Congratulations on Illinois Blue on their win in the 2025 National All-Star Academic Tournament! They overcame 16 other teams to win this year’s tournaments. With a record of 14-2, they had a one game lead over Maryland Black. This forced a best of three final between the two teams for the championship, with Illinois holding a one game advantage. Illinois Blue won the first game of that final, 365-220, to win the title. Maryland Black finished second.
The District of Columbia and Missouri A teams finished tied for third with 12-4 records. They played a one-game tiebreaker, which Missouri A won, 320-225, to take third.
The tournament’s all-stars, as determined by their points per game in the preliminary round robin, were:
Evan Ting, Indiana, 52.19 PPG
Spencer Manning, Illinois Blue, 51.25 PPG
Janani Gollapalli, Virginia A, 47.81 PPG
Camden Williams, Missouri A, 42.50 PPG
Milo Scanlon, Pennsylvania Gold, 41.56 PPG
David Noles, Kentucky B, 40.31 PPG
Soham Ray, Missouri B, 40.31 PPG
Sophia Jones, Maryland Black, 38.44 PPG
Karthik Jayaram, Georgia, 37.81 PPG
Ben Hellman, District of Columbia, 37.19 PPG
Congratulations to everyone on a great tournament, and thank you for playing! I look forward to the 2026 NASAT.