Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award

The Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award is an annual award presented by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence. Established in 2004 as an offshoot of the Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award, the award recognizes those in college or high school programs (or recent alumni of such programs) for valuable contributions to the high school academic competition community.

Honorees

2004

• David Bykowski, formerly of Furman University, and the University of Michigan

...for his outreach and dedication to developing programs for the high school quiz bowl circuit.

• Matt Weiner, Virginia Commonwealth University

...for his contributions to the high school quiz bowl circuit, including the development and maintenance of the World of High School Quizbowl website.

2005

• Tom Egan, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, Illinois

...for his efforts in supporting and improving academic competition in Illinois..

2006

• Eric Grunden, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, NC

...in recognition of his dedication and effort in building the North Carolina Academic Team Association following the potential elimination of the North Carolina Public Library Quiz Bowl.

2007

• Evan Silberman, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA

...in recognition of his leadership in keeping the Thomas Jefferson team active in the absence of a formal coach or advisor as well as his support of the high school quiz bowl community in the Washington, D.C. area and nationally.

2008

• Lee Henry, Brindlee Mountain High School, Brindlee Mountain, AL

...in recognition of his dedication and effort in building Alabama Quizbowl, specifically building a framework for pyramidal play, and facilitating interactions between Alabama teams, out-of-state teams and outside vendors.

• Chris Sewell

...in recognition of his development of the stat program 'SQBS' which has greatly assisted in the operation of many high school tournaments. This award is given in solidarity with ACF honoring him with the Carper Award.

2009

• Christian Carter, Minneapolis South High School, Minneapolis, MN

in recognition of his development of and continued work with quizbowlpackets.com as well as supporting and assisting in the continuing development of high school quizbowl in Minnesota.

2010

• Sarah Angelo, Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government & International Studies, Richmond, Virginia

for her outstanding and dedicated work as a tournament director and editor, which has expanded and enhanced the independent quizbowl circuit throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.” In the past two years alone, Sarah has been the tournament director of an impressive array of tournaments at Maggie Walker, including GSAC XVI, HAVOC II, a Fall Novice Tournament mirror, GSAC XVII, and an MUT mirror.

2011

• Missouri Quizbowl Alliance

2012

• Lily Chen, Hunter College High School, New York, New York

2013

• Max Schindler, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, Missouri

2014

• Matt Bollinger, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

2015

• Nicholas Karas, University of California-Berkeley

External Links

• About the Cooper Awards on the PACE website