National Scholastic Championship

The National Scholastic Championship, or NSC, is a high school national quizbowl tournament run by PACE. Since 2010, matches have consisted of 20 tossups and 20 bonuses per round, with 20 point powers but no negs on tossups; each bonus is worth 30 points, with bouncebacks on the bonuses.

Archived results, including the roster of all-star students, can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/nsc-results. Official records for the NSC can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/nsc-statistical-records/.

Winners

Year Champion Runner-Up Third Place Fourth Place Location Field size 1998 State College Henry Ford II Copley & Gonzaga Cleveland, OH 29 1999 State College† Rockville Detroit Catholic Central & Eleanor Roosevelt Philadelphia, PA 22 2000 State College† Eisenhower Dorman & Riverdale Greenville, SC 16 2001 State College Georgetown Day School Detroit Catholic Central & Detroit Country Day Bowling Green, OH 22 2002 Richard Montgomery† Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day & Eleanor Roosevelt Washington, DC 40 2003 Dorman† Thomas Jefferson Detroit Catholic Central & Dunbar Cleveland, OH 27 2004 Maggie Walker Thomas Jefferson Richard Montgomery & St. John's College Park, MD 40 2005 Thomas Jefferson A† State College Mission San Jose & Thomas Jefferson B Orlando, FL 31 2006 Raleigh Charter Richard Montgomery Maggie Walker & State College Durham, NC 29 2007 Maggie Walker Martin Luther King Dorman & Thomas Jefferson Ann Arbor, MI 36 2008 Walt Whitman† Thomas Jefferson Dorman & Wilmington Charter Fairfax, VA 48 2009 Wilmington Charter State College Georgetown Day School Maggie Walker Fairfax, VA 64 2010 State College† Maggie Walker LASA St. Anselm's Fairfax, VA 64 2011 State College Hunter LASA Stevenson Evanston, IL 60 2012 Hunter A Bellarmine Centennial IMSA A St. Louis, MO 60 2013 Ladue LASA A Loyola Dorman A College Park, MD 72 2014 LASA A Western Albemarle St. John's Ladue Reston, VA 96 2015 DCC A LASA A Maggie Walker High Tech A Reston, VA 96 2016 LASA A Stevenson A Thomas Jefferson A Hinsdale Central A Rosemont, IL 96 2017 DCC A† Westview Barrington Thomas Jefferson A Rosemont, IL 96 2018 Thomas Jefferson A Dublin Scioto Wayzata James E. Taylor Reston, VA 96 2019 Thomas Jefferson A James E. Taylor University of Illinois Lab Montgomery Blair A Reston, VA 96 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 Thomas Jefferson A Hunter A St. Mark's Richard Montgomery A Online 80 † Undefeated Notes Third and fourth place were not distinguished before 2009; for 1998 to 2008, both teams listed should be considered semifinalists of equal standing. The 2010 second place spot was originally awarded to Southside until Amit Bilgi was found to have cheated. Southside's wins were all forfeited, and all lower finishers were subsequently moved up one spot. Medal count Team Championships Finals Appearances (Top 2) Trophies (Top 3) Leaderboards (Top 4) Barrington 0 0 1 1 Bellarmine 0 1 1 1 Centennial 0 0 1 1 Copley 0 0 1 1 Detroit Catholic Central 2 3 6 6 Detroit Country Day 0 0 2 2 Dorman 1 1 4 5 Dublin Scioto 0 1 0 0 Dunbar 0 0 1 1 Eisenhower 0 1 1 1 Eleanor Roosevelt 0 0 2 2 Georgetown Day 0 1 2 2 Gonzaga 0 0 1 1 Henry Ford II 0 1 1 1 Hinsdale Central 0 0 0 1 Hunter 1 3 3 3 IMSA 0 0 0 1 James E. Taylor 0 1 0 2 Ladue 1 1 1 2 LASA 2 4 5 5 Loyola 0 0 1 1 Maggie Walker 2 3 5 5 Mission San Jose 0 0 1 1 MLK 0 1 1 1 Montgomery Blair 0 0 0 1 Raleigh Charter 1 1 1 1 Richard Montgomery 1 2 3 4 Riverdale 0 0 1 1 Rockville 0 1 1 1 St. Anselm's 0 0 0 1 State College 6 8 9 9 Stevenson 0 1 1 2 St. John's 0 0 2 2 St. Mark's 0 0 1 1 Thomas Jefferson 4 7 10 11 University of Illinois Lab 0 0 1 1 Walt Whitman 1 1 1 1 Wayzata 0 0 1 1 Western Albemarle 0 1 1 1 Westview 0 1 1 1 Wilmington Charter 1 1 2 2 PACE National Scholastic Championship Tournaments 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023  · 2024