2005 NSC Prizes

The 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship will be held in Reno, Nevada August 19-24 at the Reno Hilton. Over $84,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to players in six divisions, including $25,000 to the winner of the televised best-of-five finals in Division 1.

  Division 1
(Rated >1799)
Division 2
(Rated 1600-1799)
Division 3
(Rated 1400-1599)
Division 4
(Rated 1200-1399)
Division 5
(Rated 1000-1199)
Division 6
(Rated <1000)
First Place Dave Wiegand
21-7 +1074, 3-2
$25,000
Michael Early
22-6 +1328
$5,000
Betty Cornelison
21-7 +1276
$2,500
Ben Harrison
22-6 +1917
$1,500
Nat Gardenswartz
22-6 +1665
$1,200
Jacob Williams
22-6 +1360
$1,000
Second Place Panupol Sujjayakorn
21-7 +1000, 2-3
$10,000
Doug Brockmeier
20-8 +1096
$2,000
Eric Kinderman
20-8 +1510
$1,500
Edward De Guzman
20-8 +1443
$1,000
Michael Thelen
20-8 +1091
$800
Laura Moyer
20-8 +1053
$700
Third Place John Luebkemann
19.5-8.5 +803
$4,000
Kenneth Rubin
20-8 +999
$1,200
Jeff Martin
20-8 +1020
$1,000
Jeff Myers
20-8 +326
$750
Priya Fernando
19-9 +900
$600
Ida Scaglione
20-8 +915
$500
Fourth Place Jerry Lerman
19-9 +1015
$2,500
Ray Smith
19-9 +1464
$900
Tony Claitor
20-8 +612
$750
Paul Baginski
19.5-8.5 +849
$500
Erika Werdal
19-9 +672
$400
Brendan Sullivan
19-9 +1646
$300
Fifth Place Joe Edley
19-9 +376
$1,200
Steve Pellinen
19-9 +926
$700
Chris Williams
19-9 +1042
$500
Jimmy Upton
19-9 +898
$300
Michael David
19-9 +518
$200
Ricky Sirois
19-9 +886
$100
Sixth Place Jason Katz-Brown
18-10 +1142
$900
Laurie Cohen
18-10 +1214
$500
Bob Yarmchuk
19-9 +778
$300
Ryan Barrett
19-9 +689
$200
   
Seventh Place Nigel Richards
18-10 +659
$800
Judy Levitt
18-10 +1014
$400
       
Eighth Place Komol Panasophonlert
18-10 +206
$700
Andrew Golding
18-10 +801
$300
       
Ninth Place Jim Kramer
17-11 +1495
$600
         
Tenth Place Sam Kantimathi
17-11 +1185
$500
         
Biggest Comeback Rich Baker
trailed by 174
beat Albert Hahn 430-422
$75
Rich Moyer
trailed by 152
beat Paul Terry 465-382
$75
Helen B. Douglas
trailed by 172
beat Toni Douglas 385-383
$75
Rubin Solis
trailed by 153 points
$75
George Bissonnette
trailed by 94
beat Beulah Cooper 414-321
$75
Dani Roter
trailed by 151 points
beat Catherine Day 361-343
$75
Flashiest Bingo $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50
Tuff Luck Robert Linn
61 points
$50
Travis Chaney
55 points
$50
James Flomo
30 points
$50
Roberta Wechter
31 points
$50
Esther White
45 points
$50
Jean Bryant
49 points
$50
Highest Placing Senior Lester Schonbrun
17-11 +316
$200
Alice Van Leunen
17-11 +263
$175
Betty Cornelison
21-7 +1276
$150
Gavin Hyde
17-11 +638
$125
Bob Kilpatrick
18-10 +663
$100
Ida Scaglione
20-8 +915
$75
Highest Play by 18 or Under Andre Ornish
DROPLETS (149)
$100
Best Record Day 3 Lower Half Albert Hahn
began day 85th
6-1 +486
$200
Karen Merrill
began day 107th
6-1 +739
$200
Stefan Fatsis
began day 91st
6-3 +519
$100
