Steven Weimer Wins 2024 NFBC Draft Champions & $40,000
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:29 am
Steven Weimer of Potsdam, New York won the 2024 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship and the $40,000 grand prize after topping a record field of 5,010 teams. Steven had a historic season as he not only won this overall title, but he also won 11 league titles in 2024 and qualified for the debut NFBC Champions League Qualifier Championship in Las Vegas next March.
This is Steven's first NFBC national championship, but he finished second in the Main Event in 2022 and second in the Draft Champions National Championship in 2021. He's had several other Top 10 overall finishes as well, including two teams in the Top 10 of the DC National Championship last year. This year he not only won this national championship, but he won league titles in the Main Event, the Rotowire Online Championship, the Draft Champions leagues, the $500 DC Auction and the Gladiator In-Season Contest. That's a wide range of excellence, so congrats Steven.
Steven led the DC National Championship for much of the season and he won this title rather handily. He finished 2,990 points ahead of Dustin McComas, who won $8,000 for his runner-up finish. Dustin also led the CLQ Championship and will be joining Steven in Las Vegas next March for that debut Championship. Rounding out the Top 5 in the DC National Championship were Rob DiPietro ($6,000), Michael Brophy ($5,000) and James Tomony ($4,000). We paid the Top 45 overall.
Steven's winning team came from one of the earliest drafts of the season: October 24th. He had almost a perfect team as it won the league title with 146.5 points, leading 7 of the 10 categories. His 48,495.5 overall points were 96.8 percent of all available points, by far the highest ever in the 13-year history of this contest. Wow, well done Steven.
Steven proved that drafting early and finding those early bargains can be a good thing. So if you're ready to start drafting right now, the 2025 draft room will be open for the Draft Champions leagues this Saturday. Check out the Message Boards for more details, but expect to be drafting very soon as we begin a brand new season of this fun draft-n-hold contest.
Congrats to all our prize winners in this contest. Winning any league prize is a win in this tough format. Thanks all and enjoy.
Okay, here were the final standings:
2024 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship Top 100 Teams:
1 Steven Weimer DC2 - Whispering Wolves $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1860 48,495.50
2 Dustin McComas McComas - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1152 45,505.50
3 Robert DiPietro Cold Damn Vampires DC9 $150 Draft Champions #230 45,099.50
4 Michael Brophy Brophy-DC - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #715 44,639.50
5 James Tomony Catholic Boy $400 Draft Champions #128 44,566.50
6 Danny Bronski Robber Bobber A $150 Draft Champions #99 44,458.00
7 TIMOTHY BUETHE BUETHE DC1 $150 Draft Champions #280 44,135.00
8 Richard Kulaski Kulaski Knuckleheads $150 Draft Champions #762 44,113.00
9 Andrew McQuiston McQuiston DC3 $150 Draft Champions #204 43,980.50
10 Aaron Bistrin Bistrin $150 Draft Champions #571 43,952.00
11 Tim Sansome Sansome DC7 $150 Draft Champions #416 43,888.50
12 Zachary Waxman Waxman - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #131 43,872.50
13 Steven Weimer DC1K - The Amazing Pelican $1,000 Draft Champions #291 43,669.50
14 Tim Sansome Sansome DC11 - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1129 43,668.00
15 Robert DiPietro Dunn Pearnsley DC18 $150 Draft Champions #1245 43,661.50
16 Brad Miller Miller $400 Draft Champions #1111 43,615.50
17 Andrew Edward PackDC3 $150 Draft Champions #555 43,562.00
