2008 HSNCT
| 2008 NAQT HSNCT | |
|---|---|
| Edited by | NAQT |
| Champion | Thomas Jefferson |
| Runner-up | Wilmington Charter |
| Third | Walt Whitman |
| Fourth | Dorman B |
| High scorer | Kurtis Droge, East Lansing |
| Site | Rosemont, IL |
| Field | 176 (21 SS) |
| Stats | [1] |
The 2008 High School National Championship was won by Thomas Jefferson, consisting of Phil Graves, Naren Tallapragada, Keshav Pillai, and Mohit Iyyer. The tournament was held at the Wyndham Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. This tournament set a new record for the third straight year with 176 teams competing at one site.
Tournament results
Thomas Jefferson beat Wilmington Charter in the second game of an advantaged final to win the tournament. These two teams played after Thomas Jefferson eliminated Dorman B and Wilmington Charter eliminated Whitman. Whitman would go on to win the third place game.
In the small school division, coach Matt Knupp won his third national small school title, though the first with Russell (he had led Danville to the small school titles in 2005 and 2006).
The 2008 HSNCT is notably one of the only national tournaments with more than one team from a school finishing in the top 5. Dorman's A and B teams finished 5th and 4th respectively.
Top 15 teams:
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thomas Jefferson | 7t. | State College |
| 2. | Wilmington Charter | 7t. | Eden Prairie |
| 3. | Walt Whitman | 11t. | Grosse Pointe North |
| 4. | Dorman "B" | 11t. | Kellenberg Memorial |
| 5t. | Dorman "A" | 11t. | Hunter |
| 5t. | East Lansing | 11t. | Torrey Pines |
| 7t. | Liberal Arts and Science | 11t. | Santa Monica |
| 7t. | Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet | 11t. | Bergen County Academies |
Top 4 Small Schools:
| Rank | Team | Overall Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Russell | 42t |
| 2. | Brindlee Mountain "A" | 42t |
| 3. | Brindlee Mountain "B" | 53t |
| 4. | Ottawa Hills | 42t |
Individual results
The 2008 All-Star Team, Sophomore All-Star Team, and Freshman All-Star Team.
| Rank | Player | Team | Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kurtis Droge | East Lansing | 14. | Naren Tallapragada | Thomas Jefferson |
| 2. | Dallas Simons | Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet | 15. | Aaron Burr | South Fork |
| 3. | Charlie Dees | North Kansas City | 16. | Spencer Gill | Huron |
| 4. | Dan Puma | Gonzaga | 17. | Ben Schenkel | Moravian Academy |
| 5. | Guy Tabachnick | Hunter | 18. | Alex Friedman | Minnetonka |
| 6. | Daichi Ueda | Walter Johnson | 19. | Michael Wright | Eden Prairie |
| 7. | Auroni Gupta | Torrey Pines | 20. | Doug Slocum | Tippecanoe |
| 8. | Ian Eppler | Georgetown Day | 21. | Ryan Thompson | Russell |
| 9. | Henry Gorman | Wilmington Charter | 22. | Puya Gerami | E.O. Smith |
| 10. | Ike Jose | Stow Munroe Falls | 23. | Dan Humphrey | Garfield Heights |
| 11. | Sam Peterson | Chaska | 24. | Shantanu Jha | Walt Whitman |
| 12. | Ben Cohen | New Trier | 25. | Phil Graves | Thomas Jefferson |
| 13. | Richard Kitterman | James Robinson |
| Rank | Top Sophomores | Team | Rank | Top Freshmen | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Greg Tito | Maggie Walker | 1. | Luke Maupin | Adair County |
| 2. | Neil Gurram | Detroit Country Day | 2. | Nirbhay Jain | Ottawa Hills |
| 3. | Alex Synovec | Montverde Academy | 3. | Francis Chen | Penn "B" |
| 4. | Aaron Kinney | Madisonville North Hopkins | 4. | Nik Churik | Kellenberg Memorial |
| 5. | Douglas Graebner | Walt Whitman "B" | 5. | David Liu | State College "B" |
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