Top Scholars Prepare to Take On Reigning National Academic Champion at 2013 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
Nation’s only HBCU academic competition brings best and brightest to Los Angeles area
TORRANCE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– After hundreds of hours of studying, countless practice matches, and almost a year of preparation, one question stood between Morgan State University‘s academic team and the title of 2012 National Champion: “Who was America’s only chief executive never elected as president or vice president?” Now, one year later, Morgan State returns to defend its title at the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an intense academic competition among the best and brightest students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The action-packed, suspense-filled National Championship Tournament (NCT) takes place April 7-8 on the campus of American Honda Motor Co, Inc., a culmination of the year-long program.
The team from Morgan State University celebrates on stage after their win over Oakwood University at the 2012 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. On April 7-8, more than 250 students from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities will participate in the 2013 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge – the nation’s only academic competition among HBCUs. The winner will walk away with $50,000 in grant money for their University. (Photo: Business Wire)
More than 250 students from 18 states representing 48 HBCUs have spent many months training for their chance at the National Championship by participating in pre-NCT matches. A win will not only give them bragging rights as the nation’s top academic HBCU, but will also give them the opportunity to win a share of the more than $300,000 in institutional grants awarded annually by Honda. The two-day competition will test students’ knowledge of history, science, literature, religion, the arts, social science, and popular culture.
This year’s HCASC student competitors from the 48 HBCUs, or “Great 48,” are traveling to the national competition in Torrance, Calif., from schools around the nation, including Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, New York, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
The competitors will be split into eight divisions and will compete in a modified round-robin format. The top two teams from each division will advance to the “Sweet 16” and will compete in a single elimination playoff. The final two teams that emerge from the playoffs will battle for the title of National …read more
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