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CONGRATULATIONS TO NATIONAL RUNNERS-UP TEAM ILLINOIS BLUE
Team Illinois Blue was Rohan Ganeshan, Buffalo Grove; Rohan Kher, Barrington; Sinecio Morales, Auburn (Rockford); Rishabh Wuppalapati, Stevenson (Lincolnshire); and Charles Young, Barrington.

Team Illinois Orange, consisting of Amy Hillmann, Resurrection (Chicago); Jason Qin, IMSA (Aurora); Jonny Abraham, Stevenson (Lincolnshire); Soren Gjesfjeld, Bloomington; Thomas Lu, Fremd (Palatine); and Akshar Goyal, Westmont, took 8th out of 23 teams at the National All-Star Academic Tournament. See statistics here.

Congratulations to our high-ranking Nationals teams!

SSNCT TPS Division 2nd Place Herscher
SSNCT TPS Division 5th Place (Tied) Southwestern (Piasa) A
SSNCT TPS Division 5th Place (Tied) Westmont
NSC 7th Place Barrington

Visit the high school and middle school tournament calendars to see full results from national tournaments.

Congratulations to Illinois State Champion Teams:

IHSSBCA NAQT State Champions Buffalo Grove
IHSSBCA NAQT State Small School Champions University (Urbana) A
Masonic Class 1A State Champions Elgin Academy
Masonic Class 2A State Champions Herscher
Masonic Class 3A State Champions University (Urbana)
IHSA Class 1A State Champions University (Urbana)
IHSA Class 2A State Champions IMSA (Aurora)
IESA Class 1A State Champions Next Generation (Champaign)
IESA Class 2A State Champions Barrington Prairie

Congratulations, 2022 Award Recipients!

Karen Niemeier Class A Award Winner Jorge Sanchez, Elgin Academy
Tom Durbin Class AA Award Winner Jaime Pamatot, Granite City
Beth Young At-Large Award Winner Jeffrey Price, Barrington
Hall of Fame Inductee Brian T. Courtney
Hall of Fame Inductee Charles “Skip” Lee
Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Noah Prince
Rob Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Andrew Nadig
All-State teams.

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The April 2022 issue of Scholastic Visions includes the mid-season members poll results, IHSSBCA Kickoff and Turnabout tournament champions, the 2022 All-Sectional teams, and more! The first 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.