N.C. State Scholastic Champions
1973 - Present

The N.C. State Scholastic began in 1973 -- and focused mainly on high school players. In the first few years, the tournament was entirely open, with all players competing in one section. As the tournament grew, grade sections were added. In some years, there was a K-6 and K-5 section. In this table, those winners have been combined.

Individual Winners

Year Location
(# Players)
K-12 Champion K-8 Champion K-5 Champion K-3 Champion
2008 Charlotte (477) Jonathan McNeill Eric Noden Kevin Chen Chad Moody
Justin Gonzalez
2007 Durham (474) Frank Mu Samuel Xin Eric Noden Aaron Balleisen
2006 Charlotte (482) Nelson Lopez II Samuel Xin
Kevin Huang
Carter Benge
Robin Yopp Ken Chu
2005 Charlotte (478) Nelson Lopez II Carter Benge
Jacob Parrish
Joshua Mu Nikolas Stylianou
2004 Raleigh (422) Daniel Tapia Laura Lee
Matthew Horwitz
Amelia Wheeless
Kevin Huang Joshua Mu
Nishanth Shah
2003 Charlotte (430) Daniel Tapia Matthew Green
Adam Holmes
Frank Mu
Noah Blach
Tim Chen
Britt McDanel Joshua Mu
2002 Hendersonville (418) Kaustubh Pimputkar
Justin Daniel
Daniel Tapia
Nelson Lopez II Thomas Paradis
Carter Benge
Matthew Horwitz
Mac Stevens
Salil Saxena
Joshua Mu
Robert Broadbent
Jad Zakhia Sheehi
2001 Charlotte (277) Justin Daniel Mike Richards Frank Mu
Jared Morse
Michael Karigan
Carter Benge
2000 Charlotte (303) Matthew Hoekstra
Dan McCready
Bobby Walker Reid Sanders Jeffrey Toton
1999 Swannanoa (270) Diego Ubiera Jay Tomsyck Michael Belongia
Steven Grier
Nathaniel Jeffries
1998 Mooresville (246) Matthew Hoekstra
Daniel Wong
Thomas Adams Chucky Talbert
Jared Williams
Euphemia Mu
Michael Belongia
1997 Charlotte (200) Mike Klein Matthew Hoekstra Robert Woodard (K-6) Emily Bobbitt (K-5)
1996 Southern Pines (202) Mike Klein Michael Atkins
Logan James
John Atkins Evan Clontz
1995 Charlotte (293) Mike Klein Jonathan Florea
Dan McCready
Brandon Lee
Antti Leino
Nicholas Faulkner
Logan James
John Atkins
Byron Huff
Matthew Hoekstra
Alex Gotherman
Wilson Kieffer
Matt Taylor
1994 Charlotte (294) Mike Klein
Garth Conrad
Kevin Dupuis
David Loveless
Danail Kazachki
Dan McCready
Malcolm Rhyne
Justin Humphreys
Nicholas Faulkner
Evan Abramowitz
1993 Smithfield (156) Mike Klein
Kevin Dupuis
Marko Stamatovich Bert Ross Justin Humphreys
1992 Charlotte (202) Ryan Deering Marko Stamatovich
Jesse Liu
Garth Conrad
Samuel Young
David Loveless
Dan McCready
1991 Charlotte Frankie Newton
Gillian Sharer
Sean Jones
Brian MacKenzie
Ayuz Pathan
Norman Gray Hunter Obrikat
Brett Ross
Grey Herberg
1990 Charlotte Frankie Newton
Derek Stepp
Joey Yandle Kevin Dupuis
Sean Jones
Alex Stamatovich
Lee Hudson
1989 Charlotte Russell Meyer
Carlos Reina
Sam Shah
Frankie Newton
Elizabeth Vicary
Kevin Dupuis Zaw Thet
1988 Charlotte Nathan Kahl
David Schmidt
Scott Kaufmann
Gillian Sharer
Joey Yandle Zaw Thet
Philip Gnilka
1987 Charlotte Kevin Kirby Scott Kaufmann Joey Yandle
Frankie Newton
Mike Klein
1986 Charlotte David Schmidt Jon Fulbright
Chad Johnson
Brandon Cordell
Rafael Goldberg
Philip Gnilka
1985 Marshville (177) John Kirby Randy Church
John Freeman
Chris Chao
William Corkey
Steven Chao
Charles Coble
Joey Yandle
1984 Garner (137) Mark Seawell Quinn Swanger
Edward Biddix
Rafael Goldberg N/A
1983 Raleigh (142) Mark Seawell
John Kirby
Joe Helton
Ben Kearns
Kevin Kirby
Jeff Vanderham N/A
1982 Raleigh (111) Mark Seawell David McKay N/A N/A
1981 Raleigh (88) Matthew Noble Stephane Simpson N/A N/A
1980 Marshville (71) Brian Gurley
Arnold Tharrington
Barry Latta N/A N/A
1979 Raleigh (55) Nathan Hunt David Cheng N/A N/A
1978 Raleigh (63) Brooks Pierce Barry Latta N/A N/A
1977 Henderson (54) Bob Dunn Tress Prince N/A N/A
1976 Cary (61) Allen Cooley Robert Kaplan N/A N/A
1975 Lenoir (46) Mike McCann
Allen Cooley
Jun Ludwinski
  N/A N/A
1974 Winston-Salem (45) Rex Demers   N/A N/A
1973 Hickory (50) Greg Samsa Scott Tullis N/A N/A