Edmond Memorial
| Edmond Memorial High School | |
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| Location: Edmond, OK | |
| Coaches | Greg Oppel |
| State Championships | OJABA Class 6A: 2001, 2006 [1]OSSAA Class 5A: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002.[2] NAQT: 2002, 2003, 2009 |
| National Championships | 1995 ASCN, 1996 ASCN |
| Program Status | Unknown |
| School Size | Unknown |
| NAQT Page | link |
Edmond Memorial High School's Academic Team plays in OSSAA Academic Bowl in addition to other formats such as NAQT. Memorial's program was started in the 1988-1989 school year with the encouragement of Principal Sam Winn by social studies teacher Tina Page. Past Memorial coaches include: Tina Page, Adys Altstatt, Eugene Chase, Rick Trefz, and Valerie Benton. Past assistant coaches include: Rick Trefz, Shayne Stanford, Patti Harrold, Greg Oppel, and Jim Carlile.
Memorial currently holds two fundraiser tournaments, the Bulldog OSSAA Invitational in the fall and the Bulldog NAQT Invitational in the spring. In the past a fall tournament was held for all-comers in the ASCN format.
Current Season
In 2008 the Varsity A won the L.L. Lewis Cup at Oklahoma State, NAQT State, OSSAA District Seeding, OSSAA Area Seeding, and the Rose State Social Studies Bowl [3], placed second at the E.P. McCabe at Langston University [4], the All City Tournament at the University of Central Oklahoma, and the Fine Arts and Literature Bowl [5], placed third at the Southmoore Invitational, and placed fourth at OSSAA State. The Varsity B made the playoffs of the Lewis, McCabe, NAQT State, and Tulsa OQBA competitions.
Teams and Coaches
| Season | Varsity Lineups | Coach |
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| 1995 | Nate Andersen, Josh Burns, Eric McArthur, Kurt Morgan, Dave Murrell, Autumn Price, Chris Scifres, Bill Schmeh,Chana Shwadlenak | Valerie Benton |
| 2005 | Allison Brown*, Cary Cavnar, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls, Garrett Willis* | Greg Oppel |
| 2006 | Allison Brown*, John Crews, Drew Laxton, Vicki Panza, Chris Walls | Greg Oppel |
| 2007 | Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, James Grider, Josh Holmes, Lily Hoot, Fareeha Safir*, Thomas Whittaker | Greg Oppel |
| 2008 | Sean Bender, Kristine Charter, Lily Hoot, Zain Raza, Fareeha Safir*, Salman Safir, Saxon Sampley, Thomas Whittaker | Greg Oppel |
| 2009 | Rohaid Ali, Patrick Bender, Wade Craig, Daniel Griffin, Zain Raza*, Chuck Rebman, Saxon Sampley | Greg Oppel |
Notable Alumni
Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Eric Heller, Ben Lyons, Eric MacArthur, Alex Putnam, Fareeha Safir, Scott Smith, Mike Taylor, Joy Woods
Oklahoma Academic Coaches Association [6] Academic All Staters
Sean Bender, Tyler Bond, Allison Brown, Colin Brown, Stephanie Craig, Sam Green, Divya Gunda, Drew Laxton, Alex Putnam, Fareeha Saifr, Scott Smith, Joy Woods
Team Oklahoma Panasonic Academic Challenge Team Members
Eric MacArthur(2)*, Eric Buschelman, Mike Taylor*, Jessica Moore, Stephanie Craig(2), Taylor Long, Colin Brown(2), Joy Woods
- Asterisk denotes All-American
Tournaments Won
- Boren Cup
- L.L.Lewis Cup- 06, 08
- NAQT State - 02, 03, 09
- Northside High School
- Oklahoma Quizbowl Alliance- 01, 02, 03, 06 [7]
- Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Area- 09
- Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association District- 09
- Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association State- 93, 95, 96, 02 [8]
- Rose State Social Studies Bowl- 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 00, 01, 05, 06, 08, 09 [9]
- Savannah, MO, Invitational
- Vanderbilt Academic Bowl Competition XX- 01 [10]
- Wichita State University
See Also
Succession of National Titles
Succession of Minor Titles
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