2025 NAQT Illinois State Championship

Congratulations to our NAQT State Champions: Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville) and William Fremd (Palatine)!

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Awards presentation slideshow
Due to a malfunctioning projector, we were unable to display the slideshow at this year’s award ceremony; use this link to see tournament photos and results!

Small School Top Teams (out of 12)

1. Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
2. Macomb
3. Pleasant Plains
4. St Teresa (Decatur)

Small School All-Tournament Team

1. Dean Hemmer, sophomore from Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
2. Matthew Kapinus, sophomore from New Berlin
3. Tyler Thurman, senior from Macomb
4. Marshall Gallaher, junior from Brown County (Mt Sterling)
5. Logan Phillis, senior from St Teresa (Decatur)
6. Camden Walker, senior from Bond County (Greenville)
7. Shawn Armstrong, senior from Eureka
8. Jack Sandel, sophomore from Pleasant Plains
9. Carson Jacobson, senior from Winnebago
10. Clayton Rokosz, senior from Princeton

Small School Rising Stars

Rising stars are the top freshmen and sophomores who did not make the All-Tournament team.

1. Toby Nass-Helfer, sophomore from Pleasant Plains
2. Lauren Stevens, sophomore from Cumberland (Toledo)
3. Claire Caserio, sophomore from Woodlands (Lake Forest)
4. Eli Ennen, sophomore from Bond County (Greenville)

Open Division Top Teams (out of 24)

1. Fremd (Palatine)
2. Stevenson (Lincolnshire)
3. Hinsdale Central
4. University (Urbana)
5. Barrington A
6. Payton (Chicago) A

Open Division All-Tournament Team

1. Ryan Dai, junior from Carbondale
2. Ayaan Ghori, junior from Sandburg (Orland Park)
3. James Wray, sophomore from Glenbrook South (Glenview)
4. Omkar Marathe, senior from Fremd (Palatine)
5. Felix Sacks, junior from Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort) A
6. Ani Srinivasan, sophomore from Stevenson (Lincolnshire)
7. Ethan Baima, senior from Springfield
8. Spencer Manning, sophomore from Stevenson (Lincolnshire)
9. Abigail AuYeung, senior from Hinsdale Central
10. Sophia Stuart, senior from Centennial (Champaign)

Open Division Rising Stars

Rising stars are the top freshmen and sophomores who did not make the All-Tournament team.

1. Lincoln Alexander, sophomore from Hoffman Estates
2. Grant Liu, freshman from Payton (Chicago) A
3. Simra Kuchay, freshman from Payton (Chicago) A
4. Alex Zhang, sophomore from Hinsdale Central