2002 NSC Prizes

The 2002 National SCRABBLE^® Championship was held in San Diego, California, August 17th through the 22nd at the San Diego Concourse and Civic Theatre. Over $89,000 in prizes were awarded to players in six divisions, including $25,000 to the first-place finisher in Division 1.

	DIVISION 1 (Rated >1899)	DIVISION 2 (1700-1899)	DIVISION 3 (1500-1699)	DIVISION 4 (1300-1499)	DIVISION 5 (1100-1299)	DIVISION 6 (<1100)
First Place	Joel Sherman 25-6 +2020 $25,000	Chuck Armstrong 24-7 +1668 $5,000	Doug Brockmeier 23-8 +2315 $2,500	Norbert Saldanha 25-6 +1838 $1,500	Scott McDougall 25-6 +1213 $1,200	Dielle Saldanha 25-6 +1828 $1,000
Second Place	Nigel Richards 22-9 +1633 $10,000	Sal Dijamco 22-9 +1262 $2,000	Patrick Hodges 22-9 +1225 $1,500	Ralph King 23-11 +1273 $1,000	Gina DuMez 22-9 +1658 $800	Paul Haverly 23-8 +2055 $700
Third Place	Jakkrit Klaphajone 21-10 +1237 $5,000	Steve Glass 21-10 +1200 $1,200	Susi Tiekert 21.5-8.5 +815 $1,000	Dave Zimmerman 21.5-9.5 +717 $750	Angelina Scroggins 21-10 +1305 $600	Jesse Cromer 22.5-8.5 +1336 $500
Fourth Place	Brian Cappelletto 21-10 +407 $2,500	Clay Daniel 21-10 +703 $900	Stephen Dennis 21-10 +1128 $750	Tony Leah 21-10 +564 $500	Leland Fidler 21-10 +875 $400	Edgar Thomas 22-9 +1005 $300
Fifth Place	Paul Epstein 21-10 +149 $1,200	Brian Williams 20-11 +1607 $700	John Viloria 21-10 +764 $500	Jerry Dynes 21-10 +1103 $300	Bob Nellis 21-10 +650 $200	Terry Kang 21-10 +794 $100
Sixth Place	Dave Wiegand 20-11 +1495 $900	Mark Pistolese 21-10 +563 $500	Shannon Burns 20.5-10.5 +948 $300	Slade Sullivan 20.5-10.5 +997 $200
Seventh Place	Jere Mead 20-11 +811 $800	Jack Eichenbaum 20-11 +590 $400
Eighth Place	Marlon Hill 20-11 +561 $700	Mark Landsberg 19.5-11.5 +1338 $300
Ninth Place	Panupol Sujjayakorn 19-12 +1610 $600
Tenth Place	Joel Wapnick 19-12 +1128 $500
Biggest Comeback	$100	Rich Moyer down by 144 won 576-428 $100	$100	$100	Roger Cullman down by 106 won 349-282 $100	Ruth McCandless down by 116 won 367-356 $100
Flashiest Bingo	Danny Goldman VERJUICE $50	Mary Capalbi EX on board; played PEDIENT to TWS $50	$50	$50	$50	$50
Tuff Luck	Lisa Odom & Rich Baker -27 $100	Gary Dismukes -44 $100	$100	$100	Carol Yamashita & Sylvia Strong -41 $100	Steve Ornish -62 $100
Highest-Placing Senior (60+)	Robert Ellickson 18-13 +522 $200	Mark Landsberg 19-11 +1338 $175	$150	$125	Gina DuMez Second Place $100	Bill Kinsella 20-10 +1300 $75
Best Record Day 3 (Lower Half)	Daniel Goldman $300	Judy Horn $250	$200	$150	Richard Savitt $125	Deborah Light $100
Best Record Day 4 (Lower Half)	Marjorie Schoneboom $200	Rick Wong $150	$100	$75	Roger Cullman $50	Jean Lehman $40
