WUHSAC
WUHSAC, or the Washington University High School Academic Competition, is Washington University's annual high school quiz bowl competition that generally takes place in January or February. As of 2013, it has been run on Yale's house written set, BHSAT, although in previous years it was written by the WUSTL team, WUAT. Teams participating can qualify for the PACE NSC.
Characteristics
WUHSAC is one of the flagship tournaments of the Missouri high school quiz bowl circuit, usually drawing around 30 teams. WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams, recently from places like Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Florida.
History
Prior to 2013, WUHSAC was intended to be a slightly harder house-written tournament, similar to Harvard's HFT. This inspired some complaints from Missouri teams and the wider quiz bowl community.
Beginning with the 2008 iteration, the set drew criticism from players such as Charlie Dees due to poor writing practices such as poor difficulty control and the use of biographical clues. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of Yale's Bulldog High School Academic Tournament set in 2013, which was well-received.
Recent tournament directors have included Sean Phillips and Charles Hang.
External Links
Criticism of the 2008 iteration
Results
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New Madrid County Central | Unknown | |
| January 2000 | Bartlett High School | Unknown | |
| December 2000 | Bartlett High School | Lafayette High School | |
| 2002 | Detroit Catholic Central High School | Walton High School | |
| 2003 | Detroit Catholic Central High School | St. Andrew's | |
| 2004 | New Trier High School | Detroit Country Day | |
| 2005 | Dunbar High School A | Dunbar High School B | |
| 2006 | Dunbar High School | Madisonville North Hopkins | |
| 2007 | North Kansas City | New Trier | |
| 2008 | North Kansas City | Rockford Auburn | |
| 2009 | Rockford Auburn | Carbondale | |
| 2010 | Chatham Glenwood High School | Parkway Central | |
| 2011 | Carbondale | Northmont | |
| 2012 | Ladue A | Clayton A | |
| 2013 | Ladue A | Detroit Catholic Central High School |