HSNCT Record Book

The HSNCT record book is a collection of records from the High School National Championship Tournament run by NAQT.

It should be noted that because of shifts in attendance and question quality and distribution and player quality over time, this is not meant in any way to be a definitive "greatest" list. This is simply a listing of players who have reached certain statistical milestones while playing at the HSNCT.

Because of NAQT's record keeping, most records only go back to 2005, the first year detailed statistics were kept at HSNCT.

Statlines are either given as Powers - 10 point tossups - Negs, or as Powers - 10 point tossups - negs - Points per 20 tossups heard.

Basic Definitions

P = Powers (15 point tossups)

TU = 10 point tossups

I = -5 incorrect answers (negs)

TH = Tossups Heard

PPB = Points-Per-Bonus

PP20TH = Points-per-20 tossups heard

P% = Power percent (powers as a percent of total correct answers)

C% = Conversion percent (total correct answers-per-tossups heard)

Team Tournament Records

400 PP20TH

PP20TH	Team	Statline	Year
491.2	TJHSST A	82-93-32	2005
452.3	LASA A	112-114-36	2016
449.0	LASA A	121-100-39	2013
438.1	State College A	89-139-48	2000
436.1	State College A	132-143-49	2011
425.9	LASA A	123-132-44	2014
417.5	DCC A	160-87-31	2015
413.9	LASA A	118-113-36	2015
412.0	Maggie Walker	60-86-22	2010
409.0	Bellarmine	150-102-55	2012
408.1	Ladue A	139-104-67	2013
404.9	St. John's A	81-149-28	2014
404.3	Maggie Walker	108-147-48	2007
403.35	Arcadia A	152-98-53	2015

22 PPB

PPB = Total Bonus Points / Total Tossups Answered Correctly

PPB	Team	Statline	Year	Final Place
23.87	Ladue A	139-104-67-408.1	2013	2nd
23.66	TJHSST A	82-93-32-491.2	2005	1st
23.54	LASA A	112-114-36-452.3	2016	4th
23.39	LASA A	121-100-39-449.0	2013	1st
23.17	St. John's A	81-149-28-404.9	2014	2nd
22.99	LASA A	118-113-36-413.9	2015	2nd
22.94	LASA A	123-132-44-425.9	2014	1st
22.88	State College A	75-76-34-453.5	2011	1st
22.72	IMSA A	78-113-42-376.0	2014	13th
22.72	TJHSST A	126-120-56-365.2	2016	2nd
22.63	DCC A	160-87-31-417.5	2015	3rd
22.60	Ladue	112-121-61-399.5	2014	4th
22.36	Hinsdale Central	115-80-56-389.7	2016	8th
22.32	Arcadia A	152-98-53-403.5	2015	1st
22.30	Richard Montgomery	88-86-28-398.7	2015	21st
22.21	Arcadia A	99-118-43-395.1	2014	5th
22.16	Hunter A	115-75-34-374.4	2012	5th
22.08	Bellarmine	63-67-38-373.5	2011	3rd
22.05	Seven Lakes A	71-85-7-468.7	2011	8th
22.03	Chattahoochee A	126-76-52-395.4	2015	8th
22.00	Montgomery Blair	74-116-13-384.6	2015	13th

55% Power Percent

• P% = P/(P+TU)

P%	Team	Statline	Year
64.78%	DCC A	160-87-31-417.5	2015
62.38%	Chattahoochee A	126-76-52-395.4	2015
60.80%	Arcadia A	152-98-53-403.5	2015
60.53%	Hunter A	115-75-34-374.4	2012
59.52%	Bellarmine A	150-102-55-409.0	2012
58.97%	Hinsdale Central	115-80-56-389.7	2016
58.89%	Auburn	106-74-49-353.7	2015
57.20%	Ladue A	139-104-67-408.1	2013
57.00%	Bellarmine	118-89-55-354.9	2013
56.84%	Maggie Walker	133-101-48-397.7	2015
56.69%	Dorman A	89-68-45-314.8	2012
55.15%	Hinsdale Central	107-87-58-342.3	2015
55.00%	Ladue A	110-90-36-375.5	2012

