Academics
Areas of Study

Buff Division

Illinois School for the Deaf

Jean Massieu School of the Deaf

Maryland School for the Deaf - Frederick Campus

New Mexico School for the Deaf

Rocky Mountain Deaf School

Venado Middle School

Blue Division

California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Heathlands School

Indiana School for the Deaf

Northwest School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Rhode Island School for the Deaf

Texas School for the Deaf

Nationals Schedule*

*subject to change

5:00 PM
Registration
Living and Learning Residence Hall #6
5:30 PM
Icebreaker Activities
Living and Learning Residence Hall #6 — Co-Lab
5:30 PM
Chaperones' Meeting
Living and Learning Residence Hall #6 — Room 101
6:00 PM
Dinner
Cafeteria
7:15 PM
Opening Ceremony
Foster Auditorium
8:00 PM
Evening Program
Living and Learning Residence Hall #6 — Co-Lab
10:00 PM
Curfew
Kellogg Hotel

8:00 AM
Breakfast
Cafeteria
9:00 AM
Buff Match 1
10:00 AM
Blue Match 1
11:00 AM
Buff Match 2
12:00 PM
Blue Match 2
1:00 PM
Lunch
Cafeteria
2:00 PM
Buff Match 3
3:00 PM
Blue Match 3
4:00 PM
Buff Match 4
5:00 PM
Blue Match 4
6:00 PM
Dinner
Cafeteria
7:00 PM
Evening Program
Hoy Field
10:00 PM
Curfew
Kellogg Hotel

7:00 AM
Breakfast
Cafeteria
8:00 AM
Blue Match 5
9:00 AM
Buff Match 5
10:00 AM
Blue Quarterfinals
11:00 AM
Buff Quarterfinals
12:00 PM
Lunch
Cafeteria
1:00 PM
Blue Semifinals
2:15 PM
Buff Semifinals
3:30 PM
Blue Championship Match
Foster Auditorium
5:00 PM
Buff Championship Match
Foster Auditorium
6:30 PM
Dinner
Cafeteria
7:45 PM
Awards Ceremony
Foster Auditorium
8:45 PM
Farewell Party
I. King Jordan Student Academic Center — Multipurpose Room (MPR)
11:00 PM
Curfew
Kellogg Hotel

7:00 AM — 5:00 PM
Departures

Match Schedule

Tournament Bracket Schedule

Awards

Buff Division:

Champions:

  • Rocky Mountain Deaf School

Second Place: 

  • Illinois School for the Deaf

Third Place:

  • Jean Massieu School of the Deaf

Team Sportsmanship Award:

  • Jean Massieu School of the Deaf

All Star Readers:

  • Celine Kuhn, Illinois School for the Deaf
  • Malika Grossinger, Jean Massieu School of the Deaf
  • Kamden Balsley, Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick Campus
  • Aspen Mohan-Litchfield, New Mexico School for the Deaf
  • Ava McCarthy, Rocky Mountain Deaf School
  • Kaia Roman, Venado Middle School

Most Outstanding Reader:

  • Marigold Blomgren-Smith, Rocky Mountain Deaf School

Blue Division:

Champions:

  • Northwest School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Second Place:

  • California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Third Place:

  • Texas School for the Deaf

Team Sportsmanship Award:

  •  Indiana School for the Deaf

All Star Readers:

  •  Zeux Valencia-Biskupiak, California School for the Deaf, Riverside
  •  Estelle Smirnova, Heathlands School
  •  Austin Goodman, Indiana School for the Deaf
  •  Ferne Godding, Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
  •  Nathaniel Johnson, Rhode Island School for the Deaf
  •  Chloe Harucki, Texas School for the Deaf

Most Outstanding Reader:

  •  Mila Davis-Kent, California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Bison Division:

Champions:

  • California School for the Deaf, Riverside

All Star Readers:

  • Brooklyn Coleman, Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick Campus
  • Charlee Beeler, Tennesee School for the Deaf
  • Emmett Wapplehorst, Hastings Middle School
  • Evelyn Holland, Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Ezrah Pacheo, New Mexico School for the Deaf
  • Salma Mougni, Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
  • Terry Do Nguyen, Venado Middle School
  • Vida Rinella, California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Most Outstanding Reader:

  • Zisela Fass-Korn, California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Contact

  • Battle of the Books
  • Edward Miner Gallaudet Memorial Building | #112 & #111
  • youthprograms@gallaudet.edu
  • (202) 651-2474
  • Monday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Tuesday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Wednesday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Thursday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Friday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm