Summary
The ACBL King or Queen of Bridge is a graduating high school senior annually designated by the American Contract Bridge League. Currently a $2000 scholarship accompanies the title.[1][2]
The King or Queen is the high school senior in North America (US, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda) with the "best record in bridge".[1] Students now formally enter the annual contest and identify their qualifications.[2] Beside outstanding performance in bridge tournaments, the winner is commonly cited for sportsmanship and for "bridge activities such as teaching, directing, and unit/district participation".[1]
The King of Bridge was established in 1973 by Homer Shoop of Indiana[2] as a prize for the high school senior with the greatest number of ACBL master points.[1] The second and third winners, Jeff Meckstroth and Bobby Levin in 1974 and 1975, won the 1981 Bermuda Bowl as United States teammates; Levin was the youngest person to be a world champion at bridge.[citation needed] Several other Kings and Queens have become leading expert players.
Winners edit
- 1973, J Merril
- 1974, Jeff Meckstroth
- 1975, Bobby Levin
- 1976, Warren Spector
- 1977, Marc Franklin
- 1978, Matthew K. Franklin
- 1979, Regina Barnes
- 1980, Tony Marks
- 1981, Doug Levene, Steve Cochran
- 1982, Steve Weinstein
- 1983, Billy Hsieh
- 1984, James Munday
- 1985, Adair Gellman
- 1986, Martha Benson ‡
- 1987, Richard Pavlicek, Jr.
- 1988, Holly Zullo
- 1989, Brad Moss
- 1990, Eric Sutherland
- 1991, Andrew Moss
- 1992, Frederic Pollack
- 1993, Eric Greco
- 1994, Sam Hirschman
- 1995, Tony Melucci
- 1996, Kent Mignocchi
- 1997, Joel Wooldridge
- 1998, Josh Heller
- 1999, Ari Greenberg
- 2000, Gavin Wolpert
- 2001, Erin Anderson
- 2002, John Kranyak †
- 2003, Scottie Waldron Jr.
- 2004, Rob Glickman
- 2005, David Banh
- 2006, Sam Katz ‡
- 2007, Andrew Dubay
- 2008, Jeremy Koegel
- 2009, Nick Flores
- 2010, Tom Walsh, Adam Grossack
- 2011, Blake Sanders
- 2012, Murphy Green
- 2013, John Altman
- 2014, Adam Kaplan, Allison Hunt †[3]
- 2015, Amber Lin
- 2016, Burke Snowden
- 2017, Richard Jeng
- 2018, Reese Koppel [4]
- 2019, Louis Beauchet [5]
- 2020, Bo Han Zhu
- 2021, Tammy Leon Molina
- 2021, Arthur Zhou
- ‡ 2006 King of Bridge Sam Katz is the son of 1986 Queen of Bridge Martha Benson. They are the only recipients related as child and parent.
- † 2002 King of Bridge John Kranyak married 2014 Queen of Bridge Allison Hunt on June 16, 2018[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
- ^ a b c "King of Queen of Bridge". ACBL Youth 4 Bridge (youth4bridge.org). Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ "Adam Kaplan, Allison Hunt Named 2014 King and Queen of Bridge" Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. 2014-09-30. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ^ "King and Queen of Bridge | American Contract Bridge League – ACBL". Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ Linxwiler, Paul; Munday, Sue (July 26, 2019). "NABC Daily Bulletin" (PDF). Vol. 91. ACBL. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "John + Allison's Wedding". WeddingWire. Retrieved 2018-08-07.