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NSC 2008 Division 1 Player Roster: Detailed, Geographical
| Photo | Name | Rating | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
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41, Institutional Research Director |
Record: 114th (2002), 49th (2004), 6th (2005), 74th (2006) |
Home: Tempe, AZ Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-12 Tucson, AZ Hobbies: movies, travel |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/benedict_nathan.jpg) |
27, Professional Poker Player |
Record: 11th (2004), 71st (2005) |
Home: Tucson, AZ Awards and Tournament Wins: 11th at 2004 Nationals; 2003, 2004 Albuquerque NM; 2004-05 Los Gatos, CA; 2004-12 Tucson, NM; 2nd place Grand Canyon 2003; 2003, 1999 Reno Early Bird Hobbies: Poker, crosswords, armchair economics |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/meyer_nick.jpg) |
35, Student |
Record: 50th (2004), 77th (2005), 72nd (2006) |
Home: Berkeley, CA Hobbies: Baseball, tennis, crossword puzzles |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/golob_maddy.jpg) |
Age withheld, High School Math Teacher |
Record: 95th (1994), 49th (2002), 23rd (2004), 92nd (2005), 12th (2006) |
Home: Covina, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Club 44 (Los Angeles) Champion for 2005-2006 Hobbies: Crossword puzzles, mahjong (takes a "g"), Jumbletime |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kantimathi_sam.jpg) |
Age withheld, Engineering Entrepreneur For Wordgame Accessories And Aerospace |
Record: 131st (1985), 46th (1987), 31st (1989), 46th (1990), 15th (1992), 60th (1994), 82nd (1996), 46th (1998), 62nd (2000), 50th (2002), 67th (2004), 10th (2005), 61st (2006) |
Home: El Dorado Hills, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 1994 Thai Cup; (27th) 1995 Superstars; 1997 $10,000 Manila; (22nd) 2003 All*Stars; Guinness world record holder for highest-scoring opening move (BEZIQUE, 124) Hobbies: Making useful products for boardgame players, Safaris, Photography, Meditation, Worldwide Travel, Snorkeling, Hiking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lerman_jerry.jpeg) |
58, Risk Management Consultant |
Record: 29th (1985), 37th (1987), 39th (1988), 47th (1994), 41st (1996), 16th (2000), 26th (2002), 64th (2004), 4th (2005), 51st (2006) |
Home: Foster City, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Invitee to World Scrabble Championship, 1993 and 2005 Hobbies: Reading, Local Newspaper Publishing, Chess |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/milan_mark.jpeg) |
49, Software QA Engineer |
Record: 64th (1994), 63rd (1996), 81st (1998), 42nd (2000), 56th (2002), 135th (2004), 66th (2005), 16th (2006) |
Home: Laguna Niguel, CA Hobbies: Cooking, gardening |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pearl_david.jpg) |
Age withheld, Financial Planner |
Record: 1st (1998), 1st (2000), 43rd (2002), 1st (2004), 79th (2005), 33rd (2006) |
Home: Long Beach, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: New Orleans d2 Hobbies: Tennis, Golf, Reading, Music, Film |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cohen_ira.jpeg) |
Age withheld, Scrabble Player |
Record: 40th (1987), 81st (1988), 20th (1996), 10th (1998), 23rd (2000), 15th (2002), 38th (2004), 34th (2005), 66th (2006) |
Home: Los Angeles, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-07 Denver, CO; 2001-09 Northridge, CA; 2001-10 Western Canadian Championship (E.B. and M.E.); 2002-06 Bozeman, MT; 2003-10, 2004-10 Western Canadian Championship (E.B. and M.E.); 2004-06 Bozeman, MT Hobbies: chess,crossword puzzles,traveling,tennis,basketball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/muller_louie.jpg) |
46, Bank Courier |
Record: 33rd (1985), 82nd (1987), 47th (1988), 85th (1996) |
Home: Newcastle, CA |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/schonbrun_lester_2.jpeg) |
72, Legal Assistant |
