Announcements

Oct 09- The team begins its competitive season Saturday the 24th on It's Academic. Come support the team as they take on Kennedy and Robert E. Lee.

First Round with Mac

Raheel Awan, Greg Rind, and Tyler Babich with host Mac McGarry before the team's first round victory in 2008.

Team History

The Rockville High School It's Academic team was founded in the 1970's. RHS teams have won seven national championships throughout their history. All of which were in the 80's with coach Kevin Keegan. In 1990, the team finished third in the National Tournament of Academic Excellence in Disney World (later called the Panasonic Academic Challenge). Linda Mencarini, who coached with Keegan from 1997 to 1999, also took the team to the It's Academic DC Finals in 2000 and 2001. In 2008, under the leadership of Dr. Bob Lerner, Rockville won the It's Academic DC - Baltimore - Virginia Championship. The team also has many successful alumni.

David Hamilton, who captained the RHS 1994 team won $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He also competed on the 1994 Team Maryland that finished 5th in the nation.
Sharon Kristal played in the 1990 Teen Jeopardy tournament, and graduated from Princeton.
Aaron Benor and Matt Denio played on the 1999 Panasonic team that finished third in the nation.
Daniel Maggin played on Team Maryland in the 2000 National Championship at Panasonic. He also competed on Jeopardy in May 2008.

Special thanks to Kevin Keegan for providing most of the information for this section. Mr. Keegan coached the Rockville team from 1982 - 1988, 89 - 91, and 97-99 and currently hosts Quizmaster.

Any questions about the program? Ask any of the above people.

This site is maintained by Tyler Babich. Many thanks to Mr. White for helping me get started.