18 Jeffrey Cianci Fried Calzone - TLO $150 Draft Champions #1750 43,498.50
19 Dale Morgan The Cellar Dwellers - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1561 43,071.50
20 Tony Saccucci Swede Risberg $150 Draft Champions #792 43,000.00
21 Mark Srebro Srebro $150 Draft Champions #1131 42,976.00
22 Kevin Price Price of Uncertainty $150 Draft Champions #287 42,824.00
23 Steven Weimer DC6 - As the Rocks and Rivers $150 Draft Champions #196 42,789.00
24 JOHN OLSON OLSON3 $150 Draft Champions #1621 42,500.00
25 SPENSER AYRES AYR3S $150 Draft Champions #1071 42,462.50
26 Matt Leahy Long Balls DC4 - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1296 42,439.00
27 Dominic Rello Rello DC12 $150 Draft Champions #983 42,380.00
28 John Doering Hummus Carrots and Coke $400 Draft Champions #1581 42,371.50
29 Corey Prondzinski Daisy $150 Draft Champions #583 42,329.50
30 Gary Chai Chai $1,000 Draft Champions #799 42,143.50
31 Scott Kotchek Kotchek $400 Draft Champions #996 42,125.50
32 Zach Wegner ZW DC $150 Draft Champions #384 42,078.50
33 Michael Garcia GARCIA415 DC-2 $150 Draft Champions #411 42,048.00
34 Roscoe Myrick Dunks Only $150 Draft Champions #434 42,046.00
35 Todd Ciolek Ciolek $400 Draft Champions #433 42,035.50
36 Dane Nelson Marquis Grissom DC $150 Draft Champions #524 42,028.50
37 Benjamin Schottenfels IPutMyHandUpOnMyHyp $150 Draft Champions #1857 42,003.00
38 JOSEPH REIMSCHUSSEL REIMSCHUSSEL $150 Draft Champions #629 41,916.00
39 Brandon Kamerman Rob and Brandon DC 3 $150 Draft Champions #449 41,887.50
40 charles kieta Medium Talent $150 Draft Champions #776 41,765.00
41 Dale Hogg DC1 $150 Draft Champions #1097 41,764.00
42 Daniel Baker Baker - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #767 41,716.00
43 Kyle Pantalone Pantalone $150 Draft Champions #627 41,688.50
44 Brent Slater Garth Slater $150 Draft Champions #364 41,681.50
45 Toby Guevin BatFlip Crazy DC1 $150 Draft Champions #682 41,673.50
46 Drew Morris Morris $150 Draft Champions #1193 41,641.00
47 Robert Ashmen Sports Memories $150 Draft Champions #1137 41,543.50
48 Jeff Morris El Capitan $150 Draft Champions #1196 41,538.00
49 Brian Edwards Edwards DC5 12.22 $150 Draft Champions #222 41,503.50
50 Nicholi Knutson Batman Begins - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #701 41,493.50
51 Mike Rothe KidKool - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1072 41,484.50
52 Dane Nelson David Justice DC $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1856 41,479.00
53 Christopher Torres Torres $150 Draft Champions #646 41,359.50
54 robert cramutola DC-400 $400 Draft Champions #958 41,335.50
55 NATHAN GRIMM Winn Dynasty $150 Draft Champions #711 41,332.00
56 Jonathan Fox FOX DC 1 $150 Draft Champions #484 41,293.50
57 Erik Halterman Halterman $150 Draft Champions #124 41,287.00
58 Aaron Jones Jones DC2 $150 Draft Champions #1621 41,268.00
59 Michael Hughes Hughes DC2 $150 Draft Champions #519 41,266.00
60 Nicholas Church Barajas Barajas $150 Draft Champions #776 41,231.50
61 Steven Weimer DCLQ - An Unquiet Mind - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #456 41,169.50
62 JOSEPH FISHER FISHER $150 Draft Champions #603 41,148.00
63 Ben Keller Keller 3 $150 Draft Champions #514 41,096.50
64 Christopher Torres Torres $150 Draft Champions #372 41,049.50
65 Jason Beko Royal Blues DC $150 Draft Champions #524 41,001.00
66 alastair williams fromunda cheesey sox $150 Draft Champions #1690 40,947.50
67 robert cramutola DC-400 $400 Draft Champions #591 40,833.50
68 Chris Parise Parise $150 Draft Champions #1803 40,793.00
69 Joseph DiGalbo DiGalbo $150 Draft Champions #1758 40,659.00
70 Leonard Ringle Draughtsman 11 $150 Draft Champions #384 40,640.00
71 Bryan Ghio Ghio $150 Draft Champions #1137 40,597.00
72 Joel Vetter Dissonant Whiskers $150 Draft Champions #1063 40,563.00
73 hy matz Moon Man $150 Draft Champions #1004 40,534.00
