Academic Bowl 2020 archive

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were only able to host three Regional competitions with the East Regional taking place online (using the Zoom platform). Our National competition also took place entirely online with Montgomery County Public Schools winning the championship in their very first year of existence.

2020 Regional Results and Awards

2020 South

2020 West

2020 Midwest

2020 East

Nationals:

2020 Nationals

Number of Screening Test teams: 84

Number of Regional teams: 77

Number of National teams: 20

National Competition teams:

• CSD Fremont
• CSD Riverside
• Crater High School (OR)
• EDCO @ Newton North HS (MA)
• Florida SDB
• Indiana SD
• Iowa SD
• John Hersey HS (IL)
• Marie Philip School (MA)
• Maryland SD
• Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
• Model Secondary SD
• Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)
• Montana SDB
• New Mexico SD
• Pinellas County District (FL)
• Rocky Mountain Deaf School (CO)
• Texas SD
• Wisconsin SD
• W.T. Woodson HS (VA)

Watch the Championship and Third Place matches on Facebook

Individual Competition Results:

1st place- Vipin Suren, Sr, Pinellas County District

2nd place- Yael Lenga, Sr, John Hersey HS

3rd place- Surabhi Gangadkar, Soph, John Hersey HS

4th place- Donovan Holmes, Jr, CSD Fremont

National Championship match:

Montgomery County Public Schools defeated CSD Fremont, 82-78

Third Place match:

MSSD defeated John Hersey HS, 70-61

Most Outstanding Player:

Yael Lenga, Sr, John Hersey HS

National All Stars:

Thalia Guettler, Sr, Maryland SD

Donovan Holmes, Jr, CSD Fremont

Caroline Itzkoff, Sr, Montgomery County PS

Elisabeth Jang, Sr, Montgomery County PS

Chang-May Tan, Fr, CSD Fremont

Geoffrey Porter, Fr, Florida SDB

Frederick Scott, So, Model Secondary SD

Vipin Suren, Sr, Pinellas County District

Montgomery County Public Schools Team Roster:

Lena Cui

Grace Harrington

Caroline Itzkoff

Elisabeth Jang