This is an honorary title accompanied by an award of $1,000 presented annually to a graduating high school senior, who is also a Junior ACBL member for outstanding tournament performance plus administrative, recreational and promotional activities related to bridge. The title originally went to the high school senior with the most masterpoints. Established 1973 the award is presented by the ACBL Educational Foundation, which administers the International Palace of Sports Foundation, and includes the $1,000 Homer Shoop and International Palace of Sports Scholarship.
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This award should not be confused with the J. Homer Shoop Pre-teen Scholarship Award. The J.Homer Shoop Pre-teen Scholarship Award is awarded to a Junior player under 13 who demonstrates solid achievement in bridge, and is an active participant in ACBL competition. ACBL members who have not celebrated their 13th birthday before July 1 of the contest year and who have at least one full masterpoint on record are eligible for the Preteen Scholarship Award, which is a 10-year maturity $5,000 certificate to be used for academic or career training. This scholarship was founded in the year 1973 by Mr. J. Homer Shoop and is administered by the ACBL Educational Foundation.
The following parameters apply to both the Queen and the King:
The following list shows the recipients of this award from 1973, the year of its inception. If the winner is a female bridge player, then she becomes the Queen of Bridge for that year. If the winner is a male bridge player, then he becomes the King of Bridge for that year. Never shall the Queen of Bridge and the King of Bridge reign together in the same year. The Realm of Bridge may have only either a Queen or a King, and never both on the throne.
Presentation of the Kings and Queen
| 1973 |
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J. Merrill |
| 1974 |
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Jeff Meckstroth |
| 1975 |
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Robert Levin |
| 1976 |
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Warren Spector |
| 1977 |
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Marc Franklin |
| 1978 |
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Matthew K. Franklin |
| 1979 |
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Regina Barnes |
| 1980 |
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Tony Marks |
| 1981 |
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Doug Levene - Steve Cochran |
| 1982 |
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Steve Weinstein |
| 1983 |
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Billy Hsieh |
| 1984 |
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James Munday |
| 1985 |
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Adair Gellman |
| 1986 |
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Martha (Bensen) Katz |
| 1987 |
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Richard Pavlicek Jr. |
| 1988 |
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Holly Zullo |
| 1989 |
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Brad Moss |
| 1990 |
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Eric Sutherland |
| 1991 |
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Andrew Moss |
| 1992 |
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Frederic Pollack |
| 1993 |
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Eric Greco |
| 1994 |
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Sam Hirschman |
| 1995 |
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Tony Melucci |
| 1996 |
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Kent Mignocchi |
| 1997 |
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Joel Wooldridge |
| 1998 |
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Josh Heller |
| 1999 |
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Ari Greenberg |
| 2000 |
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Gavin Wolpert |
| 2001 |
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Erin Anderson |
| 2002 |
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John Kranyak |
| 2003 |
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Scott Waldron Jr. |
| 2004 |
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Robert Glickman |
| 2005 |
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David Banh |
| 2006 |
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Sam Katz |
| 2007 |
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Andrew Dubay |
| 2008 |
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Jeremy Koegel |
| 2009 |
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Nicolas Flores |
| 2010 |
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Tom Walsh, Adam Grossack |
| 2011 |
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Blake Sanders |
| 2012 |
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Murphy Green |
| 2013 |
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John Altman |
| 2014 |
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Adam Kaplan, Allison Hunt |
| 2015 |
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Amber Lin |
| 2016 |
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Burke Snowden |