Hall of Fame Teams

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

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