McGill
| McGill University | |
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| Location: Montreal, QC | |
| Current President or Coach | Sebastian Drake |
| National championships | none |
| NAQT Page | link |
McGill University is an anglophone university in Montreal, Quebec. A trivia club was established in the 2002-03 season.
History
McGill's club was founded in 2003 by Andrew Segal and Jon Klein, two alumni of the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto team that finished third in the 2002 Reach for the Top nationals. They have attended an NAQT SCT each year since, claiming the Division II title at the 2005 Canadian SCT at Ottawa. McGill has qualified for the 2005 ICT, 2006 ICT, 2007 ICT, and but attended only in 2005, 2006.
For several years, the team had no meeting room. Forced to play in the student bar, the public display has drawn several members, making it by far the largest team in Canada in terms of local membership. Through various factors, only a small portion of the group actually travels to tournaments.
In 2008-2012, McGill sent several teams each year to the Ottawa Hybrid Tournament and SCT, but never went to ICT or many other tournaments. The team was led by Hunter Book of Kellenberg during this era.
2012-present
In 2013, Joe Su started convincing the team to go to more tournaments, especially local tournaments where McGill would do better than playing against a much stronger New England field. In Joe's first two years, McGill went to mirrors of THUNDER, Delta Burke, Minnesota Open, MUT, MFT, Penn Bowl, SUBMIT, Ottawa Hybrid, VCU Open, DISCO, and others. After being unable to attend 2013 SCT due to snow, in 2014, McGill won Division 2 SCT, with Derek So as the highest scorer. At the 2014 ICT, a team of Joe, Derek, Sebastian Drake and Sam Baker finished third after losing to Northwestern in a winner-makes-finals game. McGill will continue to play in both Ontario and New England tournaments.
Current Players
- Derek So, indefinite grad student
- Joe Su, F 2015, but will become an indefinite grad student
- Sebastian Drake, F 2015, but will become an indefinite grad student
- Sam Baker, W 2015
- Aidan Drake, W 2015
- William Dou, 2017
- Andreas Loken, 2018
- Jeffery Liang, 2018
Hosted Tournaments
McGill hosted "Quebec Bowl" in October, 2005, consisting only of Ottawa and McGill teams. They hosted the 2006 NAQT Canadian SCT, which drew a larger field but was criticized for their ignorance of good quizbowl rules.