Carmel (IN)

Carmel High School Location: 520 E. Main Street Carmel, IN 46032 State: Indiana
Club President	Akash Bhowmik
Coaches	James Hambley and Shawn Curtis
State Championships	0
National Championships	0
National Appearances	1
Program Status	Active
School Size	5,286 students (2018-19)[1]
Social Media	Unknown

Carmel High School is a large public school located in Carmel, Indiana. It participates in NAQT tournaments and the White River Academic League.

History

CHS's Quizbowl team was originally named the Academic Competition Team (A.C.T.). The A.C.T. played in the Westfield Insurance Brain Game, and notably came runner-up in 2012[2]. One year after the Brain Game's cancelation in 2017, the A.C.T. would become the Quizbowl team entering the 2018-19 season.

2018-19 Season

2018-19 Roster

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Justin Yu, Joey Heerens, Anthony Ou, Gary Zhang

B Team

Raphael Li, Jeffery Tan, Kyle Zheng, James Zhang, Audrey Satchivi, Andrew Sleugh, Austin Guo

2018-19 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place
Thirteenth Annual Rowdy Raider Tournament	12/1	11th
New Trier Varsity Tournament	12/15	10th	43rd
2019 NAQT Indiana State Championship	3/9	2nd	4th
2019 HSNCT	5/24-5/26	155th

2019-20 Season

2019 Free Agency

CHS underwent a major rebuilding process with the loss of many of its senior veterans. Among the new recruits were freshmen Archit Kalra, Harry Zheng, and Jordan Seigel, sophomores Shrithan Sandadi, Kevin Wang, Krish Jayarapu, and Nolan Jones, and junior Neal Joshi.

2019-20 Roster

The 2020 Mason Mashup Champions in Mason, Ohio: Akash Bhowmik, Colin Zou, Austin Guo, and James Zhang.

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Archit Kalra, Austin Guo, James Zhang, Colin Zou

B Team

Nolan Jones, Neal Joshi, Shrithan Sandadi, Harry Zheng, Kevin Wang, Krish Jayarapu, Jordan Seigel

2019-20 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place
Class Act High School Invitational	11/23	4th	15th
Fourteenth Annual Rowdy Raider Invitational	12/7	13th	26th
Southwestern by Northeastern Tournament	12/14	1st	5th
IASP Indiana State Regionals Straughn	1/25	1st
Mason Mashup Invitational	2/29	1st	3rd
IASP Indiana State Quiz Bowl Championship	3/7	3rd

2020-21 Season

2020 Free Agency

Before the 2020 free agency, CHS announced the creation of three new teams: the C Team, the D Team, and the E Team. The C Team signed freshman Shravan Chengalva, sophomores Lucca Mo, Eric Yang, and Matthew Rao, and junior Raymond Pan. The B Team attempted to trade Jordan Seigel and a 2025 first-round pick to the C Team in return for Raymond Pan, but the trade was nullified by NAQT for "Quizbowl reasons." Archit Kalra signed a 3-year, $90 million extension with the A Team, becoming the highest paid player in Quizbowl history. Nolan Jones, affected by the tragic loss of Nolan James, decided to take his talents to South Beach and join the B Team in his ESPN-exclusive documentary "The Quizision," joining forces with Neal Joshi and Harry Zheng to form a Big Three. However, the B Team would lose their first option player in Shrithan Sandadi to the E Team, with Sandadi signing a 2-year, $30 million contract with the expansion franchise. The last expansion franchise, the D Team, signed Jack Liu on a $2, 2-year contract and Canaan He on a $5, 3-year contract, and are expected to become the first team in Quizbowl history to lose every match this coming 2020-21 season.

2020-21 Roster

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Archit Kalra, Austin Guo, James Zhang, Colin Zou

B Team

Nolan Jones, Neal Joshi, Harry Zheng, Kevin Wang, Jordan Seigel

C Team

Raymond Pan, Shravan Chengalva, Lucca Mo, Eric Yang, Matthew Rao

D Team

Jack Liu, Canaan He

E Team

Shrithan Sandadi

2020-21 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place
University of Kentucky Fall Championship	10/10	4th	7th