Fisher Catholic

William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)
Location: Lancaster, OH
Coaches	Lynn Stevenson and Michael Sedlack
State Championships	OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006
National Championships	N/A
National Appearances	PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015 HSNCT: 2003, 2007-2016
Program Status	Active
School Size	166
NAQT Page	link

William V. Fisher Catholic High School is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.

History

Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition.

Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in Central Ohio and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with an enrollment of 166 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2015-2016 academic calendar year; as such, they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT, a national tournament they have proudly attended for eleven years, including every iteration since 2007. Unlike many quiz bowl programs, almost all of Fisher's players also double (in some cases, triple) up on varsity sports during the school calendar year. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II for schools in the bottom half of Ohio's enrollment. It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as multiple final four appearances at OAC State finals.

Fisher tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C.

The school is the host of the OAC format Golden Shamrock tournament, which has been hosted since at least 1994.

Notable Alumni

• Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach
• Ben Thimmes
• Sarah Hickman
• Leo Guinan
• Coert Wotruba
• Kyle Rainier
• Christine Kennedy
• Steven Wellstead
• Jacob Snider
• Madellyn Kennedy
• Alexis Preskar
• Matthew Ford
• Thomas "Tam" Moore
• Brandon "Scrub Lord" Shull
• Luke Schmelzer
• Austin Reid
• Andrew Smith
• Luke "Sicktastic" Skelton

Current Members

• Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)
• Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)
• Hunter Wotruba (Class of 2017)
• Zach Vogel (Class of 2017)
• Alex Blackston (Class of 2018)