Truman State
| Truman State | |
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| Location: Kirksville, MO | |
| Current President or Coach | Jared McNett |
| National championships | |
| NAQT Page | link |
Truman State is a public liberal arts college in Kirksville, Missouri.
Tournaments
High School Tournaments
Truman State hosts Truman Bowl, their annual high school tournament.
In the 2009-10 season, Truman hosted Truman Bowl II, a high school quiz bowl tournament, on March 27, 2010. All active members of the team wrote questions for this tournament. Truman Bowl was not hosted in 2011 due to a lack of interest.
Truman State also hosted Truman Bowl III on March 10, 2012 on an NAQT A-set [1].
College Tournaments
Truman State hosted two tournaments in the 2007-08 season: Brainal Leakage III in November 2007, which was a mirror of Princeton's PARFAIT, and a mirror of Penn Bowl 2008 in January 2008.
In the 2008-09 season, Truman State hosted the Midwest mirror of ACF Fall on November 08, 2008.
Truman hosted a mirror of ACF Fall on November 06, 2010 [2]. The same tournament was also held at Truman the following year on November 05, 2011 [3].
Players
- Kevin Robb, Senior (Vice-President)
- Jared McNett, Senior (President)
- Kerry Lee, Senior (Publicity Chair)
- Kyle Goff, Senior (Sergeant of Arms)
- James Fischer, Senior
- Nick Rupel, Junior (Secretary)
- Michael Berman, Junior
- Rachel McNeil, Junior
- Jacob O'Rourke, Junior (Treasurer)
- Calley Sivils, Sophomore
- Will Melvin, Sophomore
- Lynn Winebrenner, Sophomore
- Justin Bayer, Sophomore
- Isaac Baumann, Freshman
Former Players
- Cindy La
- Amanda Krus
- Peter Johnson
- Max Meigel
- Alex Heimberger
- Kent Buxton
- Hank Kimbrough
- Matthew Susick
- Kevin Lang
- Tyson Koenig
- Ryan Stander
- Jacob Thomeczek
- Alice Walkley
- Christopher Stone
- William Regot
Results
Truman's past tournament history has been fairly random. Although rooted in CBI, the program has usually gone to NAQT IS-series tournaments, like UMR's Rollapalooza and WashU's GIT. New leaders in the program have emphasized a focus on ACF and mACF events, which most recently included EFT 2 and ACF Fall.
Truman's recent successes include a strong showing at the 2009 ACF Fall and 2010 ACF Winter. Truman B, a team consisting of Jared McNett, Kevin Lang, Kevin Robb, and Hank Kimbrough, won Division II at the 2010 Midwest SCT, earning the team a bid to 2010 ICT. [4] Hank Kimbrough was unable to attend the national event and the team of three freshmen (Lang, Robb, and McNett) placed 24th out of 32 Division II teams, winning matches against Arizona State, Wisconsin, and Illinois. [5]
The Truman A team, consisting of Jared McNett, Kevin Robb, Nick Rupel, and Kerry Lee, placed 2nd overall at the 2010 ACF Novice. Several Truman students won individual awards. [6]
At the 2011 Early Autumn Collegiate Novice Tournament held at WashU, Truman B placed second and Truman A placed third. Notably, Jacob O'Rourke and Jared McNett were the second and third highest scorers, respectively. [7]
Truman's Division II team (Kerry Lee, Kyle Goff, Jacob O'Rourke, and Amanda Krus) also qualified to attend the 2012 ICT through their performance at the 2012 Region 11 SCT[8]. The ICT team placed 24th out of 32 Division II teams, winning matches against Toronto, Oklahoma State, Faulkner State CC, and Northwestern. [9].
A detailed list of the tournament Truman State has gone to can be found on their club website.