The Prairie View A&M University Quiz Bowl team hosted a Pre-NCT tournament on Feb. 27, in which they finished first.
Three schools were involved in the tournament, Southern University, Alcorn State University, and Prairie View A&M.
This tournament was one of the seven national tournaments hosted around the nation, in attempts to prepare the participating schools for the National Honda-Campus All-Star Challenge tournament.
This year marks the 21st anniversary, which was the first academic tournament for historically black colleges and universities.
Overall, Prairie View participants were happy with their victory, but this victory was accepted with humility.
Senior civil engineering major Edward Hackett said “It was a good feeling but I still think we have a lot of areas that we need to improve on. By nationals we might be a little better.”
Though the purpose of the tournament was to compete, Prairie View students still made sure they had a good time.
“It’s always fun to get together and play against people from other schools and gauge what level the team is at,” said Cedric Wilson, senior biology major.
Though the participants from Prairie View presented a humble approach, their victory was well warranted.
“We come to practice every day and we work our hardest and study outside of practice”, said Cedra Wilson, a sophomore marketing major.
Their hardwork was the driving force of their success. Prairie View will travel to Florida to compete in the nationals in April, hopefully returning with a victory.