Photo Gallery: 2011 ASU Academic Bowl
The Academic Bowl returned to the Memorial Union’s Pima Auditorium for its first two rounds of brain-racking questions, as student teams competed for glory and $24,000 in scholarship money.
Safaria Abugour, Kelcy McIntyre, Jenna McCuin and Marko Mazzucco represented the Nursing and Nutrition Colleges from the Downtown Phoenix campus.
The Gold team from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts contemplate an answer early in their match against the Fulton Schools of Engineering Gold team. From left to right: David Henderson, Matthew Hemenway, Rhiannon Pare and Jason Milligan.
Brian McCollow of the School of Sustainability concentrates on a question.
The opening rounds were streamed live over the web with Ed Brediger directing the coverage. To watch the live coverage visit http://asutv.asu.edu/ or http://ustream.tv/channel/asutv.
Nick Gnat and Jessica Goldberg provided commentary and interviews during breaks in the matches.
Mark Jacobs, dean of Barrett, The Honors College, served as moderator for the first matches.
Ethan Holhouser (left) and Joe Yu concentrate on a question. The Gold team from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering prevailed in their matches and will advance to the semi-finals Thursday night, Oct. 6 at KAET studios.
Virgil Renzulli, vice president for the Office of Public Affairs and founder of the ASU Academic Bowl, is interviewed about the history of the event.
By tradition the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College brings a vocal and colorful group of supporters.
The stalwarts from the Teachers College, Nate Raymond, Huntington Keith, Zachary Kovach and Jennifer Dwosh, made it to the final match of the evening.
Casey Seidman, from the Office of Public Affairs, moderated the second round of matches on the Academic Bowl’s opening night.
Left to right: Farrell Roland, Jamie Tellez, James Martell and Kathleen Crozier of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Maroon team confer on an answer.
Marko Manojlovic (second from right) confers with the other members of the College of Liberal Arts and Science Maroon team during their final match.
The College of Technology and Innovation team from the Polytechnic campus: (left to right) Morgan Daily, Chris Bellin, Damon Krause and Philip Saint-Erne. This was the first year the College has competed in the Academic Bowl. To learn more about the team visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20110930_video_CTI_Academic_Bowl.
The CLAS Maroon team, Brady Gilg, Alex Theisen, Marko Manojlovic and Christopher Chesny, laughs at one of their few wrong answers. They will advance to the finals on Thursday night.
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, executive director in ASU’s Office of Public Affairs, served as moderator for the first set of Academic Bowl matches on the second night of preliminary rounds.
From left to right, James Ingram, Aaron Ryckman, Laura Procknow and Ricardo Carlino, of the University College, listen as a question is read.
The Gold team from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication answers a question. From left to right: Roxy Baldovin, Karsten Deuschle, Andy Suekoff and Josh Rubin.
Shawn Haupt, Alex Davis, Brendan Fries and Zach Paul from the Ira A. Fulton Schools Engineering Maroon team respond to a question.
Last year’s returning champions, the Gold team from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nicholas Williams, Ana Ordonez, Louis Weimer and Kevin Coltin, advance to the final Thursday night to defend their title.
Fans flaunt foam fingers, as the W. P. Carey School of Business gets down to business against the Cronkite School Maroon team, in the second matches of the night.
The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences team celebrates a win. From left to right: Chanh (Ryan) Huynh, Tara Gray, Michael Neville and Perla Solorzano.
Vice provost of enrollment management Kent Hopkins was the moderator during the second half of the evening.
The Cronkite School Gold team concentrates on a question. From left to right: Pedro Silva, Mauro Whiteman, Dustin Volz and Rob Scott.
The College of Public Programs team can’t believe that their wild guess at an answer was correct. From left to right: Clayton Nelson, Ofelia Granados, Courtney Pennington-Krygier and Katie Tisch.
Members of the W. P. Carey School of Business team, Eric Rosano, Dustin Brown, Kenneth Qian and Mitchell Andreas, congratulate each other following their win over the College of Public Programs, which advances the business school team to the finals.
Last year's winners, the Gold team from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, kept it fun as they warmed up prior to the finals of the 2011 ASU Academic Bowl.
The final rounds were held at the Eight, Arizona PBS studios, in Downtown Phoenix, as the finalists vied for $24,000 in scholarship funds.
Elizabeth Langland, vice provost and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, served as moderator.
Joe Yu (right), from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Gold team, answers a question in one of the early matches of the evening.
Members of the W.P. Carey School of Business team look to Kenneth Qian (second from right) for an answer.
Alex Theisen, Brady Gilg, Marko Manojlovic, and Christopher Chesny, from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Maroon team, celebrate making it to the final game of the night. In the end, they lost to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Gold team, but did not leave empty-handed. $10,000 in scholarship funds is awarded to the team that earns second place.
The CLAS Gold team hugs after winning the Academic Bowl for the second year.
Jessica Goldberg and Nick Gnat conduct a post-game interview with the winners, Kevin Coltin, Louis Weimer, Ana Ordonez and Nicholas Williams.