NSC 2008: David Whitley [#135]

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On this page, you will find information about David Whitley, who is competing at the 2008 National SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 16-12, +175, and is ranked #30 in Division 2.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): David Surname(s): Whitley Home: Monrovia, CA, United States Occupation: Actuary

Round by Round
High score: 495 Average for: 396 Average against: 390
Round 1		Whitley played #87 Heather McCall (Toronto ON) and lost 349 to 476 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #123. Current record: 0-1, -127.
Round 2		Whitley played #96 Cathy Osickey (Gainesville, FL) and lost 322 to 468 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #131. Current record: 0-2, -273.
Round 3		Whitley played #122 Daniel Stock (Rocky River, OH) and won 353 to 350 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #113. Current record: 1-2, -270.
Round 4		Whitley played #98 Elaine Patterson (Stoughton, MA) and won 401 to 344 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 2-2, -213.
Round 5		Whitley played #49 Stuart Goldman (San Francisco, CA) and won 448 to 350 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 3-2, -115.
Round 6		Whitley played #120 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 440 to 373 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-2, -48.
Round 7		Whitley played #10 Verna Berg Richards (Manhattan, NY) and lost 311 to 395 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 4-3, -132. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Whitley played #132 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and won 425 to 344 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-3, -51.
Round 9		Whitley played #63 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 460 to 295 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-3, +114.
Round 10		Whitley played #125 Dennis Taylor (Lighthouse Point, FL) and lost 293 to 466 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-4, -59.
Round 11		Whitley played #50 Daniel Goodwin (Seattle, WA) and won 444 to 393 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 7-4, -8.
Round 12		Whitley played #114 Lisa Slankard (Chicago, IL) and lost 342 to 392 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7-5, -58.
Round 13		Whitley played #115 Charles Smith (Durham, NC) and won 446 to 422 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 8-5, -34.
Round 14		Whitley played #106 Matthew Ridout (Lexington, KY) and won 441 to 383 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-5, +24.
Round 15		Whitley played #93 Chris Patrick Morgan (San Francisco, CA) and won 493 to 372 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-5, +145.
Round 16		Whitley played #62 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 342 to 413 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-6, +74.
Round 17		Whitley played #13 Andy Bohnsack (Madison, WI) and won 421 to 403 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-6, +92.
Round 18		Whitley played #2 David Abolafia (Sarasota, FL) and lost 370 to 402 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-7, +60.
Round 19		Whitley played #7 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 495 to 273 (a spread of 222). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-7, +282.
Round 20		Whitley played #47 Andrew Friedrich (Aurora, CO) and won 429 to 355 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-7, +356.
Round 21		Whitley played #105 Kevin Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 412 to 364 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-7, +404.
Round 22		Whitley played #15 Shannon Burns (Airdrie AB) and lost 359 to 385 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 14-8, +378.
Round 23		Whitley played #8 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and lost 297 to 479 (a spread of -182). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 14-9, +196.
Round 24		Whitley played #80 Judy Levitt (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 335 to 520 (a spread of -185). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 14-10, +11.
Round 25		Whitley played #136 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 406 to 414 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-11, +3.
Round 26		Whitley played #41 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and lost 359 to 495 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 14-12, -133.
Round 27		Whitley played #46 Lawren Freebody (Hawthorne, CA) and won 447 to 293 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 15-12, +21.
Round 28		Whitley played #41 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) again and won 458 to 304 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 16-12, +175.

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