Ben Zhang
Ben Zhang | |
Noted subjects | Mythology, Biology, History, general |
Current college | Columbia (2014-2018) |
Past colleges | None |
High school | Ladue (2010-2014) |
Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Ben Zhang is a junior at Columbia. While at Ladue, he was on a team that placed 13, 5th, 2nd, and 4th at the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 HSNCTs, respectively, and 11th 1st, and 4th at the 2012, 2013, and 2014 PACE NSCS. Since freshman year, he has also been on the Missouri NASAT team, which won in 2013. In 2012, he recruited Seth Teitler, Ankit Aggarwal, and several other players to work on YMIR, a mythology side tournament that was first run on the Saturday of the 2012 PACE NSC. He also served as a head editor for LIST III and IV.
In 2014, Zhang received, with Jialin Ding, the MOQBA Award for Outstanding Student Involvement.
Ben was an editor for 2016 ACF Regionals in which he contributed two total questions. In his role as an editor for 2019 ACF Regionals he apparently contributed a third of a tossup.