125 Powers

P	Team	Statline	Year
160	DCC A	160-87-31-417.5	2015
152	Arcadia A	152-98-53-403.5	2015
150	Bellarmine A	150-102-55-409.0	2012
139	Ladue A	139-104-67-408.1	2013
133	Maggie Walker	133-101-48-397.7	2015
129	TJHSST A	129-119-62-354.5	2008
126	Chattahoochee A	126-76-52-395.4	2015
126	TJHSST A	126-120-56-365.2	2016

240 Total Correct

P+TU

P+TU	Team	Statline	Year	Finish
255	Maggie Walker A	108-147-48-404.3	2007	1st
255	LASA A	123-132-44-425.9	2014	1st
252	Bellarmine A	150-102-55-409.0	2012	1st
252	DCC A	118-134-32-397.1	2012	2nd
250	Arcadia A	152-98-53-403.5	2015	1st
248	TJHSST A	129-119-62-354.5	2008	1st
247	Richard Montgomery	111-136-83-342.8	2006	1st
247	State College A	78-169-52-309.3	2006	2nd
247	DCC A	160-87-31-417.5	2015	3rd
246	TJHSST A	126-120-56-365.2	2016	2nd
245	Loyola	102-143-60-321.0	2013	3rd
244	Wilmington Charter A	84-160-36-363.6	2009	1st
243	Ladue A	139-104-67-408.1	2013	2nd

• The only team to answer 200 questions correctly in a tournament and not finish in the top 10 was Macomb in 2013 (T-33).

65 Negs

I	Team	Statline	Year	Finish
83	Richard Montgomery	111-136-83-342.8	2006	1st
72	Chattahoochee A	89-112-72-337.9	2014	8th
70	TJHSST A	106-129-70-310.2	2007	3rd
69	IMSA	104-104-69-338.9	2015	4th
68	DuPont Manual A	35-135-68-234.8	2006	12th
67	Brookwood	36-138-67-203.7	2006	11th
67	Dorman A	84-134-67-287.0	2007	4th
67	Ladue A	139-104-67-408.1	2013	2nd
67	Lexington A	97-98-67-343.9	2016	5th
66	Chattahoochee A	105-88-66-343.9	2016	8th

4 Top 10 Finishes

A and B team finishes are considered separately. Unless noted as a B team, finishes comprise either the only team entered by the school or the A team.

Top 4	Team	Years
13	DCC	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
12	Maggie Walker	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
11	State College	2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
10	Dorman	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
8	LASA	2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
8	TJHSST	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016
6	St. John's	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014
5	Brookwood	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
5	Richard Montgomery	2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014
5	Chattahoochee	2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
5	Wilmington Charter	2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016
4	Walton	1999, 2000, 2003, 2005
4	Dorman B	2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
4	Bellarmine	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Individual Tournament Records

100 PP20TH

PP20TH	Player	School	Statline	Year
123.51	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	76-97-28	2015
120.22	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	82-107-26	2010
118.82	Eric Wolfsberg	Bethlehem	48-89-19	2015
118.25	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	56-78-26	2015
117.88	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	48-120-28	2014
115.03	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	72-134-40	2010
113.87	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	90-71-18	2015
113.07	Adam Silverman	Centennial	105-90-45	2012
109.22	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	59-115-28	2014
104.72	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	50-110-17	2014
104.20	Dylan Minarik	Belvidere North	41-108-28	2013
104.09	Tristan Willey	Macomb	45-138-29	2013
103.95	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	71-112-42	2008
103.70	Adam Silverman	Centennial	62-108-38	2011
103.44	Dylan Minarik	Belvidere North A	41-88-28	2012
102.43	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine	41-88-28	2012

65% Power Percent

P+TU ≥ 50

P%	Player	School	Statline	Year
74.00%	Austin Foos	DCC A	74-26-14-62.35	2015
71.40%	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine A	90-36-23-77.24	2012
69.10%	Justin Nghiem	Arcadia A	38-17-3-34.12	2015
66.70%	Nirav Ilango	Chattahoochee A	78-39-30-81.50	2015
66.70%	Roger Cain	LASA A	36-18-12-38.04	2013
66.10%	Ankush Bajaj	Hinsdale Central	39-20-13-39.56	2015
65.70%	Ankush Bajaj	Hinsdale Central	46-24-25-47.49	2016

