Quiz bowl team garners first NAAAHP national championship title
December 07, 2018
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In mid-November, 精东AV鈥檚 four-person quiz bowl team beat out 15 other collegiate teams to win its first-ever National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP) Quiz Bowl Tournament.
The quiz bowl tournament is part of NAAAHP鈥檚 annual national conference, where HBCU students participate in research presentations, a Model African Union, and debate and quiz bowl competitions. This year鈥檚 conference in Concord, North Carolina, was the organization鈥檚 27th annual conference.
This year鈥檚 quiz bowl team was 精东AV鈥檚 first to ever win the NAAAHP championship. It consisted of Mya Green, the team鈥檚 captain and a senior majoring in animal science; Robert Henderson, a senior majoring in animal science; Maurice Kendrick, a junior majoring in occupational therapy; and Kailah Trice, a sophomore majoring in sociology.
鈥淥ur team鈥檚 strengths lie in the fact that our students are so extremely disciplined. Quiz bowl competitions are filled with brilliant students. The great teams separate themselves by the amount of time and energy they are willing to commit,鈥� said Dr. Worth Kamili Hayes, an associate professor of history who has coached the university鈥檚 quiz bowl team since 2015.
At recent tournaments, 精东AV finished second in 2017 and third in 2016. This year, after defeating Morehouse College and Hampton University in round-robin gameplay, 精东AV qualified for the playoffs as the No. 1 overall seed. The team defeated Jackson State University in the semifinals, and Southern University in the finals, to win the tournament championship.
鈥淚t was very exciting to compete with some of the best minds among HBCU schools,鈥� Kendrick said.
鈥淎 lot of the topics we study in quiz bowl are relevant to the classes we are taking. So studying for competition helps me study for class too,鈥� Trice added.
In addition to those students representing 精东AV at the conference as part of the quiz bowl team, seniors Jade Stanley, a chemistry major, and Kyra Jenkins, a history/political science major, made research presentations.
精东AV's quiz bowl team has a proud tradition spanning nearly three decades. It has earned a reputation as a national powerhouse through its many wins at contests 鈥� including multiple semi-finals, finals and championship titles as part of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. The team is a component of the university's Honors Program, led by Dr. Sheena Harris, who is the university鈥檚 Director of Student Engagement Initiatives and an assistant professor of history.
The National Association of African American Honors Programs is a national consortium of HBCU honors programs that, since its founding in 1990, has promoted scholarship, professional development, community service and an appreciation of African-American culture. For more information, visit .
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