74 Michael Armstrong Chef DC 5 $150 Draft Champions #346 40,526.00
75 JAY BARRON BARRON $150 Draft Champions #598 40,512.50
76 Matt Hurley Hurley - 1K DC $1,000 Draft Champions #587 40,504.50
77 Griffin Benger Strider the Ranger $400 Draft Champions #1581 40,463.00
78 Krzysztof Krajanowski Mr. Negativity $150 Draft Champions #1708 40,417.50
79 BRIAN HAINES HAINES $150 Draft Champions #1228 40,393.00
80 Steven Weimer DC1 - Drop the Other Glove $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1844 40,357.50
81 Robert Lorfink Lorfink $150 Draft Champions #663 40,288.00
82 Marc Perlmutter Slipstitches3 $150 Draft Champions #292 40,287.50
83 Anthony Mezzatesta Turf-N-Turf 1K $1,000 Draft Champions #799 40,284.50
84 Jeremy Fung DC3 - Washed $150 Draft Champions #1447 40,281.50
85 Andrew Viglietti Viglietti $150 Draft Champions #168 40,246.50
86 Mark Srebro Srebro $150 Draft Champions #786 40,200.00
87 Brian Slack Kindly Leave $400 Draft Champions #1314 40,105.50
88 Brandon Gavett That 2nd Mineral Water $150 Draft Champions #1245 40,103.00
89 Mike Ballschmiede 8ballCP $400 Draft Champions #1314 40,096.50
90 Michael Kosmoski Moonlight Grahams $150 Draft Champions #777 40,057.00
91 Andrew McQuiston McQuiston DC2 $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1861 40,050.00
92 Jonathan Reimer CoffeeShark $150 Draft Champions #486 40,008.00
93 Steven Weimer DC8 - Stealing Wheelbarrows $150 Draft Champions #404 39,984.00
94 JAY BARRON BARRON $150 Draft Champions #1482 39,973.50
95 Casey Vercruysse Vercruysse $150 Draft Champions #250 39,970.00
96 MICHAEL RICHARDS Osgood-Richards DC $400 Draft Champions #632 39,950.00
97 Chris Uram Uram - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #833 39,946.00
98 Max Hogan Hogan $150 Draft Champions #617 39,938.50
99 Brian Edwards Edwards DC9 2.9 $150 Draft Champions #653 39,884.00
100 Kristopher Reed Fresh Ripe Peaches $150 Draft Champions #959 39,827.50
This is Steven's first NFBC national championship, but he finished second in the Main Event in 2022 and second in the Draft Champions National Championship in 2021. He's had several other Top 10 overall finishes as well, including two teams in the Top 10 of the DC National Championship last year. This year he not only won this national championship, but he won league titles in the Main Event, the Rotowire Online Championship, the Draft Champions leagues, the $500 DC Auction and the Gladiator In-Season Contest. That's a wide range of excellence, so congrats Steven.
Steven led the DC National Championship for much of the season and he won this title rather handily. He finished 2,990 points ahead of Dustin McComas, who won $8,000 for his runner-up finish. Dustin also led the CLQ Championship and will be joining Steven in Las Vegas next March for that debut Championship. Rounding out the Top 5 in the DC National Championship were Rob DiPietro ($6,000), Michael Brophy ($5,000) and James Tomony ($4,000). We paid the Top 45 overall.
Steven's winning team came from one of the earliest drafts of the season: October 24th. He had almost a perfect team as it won the league title with 146.5 points, leading 7 of the 10 categories. His 48,495.5 overall points were 96.8 percent of all available points, by far the highest ever in the 13-year history of this contest. Wow, well done Steven.
Steven proved that drafting early and finding those early bargains can be a good thing. So if you're ready to start drafting right now, the 2025 draft room will be open for the Draft Champions leagues this Saturday. Check out the Message Boards for more details, but expect to be drafting very soon as we begin a brand new season of this fun draft-n-hold contest.
Congrats to all our prize winners in this contest. Winning any league prize is a win in this tough format. Thanks all and enjoy.
