Friends Select

Friends Select School
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Coaches	Ian Lockey
National Appearances	2016 HSNCT, 2017 HSNCT, 2018 SSNCT, 2018 HSNCT
Program Status	Active
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Friends Select is a Quaker school in Philadelphia, PA. They have won the first threePhiladelphia City-Wide Championships and are a regular on the Pennsylvania quizbowl circuit. Their most notable achievement within wider quizbowl to date was placing second in the Open Division of the 2018 SSNCT.

Notable Accomplishments

• 1st Place, Philadelphia City-Wide QuizBowl Championship 2016, 2017, and 2018
• 2nd Place, Tri-State Falcon Fall Tournament 2016
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Spring Invitational 2017
• T-1st Place, Wissahickon Invitational 2017
• 1st Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational 2017
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018
• 3rd Place, Quaker Fall Open 2017
• 3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018
• 3rd Place, Manhiem Township Spring 2018
• 2nd Place, 2018 SSNCT

Current Team Members

• Richard Chen
• Jake Shapiro
• Rudyard Lynch
• Saras Perry-Anderson
• Desean Smith
• Daniel Nelson
• Jonah Taranta
• Matt D'Annunzio
• Silas Mohr
• Aidan Pulliam
• Minas Macos
• Charlotte Kaplan
• Alex Shapiro
• Hannah
• Pascal Han
• Alec Kane
• Jeremy Cohen
• Hannah Dubb

Alumni

• Henry Mohr (2016)
• Drew Kaplan (2016)
• Imon Rahaman (2016)
• Laura Haskin (2016)
• Emma Miller (2017)

Individual Accomplishments

• Rudyard Lynch was 2nd Team All State by GPQB for 2016-2017
• Richard Chen was Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2016-2017, and was subsequently named 1st Team in 2017-18