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{{Highschoolteam|Name = State College
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{{Highschoolteam|Name = State College Area High School
 
|image = statecollege.jpg
 
|image = statecollege.jpg
 
|citystate = State College, PA
 
|citystate = State College, PA
|currentcoach = Nell Herrmann, Matthew Patton, Karin Sutherland
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|currentcoach = Sheila Abruzzo, Kerry O'Melia
|formercoach = Smita Gandhi
 
|formercoach = [[Julie Gittings]]
 
 
|state = 2009, 2010
 
|state = 2009, 2010
|nats = [[1998 NSC]]; [[1999 NSC]]; [[2000 NSC]]; [[2001 NSC]]; [[2010 NSC]]; [[2011 HSNCT]]; [[2011 NSC]]; [[2000 HSNCT]]; [[1998 NAC]]
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|nats = [[NSC]]: [[1998 NSC]], [[1999 NSC]], [[2000 NSC]], [[2001 NSC]], [[2010 NSC]], [[2011 NSC]] <br/> [[HSNCT]]: [[2000 HSNCT]], [[2011 HSNCT]] <br/> [[NAC]]: [[1998 NAC]] <br/> [[ACF]] DII: [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]], [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
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|nats appearances = numerous
 
| }}
 
| }}
  
The '''State College Area High School''' Knowledge Masters team is a high school quizbowl team in State College, Pennsylvania. Members also do [[Science Bowl]] and Ocean Bowl.
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The '''State College Area High School''' is a public high school team in State College, Pennsylvania. One of the greatest programs in the modern era of quizbowl, the State College dynasty has won six PACE NSCs, two HSNCTs, and one NAC. During that time State College was coached by [[Julie Gittings]], who was the recipient of the 2007 [[Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award]] for her unprecedented achievements. They also did Knowledge Masters, which won seven times, [[Science Bowl]], and Ocean Bowl. [[Mount Nittany]] and [[Park Forest]] are State College's feeder middle schools.
  
State College holds two records for winning streaks:
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For a period in the mid-2000s, State College hosted [http://www.scasd.org/2497501115113746/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=52027&2497501115113746Nav=|&NodeID=2026 SCAT], a spring NAQT IS-A Tournament.
*They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four [[PACE NSC]] tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an [[1998 NAC|NAC]] title and an [[2000 HSNCT|NAQT]] title during that timeframe. State College is the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
 
*Secondly, State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to [[1998 Henry Ford II|Henry Ford II]] in 1998 and [[2001 Georgetown Day|Georgetown Day]] in 2001.
 
  
Their coach from 1997 until 2011, [[Julie Gittings]], is the recipient of the 2007 [[Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award]]. Under Gittings's tenure as coach, State College racked up more title victories than any other high school, with a total of 6 [[NSC]] wins and 2 [[HSNCT]] wins; it remains to be seen whether any other coach or school can duplicate the same feat.
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== History ==
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''(this section requires improvement)''
  
Until recently, State College hosted  [http://www.scasd.org/2497501115113746/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=52027&2497501115113746Nav=|&NodeID=2026 SCAT], a spring NAQT IS-A Tournament.
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The State College quizbowl team has its origins in the [[Knowledge Master Open]] club.
  
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The team has had two eras of near-complete national dominance in high school quizbowl: once in the late 1990s-early 2000s, and again in the late 2000s-early 2010s.
  
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The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] Division II and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. That same year, members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.
  
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Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.
  
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== Records ==
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* They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. Until [[TJHSST|Thomas Jefferson]] in 2019, State College was the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
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* State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.
  
==Succession of titles==
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==Alumni==
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* [[Graham Moyer]]
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* [[David Liu]]
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* Christoph Schlom
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* Ben Geselowitz
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* Ruilong Ma
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* Bruce McAninch
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* [[Albert Zhang]]
  
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[PACE NSC]]
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==Former Coaches==
|year = [[1998 NSC|1998]], [[1999 NSC|1999]], [[2000 NSC|2000]], [[2001 NSC|2001]]
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* Smita Gandhi
|previous = None
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* Julie Gittings (1997-2011)
|next = [[2002 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
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* Matthew Patton (2011-2020)
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[PACE NSC]]
 
|year = [[2010 NSC|2010]], [[2011 NSC|2011]]
 
|previous = [[2009 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
 
|next = [[Hunter]]
 
| }}
 
 
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT HSNCT]]
 
|year = [[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
 
|previous = [[1999 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
|next = [[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| }}
 
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT HSNCT]]
 
|year = [[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
 
|previous = [[Maggie Walker]]
 
|next = [[Bellarmine]]
 
| }}
 
  
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==Succession of titles==
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{{NSC Champions}}
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{{HSNCT Champions}}
  
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II
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|year = [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
 
|year = [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
 
|previous = [[State College]]
 
|previous = [[State College]]
|next = TBD
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|next = [[Haverford]]
 
| }}
 
| }}
  
 
===Succession of minor titles===
 
===Succession of minor titles===
 
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]
 
|year = [[1998 NAC|1998]]
 
|year = [[1998 NAC|1998]]
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| }}
  
==Alumni==
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[[Graham Moyer]]<br />
 
[[David Liu]]<br />
 
Christoph Schlom<br />
 
Ben Geselowitz<br />
 
Ruilong Ma
 
  
 
[[Category:State College]] [[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:NAQT HSNCT championship teams]] [[Category:PACE NSC championship teams]] [[Category: NAC championship teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]
 
[[Category:State College]] [[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:NAQT HSNCT championship teams]] [[Category:PACE NSC championship teams]] [[Category: NAC championship teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Latest revision as of 21:33, 8 September 2021

State College Area High School
Statecollege.jpg
Location:
State College, PA
Coaches Sheila Abruzzo, Kerry O'Melia
State Championships 2009, 2010
National Championships NSC: 1998 NSC, 1999 NSC, 2000 NSC, 2001 NSC, 2010 NSC, 2011 NSC
HSNCT: 2000 HSNCT, 2011 HSNCT
NAC: 1998 NAC
ACF DII: 2010, 2011
National Appearances numerous
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

The State College Area High School is a public high school team in State College, Pennsylvania. One of the greatest programs in the modern era of quizbowl, the State College dynasty has won six PACE NSCs, two HSNCTs, and one NAC. During that time State College was coached by Julie Gittings, who was the recipient of the 2007 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award for her unprecedented achievements. They also did Knowledge Masters, which won seven times, Science Bowl, and Ocean Bowl. Mount Nittany and Park Forest are State College's feeder middle schools.

For a period in the mid-2000s, State College hosted SCAT, a spring NAQT IS-A Tournament.

History

(this section requires improvement)

The State College quizbowl team has its origins in the Knowledge Master Open club.

The team has had two eras of near-complete national dominance in high school quizbowl: once in the late 1990s-early 2000s, and again in the late 2000s-early 2010s.

The 2010 season saw State College claim both the ACF Division II and PACE NSC championship titles. That same year, members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural NASAT over South Carolina.

Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.

Records

  • They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. Until Thomas Jefferson in 2019, State College was the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).
  • State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.

Alumni

Former Coaches

  • Smita Gandhi
  • Julie Gittings (1997-2011)
  • Matthew Patton (2011-2020)


Succession of titles

ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Ike Jose
2010
State College
ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
State College
2011
Haverford

Succession of minor titles

NAC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Edison
1998
James Island