Record: 16th (1980), 9th (1985), 16th (1987), 34th (1988), 75th (1989), 2nd (1990), 4th (1992), 54th (1994), 6th (1996), 16th (1998), 41st (2000), 61st (2002), 69th (2004), 14th (2005), 11th (2006) |
Home: Oakland, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Best supporting actor, 1927 in Birth of a Nation; runner-up in NSC Wash, DC, winner West Coast Chmp., numerous others Hobbies: Bird watching and stamp collecting - or watching birds collect stamps. |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/del_solar_cesar.jpg) |
24, Electrical Engineer |
Record: 51st (2006) |
Home: Pasadena, CA Hobbies: Guitar, music, programming, making awkward conversation-stopping comments |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/shreve_jon.jpg) |
47, Actuary |
Record: 41st (1989), 121st (1990) |
Home: Denver, CO |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/rau_stephan.jpg) |
32, Radiologist |
Record: 159th (2004), 8th (2006) |
Home: New Britain, CT Hobbies: Fantasy baseball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/day_jesse_3.jpg) |
20, Student |
Record: 6th (2005), 23rd (2006) |
Home: New Haven, CT Awards and Tournament Wins: Div. D, Stamford 2005; Div. C, Cape Cod 2005; continued survival Hobbies: Games, Music, Reading, Frisbee, Random trivia |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/ellickson_robert.jpg) |
66, Law Professor |
Record: 189th (1985), 68th (1987), 20th (1989), 69th (1990), 18th (1992), 46th (1994), 38th (1998), 84th (2000), 25th (2002), 17th (2004), 22nd (2006) |
Home: New Haven, CT |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/q/quigley_robert.jpg) |
21, Student |
Record: 7th (2006) |
Home: New Haven, CT Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/dixon_jan.jpg) |
Age withheld, Accountant/organizational Expert |
Record: 20th (1983), 41st (1985), 141st (1987), 93rd (1988), 61st (1989), 64th (1990), 90th (1992), 53rd (1994), 31st (1996), 66th (1998), 32nd (2000), 52nd (2002), 35th (2004), 54th (2005), 50th (2006) |
Home: Newark, DE Awards and Tournament Wins: 1st place Boston Premier in my prime; 4th place Super Stars; Two superb children; Two amazing grandchildren Hobbies: hiking, crossword puzzles, dancing |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/payne_trip_2.jpg) |
39, Puzzlemaker |
Record: 52nd (1998), 82nd (2000), 51st (2005), 19th (2006) |
Home: Boca Raton, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion (93, 98, 04); first 32K winner on WWTBAM; featured in the movie Wordplay. Hobbies: Puzzles, pinball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/weinstein_ian.jpeg) |
42, Physician |
Record: 56th (2000), 38th (2005), 20th (2006) |
Home: Coral Springs, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-02 Stuart, FL; 2002-03 Stuart, FL; 2003-01 Treasure Coast, FL;2003-08 Fort Lauderdale, FL; 2004-10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Hobbies: bridge, poker, and the quest for prajna |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/glass_steve.jpeg) |
54, Tax Preparer |
Record: 2nd (1996), 9th (1998), 3rd (2002), 63rd (2004), 10th (2005), 6th (2006) |
Home: Dade City, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-09 Albuquerque, NM; 2003-10 Hudson, OH; 2004-11 Dallas, TX |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/weisberg_david.jpeg) |
24, English Student; Bookseller |
Record: 16th (1998), 65th (2000), 22nd (2002), 121st (2004) |
Home: Hollywood, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 2nd place at 2001 Cincinnati Masters; 2001-11 Pompano Beach FL; 2003-05 Florida Coast; 2004-02 Tampa Bay, FL Hobbies: Reading, writing, music, movies, internet, etc. |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tiekert_ron.jpg) |
61, Educational Software Editor |
Record: 8th (1978), 3rd (1980), 7th (1983), 1st (1985), 3rd (1989), 8th (1992), 50th (1994), 5th (1998), 7th (2000), 32nd (2002), 55th (2004) |