Joan Knobelsdorf
began day 117th
7-0 +712
$75
Denise Mahnken
began day 91st
7-0 +588
$50
Ruth Barr
began day 129th
6-1 +693
$40
Best Record Day 4 Lower Half Jim Geary
began day 86th
7-0 +805
$150
Isaac Apindi
began day 109th
6-1 +740
$100
Ember Nelson
began day 108th
6-1 +562
$75
Renato Umali
began day 69th
6-1 +570
$60
Janet Buchbinder
began day 66th
6-1 +525
$50
Barbara Smilay
began day 124th
6-1 +277
$40
High Loss Round 1 Matt Graham
439-483
$20
Eugene Murray
425-487
$20
Bennett Jacobstein
415-446
$20
Peter Dolgenos
446-477
$20
Allen Bennett
398-423
$20
Penny Baker
381-415
$20
High Loss Round 2 Tom Singleton
429-434
$20
Robert Crowe
404-439
$20
Robin Torrance
425-431
$20
Robert Nellis
433-438
$20
Marina A Villena
423-427
$20
Linda Bianca
398-433
$20
High Loss Round 3 Evan Berofsky
464-536
$20
Greg Heidler
443-458
$20
Charlene White
415-428
$20
Renato Umali
432-434
$20
Elizabeth Ralston
389-404
Grace Dehnert
389-405
Kathi Cann
389-391
$20
Lorraine Pariser
384-394
$20
High Loss Round 4 Ben Withers
439-458
$20
Jeff Clark
424-464
$20
Paula Catanese
405-449
$20
Lynda Woods Cleary
416-446
$20
Jane Bissonnette
398-427
Nicah Shaughnessy
398-441
$20
Brian Engelberg
392-413
$20
High Loss Round 5 Ira Cohen
474-514
$20
Travis Chaney
419-455
$20
Dan Unger
430-432
$20
Barbara Drinkwine
437-482
$20
Terry Lee
405-420
$20
Richard Hamilton
380-411
$20
High Loss Round 6 Peter Armstrong
452-485
$20
Steve Glass
420-465
$20
Francis Anum
414-466
$20
Linda Hoggatt
398-405
$20
Ruth Sawyer
406-541
$20
Poppy Thompson
386-403
$20
High Loss Round 7 Ron Hoekstra
426-439
$20
Ann Sanfedele
467-518
$20
James Dodds
408-410
$20
Jamila Atcha
424-461
$20
Gina DuMez
422-473
$20
Sandy Parry
410-413
$20
High Loss Round 8 Lynn Cushman
463-504
$20
Steve Glass
419-467
$20
Helena Gauthier
424-557
$20
Devonna Gee
421-428
$20
Dawn Doyle
412-419
$20
Mike Bell
389-409
Trix Kout
389-392
$20
High Loss Round 9 Ira Cohen
435-483
Joel Sherman
435-457
$20
Eric Chaikin
431-461
$20
Betty Cornelison
424-437
$20
Lynn Gunn
441-514
$20
Arna Schutz
442-524
$20
Bradley Powell
390-413
$20
High Loss Round 10 Randy Hersom
466-541
$20
Jack Eichenbaum
431-446
$20
Ben Greenwood
423-429
$20
Steve Bachman
405-434
$20
David Gremaud
429-457
$20
Brendan Sullivan
390-423
$20
High Loss Round 11 Gail Wolford
480-516
$20
Mitchell Brook
455-489
$20
Mary A Lyons
440-443
$20
Fran Galt
411-454
$20
Ron Barker
397-400
$20
Alice Symons
422-428
$20
High Loss Round 12 Brian Cappelletto
450-460
$20
Mike Frentz
408-476
$20
Edward Stewart
440-441
$20
Robert Nellis
441-448
$20
Sid Lashley
427-475
$20
Brendan Sullivan
381-390
$20
High Loss Round 13 Jason Bednarz
444-47
3$20
Carlynn Mayer
427-487
$20
Ann Raymond
404-420
$20
Maggie Morley
392-397
S Spencer Sun
392-412
$20
Marilyn Pomeroy
393-410
$20
Ann Anderson
399-411
$20
High Loss Round 14 Sam Kantimathi
452-493
$20
Verna Richard Berg
450-465
$20
Helena Gauthier
437-439
$20
Joan Knobelsdorf
422-437
$20
Esther White
