Tanner Bowles competes on College Quiz Bowl team

2015 Apr 15

The Cloud County Community College Academic Excellence team completed its season with a third place finish at the 2015 Kansas Academic Excellence Challenge State Championship event. The event was held April 9-10 at the Kansas State University, Salina campus.

The CCCC team placed third behind Cowley College and Garden City Community College. Johnson County, Coffeyville and Neosho County ended in a three-way tie for fourth. Dodge City was seventh. Allen County was eighth. Tanner Bowles, Cawker City, KS, was a competitor on CCCC's 2015 Academic Excellence team.

Freshman team member Austin Naramore, Quenemo, KS, was the Most Valuable Player for the tournament. He scored the most points per round at 55.95.

The team was also recognized with the Colin Manz Memorial Sportsmanship award. Tournament moderators, coaches and the tournament director voted on this award. This is the second time in the past five years CCCC has been recognized with this honor.

Dr. Todd Leif, CCCC Instructor in Science, coaches the team. This is Dr. Leif's 20th year coaching. During his tenure as a coach they have won the State Championship 5 times, qualified for the national NAQT tournament 5 times, were runners-up 4 times and have placed third 3 times.