Kristin Strey

Kristin Strey is a tournament host and question writer in Illinois. She is the current coach of Winnebago.

Kristin is a former player from Winnebago High School, graduating in 2007. With Brad Fischer, Kristin has founded quiz bowl clubs at Rock Valley College and Northern Illinois University, where she is the president of the Quiz Bowl Association. Through those organizations, she has hosted or co-directed several tournaments, including The Decemberist and Huskie Bowl. She is the director of the Scholastic Community Outreach Program (SCOP), an organization that serves underfunded Illinois teams. For a brief time, she was an assistant coach at IMSA.

Kristin is involved in quizcest with Brad Fischer, and is the mother of one of only a handful of confirmed quiz babies, Jimmy Fischer.

In 2013, Strey and Brad Fischer were co-recipients of the Robert Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Award for their work in hosting tournaments, and for developing SCOP