Okay, here were the final standings:
2024 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship Top 100 Teams:
1 Steven Weimer DC2 - Whispering Wolves $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1860 48,495.50
2 Dustin McComas McComas - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1152 45,505.50
3 Robert DiPietro Cold Damn Vampires DC9 $150 Draft Champions #230 45,099.50
4 Michael Brophy Brophy-DC - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #715 44,639.50
5 James Tomony Catholic Boy $400 Draft Champions #128 44,566.50
6 Danny Bronski Robber Bobber A $150 Draft Champions #99 44,458.00
7 TIMOTHY BUETHE BUETHE DC1 $150 Draft Champions #280 44,135.00
8 Richard Kulaski Kulaski Knuckleheads $150 Draft Champions #762 44,113.00
9 Andrew McQuiston McQuiston DC3 $150 Draft Champions #204 43,980.50
10 Aaron Bistrin Bistrin $150 Draft Champions #571 43,952.00
11 Tim Sansome Sansome DC7 $150 Draft Champions #416 43,888.50
12 Zachary Waxman Waxman - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #131 43,872.50
13 Steven Weimer DC1K - The Amazing Pelican $1,000 Draft Champions #291 43,669.50
14 Tim Sansome Sansome DC11 - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1129 43,668.00
15 Robert DiPietro Dunn Pearnsley DC18 $150 Draft Champions #1245 43,661.50
16 Brad Miller Miller $400 Draft Champions #1111 43,615.50
17 Andrew Edward PackDC3 $150 Draft Champions #555 43,562.00
18 Jeffrey Cianci Fried Calzone - TLO $150 Draft Champions #1750 43,498.50
19 Dale Morgan The Cellar Dwellers - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1561 43,071.50
20 Tony Saccucci Swede Risberg $150 Draft Champions #792 43,000.00
21 Mark Srebro Srebro $150 Draft Champions #1131 42,976.00
22 Kevin Price Price of Uncertainty $150 Draft Champions #287 42,824.00
23 Steven Weimer DC6 - As the Rocks and Rivers $150 Draft Champions #196 42,789.00
24 JOHN OLSON OLSON3 $150 Draft Champions #1621 42,500.00
25 SPENSER AYRES AYR3S $150 Draft Champions #1071 42,462.50
26 Matt Leahy Long Balls DC4 - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1296 42,439.00
27 Dominic Rello Rello DC12 $150 Draft Champions #983 42,380.00
28 John Doering Hummus Carrots and Coke $400 Draft Champions #1581 42,371.50
29 Corey Prondzinski Daisy $150 Draft Champions #583 42,329.50
30 Gary Chai Chai $1,000 Draft Champions #799 42,143.50
31 Scott Kotchek Kotchek $400 Draft Champions #996 42,125.50
32 Zach Wegner ZW DC $150 Draft Champions #384 42,078.50
33 Michael Garcia GARCIA415 DC-2 $150 Draft Champions #411 42,048.00
34 Roscoe Myrick Dunks Only $150 Draft Champions #434 42,046.00
35 Todd Ciolek Ciolek $400 Draft Champions #433 42,035.50
36 Dane Nelson Marquis Grissom DC $150 Draft Champions #524 42,028.50
37 Benjamin Schottenfels IPutMyHandUpOnMyHyp $150 Draft Champions #1857 42,003.00
38 JOSEPH REIMSCHUSSEL REIMSCHUSSEL $150 Draft Champions #629 41,916.00
39 Brandon Kamerman Rob and Brandon DC 3 $150 Draft Champions #449 41,887.50
40 charles kieta Medium Talent $150 Draft Champions #776 41,765.00
41 Dale Hogg DC1 $150 Draft Champions #1097 41,764.00
42 Daniel Baker Baker - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #767 41,716.00
43 Kyle Pantalone Pantalone $150 Draft Champions #627 41,688.50
44 Brent Slater Garth Slater $150 Draft Champions #364 41,681.50
45 Toby Guevin BatFlip Crazy DC1 $150 Draft Champions #682 41,673.50
46 Drew Morris Morris $150 Draft Champions #1193 41,641.00
47 Robert Ashmen Sports Memories $150 Draft Champions #1137 41,543.50
48 Jeff Morris El Capitan $150 Draft Champions #1196 41,538.00
