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Maggie Walker Governor's School
Location: Richmond, VA
Coaches	Hana Reed
State Championships	VHSL 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 NAQT Virginia 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
National Championships	2004 PACE; 2007 PACE 2007 NAQT; 2010 NAQT 1995 NAC 2011 National History Bowl
National Appearances	HSNCT: 2000-2015 PACE NSC: 1998-2002, 2004-2016
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

The Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies (often abbreviated as Maggie Walker or Gov) is a public magnet high school located in Richmond, Virginia. Formerly known simply as "Governor's School", it operated as a separate school within the building of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond until the fall of 2001, when it moved into the renovated Maggie Walker High School building. The school's quizbowl team was coached by John Barnes from 1999-2013, by Hana Reed from 2013-2018, and by Adam Rotche starting in fall 2020. From 1997 to 2017, they produced the GSAC packet set. 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 2011 and the AAA VHSL State Championships in 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Following the 2014 VHSL Realignment, Maggie Walker won the 2A VHSL State Championship in 2014, 2015, and 2017, losing only one game of Scholastic Bowl during that stretch (to the 2016 State Champions, Central of Wise County).

National Championships

Maggie Walker won the 1995 NAC, 2004 NSC, 2007 HSNCT 2007 NSC, 2010 HSNCT, and 2011 National History Bowl.

Noted Alumni

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
2013	Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Soho Kim, Jordan Bekenstein, Connor Wood	John Barnes
2014	Kevin Yuan, Vasa Clarke, Connor Wood, Will Overman	Hana Reed

Succession of titles

Succession of minor titles

NAC Champion

Preceded by

Year

Succeeded by

East Brunswick

1995

Houston Memorial

External links

Team Website

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 |citystate = Richmond, VA
-|currentcoach = [[John Barnes]]
+|currentcoach = [[Hana Reed]]
-|state = [[VHSL Scholastic Bowl|VHSL]] 2000, 2003, 2007; [[NAQT Virginia Championship|NAQT Virginia]] 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
+|state = [[VHSL Scholastic Bowl|VHSL]] 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 <br/> [[NAQT Virginia Championship|NAQT Virginia]] 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
-|nats = [[2004 NSC|2004 PACE]]; [[2007 NSC|2007 PACE]]; [[2007 HSNCT|2007 NAQT]]; [[2010 HSNCT|2010 NAQT]]; [[1995 NAC|1995 NAC]]
+|nats = [[2004 NSC|2004 PACE]]; [[2007 NSC|2007 PACE]] <br/> [[2007 HSNCT|2007 NAQT]]; [[2010 HSNCT|2010 NAQT]] <br/> [[1995 NAC|1995 NAC]] <br/> [[National History Bee and Bowl|2011 National History Bowl]]
+|nats appearances = HSNCT: 2000-2015 <br/> PACE NSC: 1998-2002, 2004-2016
 | }}
-'''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.
+'''The Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies''' (often abbreviated as '''Maggie Walker''' or '''Gov''') is a public magnet high school located in Richmond, Virginia. Formerly known simply as "Governor's School", it operated as a separate school within the building of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond until the fall of 2001, when it moved into the renovated Maggie Walker High School building. The school's quizbowl team was coached by [[John Barnes]] from 1999-2013, by [[Hana Reed]] from 2013-2018, and by [[Adam Rotche]] starting in fall 2020. From 1997 to 2017, they produced the [[GSAC]] packet set. 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.
+Maggie Walker teams have won the [[NAQT Virginia Championship]] in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and the AAA [[VHSL]] State Championships in 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Following the [[2014 VHSL Realignment]], Maggie Walker won the 2A [[VHSL]] State Championship in 2014, 2015, and 2017, losing only one game of Scholastic Bowl during that stretch (to the 2016 State Champions, [[Central (VA)|Central]] of Wise County).
 ==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]].
+Maggie Walker won the [[1995 NAC]], [[2004 NSC]], [[2007 HSNCT]] [[2007 NSC]], [[2010 HSNCT]], and 2011 [[National History Bowl]].
 ==Noted Alumni==
 *[[Amanda Goad]]
 *[[Matt Weiner]]
-*Wren Elhai
+*[[Wren Elhai]]
-*Lyric Doshi
+*[[Lyric Doshi]]
 *[[Matt Morrison]]
 *[[Will Butler]]
 *[[Mehdi Razvi]]
 *[[Evan Adams]]
-*[[Sarah Angelo]]
+*[[Sam Luongo]]
+*[[Greg Tito]]
+*[[J.R. Roach]]
 *[[Tommy Casalaspi]]
+*[[Vasa Clarke]]
+*[[Catherine Qian]]
 ==Teams and coaches==
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 |-
 |2012
-| [[Saumil Bandyopadhyay]], [[Soho Kim]], [[Jordan Bekenstein]], [[Conor Wood]]
+| [[Saumil Bandyopadhyay]], [[Soho Kim]], [[Jordan Bekenstein]], [[Connor Wood]]
-| [[John Barnes]] and ???
+| [[John Barnes]]
 |-
 |2013
-| [[Saumil Bandyopadhyay]], [[Soho Kim]], [[Jordan Bekenstein]], [[Conor Wood]]
+| [[Saumil Bandyopadhyay]], [[Soho Kim]], [[Jordan Bekenstein]], [[Connor Wood]]
-| [[John Barnes]] and ???
+| [[John Barnes]]
+|-
+|2014
+| [[Kevin Yuan]], [[Vasa Clarke]], [[Connor Wood]], [[Will Overman]]
+| [[Hana Reed]]
 |}
 ==Succession of titles==
+{{NSC Champions}}
-{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[PACE NSC]]
+{{HSNCT Champions}}
-|year = [[2004 NSC|2004]]
+{{National History Bowl Varsity Champions}}
-|previous = [[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
-|next = [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
-| }}
-{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[PACE NSC]]
-|year = [[2007 NSC|2007]]
-|previous = [[2006 Raleigh Charter|Raleigh Charter]]
-|next = [[Walt Whitman]]
-| }}
-{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT HSNCT]]
-|year = [[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
-|previous = [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
-|next = [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
-| }}
-{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT HSNCT]]
-|year = [[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
-|previous = [[2009 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
-|next = [[State College]]
-| }}
 ===Succession of minor titles===
 {{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]
 |year = [[1995 NAC|1995]]

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