NW wins 10th place in Bowl

    The NW College Bowl team placed 10th out of 18 teams at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Feb. 22.
    NW team members were chosen through a mini tournament held in October. Team participants practiced early this semester, competing against faculty teams as part of the training process.
     Every year the NW Campus College Bowl team competes in the College Bowl regional tournament, and this year's team defeated universities such as Texas Tech and Southwest Texas State.
     Team members included Robbie Roysden, captain, Teresa Baker and Bobby Ensminger.
     Roysden placed eighth and Baker placed ninth with the highest individual scores within their bracket.
     While other teams may have consisted of five players, the NW College Bowl team played with only three because of emergency situations.
     "You could have five on a team, but we competed with only three, so there were other teams we competed against with more members," Baker said.
     Michael Nichols, assistant instructor of history, and Laura Woods, instructor of history and government, are co-sponsors of the NW College Bowl team.
     Woods said her students did well in this year's tournament.
     "I'm really proud of my students this year. We were the only two-year college competing in the tournament," she said. "It says a lot about TCC."
     Baker said the tournament was extremely competitive.