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The National Deaf Academic Bowl is an academic competition for deaf and hard of hearing students founded by Gallaudet University in 1997.

Past Champions

National Most Outstanding Players

The National Most Outstanding Player Award is the most individual prestigious award that can be given out each year during the National Competitions.

Trivia

  • Maryland School for the Deaf and Indiana School for the Deaf is tied for leading for winning the most National Academic Bowl Champions, with five titles.
  • California School for the Deaf - Riverside's Academic Bowl team was the first academic bowl team to win the inaugural National Deaf Academic Bowl Champion in 1997.
  • Only three team had won back-to-back champions, California School for the Deaf - Fremont (1998-1999), Model Secondary School for the Deaf (2000-2001) and Indiana School for the Deaf (2017-2018).
  • Maryland School for the Deaf is the only academic bowl team to win four consecutive National Academic Bowl Champions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
  • Out of 23 National Academic Bowl tournament, Schools for the Deaf won 18 times and mainstream school/deaf program won five national titles.
  • After first nine National Academic Bowl tournaments, Mountain Lake High School became the first mainstream school/deaf program to win National Academic Bowl title in 2006.
  • David Uzzell of John Hersey High School (2006-2007) and Franco Bippus of Indiana School for the Deaf (2017-2018) is only two players to win back-to-back National Most Outstanding Player Awards.

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