49 Brian Edwards Edwards DC5 12.22 $150 Draft Champions #222 41,503.50
50 Nicholi Knutson Batman Begins - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #701 41,493.50
51 Mike Rothe KidKool - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #1072 41,484.50
52 Dane Nelson David Justice DC $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1856 41,479.00
53 Christopher Torres Torres $150 Draft Champions #646 41,359.50
54 robert cramutola DC-400 $400 Draft Champions #958 41,335.50
55 NATHAN GRIMM Winn Dynasty $150 Draft Champions #711 41,332.00
56 Jonathan Fox FOX DC 1 $150 Draft Champions #484 41,293.50
57 Erik Halterman Halterman $150 Draft Champions #124 41,287.00
58 Aaron Jones Jones DC2 $150 Draft Champions #1621 41,268.00
59 Michael Hughes Hughes DC2 $150 Draft Champions #519 41,266.00
60 Nicholas Church Barajas Barajas $150 Draft Champions #776 41,231.50
61 Steven Weimer DCLQ - An Unquiet Mind - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #456 41,169.50
62 JOSEPH FISHER FISHER $150 Draft Champions #603 41,148.00
63 Ben Keller Keller 3 $150 Draft Champions #514 41,096.50
64 Christopher Torres Torres $150 Draft Champions #372 41,049.50
65 Jason Beko Royal Blues DC $150 Draft Champions #524 41,001.00
66 alastair williams fromunda cheesey sox $150 Draft Champions #1690 40,947.50
67 robert cramutola DC-400 $400 Draft Champions #591 40,833.50
68 Chris Parise Parise $150 Draft Champions #1803 40,793.00
69 Joseph DiGalbo DiGalbo $150 Draft Champions #1758 40,659.00
70 Leonard Ringle Draughtsman 11 $150 Draft Champions #384 40,640.00
71 Bryan Ghio Ghio $150 Draft Champions #1137 40,597.00
72 Joel Vetter Dissonant Whiskers $150 Draft Champions #1063 40,563.00
73 hy matz Moon Man $150 Draft Champions #1004 40,534.00
74 Michael Armstrong Chef DC 5 $150 Draft Champions #346 40,526.00
75 JAY BARRON BARRON $150 Draft Champions #598 40,512.50
76 Matt Hurley Hurley - 1K DC $1,000 Draft Champions #587 40,504.50
77 Griffin Benger Strider the Ranger $400 Draft Champions #1581 40,463.00
78 Krzysztof Krajanowski Mr. Negativity $150 Draft Champions #1708 40,417.50
79 BRIAN HAINES HAINES $150 Draft Champions #1228 40,393.00
80 Steven Weimer DC1 - Drop the Other Glove $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1844 40,357.50
81 Robert Lorfink Lorfink $150 Draft Champions #663 40,288.00
82 Marc Perlmutter Slipstitches3 $150 Draft Champions #292 40,287.50
83 Anthony Mezzatesta Turf-N-Turf 1K $1,000 Draft Champions #799 40,284.50
84 Jeremy Fung DC3 - Washed $150 Draft Champions #1447 40,281.50
85 Andrew Viglietti Viglietti $150 Draft Champions #168 40,246.50
86 Mark Srebro Srebro $150 Draft Champions #786 40,200.00
87 Brian Slack Kindly Leave $400 Draft Champions #1314 40,105.50
88 Brandon Gavett That 2nd Mineral Water $150 Draft Champions #1245 40,103.00
89 Mike Ballschmiede 8ballCP $400 Draft Champions #1314 40,096.50
90 Michael Kosmoski Moonlight Grahams $150 Draft Champions #777 40,057.00
91 Andrew McQuiston McQuiston DC2 $150 Draft Champions - 2024 #1861 40,050.00
92 Jonathan Reimer CoffeeShark $150 Draft Champions #486 40,008.00
93 Steven Weimer DC8 - Stealing Wheelbarrows $150 Draft Champions #404 39,984.00
94 JAY BARRON BARRON $150 Draft Champions #1482 39,973.50
95 Casey Vercruysse Vercruysse $150 Draft Champions #250 39,970.00
96 MICHAEL RICHARDS Osgood-Richards DC $400 Draft Champions #632 39,950.00
97 Chris Uram Uram - CLQ $150 Draft Champions #833 39,946.00
98 Max Hogan Hogan $150 Draft Champions #617 39,938.50
99 Brian Edwards Edwards DC9 2.9 $150 Draft Champions #653 39,884.00
100 Kristopher Reed Fresh Ripe Peaches $150 Draft Champions #959 39,827.50