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Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence - Definition |
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The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is a nonprofit organization which runs the National Scholastics Championship, an end-of-year championship for North American high school quizbowl teams. The NSC has been run in June of each year since 1998.
In addition to running the tournament, PACE awards the Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award each year at the opening ceremony of the NSC. The award is chosen by PACE members to honor "a high school academic competition team member, advisor, or organization whose character best promotes the spirit and honor of quiz bowl competition." It is named for Ben Cooper, who, as the captain of the It's Academic quizbowl team at Georgetown Day School, worked with the PACE founders to provide a player's perspective on the plans for the inaugural NSC. Ben Cooper died in an automobile accident just before the start of his senior year.
Beyond running the NSC, PACE offers advice and staff assistance to high schools and colleges who run high school quizbowl tournaments. PACE does not supply questions for regular season tournaments or offer a collegiate competition program.
Summary history of the NSC
| Date | Location | Champion | Runner-Up | Cooper Award |
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| June 19-20, 1998 | Case Western Reserve University | State College Area High School (http://www.scasd.org/schighschool/site/default.asp) of State College, PA | Henry Ford II High School of Sterling Heights, MI | Sue Ikenberry, coach at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, on behalf of Ben Cooper
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| June 19-20, 1999 | University of Pennsylvania | State College Area High School (http://www.scasd.org/schighschool/site/default.asp) of State College, PA | Rockville High School of Rockville, MD | Joe Hermiller, coach at E.L. Bowsher High School in Toledo, OH
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| June 3-4, 2000 | Furman University | State College Area High School (http://www.scasd.org/schighschool/site/default.asp) of State College, PA | Eisenhower High School of Utica, MI | Rick Barry, James Garrick, and Hodges Lewis, operators of Academic Competition Enterprises (http://www.acequizbowlcamp.com/)
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| June 16-17, 2001 | Bowling Green State University | State College Area High School (http://www.scasd.org/schighschool/site/default.asp) of State College, PA | Georgetown Day School of Washington, DC | Robert C. Grierson, editor of Scholastic Visions, the newsletter of the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association (http://www.ihssbca.org/)
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| June 15-16, 2002 | The George Washington University | Richard Montgomery High School of Rockville, MD | Catholic Central High School (http://www.catholiccentral.net/) of Redford, MI | Douglas Tyson, coach at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (http://www.benjaminbanneker.org/) of Washington, DC, and Sue Altman, producer of It's Academic, on behalf of the entire It's Academic program
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| June 14-15, 2003 | Case Western Reserve University | Paul Dorman High School (http://www.dormanhigh.org/) of Roebuck, SC | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology of Alexandria, VA | Carolyn Hawkins, coach at Cookeville High School of Cookeville, TN
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| June 12-13, 2004 | University of Maryland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland%2C_College_Park) | Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies (http://www.gsgis.k12.va.us/) of Richmond, VA | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology of Alexandria, VA | Paul Cain, coach at Ysleta High School of El Paso, TX
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See Also
NAQT
External links
Official PACE website (http://www.pace-nsc.org)
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