Home: Melbourne, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 1985 National Champion; winner Boston Premier 3 times; played in 3 Worlds' - best finish 5th; top 10 finish in 6 NSCs; 2004-10 Stuart, FL; 2005-03 Gainsville, FL Hobbies: Scrabble, Table Tennis |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg) |
63, Attorney At Law |
Record: 17th (1978), 11th (1980), 8th (1983), 16th (1985), 24th (1987), 11th (1988), 35th (1989), 25th (1990), 28th (1992), 21st (1994), 13th (1996), 33rd (1998), 27th (2000), 36th (2002), 58th (2004), 63rd (2005), 30th (2006) |
Home: Miami, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 4th Place, World Scrabble Championship 2001 Hobbies: tennis, bicycling, poker |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pistol_howard.jpg) |
51, Finance |
Record: 11th (1990), 156th (1992), 96th (1994), 21st (1996), 17th (1998), 46th (2000), 52nd (2002), 114th (2004), 28th (2006) |
Home: Oakland Park, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-05 Tampa Bay, FL Hobbies: Travel |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/j/jones_vernon.jpg) |
52, occupation withheld |
Record: 19th (1980), 52nd (1985), 20th (1987), 82nd (1988), 55th (1989), 115th (1990) |
Home: Winter Haven, FL |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/leifer_dave.jpg) |
62, Corporate Tax Director |
Record: 134th (1988), 81st (1989), 59th (1990), 20th (1992), 15th (1994), 71st (1996), 122nd (1998), 11th (2000), 35th (2002), 45th (2004), 40th (2005), 24th (2006) |
Home: Alpharetta, GA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2006 Charlotte Division 2 Champion, Distinguished Service Award, Instute for Professionals in Taxation Hobbies: Sports, Music, Fitness |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/heidler_greg.jpg) |
41, Lawyer |
Record: 221st (1987), 11th (1992), 14th (1994), 14th (1998), 13th (2000), 37th (2002), 4th (2004), 65th (2005), 60th (2006) |
Home: Waialua, HI Hobbies: tennis |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg) |
56, Retired |
Record: 99th (1998), 36th (2000), 65th (2002), 95th (2004), 46th (2005), 33rd (2006) |
Home: Charleston, IL Awards and Tournament Wins: Touch Football All-American (nine times); National Touch Football League championship team member (seven times); two 700+ games at club; 128 consecutive free throws made Hobbies: golf, basketball, softball, tennis, pool, ping pong, birds |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cahnmann_jeremy.jpg) |
33, Umpire/Quizmaster/Coach/Minister/Actor |
Record: 16th (2006) |
Home: Chicago, IL Hobbies: baseball, politics & having a good time |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cappelletto_brian.jpeg) |
Age withheld, Options Trader |
Record: 5th (1987), 15th (1988), 42nd (1989), 10th (1990), 3rd (1992), 4th (1996), 1st (1998), 2nd (2000), 4th (2002), 5th (2004), 11th (2005), 6th (2006) |
Home: Chicago, IL Awards and Tournament Wins: 1998 NSC; 2001 WSC; 1997, 2004 Boston Premier; 1999, 2002, 2003 Reno Hobbies: golf, impersonations, fantasy baseball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/de_guzman_edward.jpg) |
Age withheld, Graduate Student |
Record: 2nd (2005) |
Home: Urbana, IL Hobbies: computers, music (piano, violin), tennis |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/paxson_mike.jpg) |
60, Administrative Law Judge |
Record: 118th (2004) |
Home: Bloomington, IN Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-07 Indianapolis, IN; 2004-12, 2005-03 Elizabethtown, KY |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/reeves_jeff_2.jpg) |
55, Casino Worker |
Record: 87th (1985), 71st (1987), 50th (1988), 19th (1990), 10th (1992) |
Home: Woodworth, LA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-09 Lafayette, LA |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/matsumoto_kenji.jpg) |
23, Student |
Record: 53rd (2002), 60th (2004), 19th (2005), 27th (2006) |
Home: Amherst, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: Division 3 Reno 2000, Division 2 2005 BAT premier Hobbies: philosophy |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/le_cecilia.jpg) |
27, Education Writer |
Record: 88th (2004), 41st (2005), 73rd (2006) |
Home: Boston, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: kent gardens elementary spelling bee champ Hobbies: beach reading, tree climbing, sushi tasting, dognaping |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/f/faria_alyssa.jpg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
Record: 41st (2006) |
Home: Cambridge, MA |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/katz-brown_jason.jpg) |
21, Student |
Record: 18th (2004), 6th (2005), 12th (2006) |
Home: Cambridge, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2006 Boston Area Tournament Champion Hobbies: Open-source software, table tennis |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/macneil_rod_3.jpg) |
34, Administrative & Project Support For Architectural Firm |
Record: 37th (1998), 76th (2000), 74th (2002), 78th (2004), 12th (2005), 59th (2006) |
Home: Cambridge, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: 1999 2000 2003 Cape Cod; 2003 Rhombus Cup; 2004 Boston (A); (12th) 2005 NSC; 2007 Michigan Madness; 2007 Montreal Hobbies: Fantasy sports, traveling, movies, cheese, representing Red Sox Nation |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/o_laughlin_john.jpg) |
28, Software Engineer |
Record: 10th (2002), 34th (2004), 20th (2005), 26th (2006) |
Home: Cambridge, MA Hobbies: music, books, puzzles |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lipkin_seth.jpg) |
45, Software Developer |
Record: 44th (2006) |
Home: Hopkinton, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: Co-creator of www.cross-tables.com and three daughters Hobbies: Spreading self thin |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/f/fogel_daniel.jpg) |
19, Student |
Record: 20th (2005), 31st (2006) |
Home: Newton, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: Highest rated under 18 player in NSA Hobbies: Juggling, Foosball, Tennis, Ultimate, Hackey Sack, Writing |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hill_marlon.jpeg) |
43, WRITER |
Record: 125th (1992), 99th (1994), 2nd (1996), 69th (1998), 33rd (2000), 8th (2002), 27th (2004), 45th (2005), 17th (2006) |
Home: Baltimore, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-11 Baltimore, MD; 2003-10 Baltimore, MD Hobbies: MUSIC |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/okosagah_sammy_2.jpg) |
Age withheld, Businessman |
Record: 12th (1998), 9th (2000), 26th (2004), 29th (2005), 10th (2006) |
Home: Baltimore, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 1990 Nigerian NSC; 2004-07 Reno, NV Hobbies: Soccer, Music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/linn_bob.jpeg) |
64, Financial Advisor And Money Manager |
Record: 155th (1987), 87th (1988), 87th (1989), 94th (1990), 93rd (1992), 106th (1994), 62nd (1996), 18th (1998), 48th (2000), 18th (2002), 72nd (2004), 82nd (2005), 16th (2006) |
Home: Potomac, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 15 Division 1 Tourney wins; 1994 (9th) Thailand; 1989 (3rd) Australian Open Hobbies: tennis, ping pong, travel |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/mallick_joey.jpg) |
28, Scan-man |
Record: 28th (1998), 21st (2000), 17th (2002), 30th (2004), 15th (2005), 13th (2006) |
Home: Cape Elizabeth, ME Awards and Tournament Wins: Yes, but not many; 2004-10 Cape Cod, MA; 2005-01 Reno, NV Hobbies: Internet surfing, old video games, sudoku |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/grob_steve.jpg) |
50, Stay At Home Dad |
Record: 105th (1985), 85th (1987), 129th (1988), 88th (1990), 153rd (1992), 24th (1994), 49th (1996), 25th (2002), 47th (2005) |