383-397
$20
Laverne Brookes
414-448
$20
High Loss Round 15 Robert Linn
462-482
$20
Rich Moyer
429-455
$20
Patty Wayne
496-508
$20
Jim Hughes
383-407
$20
Della Mulvihill
415-442
$20
Jeanne Yori
388-400
$20
High Loss Round 16 Larry Rand
435-475
$20
Dave Johnson
421-436
$20
Harriet Strasberg
444-475
$20
Evelyn R Davis
409-414
$20
Anna Miransky
389-427
$20
Thomas Conrad
392-412
$20
High Loss Round 17 Geoff Thevenot
431-484
$20
Cindy Quinn
457-461
$20
P K Gott
466-490
$20
Nancy Scott
454-457
$20
Allen Bennett
409-415
$20
Rich Meagher
391-412
$20
High Loss Round 18 Lou J B Miller
442-480
$20
Patrick Caulfield
431-434
$20
Helena Gauthier
408-418
$20
Martha Bedford
423-428
$20
Della Mulvihill
396-411
$20
Sandy Nang
384-405
$20
High Loss Round 19 Randy Hersom
422-447
$20
Daniel Goodwin
432-446
$20
Wallace Schultz
425-439
$20
Esla Ewida
419-421
$20
Maureen Morris
379-400
$20
Brendan Sullivan
394-473
$20
High Loss Round 20 John Luebkemann
456-473
$20
Verna Richards Berg
416-447
$20
Jessie Jones
438-449
$20
Florence Laatz
398-468
$20
Gail Linn
385-395
$20
David Alyea
401-431
$20
High Loss Round 21 Scott Appel
493-551
$20
Dominick Mancine
431-501
$20
Paul Trachtenberg
417-438
$20
Joan Haworth
413-436
$20
Marty Levine
410-418
$20
Brendan Sullivan
410-414
$20
High Loss Round 22 Matt Graham
406-420
$20
Cynthia Seales
416-447
Greg Heidler
416-448
$20
Carla Chase
426-442
$20
Helen Pipi
415-448
$20
Della Mulvihill
442-455
$20
Jeanne Yori
385-438
$20
High Loss Round 23 Ben Withers
411-455
$20
Linda Espallardo
416-445
$20
Joseph Oele
420-430
$20
Bruce Gram
411-427
$20
James Johnson
398-444
$20
Jack Allard
411-423
$20
High Loss Round 24 Randy Hersom
400-424
$20
Ed Liebfried
443-469
$20
David Johnson
409-437
$20
Michelle Davis
408-446
$20
Bob Kilpatrick
409-479
$20
Ann Herget
392-399
$20
High Loss Round 25 Robin Pollock Daniel
448-456
$20
Jack Eichenbaum
427-467
$20
Brian Wagner
417-434
$20
Andre Ornish
448-451
$20
Gwen Stewart
399-448
$20
Bonnie Carroll
397-404
Brian Engelberg
397-401
$20
High Loss Round 26 Jim Peters
420-429
$20
Daniel Wachtell
439-449
$20
Gary Moss
442-460
$20
Wilma Pitzer
395-442
$20
Sharon Downey
393-399
$20
Bill Kinsella
370-372
$20
High Loss Round 27 Joey Mallick
425-430
$20
Karen Merrill
444-513
$20
P K Gott
465-481
$20
Steve Anstandig
406-428
$20
Mark Chase
406-431
$20
Brendan Sullivan
368-401
$20
High Loss Round 28 Jeremy Frank
438-476
$20
Robin Levin
450-475
$20
Denver Steele
438-485
$20
Evelyn Enszer
376-413
$20
Trish Harrop
400-407
$20
Robert Wall
382-398
$20
High Game Round 1 Ben Withers
600-324
$20
Lawren Freebody
633-333
$20
Melissa Routzahn
508-334
$20
S Spencer Sun
561-307
$20
David Gremaud
484-290
$20
Nicholas Briggs
491-281
$20
High Game Round 2 Jason Bednarz
539-274
$20
Ray Smith
553-232
$20
Richard Popper
494-260
$20
Ben Harrison
516-227
$20
Nigel Peltier
465-329
$20
Amanda Hubble
489-301
$20
High Game Round 3 Jerry Lerman
557-348
$20
Judy Levitt
560-365