Low Win	Gail Wolford 290 $25	Mark Pistolese 305 $25	$25	$25	Ida Ann Shapiro 196 $25	Christina Reilly 240 $25
High Game Round 1	Lester Schonbrun 584 $25	Iffy Onyeonwu 543 $25	Phyllis Patukas 519 $25	Stephen Wilkie 529 $25	Louis Block & Roger Cullman 481 $25	Dion Saldanha 536 $25
High Game Round 2	William D Shipe 562 $25	Steve Grob 508 $25	David Lieberfarb 512 $25	Gigi Miller 491 $25	Louis Block 545 $25	Barbara Puky 508 $25
High Game Round 3	Dave Wiegand 614 $25	Dave Leifer 521 $25	Greg Heidler 538 $25	Tony Leah 499 $25	Myrna Cohen 515 $25	Vera Kuznecov 467 $25
High Game Round 4	Brian Cappelletto 548 $25	Rich Moyer 576 $25	Kit Morehead 499 $25	Norbert Saldanha 575 $25	Bob Nellis 486 $25	Jan Hein 504 $25
High Game Round 5	Rich Baker 550 $25	Howard Pistol 577 $25	Charles Merlis 465 $25	Claudia Koczka 484 $25	Brenda Smith 492 $25	Geoff Tongue 552 $25
High Game Round 6	Panupol Sujjayakorn 550 $25	Martin Smith 511 $25	Gavin Hyde 523 $25	Gina Fassio 506 $25	Waheed Thompson 510 $25	Dion Saldanha 542 $25
High Game Round 7	Robert Felt 545 $25	Matt DeWaelsche 506 $25	Ruth Hamilton 518 $25	Mary Aline Stevens 503 $25	Mary Becker 461 $25	Nora Poulos 481 $25
High Game Round 8	Evan Berofsky 621 $25	Brian Williams 516 $25	Doug Brockmeier 522 $25	Joyce Zmorzynski 509 $25	Linda Oliva 535 $25	Jean Lehman 456 $25
High Game Round 9	Ira Cohen & Robert Ellickson 523 $25	Benjamin Bloom 509 $25	Su Edwards 515 $25	David Hermanson 567 $25	David Dinning 528 $25	Vera Kuznecov 527 $25
High Game Round 10	Ben Withers 546 $25	Cheryl Tyler 556 $25	Susi Tiekert 541 $25	Lynn Gunn 508 $25	Sara Weidner 530 $25	Dielle Saldanha 429 $25
High Game Round 11	Steven Alexander 578 $25	Chuck Armstrong 527 $25	Kit Morehead 579 $25	Stan Khury 463 $25	Nick Carter 503 $25	Geoff Tongue 572 $25
High Game Round 12	Panupol Sujjayakorn 572 $25	Adrian Mannella 518 $25	Jason Bednarz 560 $25	David Stokoe 475 $25	Celia Lopez 502 $25	Paul Haverly 484 $25
High Game Round 13	Robert Felt 582 $25	Mark Landsberg 518 $25	Carlynn Mayer 547 $25	Judy Ford 490 $25	Todd Pfalzgraf 526 $25	Chora B Eilertsen 498 $25
High Game Round 14	Dean Saldanha 566 $25	Ronald Howard 639 $25	Noel Livermore 549 $25	James L Kille Jr 528 $25	Kathi Cann 485 $25	Dielle Saldanha 524 $25
High Game Round 15	Ben Withers 536 $25	Judy Horn 535 $25	Varda Horelle 542 $25	Slade Sullivan 539 $25	Laurie Lu Longway 480 $25	James Wallenberg 436 $25
High Game Round 16	Mark Milan 521 $25	Mark Pistolese 553 $25	Isaac L Apindi 502 $25	Tony Leah 540 $25	Brenda Smith 506 $25	Jesse Cromer 492 $25
High Game Round 17	Steve Tier 558 $25	Stefan Fatsis 535 $25	Marian Koonce 514 $25	Tony Leah 507 $25	Brian Sebastian 499 $25	Geoff Tongue 522 $25
