Fisher Catholic

William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)
Location: Lancaster, OH
Coaches	Lynn Stevenson
State Championships	OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006
National Championships	N/A
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

William V. Fisher Catholic High School is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.

History

Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition.

Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less than 200 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as multiple final four appearances at OAC State finals. Due to its student body's proclivity toward being strong in social studies as a whole, the school has also enjoyed success at the state level for National History Bee and Bowl while also finishing tied for ninth nationally at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C.

It was in 2013-2014 that Fisher finished as OAC state runner-up before running into the Sam Blizzard buzzsaw in the finals, had an incredibly successful year, and topped it all off by having a kick-ass time representing the state of Ohio at Disney World. The late-spring of that year brought about a mini-controversy, as Moore and Shull were selected to the State of Ohio NASAT Squad in early April and had full intentions of going, only to later find out that they qualified for a trip to Disney World to play in the NTAE in June with their friends. This was problematic, as NTAE was in time-conflict with the NASAT tournament held in Columbus, OH. The decision to play with their classmates and friends in Florida as opposed to making the 30-minute drive to Columbus was scrutinized by several HSQB posters from outside the state of Ohio that have never met any of the Fisher kids in person nor understood that this was a decision based on having one last quiz bowl trip amongst a tightly-knit group of friends.

Notable Alumni

• Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach
• Ben Thimmes
• Sarah Hickman
• Leo Guinan
• Kyle Rainier
• Christine Kennedy
• Steven Wellstead
• Jacob Snider
• Madellyn Kennedy
• Alexis Preskar
• Matthew Ford
• Thomas Moore

Current Members

• Brandon Shull (Class of 2015)
• Andrew Smith (Class of 2015)
• Luke Skelton (Class of 2015)
• Gillian Baker (Class of 2016)
• John Fernow (Class of 2016)
• Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)
• Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)
• Hunter Wotruba (Class of 2017)
• Darrin Miller (Class of 2017)