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Jackie Wu was a player for [[Downingtown East]] and later [[CMU]]. | Jackie Wu was a player for [[Downingtown East]] and later [[CMU]]. | ||
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| + | Jackie was the leading scorer on the D-East team and a consistently high individual scorer at Pennsylvania circuit events. She also led D-East to its first-ever [[HSNCT]] playoff appearance in 2017. | ||
| − | At CMU, she continued playing and served as an officer in the quizbowl club. She is a member of [[GPQB]] and has written a number of articles and wrap-ups for the site, including [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/2020/07/01/how-to-highlight-quizbowl-on-college-apps/ an article] on highlighting quizbowl for college applications. | + | At CMU, she continued playing and served as an officer in the quizbowl club. |
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| + | ==Outreach and Leadership== | ||
| + | Jackie played a key role in getting D-East, which had been dominant on the [[CCIU]] format for many years and thus focused mostly on non-[[pyramidal]] questions, to start attending pyramidal tournaments regularly. She also organized a large invitational tournament at D-East that attracted a number of new teams and advocated for more [[pyramidal]] questions and [[good quizbowl]] practices to be implemented in the [[CCIU]] competition (including a speech to the CCIU board). | ||
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| + | She is a member of [[GPQB]] and has written a number of articles and wrap-ups for the site, including [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/2020/07/01/how-to-highlight-quizbowl-on-college-apps/ an article] on highlighting quizbowl for college applications. | ||
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Revision as of 11:50, 22 May 2021
Jackie Wu was a player for Downingtown East and later CMU.
Playing Career
Jackie was the leading scorer on the D-East team and a consistently high individual scorer at Pennsylvania circuit events. She also led D-East to its first-ever HSNCT playoff appearance in 2017.
At CMU, she continued playing and served as an officer in the quizbowl club.
Outreach and Leadership
Jackie played a key role in getting D-East, which had been dominant on the CCIU format for many years and thus focused mostly on non-pyramidal questions, to start attending pyramidal tournaments regularly. She also organized a large invitational tournament at D-East that attracted a number of new teams and advocated for more pyramidal questions and good quizbowl practices to be implemented in the CCIU competition (including a speech to the CCIU board).
She is a member of GPQB and has written a number of articles and wrap-ups for the site, including an article on highlighting quizbowl for college applications.
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