Nicholas Schultz, who goes by the name Blizzard T. Husky, is now officially the 2009 Chippens NCAA Tournament Challenge Champion with 192 points, a score that ties the All-Time record for points in a single tournament. He edged out Eric Sturgeon by just one point, the closest finish in Challenge history. Sturgeon has already guaranteed another top three finish next year.
Leta Corwin earned the final prize-winning spot, finishing third with 188 points. Corwin’s 83% pick percentage also put her second on the All-Time list for pick percentage in a single season. Corwin now has two top three finishes in the past three years, and she didn’t even compete in 2008.
I feel bad for MSU and the Spartan fans (I am one, after all), but they must realize what they were up against. It wasn’t North Carolina’s basketball skills so much as it was Nicholas Schultz’s now-all-too-apparent preordination as the Champion of this tournament that did in the Spartans. The fact is that Blizzard T. Husky is not merely a man, he is the Ultimate Man, having won that title in a 13-event competition covered by Chippens in 2001. You simply cannot deny the Ultimate Man his destiny. With his victory, Blizzard now has two top three finishes in the past four years. The question now is whether he can become the first-ever two-time Challenge champion.
2009 was a record-setting year all around. Below, you’ll find the updated All-Time records list. There are many who are new to the lists and many who, sadly, have dropped out.
On Monday, the same day that Schultz won his Championship, Major League Baseball opened its season, so this week over at The Chippens Weekly we asked frequent Chippens competitors Bryan Timm and Matthew Melick, fans of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, respectively, to offer their reflections on Opening Day. Check that out while you’re looking up your spot in the final standings.
Thanks to everybody for playing this year; I hope you will all be back in 2010!
ALL-TIME RECORDS (scoring was standardized in 2005):
As of 4/7/09
Most Points in a Single Tournament:
- 192, Nicholas A. Schultz, 2009
- 192, Tyler Neal, 2007
- 191, Eric Sturgeon, 2009
- 188, Leta Corwin, 2009
- 182, Justin Thompson, 2009
- 179, Michael Theune, 2009
- 178, Jake Smith, 2005
- 172, Charles D. Corwin, 2009
- 172, Mike Stump, 2008
- 171, Lisa Corwin, 2009
- 168, Jeff VanDellen, 2005
- 165, Leta Corwin, 2007
- 163, Michael Penney, 2005
- 162, Adam Emery, 2009
- 162, Rusty Flinchum, 2007
- 162, Brandon Gamble, 2007
- 159, Travis Kramer, 2009
- 158, Liz Reinhart, 2009
- 158, Adam Lombard, 2007
- 156, Brandon Gamble, 2005
- 84%, Tyler Neal, 2007
- 83%, Leta Corwin, 2009
- 79%, Justin Thompson, 2009
- 78%, Michael Theune, 2009
- 78%, Charles D. Corwin, 2009
- 78%, Jason Jackson, 2009
- 78%, Megan Byrne, 2009
- 78%, Rusty Flinchum, 2007
- 76%, Nicholas A. Schultz, 2009
- 76%, Eric Sturgeon, 2009
- 76%, Adam Emery, 2009
- 76%, Liz Reinhart, 2009
- 76%, Mike Stump, 2009
- 76%, Michael Murphy, 2007
- 75%, Lisa Corwin, 2009
- 75%, Leta Corwin, 2007
- 75%, Brandon Gamble, 2007
- 75%, Adam Lombard, 2007
- 75%, Lisa Corwin, 2007
- 75%, Jake Smith, 2005
- 3, Brandon Gamble
- 2, Nicholas A. Schultz
- 2, Leta Corwin
- 2, Lisa Corwin
- 2, Garrett Davey
- 2, Michael Penney
- 2, Adam Lombard
- 2, Tyler Neal
* - Denotes four-time player (out of a possible five)
- 9, *Brandon Gamble
- 16.25, *Leta Corwin
- 16.6, Lisa Corwin
- 19.6, Mike Stump
- 22.5, *Nicholas Schultz
- 22.5, *Adam Lombard
- 23.6, Charles D. Corwin
- 25.5, *Ryan Horrigan
- 26, Loren DeHaan
- 28, Jeff VanDellen
- 28.6, Mike Penney
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