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Team Illinois Blue placed 1st and Team Illinois Orange placed 9th at this year’s National All-Star Academic Tournament!
Team Illinois Blue
: Senior Sam Kemeny* of Evanston; Sophomore Spencer Manning of Stevenson (Lincolnshire); Senior Jonathan Ouyang of University (Urbana); and Senior Kevin Yang of Stevenson (Lincolnshire)Team Illinois Orange: Sophomore William Bao of Mahomet-Seymour; Senior Akshath Sivachidhambaram* of Waubonsie Valley (Aurora); Senior Vikram Narasimhan* of Waubonsie Valley (Aurora); Junior Winnie Nutkowitz** of Northside (Chicago); and Sophomore James Wray of Glenbrook South (Glenview)
IPNCT Third Place Player Spencer Manning, Stevenson (Lincolnshire)
IPNCT Fifth Place Player Omkar Marathe, Fremd (Palatine)
SSNCT Very Small School Third Place New Berlin
SSNCT Fifth Place Macomb
SSNCT Fifth Place Westmont
NAQT|IHSSBCA Champions Fremd (Palatine)
NAQT|IHSSBCA Small School Champions Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
Masonic 1A Champions Keith Country Day (Rockford)
Masonic 2A Champions University (Urbana)
Masonic 3A Champions Waubonsie Valley (Aurora)
IHSA A Champions Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
IHSA AA Champions Waubonsie Valley (Aurora)
IESA A Champions Quest (Palatine)
IESA AA Champions Franklin (Springfield)
Coaches Hall of Fame inductee Aaron Barrington, Dunlap
Coaches Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Brigham, Sandburg (Orland Park)
Coaches Hall of Fame inductee Carlton Rink, Timothy Christian (Elmhurst)
Coaches Hall of Fame inductee Mike Woolley, Sandburg (Orland Park)
Rob Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Carolyn Aiken
Rob Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Elaine Seevers
Karen Niemeier Coach of the Year Award (Class A) winner Erica Muchow, Pleasant Plains High School
Tom Durbin Coach of the Year Award (Class AA) winner Alan McCloud, Hinsdale Central High School
Beth Young Coach of the Year Award (Open) winner Brody Anderson, Princeton High School
All-Sectional and All-State players
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| The June 2025 issue of Scholastic Visions includes recaps and photos of the IESA State Championship, recaps of this year’s high school and middle school national championships, important dates and tournament calendar listings for 2025-2026, and more! This issue has an accompanying Awards Banquet Insert recognizing this year’s adult and student award recipients. The first annual issue of Scholastic Visions is free to all scholastic bowl community members. Become an IHSSBCA member to download the last three issues from the Scholastic Visions homepage. |
