Kevin Robb
| Kevin Robb | |
| Noted subjects | Chemistry, Music |
| Current college | Truman State University (2010- ) |
| Past colleges | N/A |
| High school | Francis Howell Central High School (2005-09) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Kevin Robb is the current vice-president of the Academic Competition Organization at Truman State University. He also played Quiz Bowl in high school at Francis Howell Central.
Playing History
Middle School
Kevin played in middle school for Saeger Middle School after being introduced to Quiz Bowl by his gifted program teacher there, Mrs. Debbe Van Beers.
High School
Kevin played for the Francis Howell Central High School team coached by Kathryn Keierleber. He spent three of his four years on the B team, which he captained during his junior year. Kevin played on the A team his senior year.
Notably, Kevin was a high scorer in the Two Saints Conference in 2008 on the basis of tossups answered despite only playing four of seven games, and a B team consisting of Kevin and several of the team's other generalists placed in the top 8 at the 2008 Helias Tournament (for comparison, the A team including Charles Hang and math specialist George Yu, the team's top players, took 4th). [1] [2] Similarly, a B team led by Kevin managed to reach playoffs at the Washington High School Scholar Classic that same year, with Kevin coming in second overall in scoring, while the A team including George but not Charles failed to place. [3]
Thus, Kevin was a key player in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, serving an important generalist role in support of the team's top players such as Peter Creedon and Charles Hang. He competed at most of the tournaments the team attended.
Awards
- High Scorer (2nd), 2008 Washington Tournament [4]
- High Scorer (4th), 2008 Two Saints Conference [5]
College
2009-2010
Kevin's talents finally became apparent with his first collegiate event, the 2009 ACF Fall tournament hosted at Missouri. Kevin was a solid contributor on the well balanced Truman C team which took third at the tournament after nearly upsetting the Washington University in St. Louis team led by former teammate Charles Hang by defeating it in the preliminaries. WUSTL's victory over Truman C in the playoffs forced a tiebreaker for the 2nd Place, Undergraduate, and Division II titles, which the WUSTL team won. [6]
Kevin was also a member of the Truman State B team which took first at the 2010 Midwest SCT, beating out a WUSTL team led by Spencer Fish and a team from Harding to claim a bid to attend the 2010 ICT. [7] Along with fellow freshmen Kevin Lang and Jared McNett, he played on the Truman State team which took 24th of 32 teams at the 2010 NAQT ICT after going 3-11 (including a tiebreaker game not featured in NAQT's results). [8]
Along with Sabrina Fritz and David Lanza, Kevin was a member of the open team "We Hate Each Other" which won the 2010 St. Charles Open. [9] Kevin was the tournament's 7th highest scorer. [10]
2010-2011
Kevin was the top scorer on the Truman State team which took second at WashU's mirror of the 2010 Early Autumn Collegiate Novice tournament on September 25th. [11] Along with Jared McNett, he was also the director of Truman's ACF Fall mirror. [12] He also served as treasurer for the Truman State team in the Fall and as the vice-president in the Spring.
Awards
- High Scorer (5th), Washington University in St. Louis mirror of the 2010 ACF Early Autumn Collegiate Novice Tournament [13]