$20
Rachel Knapp
592-291
$20
Victor Tantua
492-311
$20
Sharon Downey
506-194
$20
Penny Baker
516-313
$20
High Game Round 4 Lester Schonbrun
611-380
$20
Roy Kamen
643-317
$20
James Dodds
517-336
$20
Joev Dubach
600-354
$20
Nat Gardenswartz
538-330
$20
Eileen Johnson
532-294
$20
High Game Round 5 Tim Adamson
618-292
$20
Tim Anglin
500-329
$20
Peter Manzolillo
507-270
$20
Ben Harrison
505-307
$20
Ken Kasney
559-329
$20
Gioia Fonda
494-312
$20
High Game Round 6 Joel Sherman
553-330
$20
Michael Early
524-381
$20
R Jason Sommer
504-396
$20
Victor Tantua
503-327
$20
Priya Fernando
541-406
$20
Jacob Williams
493-322
$20
High Game Round 7 Randy Hersom
560-343
$20
Win Inthara
597-274
$20
Joseph Oele
559-229
$20
Joev Dubach
635-246
$20
Diane Weinerman
502-296
$20
Anna Marie Cook
460-247
$20
High Game Round 8 Kenji Matsumoto
559-312
$20
Carlene Wallis
527-262
$20
Joseph Oele
557-424
$20
Jeremy Simon
546-310
$20
Nat Gardenswartz
518-229
$20
Laura Moyer
473-255
$20
High Game Round 9 Robert Kahn
585-309
$20
Carlene Wallis
520-376
$20
Wallace Schultz
518-355
$20
Evelyn R Davis
532-308
$20
Michael Thelen
524-442
$20
Gioia Fonda
519-299
$20
High Game Round 10 John OLaughlin
557-340
$20
Dominick Mancine
543-394
$20
James Dodds
527-255
$20
Jeremy Simon
513-325
$20
Michael Thelen
476-262
$20
Jane Whitmore
453-257
$20
High Game Round 11 Ronald Howard
577-355
$20
Diane Firstman
565-338
$20
Charmaine Wolfe
577-235
$20
Barbara Gray
527-297
$20
Geeke Lossing
517-307
$20
David Alyea
521-260
$20
High Game Round 12 Sammy Okosagah
583-408
$20
Judy Levitt
544-192
$20
Betty Cornelison
476-337
$20
Andy Bohnsack
570-280
$20
Diane Weinerman
539-303
$20
Laura Moyer
472-264
$20
High Game Round 13 Matt Graham
539-344
$20
Michael Wolfberg
599-253
$20
Edward Stewart
508-318
$20
T C Houlgate West
498-297
$20
Sharon Downey
551-264
$20
Laura Moyer
478-318
$20
High Game Round 14 Scott Appel
585-373
$20
Ray Smith
532-355
$20
Shah Ali
586-367
$20
Paul Baginski
506-311
$20
Bob Kilpatrick
489-289
$20
Amanda Hubble
480-274
$20
High Game Round 15 Rich Baker
524-352
$20
Arnie Horowitz
524-372
$20
Liz Ashby
548-310
$20
Jeremy Simon
481-328
$20
Patty Camp
446-330
$20
Ida Scaglione
464-318
$20
High Game Round 16 Chris Lennon
575-349
$20
Michael Early
608-344
$20
Eric Kinderman
522-246
$20
Andre Ornish
564-266
$20
Denise Mahnken
496-299
$20
Lisa E Paul
477-288
$20
High Game Round 17 Jim Kramer
517-357
$20
Eric Ziegeweid
538-310
$20
Andrea Michaels
513-350
$20
Marilyn Gage
536-270
$20
Tracy Bowman
491-288
$20
Jim Barker
506-295
$20
High Game Round 18 Randy Greenspan
565-406
$20
Jeff Clark
519-377
$20
Denver Steele
538-202
$20
Jim Hughes
527-267
$20
Nat Gardenswartz
519-255
$20
Vicky Julian
515-260
$20
High Game Round 19 J Goard
542-273
$20
Tom Adams
574-266
$20
Carolyn Easter
528-262
$20
Darren Johnson
505-367
$20
Sid Lashley
516-334
$20
JC Green
562-277
$20
High Game Round 20 Jim Kramer
570-303
$20
Karen Merrill
502-361
$20
