Dear Ohio quiz bowlers and coaches,
After being cancelled last year due to COVID-19, the IQBT National All-Star Academic Tournament (NASAT) will be run online this year. I will be serving as the coordinator of Team Ohio again this year, and I have invited Tegan Kapadia of Beavercreek to serve as the captain of this year's team (a position he has accepted—thanks, Tegan!).
NASAT is held on a question set written especially for the event to test the best high school quiz bowl players in the country. The set is geared to be a notch higher than PACE/HSNCT level. Past NASAT question sets are available at quizbowlpackets.com.
Players from throughout Ohio are invited to try out for this year's NASAT team. If you are interested in playing NASAT this year, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/QzNcUeAGRSy5VEfj9
Virtual tryouts will be held during the week of March 15 on whatever video platform is convenient for the registrants (if there is a platform you CANNOT use, please let me know). The registration form will collect your availability.
Tryouts will be held on WORKSHOP, a college-level question set. If you have already been exposed to WORKSHOP in any way and you want to try out for NASAT, please let me know.
Players are advised that our goal is to build the strongest team possible. The NASAT distribution is 4/4 for literature, science, and history, 3/3 for fine arts, 4/4 for RMPSS, and 1/1 geography/current events. We are therefore looking for the four players who can best cover literature, science, history, fine arts, and RMPSS. Note that these may not be the top four overall scorers! We are looking for players with deep knowledge in their categories who can buzz early on college-difficulty tossups.
If I make the team, what are my responsibilities?
If you make the Ohio NASAT team, you will be required to be available during the tournament on June 19-20. More info, including schedule, can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24875.
Due to the online format this year, no travel will be required of participants, and players can participate at no cost to them.
If you are selected for the team, you will be expected to maintain and improve your quizbowl skills to help Ohio have the best possible performance at NASAT. Team practices will be held online at mutually agreeable dates and times, and additional independent study is expected.
How many players will make it? Will there be a B team?
For simplicity's sake, this year there will not be an Ohio B team. The roster for Team Ohio will contain no fewer than four and no more than six players.
Questions?
Please email tyler DOT benedict AT mvschool DOT com. I hope to see you at NASAT tryouts!