Some IM Tournament History

Since 1999 we have also sometimes played in the spring a series of matches pitting faculty/staff teams against that year's student varsity "A" team in toto. That series now stands at 4 wins for the students and 1 wins for the faculty/staff.

Fall 2007: Tournament champions were the team of Austin Bell, Larry Rolen, Michael Servis, Andreas Stoehr, and Tom Sullivan. Runners-up were the team of Joe Gammello, Richard Leavelle, Jake Qian, and Jeremy Sairsingh. The tournament's leading scorer was Richard Leavelle. The top-scoring freshman was Tom Sullivan. The student all-star team (Richard Leavelle, Tom Sullivan, Ted Kuhn, and Austin Bell) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Jeff Ondich, Iris Jastram, Christian Hakala) 2 games to 0.

Fall 2006: Tournament champions were the team of Patrick Hope, Ali Khaki, John Kracum, John Morse, and Cliff Swanson. Runners-up were the team of Adam Carr, Max Parrish, Andrew Roberts, and Tom Schwarze. The tournament's leading scorer was Patrick Hope. The top-scoring freshman was Rebecca Palmer. The student all-star team (Pat Hope, Max Parrish, Garrett Ryan, and Richard Leavelle) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Mark Hansell, Roger Jackson, Jeff Ondich, Iris Jastram) 2 games to 0.

Fall 2005: Tournament champions were the team of Patrick Hope, Ali Khaki, John Kracum, John Morse, and Cliff Swanson. Runners-up were the team of Ted Kuhn, Dan McDonald, William Mueller, and Garrett Ryan. The tournament's leading scorer was Patrick Hope. The top-scoring freshman was Garrett Ryan. The student all-star team (Pat Hope, Garrett Ryan, Jack Rousseau, and Max Parrish subbing for Richard Leavelle) defeated the Faculty/Staff/Parents All Stars (Lauren Soth, Mark Hansell, Phil Zrimsek, Scott Burnham) 2 games to 0.

Fall 2004: Tournament champions were the team of Patrick Hope, Ali Khaki, John Kracum, John Morse, and Cliff Swanson. Runners-up were the team of Jamie Blodgett, Adam Carr, Jack Gibbons, and Max Parrish. The tournament's leading scorer was Patrick Hope. The top-scoring freshman was Rob Thomas. The student all-star team (Pat Hope, Max Parrish, Jack Rousseau, and John Aho) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Justin London, Jeff Ondich, Courtney Colby) 2 games to 0

Fall 2003: Tournament champions were the team of Geoff Findlay, Simone Kahmeyer, Susannah Lewis, and Keith Purrington. Runners-up were the team of Ezra Lyon, Erica Stoltz, Jack Rousseau, and Amrit Tuladhar. The tournament's leading scorer was Keith Purrington. The top-scoring freshman was Patrick Hope. The student all-star team (Keith Purrington, Kevin Clair, Ezra Lyon, and Andrew Tolan) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Mark Hansell, Molly Freier, Jeff Ondich) 2 games to 1.

Fall 2002: Tournament champions were the team of Kevin Clair, David Ohls, Jonathan Wichmann, and Forrest Sondahl. Runners-up were the team of Kyle Willett, Susannah Lewis, Geoff Findlay, and Andrew Knoll. The tournament's leading scorer was Kyle Willett. The top-scoring freshman was Mike Austin. The student all-star team was Kyle Willett, Keith Purrington, Kevin Clair, and Neal Schuster. The usual match between student and faculty all-stars again did not occur this year.

Fall 2001: Tournament champions were the team of Gabe Lyon, Brant Beyer, Chris Clark, and Chris Leslie-Hynan. Runners-up were the team of Shane Ewert, Kevin Clair, Kevin Kalinowski, and Danielle Kurtzleben. The tournament's leading scorer was Gabe Lyon. The top-scoring freshman was Keith Purrington. The student all-star team was Gabe Lyon, Shane Ewert, Chris Idemmili, and Keith Purrington. The usual match between student and faculty all-stars did not occur this year.

Fall 2000: Tournament champions were the team of Will Cavert and Ted Salk. Runners-up were the team of Chris Idemmili, Laura Blom, Michael Cohen, and Alec Hutson. The tournament's leading scorer was Chris Idemmili. The top-scoring freshman was Charley Huberty. The Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Mark Hansell, Alison Unger, Mike Joy) defeated the Student All Stars (Will Cavert, Chris Idemmili, Ted Salk, Neal Schuster) 2 games to 0.

Fall 1999: Tournament champions were the team of Andy Felton and Katy Beebe. Runners-up were the team of Brandon County, Ruth Lorenz, Anne Buffington, Mike Borchert, and Rachel Dries. The tournament's leading scorer was Ted Salk. The top-scoring freshman was Neal Schuster. The student all-star team (Andy Felton, Gabe Lyon, Ted Salk, and Cheryl Klein -- with Brant Beyer substituting for Klein at halftime of the final game) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Justin London, Alison Unger, Terry Metz) 2 games to 0.

Fall 1998: Tournament champions were the team of Emily Pike and Andrew Ulland. Runners-up were the team of Steve Jenkins, Dan Snyder, Mike Gibson, and Stu Gorman. The tournament's leading scorer was Ted Salk. The top-scoring freshman was Gabe Lyon. The Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Jack Goldfeather, Mark Hansell, Alison Unger) defeated a student all-star team (Emily Pike, Steve Jenkins, Ted Salk, Andrew Ulland) 2 games to 1.

