A fond farewell
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:42 pm
As our official season comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to some of our graduating seniors, who furthered the cause of good quiz bowl in Illinois: Everyone feel free to add your own comments.
Siva Sundaram—one of the best players in the history of Illinois quiz bowl, and one who states his opinions on quiz bowl matters articulately and with dignity. He is a welcome addition to the IHSSBCA Executive Committee as one of our high school liaisons.
His compadre, Michael Jiang who may have been overshadowed by Siva in tournaments but can more than hold his own in a solo contest
The Carbondale trio of Jerry Chang, Tony Cao, and Paul Botros—these guys were a force to be reckoned with, and kudos to Ms. Lorinskas for bringing them to so many tournaments up north.
Ben Cohen—an autodidact whose breadth and depth of knowledge continued New Trier’s domination of the North Shore.
David Garb and Nick Bergeon—this duo from Buffalo Grove worked tirelessly on behalf of their team.
The St. Viator varsity team (Jeff, Alex, Sean, et alia), who showed us what you can do with limited resources but a will to succeed.
And last but not least, Loyola’s Joe Ahmad,whose intellectualism and bent for quiz bowl was evident when he was a freshman, and Jack Glerum, probably the most enthusiastic high school quiz bowl player in Illinois since Brad Fischer and Nick Matchen.
Apologies to anyone I forgot who deserves a mention.
Best wishes with your college choices and all of your future endeavors!
Siva Sundaram—one of the best players in the history of Illinois quiz bowl, and one who states his opinions on quiz bowl matters articulately and with dignity. He is a welcome addition to the IHSSBCA Executive Committee as one of our high school liaisons.
His compadre, Michael Jiang who may have been overshadowed by Siva in tournaments but can more than hold his own in a solo contest
The Carbondale trio of Jerry Chang, Tony Cao, and Paul Botros—these guys were a force to be reckoned with, and kudos to Ms. Lorinskas for bringing them to so many tournaments up north.
Ben Cohen—an autodidact whose breadth and depth of knowledge continued New Trier’s domination of the North Shore.
David Garb and Nick Bergeon—this duo from Buffalo Grove worked tirelessly on behalf of their team.
The St. Viator varsity team (Jeff, Alex, Sean, et alia), who showed us what you can do with limited resources but a will to succeed.
And last but not least, Loyola’s Joe Ahmad,whose intellectualism and bent for quiz bowl was evident when he was a freshman, and Jack Glerum, probably the most enthusiastic high school quiz bowl player in Illinois since Brad Fischer and Nick Matchen.
Apologies to anyone I forgot who deserves a mention.
Best wishes with your college choices and all of your future endeavors!