65 Powers

P	Player	School	Statline	Year	Rank
105	Adam Silverman	Centennial	105-90-45-113.07	2012	1st
96	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine	96-65-39-102.43	2013	4th
90	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine A	90-36-23-77.24	2012	16th
90	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	90-71-18-113.87	2015	4th
87	Max Schindler	Ladue A	87-61-37-82.19	2013	10th
82	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	82-107-26-120.22	2010	1st
78	Morgan Venkus	Loyola Academy	78-108-52-88.84	2013	6th
78	Nirav Ilango	Chattahoochee A	78-39-30-81.50	2015	13th
76	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	76-97-28-123.51	2015	1st
74	Max Schindler	Ladue A	74-55-28-86.61	2012	7th
74	Austin Foos	DCC A	74-26-14-62.35	2015	36th
72	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	72-134-40-115.03	2010	2nd
72	Nikhil Desai	Bellarmine	72-61-30-73.68	2011	13th
71	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	71-112-42-103.95	2008	1st
70	Ryan Golant	TJHSST A	70-41-36-55.65	2016	34th
67	Cole Timmerwilke	Auburn	67-71-36-83.20	2016	3rd
65	Henry Hawthorn	Harmony	65-65-17-86.52	2015	10th

50% Conversion Rate

100(P + TU) / TH

C%	Player	School	Statline	Year	Rank
55.63%	Sam Blizzard	Northmont A	48-120-28-117.88	2014	1st
54.23%	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	76-97-28-123.51	2015	1st
53.73%	Eric Wolfsberg	Bethlehem	48-89-19-118.82	2015	2nd
53.37%	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	72-134-40-115.03	2010	2nd
53.18%	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	56-78-26-118.25	2015	3rd
52.36%	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	82-107-26-120.22	2010	1st
51.40%	Dylan Minarik	Belvidere North A	43-104-39-104.20	2013	2nd
50.14%	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	59-115-28-109.22	2014	2nd

150 Tossups Converted

P + TU

P + TU	Player	School	Statline	Year	Rank
206	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	72-134-40-115.03	2010	2nd
195	Adam Silverman	Centennial	105-90-45-113.07	2012	1st
189	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	82-107-26-120.22	2010	1st
186	Morgan Venkus	Loyola Academy	78-108-52-88.84	2013	6th
183	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	71-112-42-103.95	2008	1st
183	Tristan Willey	Macomb	45-138-29-104.09	2013	3rd
174	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	59-115-28-109.22	2014	2nd
173	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	76-97-28-123.51	2015	1st
170	Adam Silverman	Centennial	62-108-38-103.7	2011	1st
168	Sam Blizzard	Northmont A	48-120-28-117.88	2014	1st
161	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine	96-65-39-102.43	2013	4th
161	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	90-71-18-113.87	2015	4th
150	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	50-100-17-104.72	2013	1st

3% or lower Neg Percent

I / (P + TU + I)

minimum of 50 P + TU

I%	Player	School	Statline	Year	Rank
0.00%	Catie Haas	Tippecanoe	7-43-0-50.47	2010	38th
1.47%	Roey Hadar	Ranney	19-48-1-70.7	2012	22nd
1.67%	Thomas Zamora	Los Alamitos	8-51-1-?	1999	4th
2.47%	Jared Lockwood	Hallsville B	13-66-2-55.59	2013	44th
2.597%	Jack Zhang	Ballard	29-46-2-68.34	2015	28th
2.632%	Rachel Newcomb	Danville	6-68-2-55.68	2012	46th
2.632%	Roey Hadar	Ranney	17-57-2-75.46	2013	17th
2.82%	Richard Kitterman	James W. Robinson	5-64-2-60.52	2006	5th
2.99%	Matthew Riggle	St. John Paul II	1-64-2-63.32	2011	27th

