Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky University (WKU)
Location: Bowling Green, KY
Current President or Coach	Matthew Riggle
National championships	none
NAQT Page	link

Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a college quizbowl team located in Bowling Green, KY. WKU's Academic Competition Club was unofficially founded in November 2009 by Nick Conder, Brian Riddle, and Shawna Felkins. The club has slowly grown over the last few seasons, and the addition of high school recruits (some dual-enrolled students from Gatton) has enhanced the team's performance in recent years.

Tournament Results

Date Name Place Roster Stats 9/13/14 ICCS at Kentucky 3rd Abby Blandford, Jared Thompson, Jacob Menix [1] 4/26/14 2014 MUT 3rd Matthew Riggle, Ella Shipp [2] 03/30/14 2014 College History Bowl 15th Ella Shipp, Nick Conder, Matthew Riggle, Aaron Whitehead [3] 03/29/14 2014 ICT 24th Will Walters, Ella Shipp, Nick Conder, Matthew Riggle, Aaron Whitehead [4] 02/22/14 ACF Regionals South at WKU 3rd Alex Malone, Ella Shipp, Matthew Riggle [5] 02/09/14 2014 Mideast SCT 2nd Nick Conder, Ella Shipp, Aaron Whitehead, Alex Malone, Will Walters [6] 11/16/13 DRAGOON at Alabama 6th Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder [7] 11/03/13 ACF Fall Southeast at Georgia Tech 6th Alex Malone, Nick Conder, Ella Shipp, Matthew Riggle [8] 10/12/13 MFT at WKU 3rd Alex Malone, Ella Shipp [9] 09/21/13 Collegiate Novice at Kentucky 1st Ella Shipp, Mark Reeves, Terence Donohue, Kassie Tuck [10] 04/13/13 2013 ICT 10th (DII) Alex Malone, Nick Conder, Matthew Riggle, Cole Phelps [11] 03/03/13 WIT at WKU 3rd Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder, Joey Wallace [12] 02/23/13 ACF Regionals at WUSTL 2nd Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder, Terence Donohue [13] 02/09/13 2013 Region 5 SCT 4th (DII) Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder, Cole Phelps, Terence Donohue, Joey Wallace [14] 11/03/12 2012 ACF Fall 7th Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder, Cole Phelps, Tommy Graven [15] 10/13/12 2012 QUARK at Alabama 4th Matthew Riggle, Nick Conder, Joey Wallace [16] 10/06/12 2012 IFT at Athens, GA 8th Nick Conder, Cole Phelps [17] 04/14/12 2012 MUT at Illinois 15th Nick Conder, Joey Wallace [18] 03/03/12 2012 Peaceful Resolution 10th Nick Conder, Cole Phelps, Terence Donohue, Joey Wallace [19] 02/04/12 2012 Region 9 SCT 2nd (DII) Nick Conder, Joey Wallace, Aaron Daley [20] 11/06/11 2011 ACF Fall South at Alabama 7th Nick Conder, Brian Riddle, Terence Donohue [21] 10/08/11 2011 Missiles of October at Virginia 9th Nick Conder, Brian Riddle, Cole Phelps [22] Tournaments Hosted WKU hosts several high school tournaments a year, with the centerpiece usually being the fall WKU Hilltopper Invitational. Current Players Nick Conder (2009-present) Cole Phelps (2010-present) Terence Donohue (2011-present) Matthew Riggle (2012-present) Ella Shipp (2013-present) Mark Reeves (2013-present) Aaron Whitehead (2013-present) The WKU team also uses Gatton Academy students in college tournaments, due to the fact that the Gatton educational program consists of their students taking a full course load of WKU classes alongside regular college students. Some of these players play for WKU on a regular basis, while others prefer high school quizbowl and only appear from time to time. Alex Malone (2013-present) Will Walters (2013-present) Austin Smith (2013-present) Ben Guthrie (2013-present) Nitin Krishna (2013-present) Ajit Deshpande (2013-present) Former Players Brian Riddle, Founding Member (2009-12) Shawna Felkins, Founding Member (2009-13) Tommy Graven (2011-13) Joey Wallace (2012-13) Aaron Daley (2012) Jarred Johnson (2012) David Sams (2012) Aaron Watkins (2013) Kassie Tuck (2013)