American Academic Challenge

The American Academic Challenge was a national championship event for high schools that ran at least three times in the mid-90s (1993-1995) and was operated by sometime National Academic Championship staffer Brooks Sanders. It may have also occurred before or after that period, but such information is unknown.

This tournament trophy consisted of a one-foot-tall faux-stone pyramid topped by a large brass eagle that weighed forty pounds, and was clearly the best trophy ever handed out at a high school national.

The unique qualification method involved both submitting an application which described past tournament performance and writing an essay called "Give Back to America."

The AAC was planned to have been revived in 2015 and was scheduled to take place in Chattanooga between 22 and 24 May, but it was canceled. [1]

Known info about the AAC:

Year	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	Location(s)/Field/Other
1993	South Oldham	Chaska	William Tennent	Dorman	Nashville, TN
1994	William S. Hart	Mauldin	Eleanor Roosevelt	Edison	Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN; 16 teams; $1000 scholarship to each winning team member
1995	Walton	Maggie Walker	Eleanor Roosevelt		Nashville, TN