Maggie Walker

Maggie Walker Governor's School
Location: Richmond, VA
Coaches	John Barnes
State Championships	VHSL 2000, 2003, 2007; NAQT Virginia 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
National Championships	2004 PACE; 2007 PACE; 2007 NAQT; 2010 NAQT; 1995 NAC
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Maggie Walker Governors School (often Maggie Walker or Gov for short) is a public magnet school located in Richmond Virginia. Formerly known simply as "Governors School", it was attached to Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond until the fall of 2001, when it moved into the abandoned Maggie Walker High School. The quizbowl team has been coached by John Barnes since 1999. They host the annual house-written GSAC tournament in December, which has been well-received for its quality and mirrored nationally in recent years. The school also ran a novice tournament called HAVOC in April of 2008 and 2009.

State Championships

Maggie Walker teams have won the NAQT Virginia Championship in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009,2010 and the AAA VHSL State Championships in 2000, 2003, and 2007.

National Championships

Maggie Walker won the 1995 NAC. In Quizbowl, Maggie Walker won the 2004 NSC, and both the NSC and HSNCT in 2007. Maggie Walker also won the 2010 HSNCT.

Noted Alumni

• Amanda Goad
• Matt Weiner
• Wren Elhai
• Lyric Doshi
• Matt Morrison
• Will Butler
• Mehdi Razvi
• Evan Adams
• Sarah Angelo
• Tommy Casalaspi

Teams and coaches

Season	Regular A team lineup	Coach
1993	Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Sabrina Chan	Kahtra Kayton
1994	Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Sam Easterling, Paul Welch	Kahtra Kayton
1995	Amanda Goad, Matt Carter, Paul Welch, Sabrina Chan	Kahtra Kayton & Allyson Ey
1996	Amanda Goad, Josh Kaplowitz, Algis Rudys, Tanim Islam	Hal Waller
1997	Tanim Islam, Vinay Jain, Josh Crockett, Fran Bigman	Hal Waller
1998	Fran Bigman, Bill Hunt, Free Williams, Ben Weisberger	Ken Wilkins
1999	Rupa Mishra, Tim Maness, Brian Gross, Mark Walker	Ken Wilkins
2000	Matt Weiner, Ben Neale, Megan Laswell, Jimmy Hare	John Barnes
2001	Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou	John Barnes
2002	Art Vilassakdanont, Phil Kidd, Matthew Daniel, Victoria Chiou	John Barnes
2003	Eric Nielsen, Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow	John Barnes
2004	Wren Elhai, Lyric Doshi, Allen Bristow, Neel Rai	John Barnes
2005	Mark Guerci, Xun Zhou, Lydia Powell, Angela Zhu	John Barnes
2006	Xun Zhou, Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler	John Barnes
2007	Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Will Butler, Mehdi Razvi	John Barnes
2008	Palmer Mebane, Andrew Goodfellow, Anant Shukla, Greg Tito	John Barnes
2009	Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, Matt Kluge	John Barnes
2010	Greg Tito, Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach	John Barnes
2011	Tommy Casalaspi, JR Roach, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim	John Barnes
2012	Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim, Jordan Bekenstein, Connor Wood	John Barnes and ???
2013	Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim, Jordan Bekenstein, Connor Wood	John Barnes and ???

Succession of titles

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Dorman	2004	Thomas Jefferson

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Raleigh Charter	2007	Walt Whitman

NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Richard Montgomery	2007	Thomas Jefferson

NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Wilmington Charter	2010	State College

Succession of minor titles

NAC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
East Brunswick	1995	Houston Memorial

External links

Team Website