State College

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State College
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Location:
State College, PA
Coaches Smita Gandhi
State Championships N/A
National Championships 1998 PACE; 1999 PACE; 2000 PACE; 2001 PACE; 2010 PACE; 2011 HSNCT; 2011 PACE; 2000 NAQT; 1998 NAC
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

The State College Area High School Knowledge Masters team is a high school quizbowl team in State College, Pennsylvania. Members also do Science Bowl and Ocean Bowl.

State College holds two records for winning streaks: they are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. State College is the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).

Secondly, State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.

Their coach from 1997 until 2011, Julie Gittings, is the recipient of the 2007 Benjamin Cooper Award.

Until recently, State College hosted SCAT, a spring NAQT IS-A Tournament.

Succession of titles

PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
None
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Richard Montgomery
PACE NSC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Wilmington Charter
2010
TBD


NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Detroit Catholic Central
2000
Detroit Catholic Central
NAQT HSNCT Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Maggie Walker
2011
defending champions
ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Ike Jose
2010
TBD

Succession of minor titles

NAC Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Edison
1998
James Island