Arin Parsa
| Arin Parsa | |
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| Noted subjects | History, Generalist |
| Middle school | Challenger Almaden (2017-) |
| Stats | HDWhite • stats |
Arin Parsa is a player on the Challenger Almaden team, which he founded in 5th grade and has captained since.
Career
From L-R: NHBB Director David Madden and Arin
Arin was introduced to quiz bowl in 2015 by a televised match between Bellarmine College Preparatory and Valley Christian Junior High playing a match on Kron-4 TV.
In the 2017-18 season, a 5th-grade Arin led a Challenger Almaden team to great success in the Northern California quiz bowl circuit, winning all regular season middle school tournaments as well as the novice divisions of several high school tournaments. Arin went on to place t-13 at the 2018 MSNCT while being second scorer overall on a team largely consisting of players younger than 6th grade. On December 1st, Arin was named NAQT Player of the Week.
During the 2018-19 season, Arin won the middle school division of the 2019 IPNCT by defeating Rohan Ganeshan from Quest Academy 185-70. He led the Challenger Almaden team to a t-28 finish at the 2019 MSCNT, where he was the top scorer, and was voted the top middle school player of the year in the middle school post-nats player poll conducted by Conor Thompson.
Arin won the elementary school and 6th grade divisions of the National History Bee in 2018 and 2019 respectively. At the 2018 IHO, he won bronze in the Scramble and Hexathlon and was on the 4th place California B team. In 2019, Arin won the 6th grade division of the U.S. Academic Bee & Bowl, the National History Bee & Bowl, and the Humanities Bee, as well as placing second in the National Science Bee, making them the second player to win NHBB division titles in more than one subject (the first being Shiva Oswal). That year, he also made the upper bracket of the varsity History Bowl competition playing solo. In 2021, Arin soloed MSNCT to 4th place.
Arin holds the NAQT record for highest PPG for a middle schooler in 7th grade or below, as well as the second highest tournament PPG for any middle schooler after William Groger.