Edmond Memorial

Edmond Memorial High School
Location: Edmond, OK
Coaches	Greg Oppel
State Championships	OJABA Class 6A: 2001, 2006 [1]OSSAA Class 5A: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002.[2] NAQT: 2002, 2003, 2009
National Championships	1995 ASCN, 1996 ASCN
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Edmond Memorial High School's Academic Team plays in OSSAA Academic Bowl in addition to other formats such as NAQT. Memorial's program was started in the 1988-1989 school year with the encouragement of Principal Sam Winn by social studies teacher Tina Page. Past Memorial coaches include: Tina Page, Adys Altstatt, Eugene Chase, Rick Trefz, and Valerie Benton. Past assistant coaches include: Rick Trefz, Shayne Stanford, Patti Harrold, Greg Oppel, and Jim Carlile.

Memorial currently holds two fundraiser tournaments, the Bulldog OSSAA Invitational in the fall and the Bulldog NAQT Invitational in the spring. In the past a fall tournament was held for all-comers in the ASCN format.

Current Season

In 2008 the Varsity A won the L.L. Lewis Cup at Oklahoma State, NAQT State, OSSAA District Seeding, OSSAA Area Seeding, and the Rose State Social Studies Bowl [3], placed second at the E.P. McCabe at Langston University [4], the All City Tournament at the University of Central Oklahoma, and the Fine Arts and Literature Bowl [5], placed third at the Southmoore Invitational, and placed fourth at OSSAA State. The Varsity B made the playoffs of the Lewis, McCabe, NAQT State, and Tulsa OQBA competitions.

Teams and Coaches

Season	Varsity Lineups	Coach
1995	Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak	Valerie Benton
2005	Allison Brown*, Cary Cavnar, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls, Garrett Willis*	Greg Oppel
2006	Allison Brown*, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls	Greg Oppel
2007	Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, James Grider, Josh Holmes, Lily Hoot, Fareeha Safir*, Thomas Whittaker	Greg Oppel
2008	Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, Lily Hoot, Zain Raza, Fareeha Safir*, Salman Safir, Saxon Sampley, Thomas Whittaker	Greg Oppel
2009	Rohaid Ali, Patrick Bender, Wade Craig, Daniel Griffin, Zain Raza*, Chuck Rebman, Saxon Sampley	Greg Oppel

Notable Alumni

Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Eric Heller, Ben Lyons, Eric MacArthur, Alex Putnam, Fareeha Safir, Scott Smith, Mike Taylor, Joy Woods

Oklahoma Academic Coaches Association [6] Academic All Staters

Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Sam Green, Divya Gunda, Drew Laxton, Alex Putnam, Fareeha Saifr, Scott Smith, Joy Woods

Team Oklahoma Panasonic Academic Challenge Team Members

Eric MacArthur(2)*, Eric Buschelman, Mike Taylor*, Jessica Moore, Stephanie Craig(2), Taylor Long, Colin Brown(2), Joy Woods

• Asterisk denotes All-American

Tournaments Won

• Boren Cup
• L.L.Lewis Cup- 06, 08
• NAQT State - 02, 03, 09
• Northside High School
• Oklahoma Quizbowl Alliance- 01, 02, 03, 06 [7]
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Area- 09
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association District- 09
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association State- 93, 95, 96, 02 [8]
• Rose State Social Studies Bowl- 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 00, 01, 05, 06, 08, 09 [9]
• Savannah, MO, Invitational
• Vanderbilt Academic Bowl Competition XX- 01 [10]
• Wichita State University
• E.P. McCabe Scholars Bowl 2009

See Also

1995 Edmond Memorial

Succession of Minor Titles

ASCN TOC Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
James Island	1995, 1996	Walter Johnson