Great Valley
| Great Valley | |
| Location: Malvern, PA | |
|---|---|
| Coaches | Bern McCauley |
| National Appearances | HSNCT (2016), PACE (2016) |
| Program Status | Unknown |
| School Size | Unknown |
| NAQT Page | link |
Great Valley High School is a public school located in Malvern, PA in Southeastern PA's Chester County. The school competes in the Chester County Intermediate Unit competition's non-pyramidal league each year as well as many regional invitational tournaments. They host the GVQBT Invitational every February.
Team History
The Great Valley High School team has existed since at least the early 1990s. GV solely played on non-pyramidal local questions until the spring of 2013. To this date,, GV has never won the Chester County league nor have they received a league player of the year award..
Under the tutelage of coach Bern McCauley, the team began to play pyramidal tournaments sporadically in 2012-2013, but became regulars on the circuit by 2014-2015.Stull in a period of mixed focus on local and pyramidal quizbowl, the team has started to focus largely on the pyramidal circuit since 2015, despite challenging the top teams in the CCIU format. They have peaked at #3 in the GPQB Poll in 2016, and finished T-77 at 2016 HSNCT and 35th at PACE-NSC 2016.
Their first varsity tournament win occurred with the team defeating State College at the 2016 Lehigh Valley Academy Tournament. . They have also frequently competed at National History Bee and Bowl events.
Fun Facts
The 2012 GV Academic Team qualified for the league final only to have most of the team miss the league championship due to a music trip.
Notable Accomplishments
- T-77th Place, 2016 HSNCT
- 35th Place, 2016 PACE-NSC
Current Team Members
- Everett Beauregard
- Sanjana Narayanan
- Joshita Varshney
- Evan Aho
- Daniel Chen
- Thomas Coxy
- Chris Meehan
- Mark Neri
- Sam Scarfone
- Nate White
- Nandhini Krishnan
- Dan Milani
- Kim Yang
- Heidi Atlas
- Rithvik Bobbili
- Noah Harrigan
- Colin Li
- John Li
- David Nemeth
- Tony Wang
- Alan Xu
Alumni
- Dan Dore, Class of 2012
- Philip Chow, Class of 2012
- Deakon McCurdy, Class of 2016
Notable Accomplishments
- Deakon McCurdy was the first GV Alum to play a college tournament (Fall 2016 Columbia Tournament for NYU)
- Sam Scarfone was the 2015-2016 GPQB JV Player of the Year (Outstanding Freshman/Sophomore in PA)
- Coach Bern McCauley was the 2015-2016 Chester County and 2015-2016 GPQB Coach of the Year