National Quizbowl Awards

The National Quizbowl Awards are intended to be hosted yearly by Dave Madden of National History Bee and Bowl. The winner of each award was given 100 dollars; each individual can win as many awards as he or she is eligible for [1]. In 2016 the prize was increased to 200 dollars.

In 2012, the first annual National Quizbowl Award winners were determined by ballots issued online and on paper at the 2012 NSC. [2]

2012

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A & B Teams

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Adam Silverman	Centennial (GA)	National HS A Team
Max Schindler	Ladue (MO)	National HS A Team
Nikhil Desai	Bellarmine (CA)	National HS A Team
Sameer Rai	Bellarmine (CA)	National HS A Team
Lily Chen	Hunter (NY)	National HS B Team
Ben Chametzky	Carbondale (IL)	National HS B Team
Lloyd Sy	Auburn (IL)	National HS B Team
Bobby Dorigo Jones	DCC (MI)	National HS B Team

National High School Subject Area Players of the Year

SUBJECT	WINNER	SCHOOL		RUNNER-UP	SCHOOL
HUMANITIES	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine (CA)		Max Schindler	Ladue (MO)
SCIENCE!	Lily Chen	Hunter (NY)		Adam Silverman	Centennial (GA)
SOCIAL STUDIES	Ben Chametzky	Carbondale (IL)		Bobby Dorigo Jones	DCC (MI)

National High School Players of the Year by Year in School

YIS	WINNER	SCHOOL		RUNNER-UP	SCHOOL
SENIOR	Adam Silverman	Centennial (GA)		Nikhil Desai	Bellarmine (CA)
JUNIOR	Max Schindler	Ladue (MO)		Raynor Kuang	Thomas Jefferson (VA)
SOPHOMORE	Sameer Rai	Bellarmine (CA)		Carlo De Guzman	Seven Lakes (TX)
FRESHMAN	Sam Blizzard	Northmont (OH)		Noah Cowan	Georgetown Day (DC)
MIDDLE SCHOOL	Ethan Russo	Kealing (TX)		Tajin Rogers	Longfellow (VA)

National Coaches of the Year

LEVEL	WINNER	SCHOOL		RUNNER-UP	SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL	Chris Fleitas	Bellarmine (CA)		Jason Jones	DCC
MIDDLE SCHOOL	Patty Hill	Kealing (TX)		Eugene Huang	Longfellow (VA)

2013

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Max Schindler	Ladue (MO)	National HS A Team
Carlo De Guzman	St. John's (TX)	National HS A Team
Sameer Rai	Bellarmine (CA)	National HS A Team
Morgan Venkus	Loyola Academy (IL)	National HS A Team
Sam Blizzard	Northmont (OH)
Thomas Gaddy	Montgomery Blair (MD)
Jacob Reed	East Chapel Hill (NC)
Nathan Weiser	LASA (TX)

Top 10th grade player

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Sam Blizzard	Northmont (OH)
Joe Levano	Kellenberg (NY)
Eric Xu	Western Albemarle (VA)

Top 9th grade player

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Ethan Russo	LASA (TX)
Tajin Rogers	St. Anselm's (DC)
Corin Wagen	LASA (TX)

National Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Pranav Sivakumar	Barrington Station (IL)
Bryant Cong	Challenger-Berryessa (CA)
Patrick Doyle	St. Raymond's (IL)
Ujwal Punyamurtula	Kealing (TX)

National High School Coach of the Year

COACH	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jason Flowers	LASA (TX)
Matt Duckworth	New Kent (VA)
David Jones	Northmont (OH)
Matt Laird	Loyola Academy (IL)
Gregory Schweers	Cistercian (TX)

National Middle School Coach of the Year

COACH	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jeff Price	Barrington Station (IL)
Patty Hill	Kealing (TX)
Ken Romeo	Middlesex (CT)

2014

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Eric Xu	Western Albemarle (VA)	National HS A Team
Sam Blizzard	Northmont (OH)	National HS A Team
Carlo De Guzman	St. John's (TX)	National HS A Team
Nathan Weiser	LASA (TX)	National HS A Team
Ben Zhang	Ladue (MO)	National HS A Team
Hidehiro Anto	Menlo (CA)
Alex Freed	LASA (TX)
Kai Smith	Farragut (TN)

Top 10th grade player

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Ethan Russo	LASA (TX)	(tie)
Corin Wagen	LASA (TX)	(tie)
Cole Timmerwilke	Auburn (IL)

Top 9th grade player

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Shub Mehta	Dorman (SC)
Bryant Cong	Bellarmine (CA)
NourEddine Hijazi	Sidney (OH)

National Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
William Golden	Harmony (TX)
Ansel Ahabue	Trickum (GA)
Abdullah Akbar	St. Mark's (TX)
Graham Brinson	T. H. Rogers (TX)

National High School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jason Flowers	LASA
David Jones	Northmont (OH)
David Nathan	St. John's (TX)
Noah Prince	IMSA (IL)
Geoffrey Thomas	Dorman (SC)

National Middle School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Michael Golden	Harmony (TX)
Linda La Perre	Trickum (GA)
Paul Mlakar	St. Mark's (TX)

2015

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Austin Foos	DCC (MI)	National HS A Team
Sam Blizzard	Northmont(OH)	National HS A Team
Nirav Ilango	Chattahoochee (GA)	National HS A Team
Eric Xu	Western Albemarle (VA)	National HS A Team
Bruce Lou	Saratoga (CA)
Kai Smith	Farragut (TN)
Kevin Wang	Arcadia (CA)
Eric Wolfsberg	Bethlehem Central (NY)

