The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is thrilled to announce Oreoluwa Owolabi of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School (Flossmoor, IL) as the recipient of the 2026 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship! Oreoluwa has competed in quiz bowl since seventh grade, and this year earned both All-Conference Honors and a spot on the All-Sectional team. Michael Sacks, who […]

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is excited to be welcoming two new members this January! Olin Bose has been involved in Quiz Bowl since 2018. He played for Mountain Lakes High School in New Jersey, and currently goes to Columbia University, where he is also the club president. He is active in staffing and

Happy almost-2025! The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is currently seeking nominations and applications for our winter 2025 new member class! The deadline to apply or submit a nomination is Friday, January 3rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern time. Please submit nominations and applications through this form. PACE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and completely

Beginning today, November 1, NSC registration is open to all teams that have qualified. To claim a spot for the national championship, please fill out this form and send a $100 deposit. More information about registration, including fees, can be found at our NSC page.

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence welcomes four new members this summer! Joy An (they/them) is a rising sophomore at Harvard studying chemistry and comparative literature, and the president of Harvard’s quizbowl club. They are an avid writer and appreciator of any category that’s not history, and some will claim they are a “literature” and

by Colin McNamara Lindbergh is in their third year playing quiz bowl. While this is their first time coming to the NSC, this is not their first national championship tournament. After just competing in two local tournaments their first year of existence, they qualified two teams for the HSNCT their second year, with both teams

by Colin McNamara Hastings is a small school with big aspirations. Their dominating title run in NAQT’s Small School National Championship Tournament was followed by a disappointing finish in the larger NAQT High School National Championship Tournament. That mellowed their expectations for the NSC, but they’re still hoping for a top 8 finish. This is

by Sadie Britton, PACE Director of Communications The quizbowl team at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, a public magnet school in Old Town Chicago, has a lot to celebrate as they close out their 2023-24 season at the PACE NSC this weekend. They’ve just had the most successful season of any quizbowl team in

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is thrilled to announce Mary Curtis of Metro East Lutheran High School (Edwardsville, IL) as the recipient of the 2024 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship! Metro East Lutheran High School’s scholastic bowl coach, Shanna Covarrubias, says of Mary, “[She] never ceases to impress me with her outstanding character and achievements[…]