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| | |Subjects = Archaeology, Greco-Roman Myth, Art History | | |Subjects = Archaeology, Greco-Roman Myth, Art History |
| − | |schoolcur = [[Minnesota]] (2010-Present) | + | |schoolcur = None |
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| + | |schoolpast= [[Minnesota]] (2010-2013) |
| | |highschool = [[Naperville North]] (2006-2010) (Scholastic Bowl) | | |highschool = [[Naperville North]] (2006-2010) (Scholastic Bowl) |
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| − | '''Melanie Keating''' is a junior at the University of [[Minnesota]]. She is a frequent teammate of [[Eliza Grames]] due to a fondness for giggling and not taking quizbowl too seriously. She will be serving as the Special Events Coordinator for the club in the Spring of 2013. | + | '''Melanie Keating''' graduated from the University of [[Minnesota]] in 2013. Currently, she primarily co-writes bad trash tournaments such as The Worst Trash Tournament Ever, NEMO, and Never Say Never with [[Eliza Grames]]. |
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| − | ==Tournaments==
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| − | * 2012 [[Chicago Open]] with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Robin Heinonen]] and [[Joe Hansen]]
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| − | * 2012 [[ICT]] Division II with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Ribhu Agarwala]], and [[Jonathon Hank]]
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| − | * 2012 [[ACF Regionals]] at Minnesota with [[Shannon Fletcher]], [[Jack Ryan]] and some guy named Joe
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| − | * 2012 [[Penn Bowl]] at Northwestern with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Han Li]], [[Srijay Rajan]], and [[Peter Estall]]
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| − | * 2012 [[SCT]] at Carleton College with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Ribhu Agarwala]], and [[Han Li]]
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| − | * 2011 [[ACF Fall]] at Carleton College with [[Peter Estall]] and the same guy named Joe who no longer exists in the world of Quizbowl
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| − | * 2011 [[Missiles of October]] mirror at Minnesota with [[Srijay Rajan]] and two people who have disappeared from the world of Quizbowl
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| − | * 2011 [[MAGNI]] mirror at Carleton with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Robin Heinonen]] and [[Srijay Rajan]]
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| − | * 2011 [[Collegiate Novice]] at Minnesota with [[Jack Ryan]], [[Ribhu Agarwala]] and [[Shannon Fletcher]]
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| − | * 2011 [[SCT]] North (Region 10) Division II. 9.45 PPG; 6th place with [[Paul Barta]], [[Kelsey McCoy]], [[Alex Nelson]], and [[Michael VanDeWeghe]]
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| − | * 2010 [[EFT]] Mirror at Minnesota. 8.5 PPG; 5th place with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Kelsey McCoy]], and [[Michael VanDeWeghe]]
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| − | * 2010 [[Collegiate Novice]] Mirror at Minnesota. 30 PPG; 7th place with [[Greg Nigon]] and Matt (unspecified last name)
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| − | ==Writing==
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| − | Melanie has written for various packet submission tournaments, including 2011 and 2012 [[MUT]] submissions, some questions from which survived and were used in the actual tournament. She also contributed to the failed [[ACF Nationals]] packet submission with [[Eliza Grames]], [[Han Li]], and [[Peter Estall]] that was never submitted due to an awful 14-line short story on the Battle of Bannockburn written by [[Peter Estall]] and a lack of funds to attend the tournament.
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| − | She contributed numerous fine arts, myth, and social science questions to the 2011 iteration of the [[Minnesota High School Novice Tournament]]. For the 2012 version of MHSNT, she will be serving as a subject editor for mythology, visual arts, and probably some other categories at her whim.
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| − | Her most impressive writing accomplishment is bound to be [[Never Say Never: Anything Goes]] - an awful trash tournament that she is co-writing with [[Eliza Grames]] to be played in Fall 2013.
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| − | ==Leadership==
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| − | Melanie served as tournament director for the Minnesota mirror of 2011 [[Fall Novice Tournament]] and brought in a solid number of teams to compete in that.
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| − | * 2012-2013 [[Minnesota]] Special Events Coordinator for Spring '13 after returning from study abroad and taking over the position from [[Shannon Fletcher]].
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