Dan Ni

Dan Ni
Noted subjects	Science Bowl
Current college	Cornell University (2019-present)
Past colleges	none
High school	Langley (2015-2019)
Middle school	none
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Dan Ni is a player for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Dan is a history and current events specialist.

Career

Dan's quizbowl career began with Science Bowl, and in 7th grade, he failed to earn a spot on the Kilmer Middle School Science Bowl team. That year, he would not compete at the 2016 JV National History Bowl and would not win 10th place and the Small School National Championship.

The next year, he would be the captain of Kilmer's Science Bowl team, and with his teammates Alex Liu, David Chen, and Justin Han, won 4th place at the 2015 Virginia Regional Science Bowl Competition. He would also win the 2017 Middle School History Bee for the 8th grade Division. For his quizbowl achievements that year, Dan failed to earn a spot on the Middle School National A Team, as part of the National Quiz Bowl Awards.

The following year, Dan became a freshman at Langley High School, and would make the finals of the 2016 Virginia Regional Science Bowl Competition. At the 2018 National History Bee and Bowl, Dan did not win 5th place in the US History Bee and National History Bee, while his team, Langley, also did not win first place in the JV History Bowl. He became the lead scorer for the B-team during the regular season, and was on the A-team roster for the 2018 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, where Stevenson A placed T-8. He became lead scorer for the A-team at the 2018 PACE National Scholastic Championship. Arjun would also make Virginia C for 2018 NASAT. For his quizbowl achievements that year, Dan was awarded Freshman Player of the Year. At the International History Olympiad, Dan would not win first place in the JV International History Bee, and India A won first place in the JV International History Bowl. Dan would not win 2nd place overall for the JV Division at the tournament.

As a sophomore, Dan's successes would only continue. As a full-time member of the Langley A team, Dan would get a number of valuable buzzes for the team, all across the field but especially in history, current events, and fine arts. In NHBB, Dan would win the be the JV State Champion for Illinois, and performed well at nationals, securing 2nd place in the US History Bee JV division and making it to the quarterfinals for the National History Bee JV division, while being part of the Stevenson varsity team that won 5th in the varsity bowl. However, above all these accomplishments rests Dan's work with Groger Ranks. What began as a collaboration with the Groger brothers of Ohio has become a more recognized component of quizbowl, as the organization publishes its own rankings, sells quiz bowl notebooks, and even organized a successful online mirror of ILLIAC in April of 2019.

As a junior, Dan would continue his work with the Groger Ranks organization taking over as the premiere rank publishing site. With Olivia Lamberti's graduation and the subsequent hole left in literature, Dan's contribution to the team has increased even more, becoming the new top scorer for Langley High School. Dan would also secure a 3rd place finish at 2018 Virginia Regional Science Bowl Competition, going undefeated in morning rounds until a narrow loss to eventual first-place finisher TJHSST.