High Game Round 18	David Weisberg 536 $25	Brian Williams 517 $25	Ed Saunders 548 $25	Jeremy Simon 510 $25	Craig Mobley 482 $25	Suzannah Badgett 460 $25
High Game Round 19	Joe Edley 586 $25	Ron McGill 595 $25	Charles Merlis 499 $25	Gwen Bishop 538 $25	Angelina Scroggins 506 $25	Dion Saldanha 490 $25
High Game Round 20	Stephen Haraske 566 $25	Matt Dickey & Ed Neugroschl 522 $25	Yvonne Knickerbocker 581 $25	Stan Khury 501 $25	Grace Brooks 506 $25	Paul Haverly 491 $25
High Game Round 21	J Goard 554 $25	Rick Wong 679 $25	Susi Tiekert 547 $25	David Hermanson 480 $25	Andrea Bauman 485 $25	Margaret Hughes 565 $25
High Game Round 22	Dave Wiegand 627 $25	John Olaughlin 523 $25	Joyce McFadden 587 $25	Heidi Kujac 557 $25	Gina DuMez 499 $25	Charles Evans 528 $25
High Game Round 23	Michael Baker 594 $25	Joe Neff 551 $25	Ann Raymond 529 $25	Slade Sullivan 474 $25	Lois Greene 517 $25	John Jacobsen 530 $25
High Game Round 24	Daniel Goldman 607 $25	Chani Katz 545 $25	Doug Brockmeier 513 $25	Joan Knobelsdorf 477 $25	Matthew Carter 548 $25	David Johnson 484 $25
High Game Round 25	Jeremy Frank 560 $25	Matt Dickey 567 $25	Patrick Hodges 509 $25	Carl Warner 497 $25	Esther White 568 $25	Bob Godfrey 428 $25
High Game Round 26	Marty Gabriel 527 $25	Larry Gradus 533 $25	Mark Goodman 482 $25	Will Cooper & Susan Hoehn 477 $25	Karen Moss 507 $25	Terry Kang 460 $25
High Game Round 27	Evan Berofsky 560 $25	Joel Horn 557 $25	Nancy Johnson 533 $25	Helen Burns 552 $25	Barry Skoletsky 496 $25	Dolores Furye 493 $25
High Game Round 28	Panupol Sujjayakorn 632 $25	Larry Sherman 535 $25	Rob Matthews 504 $25	Pat Kovalcheck 521 $25	Paul McCurdy 489 $25	Bob Antolak 447 $25
High Game Round 29	J Goard 556 $25	Caesar Jaramillo 521 $25	Pat Yarnell 499 $25	Claudia Koczka 513 $25	Celia Lopez 494 $25	Neva Slater 479 $25
High Game Round 30	Steve Tier 505 $25	Scott Pianowski 505 $25	Mark Penhallow 565 $25	Julie Lopez & Jeremy Simon 487 $25	Lois Greene 483 $25	Barbara Puky 484 $25
High Game Round 31	Panupol Sujjayakorn 556 $25	Cynthia Seales 566 $25	Doug Brockmeier 571 $25	Jacqueline Stewart 483 $25	Maureen Kennerk 525 $25	Terry Kang 472 $25
High Loss Round 1	Stuart Goldman 447 $25	Judy Horn 442 $25	Gretchen Cowan 439 $25	Ossie Mair 422 $25	Stella Russell 406 $25	Eunice Smith 368 $25
High Loss Round 2	Kenji Matsumoto 441 $25	Alan Whitman 433 $25	James Abbott 421 $25	Barbara Gray 401 $25	Ken Louie 407 $25	Asif Rahman 378 $25
High Loss Round 3	David Weisberg 496 $25	Ben Loiterstein 438 $25	Glenda Short 415 $25	Peter Dolgenos 428 $25	Brenda Smith 399 $25	Andre Ornish 386 $25
