In the past three years, Berkeley has placed second, third, fourth and fifth at National Championship Tournaments. Our record is the best in the west in the past few years. However, many of our seniors have recently graduated, so it is up to new players to maintain our standing. The UC Berkeley Academic Club also puts on a number of other community service events to promote academic excellence. In addition to our college events which bring together students from multiple states for friendly competition of an academic nature, the club also reaches out to the high school community.
Prizes are givien to the top teams as encouragement.
The club also puts on the annual Cal Classic event for high school teams every April. This activity also fosters academic excellence by asking questions ranging from art to zoology and everythign in between. Again, awards are distributed to the top teams and the top players as incentive. However, it is pretty quiet, and not read regularly. The generic name for a game of academic knowledge between two teams of up to four players played with buzzers comprising questions answered individually and as a team, dealing with subjects such as science, literature, history, music, art, social sciences, and geography.