On Saturday, October 7, 2006, as part of the Jubilee Day celebration, Fisk University sponsored the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) Campus Tournament. Ten teams of Fisk students competed to be the Fisk University HCASC Campus Champion. After eight rounds of competition, “Insight” beat “Another Bad Creation” 145-105 in a close final. Team Insight consisted of captain Hilary Davis, Ashley Hughley, Deltrick Johnson, and Mia Long. The winning team won $100, while the 2nd place team, consisting of captain Victoria Hamilton, Kimberly Brown, Autumn Henderson, and Jeshua Rehming, won $60. The consolation round was won by “Utterly!!” over “More Intellectual Than The Incredibles” (MITTI) 145-90, earning them 3rd place and $40.

 

The HCASC tournament was conducted with the help of Marcellus Brooks, Richard Carson, Adenike Davidson, Phyllis Freeman-Junior, Robert Nasatir, Phil Neely, Jonathan Stadler, and Kent Wallace. The volunteers enjoyed themselves while acting as moderators, scorekeepers, judges, timers, and announcers. Tournament directors Richard Carson and Jonathan Stadler were pleased with the participation by faculty, staff, and students.

 

Begun in 1989, over 50,000 students have competed in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. The questions cover everything: from traditional academic areas, including science, literature, history, geography, religion, philosophy, social sciences and the arts to current events, general knowledge, sports and popular culture. African American history and culture is also featured.

Fisk University is among eighty-nine HBCUs eligible for this year’s Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. Sponsored by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is sanctioned by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and the Association of College Unions International (ACUI).

The next step for the Fisk HCASC program is to begin practicing and choosing a team to represent Fisk at the National Championship Tournament (NCT), happening in Orlando, FL on April 12-16, 2007. Teams that compete in the NCT earn $3,000 for their school, with the potential of earning $50,000 if they are the national champions.

Students that are interested in being a part of the Fisk HCASC Club are encouraged to contact Dr. Stadler (615-329-8607, jstadler@fisk.edu) to find out about the practice schedule.