40 Negs

I	Player	School	Statline	Year	Rank
52	Morgan Venkus	Loyola Academy	78-108-52-88.84	2013	6th
51	Robert Sale	Brookwood	20-75-51-36.81	2006	45th
48	Charlie Dees	North Kansas City	39-100-48-79.35	2007	2nd
45	Adam Silverman	Centennial	105-90-45-113.07	2012	1st
44	Patrick Riser	Riverdale	30-115-44-68.32	2001	3rd
44	Douglas Yetman	Stuyvesant A	21-48-44-34.33	2007	78th
43	Chris Ray	Richard Montgomery	57-77-43-62.81	2006	4th
43	Watson Ladd	Bergen Academies	47-39-43-48.62	2008	24th
42	Guy Tabachnick	Hunter	37-67-42-67.89	2007	3rd
42	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	71-112-42-103.95	2008	1st
42	Michael Crockett	Rocky Grove	10-92-42-64.18	2011	21st
42	Andrew Van Duyn	Culver A	32-76-42-78.63	2012	15th
42	John Marvin Sipp	Portsmouth Christian	8-58-42-46.45	2014	74th
41	Papa Chakravarthy	Dunbar B	9-62-41-40.15	2006	32nd
41	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	35-81-41-66.47	2007	4th
41	Andrew Salij	IMSA	55-56-41-59.30	2015	45th
40	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	72-134-40-115.03	2010	2nd
40	Ben Chametzky	Carbondale	38-77-40-74.27	2011	11th

3-Time All-Stars

All-Star Teams	Player	School	Years
5	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
4	Henry Gorman	Wilmington Charter	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
3	Nathaniel Brodsky	Winchester Thurston	2012, 2013, 2014
3	Ben Chametzky	Carbondale	2010, 2011, 2012
3	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	2006, 2007, 2008
3	Ian Eppler	Georgetown Day	2007, 2008, 2009
3	Alex Friedman	Minnetonka	2007, 2008, 2009
3	Jason Loy	Cutter Morning Star	2002, 2003, 2004
3	Dylan Minarik	Belvidere North	2011, 2012, 2013
3	Noah Rahman	Solon	2003, 2004, 2005
3	Max Schindler	Ladue	2011, 2012, 2013
3	Kareem Seifeldin	Troy	2005, 2006, 2007
3	Adam Silverman	Centennial	2010, 2011, 2012
3	Dallas Simons	MLK Magnet	2006, 2007, 2008
3	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	2013, 2014, 2015

Individual Game Records

* = Playoff Game

175.00 PP20TH

PP20TH	Player	School	Statline	TH	Opponent	Year
204.8	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	5-14-0	21	Tippecanoe B	2015
195.2	Henry Hawthorn	Harmony Science North Austin	8-9-1	21	Grand River	2015
194.4	Sam Blizzard	Northmont A	4-12-1	18	Robbinsdale Armstrong	2014
186.4	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	7-10-0	22	Irvine	2015
185.0	Saajid Moyen	Copley	7-8-0	20	Presbyterian Christian	2011
178.3	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	9-7-0	23	Bishop Heelan	2015
177.3	Lloyd Sy	Auburn	6-11-1	22	Kearsley	2012
176.2*	Kurtis Droge	East Lansing	5-11-0	21	Kellenberg A	2008
175.0	Jacob Mikanowski	State College A	7-11-1	24	Livingston	2000
175.0	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	7-11-1	24	Lawrence County	2010
175.0	Max Schindler	Ladue A	10-6-0	24	Maumee Valley	2012
175.0	Eric Wolfsberg	Bethlehem	6-9-1	20	St. Pius X	2015

200 Points

Points	Player	School	Statline	TH	Opponent	Year
215	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	5-14-0	21	Tippecanoe B	2015
210	Jacob Mikanowski	State College A	7-11-1	24	Livingston	2000
210	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	7-11-1	24	Lawrence County	2010
210	Max Schindler	Ladue A	10-6-0	24	Maumee Valley	2012
205	Hidehiro Anto	Menlo	1-19-0	24	Park Hill South	2014
205	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	7-10-0	22	Irvine	2015
205	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	6-12-1	24	Morris	2015
205	Henry Hawthorn	Harmony Science North Austin	8-9-1	21	Grand River	2015
205	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	9-7-0	23	Bishop Heelan	2015
200	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	6-11-0	23	La Jolla	2015
200*	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	3-16-1	25	La Jolla A	2010
200	Matt Moschella	Christiansburg	8-8-0	23	Westmont	2012
200	Adam Silverman	Centennial	8-9-2	23	St. Andrew's	2012

