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Washington University in St. Louis
Location: St. Louis, MO
Current President or Coach	Em Powers
National championships	none
NAQT Page	link

Washington University in St. Louis (also known as WUSTL or Wash U) is a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. Their quiz bowl team plays in the Midwest circuit and is led by Charles Hang. Each year WUSTL hosts several tournaments, the largest of which is WUHSAC in the spring.

Team History

2008-2009

In the 2008-2009 season, WUAT qualified for the 2009 NAQT ICT by virtue of being an NAQT SCT host. The Division I team placed 20th, while the Division II team tied for 10th. Division I player Gordon Arsenoff was a tournament All-Star, coming in sixth overall. [1]

2009-2010

John Ahlfield took over leadership of the Washington University Academic Team from Neel Kotra in the 2009-2010 season.

The WUSTL team's first tournament of the 2009-2010 season was the Illinois mirror of Early Fall Tournament 4. The B team finished 16th while the A team finished 18th. [2] The team took 2nd place at ACF Fall 2009, hosted by Missouri. [3] The WUSTL house team also took first at GIT XIV. [4]

2010-2011

WUSTL C, a team of Kefu Lu and Joel Muskin-Pierret, placed first at their mirror of ACF Novice. Charles Hang and Joel Muskin-Pierret won ACF Fall. A team of Charles Hang, Joel Muskin-Pierret, David Hollander-Urbach, and Peter Glaser won the 2011 Midwest SCT D-II title, while their D-I team, consisting of Gordon Arsenoff, won the D-I title.

The team was the subject of an article in Student Life, the campus newspaper.

2011-2012

Gordon Arsenoff, Charles Hang, Sam Haynes, and Simon Hsu tied for 12th place at the ICT. A team of Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, Sam Haynes, and Adrian Blaszkiewicz placed 21st at ACF Nationals.

2012-2013

Charles Hang, Tirth Patel, and Sam Haynes tied for 26th place at the ICT. Sam Haynes, Charles Hang, and Richard Yu reprised the team's 2012 performance by tying for 21st at ACF Nationals.

Tournament Hosting

WUSTL prides itself on its track record of excellence in hosting tournaments at various levels.

High School

Washington University runs WUHSAC, a PACE NSC qualifier, every spring semester. It was run on housewritten questions through 2012 before becoming a mirror of Yale's BHSAT in 2013. WUHSAC is affiliated with the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

In Fall 2015, WUSTL began hosting WUFAT, a fall high school tournament also affiliated with the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

College

National Tournaments

WUSTL hosted the NAQT ICT in 2001, 2004, and 2008. It was also the host for the 2009 ACF Nationals, though the tournament was beset by logistical difficulties.

Gateway Invitational Tournament

Through Fall 2010, WUSTL hosted the Gateway Invitational Tournament. The 2009 and 2010 iterations of GIT were mirrors of Valencia Community College's Delta Burke novice tournament.

On Campus Tournament

WUAT held an on-campus tournament through the 2010 season. Until 2008, this was a CBI Campus Tournament. After the collapse of CBI, it was a house-written event in 2008 which was mirrored by Carnegie Mellon.

Members

Currently Active

This list is currently incomplete

Alumni

Gordon Arsenoff
John Ahlfield
Raj Bhan
Andrew Brantley
Seth Ebner
Spencer Fish
Joel Gluskin
Neel Kotra
Jason Paik
Sean Phillips
Charlie Steinhice spent all or part of one season at WUSTL at the very beginning of his career.
Richard Yu

External links

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-'''Washington University in St. Louis''' (also known as '''WUSTL''' or '''Wash U''') is a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. The Washington University Academic Team (or '''WUAT''') plays in the Midwest circuit and is led by [[Charles Hang]]. Each year WUSTL hosts several tournaments, the largest of which is [[WUHSAC]] in the spring.
+'''Washington University in St. Louis''' (also known as '''WUSTL''' or '''Wash U''') is a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. Their quiz bowl team plays in the Midwest circuit and is led by [[Charles Hang]]. Each year WUSTL hosts several tournaments, the largest of which is [[WUHSAC]] in the spring.
 ==Team History==