National All-Star Academic Tournament


The National All-Star Academic Tournament is a national quizbowl tournament for state-based high school all-star teams held every June by International Quiz Bowl Tournaments. The current reigning champion is Illinois.

History

The tournament was founded in 2009 with an initial event date of June 12–13, 2010. Originally, it was designed as an alternative to other all-star academic competitions.
The tournament has been held at Vanderbilt University, the University of Maryland, Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky.
In 2012, The National History Bee and Bowl began awarding the National Quizbowl Awards at NASAT.
On March 17, 2020, IQBT announced that the 2020 iteration of NASAT would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

All-star teams representing any U.S. state apply to IQBT for entry into the field and are selected based on team strength.

Format

Teams typically play in a round-robin, with additional playoff rounds being held depending on the number of teams attending. Games are played in a tossup/bonus format.

List of Champions

YearHostChampionSecondThirdResults
2010Vanderbilt UniversityPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaIllinois
2011University of MarylandTexasIllinoisOhio
2012Ohio State UniversityCaliforniaIllinoisNew York
2013Ohio State UniversityMissouriTexasCalifornia
2014Ohio State UniversityTexasIllinoisCalifornia
2015Ohio State UniversityCaliforniaVirginiaIllinois
2016University of KentuckyIllinoisCaliforniaOhio A
2017University of KentuckyIllinois ANew YorkTexas A
2018University of KentuckyIllinois AVirginia ACalifornia A
2019University of KentuckyIllinois AOhio ATexas
2020N/AN/AN/AN/A