School Thomas Egan, coach at Maine South High School, formerly of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 2006^[18] North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 29 Raleigh Charter High School Richard Montgomery High School Bob Weiser, coach at Solon High School and Dr. John Barnes, coach at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies Eric Grunden, coach at Raleigh Charter High School 2007^[19] University of Michigan 36 Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies (2) Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School Julie Gittings, coach at State College Area High School Evan Silberman, It’s Academic co-captain at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 2008^[20] George Mason University 48 Walt Whitman High School Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Matt Knupp of Russell High School (Award revoked on February 25, 2009^[21]) Lee Henry, coach at Brindlee Mountain High School, and Chris Sewell 2009^[22] George Mason University 64 Charter School of Wilmington State College Area High School Eric Huff, coach for Paul M. Dorman High School Christian Carter, player from Minneapolis South High School and webmaster of quizbowlpackets.com 2010^[23] George Mason University 64 State College Area High School (5) Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies ^{[nb 1]} R. Robert Hentzel, President of National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Sarah Angelo, player and tournament director at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies 2011^[24] Northwestern University 60 State College Area High School (6) Hunter College High School Matt Weiner, Virginia Commonwealth University Charlie Dees, Jeffrey Hill, Paul Nelson, and Christine Whelehon, on behalf of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance 2012^[25] Washington University in St. Louis 60 Hunter College High School Bellarmine College Preparatory David Riley, coach of Loyola Academy and Linda Greene, coach of Auburn High School Lily Chen, player from Hunter College High School 2013^[26] University of Maryland, College Park 72 Ladue Horton Watkins High School Liberal Arts and Science Academy Chris Chiego of University of California, San Diego and Dwight Wynne of University of California, Irvine Max Schindler, player from Ladue Horton Watkins High School 2014^[27] Washington, D.C. 96 Liberal Arts and Science Academy (1) Western Albemarle High School Jeff Hoppes of NAQT Matt Bollinger, player from the University of Virginia 2015^[28] Washington D.C. 96 Detroit Catholic Central High School (1) Liberal Arts and Science Academy Joshua Rutsky, coach of Hoover High School Nicholas Karas, player from the University of California, Berkeley 2016 Chicago, Illinois 96 Liberal Arts and Science Academy (2) Adlai E. Stevenson High School Sheryl and Michael Cvijanovich of Matt’s Buzzers Ankit Aggarwal, player from the University of California, Berkeley 2017 Chicago, Illinois 96 Detroit Catholic Central High School (2) Westview High School Fred Morlan, University of Kentucky Jackie Wu, player from Downingtown High School East 2018 Washington, D.C. 96 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (2) Dublin Scioto High School Chad Kubicek, National Academic Quiz Tournaments Kady Hsu, player from Rancho Bernardo High School 2019 Washington, D.C. 96 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (3) James E. Taylor High School Matt Albert, Justin Sharp, and Paul Villaluz, Las Vegas Quiz Bowl Alliance Connor Mayers, player from Penn Manor High School 2020^[29] Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[30] N/A N/A N/A Chris Johnson, coach at Itawamba Agricultural High School Ashish Kumbhardare, player from the Pennsylvania State University 2021 Virtual 80 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (4) Hunter College High School Ben Herman, Greater Pennsylvania QuizBowl Em Gunter, player from Salem High School 2022 Chicago, Illinois 72 Lambert High School Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Kristin Strey, Scholastic Community Outreach Program Kevin Kodama, player from the University of Washington