About PACE

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer alliance of advocates and organizers for the game of high school quizbowl and related scholastic competitions.

PACE has many objectives:

to promote and encourage the growth of quality high school academic tournaments around the country,
to provide guidance or assistance to colleges or high schools that wish to organize academic tournaments,
to encourage innovation and creativity in academic competition,
to establish visibility for college quizbowl programs that run high school tournaments,
to foster cooperation among college and high school quizbowl programs in preparation for upcoming regional, state, or national tournaments,
to encourage quizbowl teams to participate in tournaments across the country prior to regional, state, or national championships,
to promote adequate opportunities for all teams to practice, compete, and socialize among other fellow competitors,
to produce the question set for and run the National Scholastic Championship each year.

If you want to support our organization, please consider Donating to PACE.