The ACBL King or Queen of Bridge is a graduating high school senior annually designated by the American Contract Bridge League. Currently a $2000 scholarship accompanies the title.
The King or Queen is the high school senior in North America (US, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda) with the "best record in bridge". Students now formally enter the annual contest and identify their qualifications. Beside outstanding performance in bridge tournaments, the winner is commonly cited for sportsmanship and for "bridge activities such as teaching, directing, and unit/district participation".
The King of Bridge was established in 1973 by Homer Shoop of Indiana as a prize for the high school senior with the greatest number of ACBL master points. The second and third winners, Jeff Meckstroth and Bobby Levin in 1974 and 1975, won the 1981 Bermuda Bowl as United States teammates; Levin was the youngest person to be a world champion at bridge. Several other Kings and Queens have become leading expert players.
Winners
1973, J Merril 1974, Jeff Meckstroth 1975, Bobby Levin 1976, Warren Spector 1977, Marc Franklin 1978, Matthew K. Franklin 1979, Regina Barnes 1980, Tony Marks 1981, Doug Levene, Steve Cochran 1982, Steve Weinstein 1983, Billy Hsieh 1984, James Munday 1985, Adair Gellman 1986, Martha Benson ‡ 1987, Richard Pavlicek, Jr. 1988, Holly Zullo 1989, Brad Moss 1990, Eric Sutherland 1991, Andrew Moss 1992, Frederic Pollack 1993, Eric Greco 1994, Sam Hirschman 1995, Tony Melucci 1996, Kent Mignocchi 1997, Joel Wooldridge 1998, Josh Heller 1999, Ari Greenberg 2000, Gavin Wolpert 2001, Erin Anderson 2002, John Kranyak † 2003, Scottie Waldron Jr. 2004, Rob Glickman 2005, David Banh 2006, Sam Katz ‡ 2007, Andrew Dubay 2008, Jeremy Koegel 2009, Nick Flores 2010, Tom Walsh, Adam Grossack 2011, Blake Sanders 2012, Murphy Green 2013, John Altman 2014, Adam Kaplan, Allison Hunt †"Adam Kaplan, Allison Hunt Named 2014 King and Queen of Bridge" . 2014-09-30. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-10-29. 2015, Amber Lin 2016, Burke Snowden 2017, Richard Jeng 2018, Reese Koppel 2019, Louis Beauchet 2020, Bo Han Zhu 2021, Tammy Leon Molina 2022, Arthur Zhou 2023, Olivia Schireson 2024, Darwin Li 2025, Nathan Gong
‡ 2006 King of Bridge Sam Katz is the son of 1986 Queen of Bridge Martha Benson. They are the only recipients related as child and parent.
† 2002 King of Bridge John Kranyak married 2014 Queen of Bridge Allison Hunt on June 16, 2018"John + Allison's Wedding". WeddingWire. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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