The five-member team was victorious over eight other Indiana and Illinois colleges -- including the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University and Purdue University -- during the regional competition in Indianapolis on Feb. 21.  They defeated Purdue twice, by 200-105 and 265-240 scores, and beat Valparaiso University, 200-95, in the finals.

Kristy Bailey, a junior mechanical engineering major, is the team's captain.  Other members are John Beety, a sophomore economics major; Justin Droba, a sophomore mathematics major; Brandon Hathaway, a junior mechanical engineering major; and Charles Key, a sophomore electrical engineering major. John Robson, institute librarian, is the team's adviser.

Other regional winners competing in the 50th anniversary of the National College Bowl will be the University of Chicago, the defending national champions; Baylor University, Colorado State University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, University of Florida, Cornell University, Georgetown University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, SUNY-Stony Brook, Truman State Univerity, UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Washington.

The College Bowl tournaments challenge players in current events, history, math, geography, sports and literature.  The Bowls began in the 1950s on television, sponsored by General Electric. The contest is now sponsored by the Association of College Unions International, with the final rounds televised by ESPN.