High Loss Round 4	Robert Linn 446 $25	Adrian Mannella 454 $25	Charles Merlis 435 $25	Ellen Massey 405 $25	Ian Sharp 389 $25	Steven Ornish & Ruth Barr 370 $25
High Loss Round 5	Chris Cree 433 $25	Larry Sherman 427 $25	Mark Penhallow 416 $25	Trish Baker 436 $25	Barry Skoletsky 431 $25	Robin Bowles 358 $25
High Loss Round 6	Jim Peters 486 $25	Rick Wong 433 $25	Greg Heidler 434 $25	Ruth Sawyer 412 $25	Tracey Martin 381 $25	Jim Barker 372 $25
High Loss Round 7	Charnwit Sumrattanaporn 476 $25	Scott Pianowski 454 $25	Mary A Lyons 435 $25	Gina Fassio 405 $25	Miriam Saldanha 380 $25	Dorothy Hackney 379 $25
High Loss Round 8	Albert Hahn 441 $25	Diana Grosman 416 $25	Sally Starr 392 $25	Andrea Ladmer 402 $25	Brenda Werner 374 $25	Marjorie Bash 384 $25
High Loss Round 9	John Karris 440 $25	Steve Grob 430 $25	Richard Johnson 427 $25	Kimberly Howard Johnson 419 $25	Craig Mobley 413 $25	Dion Saldanha 390 $25
High Loss Round 10	Alan Stern & Margaret Bauer Williams 455 $25	Danny Panganiban 416 $25	Paula Catanese & Charles Merlis 419 $25	Ben Gittes 406 $25	Maureen Kennerk 382 $25	Neva Slater 388 $25
High Loss Round 11	Jakkrit Klaphajone 464 $25	Brian Williams 440 $25	Carl Davis 430 $25	Al Schanzer 398 $25	Joyce James 376 $25	Charlotte Bremond 395 $25
High Loss Round 12	Randy Greenspan 416 $25	Jerry Scheiten 407 $25	Nancy Druskin 436 $25	Helen Burns & Susie Page 397 $25	Roger Cullman 417 $25	Geoff Tongue 395 $25
High Loss Round 13	Matt Graham 440 $25	Adrian Mannella 421 $25	Paul Beusterien 442 $25	Rosetta Donelick 385 $25	Sylvia Sparkman 394 $25	Mike Benjamin 390 $25
High Loss Round 14	Mark Fidler 423 $25	Chris Guilbert 405 $25	Isaac L Apindi 395 $25	Joyce Zmorzynski 423 $25	Frances Gross 422 $25	Bill Kinsella 379 $25
High Loss Round 15	Paul Avrin 419 $25	Diane Firstman 419 $25	Woody Chen 417 $25	Paul Trachtenberg 421 $25	Scott McDougall 370 $25	Neva Slater 385 $25
High Loss Round 16	Robert Felt 443 $25	Kay Patterson 442 $25	Sally Starr 423 $25	Jamila Atcha 391 $25	Burke Riley 392 $25	Sabrina Cassidy 385 $25
High Loss Round 17	Walker Willingham 442 $25	Steve Glass 409 $25	Shannon Burns 402 $25	Jerry Dynes 399 $25	Maureen Kennerk 431 $25	Ron Barker 379 $25
High Loss Round 18	J Goard 427 $25	Larry Gradus 434 $25	Thomas M Hall 420 $25	James Johnson 400 $25	Deborah Sapot & Ben Villanueva 388 $25	John Lauck 389 $25
High Loss Round 19	Sam Kantimathi 463 $25	Jonn Dalton 444 $25	Ann Raymond 412 $25	Jerry Dynes 414 $25	Julie Ellen Maria 401 $25	Ruth McCandless 380 $25
High Loss Round 20	Tim Anglin 432 $25	Nancy Jessup 438 $25	Ember Nelson 425 $25	Joyce Zmorzynski 422 $25	Joyce James 381 $25	Jesse Cromer 394 $25