Betty Cornelison
535-370
$20
Najat Reikes
512-350
$20
Ruth Sawyer
487-255
$20
Eileen Johnson
535-343
$20
High Game Round 21 John Luebkemann
551-493
$20
Conrad Bassett-Bouchard
534-360
$20
Evan Koch
535-326
$20
Jeanne Freebody
512-338
$20
Pamela Stubblefield
512-365
$20
Bradley Powell
500-318
$20
High Game Round 22 Ron Hoekstra
564-305
$20
Bob Prentiss
501-380
$20
Charmaine Wolfe
551-226
$20
Bunny Gorchov
532-290
$20
Erika Werdal
461-346
$20
David Alyea
503-256
$20
High Game Round 23 Keith Smith
557-282
$20
Mason Shambach
574-387
$20
David Johnson
550-276
$20
Andy Ross-Perry
510-403
$20
Della Mulvihill
482-341
$20
Thomas Conrad
468-304
$20
High Game Round 24 Jason Katz-Brown
539-327
$20
Bob Prentiss
545-339
$20
Charmaine Wolfe
564-361
$20
Linda Oliva
494-311
$20
Matthew Ridout
547-322
$20
Amanda Hubble
449-312
$20
High Game Round 25 Randy Hersom
526-346
$20
Isaac Apindi
507-349
$20
John Ortman
517-276
$20
Andy Bohnsack
523-284
$20
Janet Buchbinder
487-326
$20
Nicholas Briggs
462-256
$20
High Game Round 26 David Koenig
568-351
$20
Cindy Quinn
546-231
$20
Matthew Collins
568-258
$20
Ryan Barrett
506-302
$20
Stella Russell
493-293
$20
Jane Whitmore
506-302
$20
High Game Round 27 Kenji Matsumoto
564-356
$20
Daniel Wachtell
555-340
$20
Barbara Van Alen
540-306
$20
Ben Harrison
480-330
$20
Matthew Levine
557-323
$20
Brian Engelberg
468-272
$20
High Game Round 28 Peter Armstrong
560-289
$20
Dominick Mancine
551-349
$20
Glenda Short
585-270
$20
Nick Amphlett
473-373
$20
Stella Russell
482-297
$20
Ronald F Millard
495-255
$20
High Play August 20 Randy Greenspan
OUTSLICK (185)
Ben Withers
DERIVERS (185)
Trey Wright
RETRYING (185)
$20
Rob Robinsky
CASSETTE (140)
Roy Kamen
TACKLERS (140)
Rita Norr AMATEURS (140)
$20
Jason Summer
SELECTER (167)
$20
Martha Bedford
BAZAARS (117)
$20
Arna Schultz
DRIZZLES (124)
$20
Ron Millard
SEQUINS (100)
$20
High Play August 21 Steve Grob
VEINLETS (149)
$20
Bernard Gotlieb
BROACHES (158)
$20
Marty Fialkow
SCOTTIES (140)
$20
Varney Senii
SEXTONS (143)
$20
Michael Davis
FORECAST (185)
$20
Jack Howe
REZONES (135)
$20
High Play August 22 Larry Rand
VIATORES (158)
$20
Ted Rosen
GELATION (140)
$20
John Ortman
IONIZERS (194)
Norbert Saldanha
EARTHING (194)
$20
Jim Piazza
WHEELERS (176)
$20
Joy Nees
ADVENTS (116)
$20
Tom O'Laughlin
LOVELIER (149)
$20
High Play August 23 Matt Graham
HANDFULS (203)
$20
Judy Levitt
DISYOKED (194)
$20
Charmaine Wolfe
SPUNKIER (194)
$20
Andre Ornish
DROPLETS (149)
$20
Allen Bennett
ANALYZE (122)
Mark Peltier
AQUARIUM (122)
$20
Brian Engelberg
QUAALUDE (104)
$20
Low Win Lisa Odom
318-307
Mark Pistolese
318-315
Dean Saldanha
318-264
$20
Mark Fidler
304-260
James Leong 304-287
$20
Daniel Milton
290-260
$20
Pat Kovalcheck
270-265
$20
Terry Aitken
278-274
$20
Frieda Davis
262-250
Lois M. Hawkins
262-247
$20
Best Strategic Play Mitchell Brook
$200
Best “M-W” Play Ben Withers
WAMES
$1000

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