TORRANCE, Calif., Mar 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Unique Competition Comes to Los Angeles Area for First Time
Across the nation, students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are making final preparations to vie for grants and glory at the nation's only HBCU academic competition -- at the 2012 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) (
www.hcasc.com ). The two-day competition, scheduled to take place April 1 - April 2 in Torrance, CA, will test students' knowledge of history, science, literature, religion, the arts, social science, and popular culture. The competition will give students the opportunity to win a share of the more than $300,000 in institutional grants awarded annually by Honda, and to battle for bragging rights as the nation's top academic HBCU.
The 250 HCASC student competitors from 48 HBCUs, or "Great 48," heading to Torrance to compete in the 2012 games, hail from HBCUs located in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, South Carolina, Delaware, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, New York, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas, West Virginia, and Washington DC. The competitors will be split into eight divisions and will compete in a modified round-robin format. The top two teams from each division will advance to the "Sweet 16" and will compete in a single elimination playoff. The final two teams that emerge from the playoffs will battle for the title of National Champions and the grand prize of $50,000.
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