9 Powers

P	Player	School	Statline	TH	Opponent	Year
11	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	11-1-0-152.2	23	Auburn A	2015
10	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	10-3-2-130.8	26	Georgetown Day A	2010
10	Max Schindler	Ladue A	10-6-0-175.0	24	Maumee Valley	2012
10	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine A	10-3-3-137.5	24	duPont Manual A	2012
10*	Adam Silverman	Centennial	10-2-3-134.8	23	Chattahoochee A	2012
10	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine A	10-3-2-147.8	23	Eden Prairie A	2013
10	Caleb Kendrick	Norman North	10-4-2-156.5	23	LAMP	2015
10	Andrew Salij	IMSA	10-2-2-145.5	22	Ronald Reagan	2015
10	Nirav Ilango	Chattahoochee A	10-2-1-137.5	24	Western Albemarle	2015
10	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	10-3-4-133.3	24	Providence	2015
9	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	9-5-3-147.8	23	Raleigh Charter A	2010
9	Adam Silverman	Centennial	9-5-3-147.8	23	Georgetown Day A	2012
9	Adam Silverman	Centennial	9-5-3-147.8	23	Carrboro B	2012
9*	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	9-6-0-162.5	24	Centennial	2014
9	Eric Xu	Western Albemarle	9-7-0-178.3	23	Bishop Heelan	2015

17 Tossups Converted

P + TU

P + TU	Player	School	Statline	TH	Opponent	Year
20	Hidehiro Anto	Menlo	1-19-0-170.8	24	Park Hill South	2014
19*	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	3-16-1-160.0	25	La Jolla A	2010
19	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	5-14-0-204.8	21	Tippecanoe B	2015
18	Jacob Mikanowski	State College A	7-11-1-175.0	24	Livingston	2000
18	Neil Gurram	Detroit Country Day	7-11-1-175.0	24	Lawrence County	2010
18	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	6-12-1-170.8	24	Morris	2015
17	Patrick Riser	Riverdale	5-12-2-142.3	26	Bergen Academies	2001
17	Matt Jackson	Georgetown Day A	7-10-4-148.0	25	Stoughton	2010
17	Joe Nutter	Hamilton Scholars	0-17-0-170.0	20	Benton	2011
17	Lloyd Sy	Auburn	6-11-1-177.3	22	Kearsley	2012
17	Adam Silverman	Centennial	8-9-2-173.9	23	St. Andrew's	2012
17	Morgan Venkus	Loyola Academy	5-12-2-160.9	23	MAST	2013
17	Jacob Reed	East Chapel Hill	4-13-0-158.3	24	St. Joeseph	2013
17	Henry Hawthorn	Harmony Science North Austin	8-9-1-195.2	21	Grand River	2015
17	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	7-10-0-186.4	22	Irvine	2015
17	Sam Blizzard	Northmont	6-11-0-173.9	23	La Jolla	2015
17	Kai Smith	Knoxville Scholars	7-10-2-162.5	24	Galloway	2015

7 Negs

P + TU

I	Player	School	Statline	TUH	Opponent	Year
11	Sara Garnett	Okemos	1-9-11-40.00	25	Wayland	2005
8	John Sipp	Portsmouth Christian	1-4-8-15.00	20	Mounds Park	2014
7	Carter Jennings	Checotah	0-10-7-50.00	26	Livingston	2000
7	Ernest Le	Georgetown Day	2-4-7-26.92	26	Walton	2000
7*	Dan Suzman	Georgetown Day	3-3-7-30.77	26	C.D. Hylton	2000
7	Cody Simons	MLK Magnet B	0-5-7-12.50	24	Wayzata C	2007
7	Naren Tallapragada	TJHSST B	2-1-7-3.85	26	Stuyvesant A	2007
7	Sean Nees	St. Joseph	1-1-7-(-9.09)	22	Holy Spirit Catholic	2011
7*	Adam Silverman	Centennial	5-6-7-90.91	22	DCC B	2011
7*	Michael Crockett	Rocky Grove	2-6-7-45.83	24	Kate Smith DAR A	2011
7	Andrew Van Duyn	Culver A	1-8-7-50.00	24	Ransom Everglades	2011
7	Dylan Minarik	Belvidere North A	4-6-7-77.27	22	Richard Moontgomery B	2013
7	Kieren Weisert	Corbin	0-6-7-20.83	24	Ransom Everglades A	2013
7	William Gentry	St. Joseph Central	1-5-7-26.09	23	DeBakey	2016

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