High Loss Round 21	David Weisberg 457 $25	Matt DeWaelsche 409 $25	Joyce McFadden 475 $25	Mary M Gordon 420 $25	Lois Greene 393 $25	Maliha Mahmood 371 $25
High Loss Round 22	Trey Wright 435 $25	Danny Panganiban 443 $25	Betty Burton 419 $25	Ralph King 450 $25	Frank Cracchiolo 393 $25	Don Austin 381 $25
High Loss Round 23	Sam Kantimathi 462 $25	Harriette Lakernick 436 $25	Cindy Quinn 446 $25	Jo Anne Cohen 417 $25	Brian Knudson 388 $25	Dielle Saldanha 390 $25
High Loss Round 24	J Goard 459 $25	Elaine Patterson 418 $25	Dennis Fenichel 444 $25	Barbara Lowrey 387 $25	Emilie Pandolfi 383 $25	Terry Kang 398 $25
High Loss Round 25	Bruce D Ambrosio 458 $25	Maddy Golob 437 $25	Thomas M Hall 423 $25	James Johnson 401 $25	Stephanie Steele 419 $25	Mary E Quigley 386 $25
High Loss Round 26	Lisa Odom 477 $25	Arun Methaset 409 $25	Pat Yarnell 418 $25	Judy Ford 432 $25	Todd Pfalzgraf 405 $25	Karen Lundeen 390 $25
High Loss Round 27	Cynthia Pughsley 467 $25	Ken Lambe 433 $25	Andrea Michaels 411 $25	Jeannie J Wilson 430 $25	Angelina Scroggins & Stella Russell 383 $25	Jeannette Nadler 360 $25
High Loss Round 28	Vince Castellano 442 $25	Brian Williams 426 $25	Isaac L Apindi 404 $25	Keith Smith 406 $25	Nick Carter 381 $25	Dielle Saldanha 373 $25
High Loss Round 29	Rita Norr 463 $25	Ben Loiterstein 426 $25	Gerri Martin 447 $25	Sarah King 391 $25	Sal Campo 407 $25	Elizabeth Angelone 395 $25
High Loss Round 30	Lynn Cushman 463 $25	Paul Holser 435 $25	Pat Yarnell 463 $25	Jan Parker 408 $25	Maureen Kennerk 380 $25	Karen Lundeen 370 $25
High Loss Round 31	Craig Rowland 442 $25	Richard Ganguet 416 $25	Mary Atwood 391 $25	Gina Fassio 399 $25	Brian Sebastian 397 $25	Jesse Cromer 361 $25
High Play (Sunday)	David Mallick ANTIGENS (140) vs. Brian Cappelletto & Joe Edley DINETTES (140) vs. Bob Lundegard $25	Dave Leifer REACTING (158) vs. Steve Jones & Helen Joffe MARGENTS (158) vs. Steve Grobe $25	$25	$25	Penny Baker QUIETERS (114) $25	$25
High Play (Monday)	Evan Berofsky RAPHIDES (212) vs. Mark Fidler $25	Jeff Neff THROWING (158) vs. Ed Neugroschl $25	$25	$25	Ken Louie AMORTISE (131) $25	$25
High Play (Tuesday)	Charnwit S. RESTRIVE (149) vs. Rod McNeil $25	Ron Howard DEFINERS (167) vs. Carl Stocker $25	$25	$25	Todd Pfalzgraf SQUINTS (130) $25	$25
High Play (Wednesday)	Mike Baker WINGLETS (176) vs. John Terrell $25	Travis Cheney DIORAMAS (149) vs. Jeff Clark $25	$25	$25	Irene Averell SQUASHED (128) $25	$25
High Play (Thursday)	Panupol S. REOBTAIN (131) $25	Fern Lindzon SPILLERS (149) vs. Jack Eichenbaum $25	$25	$25	Seymour Zweigoron REQUESTS (194) vs. Brenda Werner $25	$25
Best Strategic Play	$225

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