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|Name = Arjun Nageswaran
 
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|Subjects = History, Current Events, Music, Generalist
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|Subjects = US History, Current Events
 
|highschool =  [[Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson High School]]  
 
|highschool =  [[Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson High School]]  
 
|middleschool = [[Aptakisic]] [[Category: High school players active in 2018]]
 
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'''Arjun Nageswaran''' is a skilled player from [[Stevenson|Stevenson High School]] in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Arjun is a history and current events specialist, though he has knowledge across the field, especially in music.
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'''Arjun Nageswaran''' is a player from [[Stevenson|Stevenson High School]] in Lincolnshire, Illinois.  
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Arjun's quizbowl career began with [[National History Bee and Bowl|History Bee]], and in 7th grade, he successfully earned a spot on the [[Aptakisic|Aptakisic Junior High School]] Scholastic Bowl team. That year, he would compete at the 2016 JV National History Bowl with teammates [[Govind Prabhakar]] and [[David Holmquist]], winning 10th place and the Small School National Championship.
 
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The next year, he would be the captain of Aptakisic's Scholastic Bowl team, and with his teammates David Lee, Daniel Ding, and Ram Potham, won the 2017 Middle School National Championship Tournament. He would also win the 2017 Middle School History Bee for the 8th grade Division. For his quiz bowl achievements that year, Arjun earned a spot on the Middle School National A Team, as part of the National Quiz Bowl Awards.
 
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The following year, Arjun became a freshman at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, and would make the finals of New Trier Scobol Solo. At 2018 National History Bee and Bowl, Arjun won 5th place in the US History Bee and National History Bee, while his team, Stevenson, would win first place in the JV History Bowl. He became the lead scorer for the B-team during the regular season, and was on the A-team roster for the 2018 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, where Stevenson A placed T-8. He became lead scorer for the B-team at the 2018 PACE National Scholastic Championship. Arjun would also make Illinois B for 2018 NASAT. For his quiz bowl achievements that year, Arjun was awarded Freshman Player of the Year. At the International History Olympiad, Arjun would win first place in the JV International History Bee, and his team, India A, won first place in the JV International History Bowl. Arjun would win 2nd place overall for the JV Division at the tournament.
 
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Aside from quizbowl, Arjun is very interested in politics, and has done campaign work in the past few years, notably for Illinois state senator Daniel Biss' 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Arjun is known for donning a purple Biss shirt at tournaments.
 
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Revision as of 17:29, 11 May 2019

Arjun Nageswaran
Noted subjects US History, Current Events
High school Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Middle school Aptakisic
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Arjun Nageswaran is a player from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

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