Rutgers

Rutgers University (New Brunswick)
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Current President or Coach	Collin Ace
National championships	None
NAQT Page	link

Rutgers University typically refers to the quiz bowl team at Rutgers Univeristy - New Brunswick in New Jersey. It should not be confused with the (defunct) programs at Rutgers University - Newark or Rutgers University - Camden.

History

The top teams at Rutgers centered around Kevin Costello, who graduated in 2007, Jason Keller, who graduated in 2008, and Sam Braunfeld, who completed his PhD in 2018. The team finished 7th at the 2007 ICT and placed 18th at the 2008 ICT, with Keller finishing 2nd in individual scoring. At the 2008 ACF Nationals, the team finished with a 6-6 record in the Middle Bracket. The team came in 23rd out of 34 at the 2014 ACF Nationals, 26th out of 48 in 2015, 20th out of 48 in 2017, and 31st out 47 in 2018. A team composed of Braunfeld, Joelle Smart, David Song, and Anton Maliev swept the Maryland site of the 2016 MLK tournament, beating out Princeton and Virginia A. Smart, Emmett Laurie, Song, and Maliev came 2nd at the 2018 EFT Yale site, losing in the final to Amherst A. Braunfeld, Smart, Laurie, JJ Tsai, and James Hadley won the Yale site of 2019 PIANO without once playing the eventual second-place team, Harvard. Laurie, Smart, and Darren Petrosino also won 2019 EFT at Columbia.

Tournaments Hosted

Rutgers University has hosted several tournaments recently at both the high school and collegiate levels, including the 2019 SCT, 2020 ACF Regionals, and the yearly Scarlet Knight Invitational Tournament for high schoolers.

Nationals Results

	ACF Nationals (2005–)	Division I ICT	Division II ICT
2000			7th
2002		20th
2004		20th
2005	15th	17th
2006	13th	25th
2007	14th	7th
2008	12th	17th
2009	18th
2010	21st
2012	27th
2013	24th
2014	23rd
2015	26th
2017	20th		8th
2018	31st
2019	32nd	26th