Edit 6/16 - Winners Posted!
Congratulations to the 2013 National Quizbowl Award Winners! Thanks again to everyone who voted and to everyone at NASAT for being flexible regarding my travel plans and the pursuant need to move up the award ceremony. National A Team members are listed in order in terms of total number of voting points.
National Middle School Player of the Year: Pranav Sivakumar, Barrington Station, IL
National 9th Grade Player of the Year: Ethan Russo, LASA, TX
National 10th Grade Player of the Year: Sam Blizzard, Northmont, OH
National High School Player of the Year: Max Schindler, Ladue Horton Watkins, MO
National High School A Team (includes National Player of the Year):
1. Max Schindler, Ladue Horton Watkins, MO
2. Sameer Rai, Bellarmine, CA
3. Morgan Venkus, Loyola Academy, IL
4. Carlo De Guzman, St. John’s, TX
National Middle School Coach of the Year: Jeff Price, Barrington Station, IL
National High School Coach of the Year: Jason Flowers, LASA, TX
Edit 6/16 - Nominees Posted!
Congratulations to this year's nominees for the National Quizbowl Awards! The nominating committee consisted of Matt Jackson, Matt Weiner, Jeff Hoppes, and myself. The vote totals of the nominating committee will remain confidential, so as not to exert undue influence on the actual vote. All nominees for the specific awards are listed below in alphabetical order - do not read anything into the order in which they are listed here. If you are interested in voting, please note the voting procedure:
Also, in the interest of time, I am not going to be able to go through and post individual statlines, but I strongly encourage all voters to look up stat reports when considering their votes, especially here: http://www.naqt.com/stats/player-search.jsp and here http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/me, lower in this thread wrote: Voting Procedure
Voting will only be open to those who have experience with quizbowl on a national level. High and middle school players may not vote. Coaches may vote, including for students on their team, though coaches who are nominated will not have their votes counted for Coach of the Year in the level at which they coach. Those who wish to vote must do so by (edit) 9:00 am EDT on this coming Thursday (June 13), either by sending me a private message here or emailing me at [email protected]. Everyone who votes will select only 1 player/coach for each category, except National High School Player of the Year - for that, select 4, and label them in order. They will be ranked 7-5-3-1 with the top overall vote getter being the National High School Player of the Year, and the next 3 highest scorers being on the National A team.
If you are voting, you may leave a category with which you are unfamiliar blank (edit - or vote for only 1-4 people in a given category) That is indeed preferable than casting an uninformed ballot. Voters are encouraged to review performances of those who are on the ballot - more weight of course should be given to recent National Championship performances than other results. Also, the nominating committee reserves the right to disallow ballots if we have reason to suspect that you are unfamiliar with the high school/middle school quizbowl community. We may also contact you to clarify this, if there is reason to suspect your awareness of quizbowl at a national level. Note that this does not mean that only people who organize on a national basis can vote, but rather that we want informed voters for a fair vote.
Top 9th grade player
1. Tajin Rogers, St. Anselm's (DC)
2. Ethan Russo, LASA (TX)
3. Corin Wagen, LASA (TX)
Top 10th grade player
1. Sam Blizzard, Northmont (OH)
2. Joe Levano, Kellenberg (NY)
3. Eric Xu, Western Albemarle (VA)
National High School Player of the Year
1. Sam Blizzard, Northmont (OH)
2. Carlo De Guzman, St. John's (TX)
3. Thomas Gaddy, Montgomery Blair (MD)
4. Sameer Rai, Bellarmine (CA)
5. Jacob Reed, East Chapel Hill (NC)
6. Max Schindler, Ladue (MO)
7. Morgan Venkus, Loyola (IL)
8. Nathan Weiser, LASA (TX)
National Middle School Player of the Year (there was a tie for the final spot)
1. Bryant Cong, Challenger-Berryessa (CA)
2. Patrick Doyle, St. Raymond (IL)
3. Ujwal Punyamurtula, Kealing (TX)
4. Pranav Sivakumar, Barrington Station (IL)
National High School Coach of the Year (there was a four way tie for the second place slot)
1. Matt Duckworth, New Kent (VA)
2. Jason Flowers, LASA (TX)
3. David Jones, Northmont (OH)
4. Matt Laird, Loyola (IL)
5. Gregory Schweers, Cistercian (TX)
National Middle School Coach of the Year
1. Patty Hill, Kealing (TX)
2. Jeff Price, Barrington Station (IL)
3. Ken Romeo, Middlesex (CT)