2026 NAQT Illinois State Championship
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The 2026 NAQT State Championship Tournament was held at Centennial High School (Champaign) on February 28, 2026.
Small School Top Teams (out of 16)
1. New Berlin
2. Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
3. Keith Country Day (Rockford)
4. University (Urbana)
Small School All-Tournament Team
1. Dean Hemmer, Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville)
2. Matthew Kapinus, New Berlin
3. Marshall Gallaher, Brown County (Mt Sterling)
4. Jack Sandel, Pleasant Plains
5. Aatman Shah, Keith Country Day (Rockford)
6. Jackson Meyer, Teutopolis A
7. Toby Nass-Helfer, Pleasant Plains
8. Sophia Chen, University (Urbana)
9. Jaehyun Yi, University (Urbana)
10. Eamon Faherty, Northridge (Niles)
Small School Rising Stars
Rising stars are the top freshmen and sophomores who did not make the All-Tournament team.
1. Trevyn Munson, Princeton
2. Boyou Huang, University (Urbana)
3. Jack Hartke, Teutopolis B
4. Rex Denham, Eureka A
Open Division Top Teams (out of 32)
1. Stevenson (Lincolnshire)
2. Payton (Chicago) A
3. Fremd (Palatine) A
4. Sandburg (Orland Park) A
Open Division All-Tournament Team
1. James Wray, Glenbrook South (Glenview)
2. Simra Kuchay, Payton (Chicago) A
3. William Bao, Mahomet-Seymour
4. Ayaan Ghori, Sandburg (Orland Park) A
5. Winnie Nutkowitz, Northside (Chicago)
6. Jamie Fischer, Auburn (Rockford)
7. Felix Sacks, Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort) A
8. Eli Musicar, Fremd (Palatine) A
9. Luke Debruin, Homewood-Flossmoor
10. Lincoln Alexander, Hoffman Estates
11. Xavier Schultz, Bradley-Bourbonnais
Due to a statistics error, Jamie Fischer was mistakenly omitted from the All-Tournament team on the day of the tournament. This listing is correct.
Open Division Rising Stars
Rising stars are the top freshmen and sophomores who did not make the All-Tournament team.
1. Adam Kuc, Naperville North
2. Siddharth Krishnan, Payton (Chicago) B
3. Ethan Chen, Latin (Chicago)
4. Grant Liu, Payton (Chicago) A
Due to a statistics error, Jamie Fischer was mistakenly included in the rising stars on the day of the tournament, and Grant Liu was mistakenly omitted. This listing is correct.
