Starting in 2000, the 35th anniversary of the first Academic Games national tournament, AGLOA began recognizing the most outstanding individual, coaching, and team performances at the national tournament.
What follows is a compilation of the records of the top academic games teams, so far. For each team, we have counted team sweepstakes and national championships.
Ann Arbor, MI 2000 – 2004 Coaches: Ben Coleman, Geetha Lakshimnaryanan, Tom Laughlin, Adrian Prather, Yvette Ruffin, Matt Stockton & John Trombley Alex Baker, Eliza Beal, Patrick Beal, Caitlin Bonham, David Liaw, Maggie Klein, Matt Naughton 5 Sweepstakes 14 Game Titles |
Jefferson Parish, LA 2009 – 2012 Coach: Ellie Gamble Ben Bartolome, John Campos, Sam Jung, Ridwan Syed, Dustin Wright 4 Sweepstakes 13 Game Titles |
Ann Arbor, MI 2014 – 2019 Coaches: Alex Baker, Yuxuan Chen, Eric Nelson, Lee Redding & Nick Wang Rhea Cong, Young Seo Lee, Elizabeth Li, Zach Nelson, Will Panitch, Marisa Redding, Eli Shavit, James Xiu, Benjamin Zhao, Henry Zhou 3 Sweepstakes 13 Game Titles |
Detroit, MI 1986 – 1989 Coaches: Sharon Vitolins & Steve Wright Robert Boler, Ian Buchanan, Mark Cobb, Dante Crockett, Christa Shaw, Cedric Small 2 Sweepstakes 14 Game Titles |
South Lyon, MI 1982 – 1986 Coach: Pam Placek (Miller) Robert Curtiss, Jeff Hoorn, Chris Kelly, Ray Klann, Todd Yocum 5 Sweepstakes 10 Game Titles |
New Orleans, LA 1977 – 1980 Coach: Br. John LaRose John Carbo, Daniel Carroll, Peter Moran, Paul McGinn, Pat Ryan, David Voisin 3 Sweepstakes 12 Game Titles |
Ann Arbor, MI 2019 – 2023 Coaches: Yuxuan Chen, Eric Nelson, Lee Redding & Nick Wang David Lee, Catherine B. Li, Alfredo Meza, Simon Shavit, Jennifer Tang, Alexandra VanLaven, Tony Varkey, Claire Zhang 3 Sweepstakes 10 Game Titles |
Detroit, MI 1985 – 1987 Coach: Chris Holstein Abimbola Afariogun, Rod Beard, Dorian Smith, Andy Stettner, Sarah Trombley 3 Sweepstakes 10 Game Titles |
Ann Arbor, MI 1981 – 1983 Coach: Mike Steigerwald Andy Christian, Mark Hansen, Anshu Jain, Steve Kliman, Komal Narula, Sushma Narula, Sean Thorpe 3 Sweepstakes 9 Total Titles |
Utica, MI 2017 – 2019 Coaches: Sandy Wright & Steve Wright Netanya Fonseka, Nisha Koshy, Geralyn Nguyen, Chika Nwoke, Brendan Pawlicki, Brandon Perdew, George Sinishtaj, Kasi Waldi 2 Sweepstakes 9 Game Titles |
Pine Crest, FL 1973 – 1975 Coach: William Drew John Arnst, Patrick Cibene, Paul Fletcher, Chris Qualmann, Doug Reynolds 3 Sweepstakes 6 Game Titles |
Jefferson Parish, LA 2012 – 2016 Coach: Ellie Gamble Christian Fernandez, Gun Kang, Siddesh Ponnapakkam, Dennis Stokes, Justin Turnbull, Adnan Yousuf, Fang Zhou 3 Sweepstakes 5 GameTitles |
Detroit, MI 1993 – 1995 Coaches: Sharon Vitolins & Steve Wright Jarvis Carter, Rocco Corsetti, Siwatu Moore, Mason Smith, Monique Wonderly 2 Sweepstakes 6 Game Titles |
Jefferson Parish, LA 2014 – 2018 Coach: Ellie Gamble Kristina Gutierrez, Nameera Islam, Jeffrey Lin, Neel Mondal, Diensn Xing, Suraj Zaveri 2 Sweepstakes 6 Game Titles |
Ann Arbor, MI 2012 – 2014 Coaches: Alex Baker & Paul Lewis Yuxuan Chen, Luke Cheng, Claire Fishman, Andrew Gitlin, Thierry Laurens, Shwetha Rajaram 2 Sweepstakes 5 Game Titles |
Detroit, MI 1989 – 1991 Coaches: Sharon Vitolins & Steve Wright Rod Beard, Julie Becker, Tyrone Porter, Dorian Smith, Ali Wheeler 2 Sweepstakes 5 Game Titles |
Detroit, MI 2000 – 2002 Coach: Cedric Small Willa Aaron, Rianna Anderson, Jurron Clark, Anthony Didlake, Michele Pye, Maurice Telesford 2 Sweepstakes 5 Game Titles |
New Orleans, LA 1985 – 1987 Coach: Br. John Larose Paul Book, Todd Gonzalez, Mark Morici, Robbie Rovira, Chuck Simmons 2 Sweepstakes 5 Game Titles |
New Orleans and St. Bernard, LA 2006 – 2008 Coaches: Br. Neal Golden, Leah Wehmeyer & Craig Zeller Nick Cusimano, Ryan Gregoire, Steven Lowe, Aimee Plaisance, Matthew Prendergast, Rachel Strength, Alex Wendling, Adil Yousuf 3 Sweepstakes 3 Game Titles |
Allegheny Valley, PA 1977 – 1978 Coach: Lois Fink Dawn Carlucci, Rich Carlucci, Janet Cook, Jackie Kruszek, Matt Miller, Paul Suchin, Shawn Timko 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
Ann Arbor, MI 1969 – 1970 Coach: Joan Ross Stephanie Buttrey, Clark Carrington, Lynn Lowe, Mark Plant, David Smith, Harold Sussman, Paul Sussman 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
Jefferson Parish, LA 2010 – 2013 Coach: Ellie Gamble Nowrin Chowdhury, Shoham Das, Jonathan Lin, Senthil Natarajan, Sahil Patel, Kaitlin Schuette 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
Jefferson Parish, LA 2017 – 2019 Coach: Ellie Gamble Benson Gao, Sania Islam, John Kwon, Snehalata Mondal, Harshita Pattam, Mahir Rahman, Kiet Thai 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
Mt. Lebanon, PA 1971 – 1972 Coach: Joe Butera Jim Ferrell, Brad Osgood, Jeff Sell, Dave Sze, Andy Zangwill 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
New Orleans, LA 1995 – 1996 Coach: Sandy Bennett Charles Anderson, Patrick Eagan, Chad Kraemer, Daniel Lewis, Amanda Lindsey, Mark Shanks, Adam Verrette 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
St. Bernard Parish, LA 2002 – 2004 Coaches: Ellie Gamble, Charisse Ripolle & Craig Zeller Stephen Brassette, Jeffery Francis, Laura Gillen, Mozahid Haque, Robert Monjure, Amy Pellittieri, Jack Torres 2 Sweepstakes 4 Game Titles |
Palm Beach County, FL 1984 – 1985 Coach: Nancy Kinard Bill Cooper, Corey Hammond, Chad Hood, Marci Kelsey, Ryan Kollmer, Neerav Shah 2 Sweepstakes 2 Game Titles |