ACBL King or Queen of Bridge

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.^[1][2]

The King or Queen is the high school senior in North America (US, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda) with the "best record in bridge".^[1] Students now formally enter the annual contest and identify their qualifications.^[2] 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".^[1]

The King of Bridge was established in 1973 by Homer Shoop of Indiana^[2] as a prize for the high school senior with the greatest number of ACBL master points.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 †^[3]
• 2015, Amber Lin
• 2016, Burke Snowden
• 2017, Richard Jeng
• 2018, Reese Koppel ^[4]
• 2019, Louis Beauchet ^[5]
• 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^[6]