Ransom Middle Student Named National Quiz Bowl Player Of The Week

March 2, 2017

National Academic Quiz Tournaments has named Maggie Brown from Ransom Middle School as its Middle School Player of the Week for her performance at the February 18 Bulldog Invitational Tournament..

Maggie led the individual scoring in the middle school division of the Bulldog Invitational at Marianna High School, and also led the Ransom Middle School team to a close second-place finish. Her 78 points per 20 tossups heard in the preliminary rounds are all the more impressive considering the middle school division was playing on high school questions.

Brown was one of the founding members of the Ransom Academic Team. Two years ago, Tate High School, including Brown’s older sisters Lauren and Samantha Brown, helped set up the Ransom team.

When asked about her success – she has been a captain and leading scorer since sixth grade – Maggie is quick to credit her teachers at Ransom Middle and at Pine Meadow Elementary for her well-rounded education. Not only has she been able to answer tournament questions from class lessons, but also from information learned through her involvement in extracurricular activities, including Ransom’s Advanced Orchestra – where she is first chair violin/concertmaster, president of the History Club, secretary/treasurer of the Cooking Club, Art Club, and robotics.

Maggie said she just really loves to play and practices with  Samantha and Lauren,  reviewing and quizzing each other on lessons from all of their classes.

The Ransom team is busy preparing to travel to nationals in May in Texas this May.

Pictured top: Maggie Brown playing the violin. Pictured below: The Ransom Middle School team at the Bulldog Invitational (L-R) Asher Nissim, Abby Gryskiewicz, Saahil Soni, Maggie Brown, and Kyle Schundelmier. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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3 Responses to “Ransom Middle Student Named National Quiz Bowl Player Of The Week”

  1. BONNIE EXNER on March 6th, 2017 12:56 am

    Way to go ,RANSOM STUDENTS..KEEP ON EXCELLING IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS..Y’ALL ARE PROOF POSITIVE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY,FLORIDA ☺☺

  2. name on March 3rd, 2017 3:20 pm

    wow shes good at the violin i loved the music.

  3. Sue Quenan on March 3rd, 2017 12:37 pm

    So proud of the Ransom academic team. They work very hard. Especially proud of our granddaughter Abby’s!

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