Quiz Bowl team wins 1st place

Prairie View A&M University beats out Our Lady of the Lake University to win the cash prize at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice’s Quiz Bowl.
This was PVAMU’s first time winning the event since it was established. The victory stood out since it was the only HBCU competing this year.
The team that took the top prize was comprised of students Aria White, Da’Youne Smith and the captain Kirk Douglass Jr., along with Dr. Camille Gibson, who helped establish the event during her SWACJ presidency in 2004-2005, served as the team’s mentor.
“Even though we were the only SWAC school competing I felt like we were really prepared cause of Dr. Gibson’s mentoring and advice,” said Douglass, a senior criminal justice major.
Each college or university that participated in the SWACJ Annual Meeting entered one team. A maximum of eight teams were allowed to participate on a first register, first to qualify basis.
There were two divisional relays plus the championship round. Teams in the relays were quizzed on Criminological Theory, Supreme Court Cases and Women and Minorities. The winning team from each relay then competed for the championship where they were quizzed on Famous American Crimes and Criminals and Homeland Security.
“Some of the questions were challenging, but it all came down to who pushed the button the quickest and that’s where I truly shined,” said Douglass. “My favorite categories were on Homeland Security because I want to work for the FBI, and my second favorite was Women and Minorities because of the ethics behind it.”
In the event of a tie during the championship round the category was to be “potpourri” for best of two out of three questions.
“We didn’t have to go to a potpourri deadlock because we were already winning by two points,” said Gibson.
Prairie View took second place in last year’s competition losing to Wiley College. This win will solidify Prairie View A&M University as a school with a substantial criminal justice program.
“PV isn’t only going to be known for nursing, we will also be known for our criminal justice program now,” said Douglass.