10th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Shub Mehta	Dorman (SC)
Andrew Liang	Johns Creek (GA)
Jakob Myers	Naperville North (IL)
Pranav Sivakumar	IMSA

9th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Alex Schmidt	Lehigh Valley (PA)
Thomas Freedman	Torrey Pines (CA)
William Gentry	St. Joseph Central (MO)

Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
William Golden	Harmony (TX)
Shomik Ghose	T.H. Rogers (TX)
Evan Hochstein	Kealing

High School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jason Flowers	LASA (TX)
Linda Greene	Auburn (IL)
Chris Schultz	Arcadia (CA)

Middle School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Scott Fowler	River Trail
Michael Golden	Harmony
Patty Hill	Kealing

2016

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Corin Wagen	LASA (TX)	National HS A Team
Jakob Myers	Naperville North (IL)	National HS A Team
Cole Timmerwilke	Auburn (IL)	National HS A Team
Luke Tierney	Hunter (NY)	National HS A Team
Ryan Golant	Thomas Jefferson
Ethan Russo	LASA (TX)
Ali Saeed	Stevenson (IL)
Eric Wolfsberg	Bethlehem Central (NY)
Kion You	Rancho Bernardo (CA)

10th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Robert Crawford	DCC
Rohan Hegde	Thomas Jefferson
Jeffrey Qiu	Canyon Crest (CA)
Ethan Skinner	Davis (CA)

9th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
William Golden	James Taylor (TX)
Olivia Lamberti	Stevenson (IL)
Daniel Ma	Hunter (NY)

Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Justin Young	Longfellow (VA)
Jimena Sarapura-Phipps	Middlesex (CT)
Arjun Subramanian	Team Pi-oneers (CA)

High School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jason Flowers & Adam Escandell	LASA
Linda Greene	Auburn (IL)
Dennis Loo	Thomas Jefferson (VA)

Middle School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Ken Romeo	Middlesex (CT)
Eugene Huang	Longfellow (VA)
Arvinder Oswal	Team Pi-oneers (CA)

2017

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Jakob Myers	Naperville North (IL)	National HS A Team
Rahul Keyal	Westview (CA)	National HS A Team
Clark Smith	Dublin Scioto (OH)	National HS A Team
Luke Tierney	Hunter (NY)	National HS A Team
Matthew Lehmann	Barrington
Ashwin Ramaswami	Chattahoochee (GA)
Ali Saeed	Stevenson (IL)
Alex Schmidt	Lehigh Valley (PA)

10th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
William Golden	Taylor (TX)
Hari Parameswaran	Beavercreek (OH)
Ethan Strombeck	Auburn (IL)

9th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Eshaan Vakil	Ed W. Clark (NV)
John John Groger	Miami Valley (OH)
Josh Rollin	Pi-oneers (CA)

Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
William Groger	Miami Valley (OH)	National MS A Team
Isak Dai	Mounds Park (MN)	National MS A Team
Arjun Nageswaran	Aptakisic (IL)	National MS A Team
Shiva Oswal	Pi-oneers (CA)	National MS A Team
Karan Gurazada	BASIS Silicon Valley (CA)
Robert Muniz	Midtown Classical (FL)

High School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Chris Gismondi & Ben Herman	DCC (MI)
Todd Garrison	Glasgow (KY)
Michael Mathis	Chattahoochee (GA)

Middle School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Barry Love	Aptakisic (IL)
Anne Marie Lanz	Burleigh Manor (MD)
Ken Romeo & Barbara Ivey	Middlesex (CT)

2018

Each category lists finalists, with winners in bold. For the National High School Player of the Year, all of the finalists are listed, with the winner in bold. Those finalists which were named to the National High School A Team are noted.

National High School Player of the Year and National High School A Team

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Clark Smith	Dublin Scioto (OH)	HS Player of the Year/Captain of National High School A Team
William Golden	James E. Taylor (TX)	National HS A Team
Hari Parameswaran	Beavercreek (OH)	National HS A Team
Alex Schmidt	Lehigh Valley (PA)	National HS A Team
Vishwa Shanmugam	Downingtown STEM
Justin French	Crystal Springs Uplands (CA)
Chloe Levine	Hunter (NY)
Jack Lewis	Battle Ground Academy (TN)

10th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Eshaan Vakil	Ed W. Clark (NV)
Chinmay Murthy	LASA (TX)
Matthew Siff	Georgetown Day School (DC)

9th Grade Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Arjun Nageswaran	Stevenson (IL)
William Groger	Miami Valley (OH)
Isak Dai	Mounds Park (MN)

Middle School Player of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Shiva Oswal	Pi-oneers (CA)	Middle School Player of the Year/National MS A Team Captain
Karsten Rynearson	Greens Farms Academy (CT)	National MS A Team
Robert Muñiz	Midtown Classical (FL)	National MS A Team
Cooper Roh	Keith Country Day (IL)	National MS A Team
Aditya Indla	BASIS Silicon Valley (CA)
Siddharth Nair	Beckendorff (TX)
Johnny Miri	Holy Family (TX)
Pareekshith Krishna	Challenger-Strawberry Park (CA)

High School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Meaghan Decker	Wayzata (MN)
Ryan Fedewa	Stevenson (IL)
Dennis Loo	IMSA (IL)

Middle School Coach of the Year

PLAYER	SCHOOL	NOTE
Kevin Cox and Eugene Huang (tie)	Midtown Classical (FL) and Longfellow (VA)
Jeff Price	Barrington Station (IL)