Contact Us!
If you have any questions regarding the NYQBA or about forming a team, hosting a tournament, overall team improvement, or becoming a part of the team, please message us at nyqballiance@gmail.com.
Noah Sheidlower
High School
Noah is the current captain of Great Neck South's Quiz Bowl and History Bowl teams and a member of New York A's NASAT team in 2018.
Noah can be contacted at nshei0227@gmail.com
Alex Pyle
High School
Alex is the current captain of Troy High School's Quiz Bowl team and was a member of New York A's NASAT team in 2018.
Alex can be contacted at alexpyle01@gmail.com
Benjamin Kirk
High School
Benjamin is the coach for Ithaca High School's Quiz Bowl team and an upstate coordinator for many tournaments.
Benjamin can be contacted at bkirk@icsd.k12.ny.us
Deborah Cassetta
High School
Deborah is the coach for Great Neck South High School's Quiz Bowl team.
Julia Tong
College
Julia was the captain of Darien High School's Quiz Bowl team for the 2017-2018 season. She currently attends Barnard where she will be a member of the Columbia Quiz Bowl team.
Julia can be contacted at julia.tong42@gmail.com
Maximilian Shatan
College
Max was the captain of Bard High School's Quiz Bowl team for the 2017-2018 season. He currently attends Wesleyan where he has intentions of founding Wesleyan's Quiz Bowl team.
Max can be contacted at maxshatan99@gmail.com
Jeff Xie
College
Jeff is a current member of the Columbia Quiz Bowl team and won the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament in 2014.
Jeff can be reached at jeffxie4@gmail.com
Allan Lee
College
Allan was the captain of Great Neck South's Quiz Bowl team for the 2016-2017 season. He is currently a writer for NHBB and a member of the Cornell Quiz Bowl team.
Allan can be reached at allanlee926@gmail.com
Rahul Rao-Potharaju
College
Rahul is the current President of the NYU Quiz Bowl team.
Rahul can be contacted at rrp346@nyu.edu
Ben Zhang
Graduate/High School
Ben Zhang was President of the Columbia Quiz Bowl team for the 2017-2018 season and was a member of the Missouri Quiz Bowl Alliance. He has since graduated from Columbia but is very active in the quiz bowl circuit, helping teams like Great Neck South to improve.
Ben can be contacted at