Fall 1997: Tournament champions were the team of Emily Pike, Neil Macker, Andrew Ulland, and Luke Beland. Runners-up were the team of Cheryl Klein, Katy Beebe, Dan Snyder, and Drew Schroeder. The tournament's leading scorer was Andy Felton. The top-scoring freshman was Joshua Stough. The student champions (with Klein substituting for the absent Beland) defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars (Lauren Soth, Jack Goldfeather, Mark Hansell, Alison Unger) 2 games to 0.

Fall 1996: Tournament champions were the team of Emily Pike, Lars Skjelset, Neil Macker, and Andrew Ulland. Runners-up were the team of Cheryl Klein, Katy Beebe, Dan Snyder, and Jack Cragwall. The tournament's leading scorer (and top-scoring freshman) was Andy Felton. The student champions defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars 2 games to 1.

Fall 1995: Tournament champions were the team of Deena Prichep, Robert Valaas, Amanda Helin, and David Maynard. Runners-up were the team of Andy Johnson, Aaron Mann, David Johnson, Todd Mesibov, and Sharon Ruiz. The tournament's leading scorer was Aaron Mann. The student champions defeated the Faculty/Staff All Stars 2 games to 1.

Fall 1994: Tournament champions were the team of Kevin Lueck, Ariel Stern, Roger Behrens, and Lars Skjelset. Runners-up were the team of Ken Troop, Jason Hein, Jill Young, and Deena Prichep. The tournament's leading scorer was Jason Hein. The Faculty/Staff All Stars defeated the student champions 2 games to 1.

Fall 1993: Tournament champions were the team of Roger Behrens, Ariel Stern, Bill Craighead, and Frank Vinluan. Runners-up were the team of David Johnson, Jonas Funk, Todd Mesibov, Ben Johnson, and Zach Zins. The tournament's leading scorer was Bill Craighead. The Faculty/Staff All Stars defeated the student champions.

Fall 1992: Tournament champions were the team of Lori Miller, Chris Hakala, Loren Woo, and Deepa Iyengar. Runners-up were the team of Mike Joy, MaryAnn Toner, Scott Stearns, and Sundar Srinivasan. The tournament's leading scorer was Lori Miller. The Faculty/Staff All Stars defeated the student champions.

Spring 1992: The tournament was something of a bust -- with the varsity team not playing, only two other teams signed up, and so the "tournament" consisted only of a best two of three game playoff. In the evening exhibition, the Faculty/Staff All Stars defeated the student champions, and were then themselves defeated by the varsity team, 2 games to 1. The varsity team won Game 3 by scoring 30 points on the final tossup and bonus question to win by 5 points.

Spring 1991: The varsity team ran the tournament, and did not play. Tournament champions were the team of Josh Luftig, Paul Duckenfield, Emily Taggart, and Jeff Erickson. Runners-up were the team of Zach Perlman, Jay Colond, Marcus Campbell, and David Hunstad. The Faculty/Staff All Stars defeated the student champions, and then were themselves defeated by the varsity team.

Spring 1987: the winning team probably included Tom Schmidt '87, because in 1993 he sent back to us a metal watering can labelled "The Carleton College Bowl Challenge Cup," telling us that it used to be given to the winners of the campus tournament, and he'd had it ever since 1987. We have not thought it best to return the Challenge Cup to its former use, but the thing is on display in the College Archives, along with other trophies and plaques won by Carleton's intercollegiate quiz teams.

Spring 1986: 29 teams played, and the winning team was "Abu Nidal's Waterbed Warehouse," consisting of Phil Zrimsek, Duane Butcher, Mike Stone, Steve Shulman, and John Soave.

Spring 1985: 40 teams registered, "breaking the previous record of 26." (We have not approached such numbers ever since. Since the 1980s the number of teams participating has usually been in the teens at best.)

Spring 1984: The all-senior winning team was "Candles in the Wind," consisting of captain Mark Guttag, Chuck Wojciechowski, Sarah Lucken, and Jim Reichert. Guttag amplified for us: "In 1984, the IM tournament was double elimination with about 20 or so teams and we won the winner's bracket. We then faced The Walking Zombies (or possibly, Helen and the Walking Zombies), the team that won the loser's bracket. The Walking Zombies then beat us in the first game, giving both our team's one loss and forcing a final winner take all game which we won. I believe the Walking Zombies included the following people: Guy Glirbas '85 (my roommate at the time, so I know he was on the team), Thomas McCudden '85, Helen Erwin '85 and Molley McManus '86."

Spring 1983: Mark Guttag writes: "In 1983 the faculty participated in the tournament, I believe as just a regular team, and won the tournament."

Spring 1982: Mark Guttag writes: "I believe that Jack Ungerleider's team, Much Ado About Nothing, won the 1982 tournament, or possibly lost to a faculty team in the finals. I believe that Jack's team that year was the same 4 people you have on his team when they were runners-up in 1981."

Spring 1981: A Carletonian article tells us that the tournament champions were the team of Shawn Brooks, Eugene Geddes, Greg Gordon, Don Leighton, and Jeremy Teitelbaum. Runners-up were the team of Paul Iverson, Leonard Lee, Kate McKinnon, Brock Stevens, and Jack Ungerleider. 21 teams competed.

Spring 1980: 16 teams registered; the names of the winners are not known to us.