Home: Fenton, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: NSA AB member since 1999; 2002-11 Port Huron, MI Hobbies: backgammon, poker |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/epstein_j_paul.jpg) |
56, Social Worker (Not Employed) |
Record: 49th (1985), 18th (1987), 29th (1988), 36th (1989), 52nd (1990), 72nd (1992), 27th (1994), 5th (1996), 15th (1998), 31st (2000), 5th (2002), 93rd (2004), 64th (2005), 35th (2006) |
Home: Keego Harbor, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: 5th--NSC Dallas 1996, 5th--NSC San Diego 2002, 25th--WSC Melbourne 1999 Hobbies: Music, Standup Comedy |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hoekstra_ron_2.jpg) |
40, Accountant |
Record: 41st (1998), 30th (2000), 81st (2002), 112th (2004), 65th (2005), 43rd (2006) |
Home: Kentwood, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: 2000 CNSC Hobbies: Hockey, music, languages |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/armstrong_chuck.jpeg) |
59, Retired |
Record: 9th (1983), 4th (1985), 3rd (1987), 4th (1988), 18th (1989), 1st (2002), 19th (2004) |
Home: Saline, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: Literacy Council Scrabble Tournament winner (198?); 2002-02 Hudson, OH; 2002-04, 2003-06 Livonia, MI; 2003-08 Cambridge ON; 2003-09 Toronto ON; 2002 NSC (Div. 2) Hobbies: Collecting fractional currency and MPCs (military scrip) |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/robinsky_rob.jpg) |
23, Analytical Chemist |
Record: 46th (2004), 9th (2005) |
Home: Minneapolis, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: Survived both Organic Chemistry and New Jersey Hobbies: Studying, Procrastinating, Partying...to the rest, I plead the fifth |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kramer_jim.jpeg) |
49, Proofreader |
Record: 103rd (1985), 152nd (1987), 84th (1988), 104th (1989), 48th (1990), 52nd (1992), 20th (1994), 21st (1996), 4th (1998), 8th (2000), 11th (2002), 50th (2004), 9th (2005), 1st (2006) |
Home: Roseville, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open Champion |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/odom_lisa.jpg) |
49, Quality Assurance Analyst |
Record: 134th (1989), 66th (1990), 61st (1992), 14th (1994), 56th (1996), 24th (1998), 91st (2000), 123rd (2002), 21st (2004), 27th (2005), 46th (2006) |
Home: St Louis Park, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: 3-time World Championship participant Hobbies: reading, guitar, singing, design junkie, ventriloquist manque |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pellinen_steve.jpg) |
55, Civil Engineer |
Record: 12th (1989), 79th (1990), 32nd (1992), 70th (1994), 78th (1996), 89th (1998), 58th (2000), 102nd (2002), 47th (2004), 5th (2005) |
Home: St Louis Park, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: Ninth Grade Battle of Wits Champion; 2005-03 Twin Cities, MN Hobbies: Reading, music, baseball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hersom_randy.jpeg) |
48, Computer Programmer |
Record: 37th (1992), 17th (1994), 17th (1996), 20th (1998), 5th (2000), 21st (2002), 22nd (2004), 37th (2005) |
Home: Morganton, NC Awards and Tournament Wins: (5th) 2000 NSC; played in 1997 1999 2001 2003 WSC; played in 1995 Superstars and 2003 All Stars Hobbies: CD Collecting, Racquetball, Poker |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/mckeown_rahn.jpg) |
28, Scientist |
Record: 26th (2004) |
Home: Pittsboro, NC Awards and Tournament Wins: Won first tourney (Gatlinburg) Hobbies: Basketball, Scrabble, Poker |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/rosin_sam_2.jpg) |
15, Student |
Record: 80th (2004), 13th (2006) |
Home: Bernardsville, NJ |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/phillips_webster.jpg) |
62, Retired |
Record: 63rd (1985), 19th (1987), 65th (1988), 22nd (1989), 77th (1996) |
Home: Montclair, NJ |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/koenig_david.jpg) |
30, Teacher |
Record: 28th (2005) |
Home: Tenafly, NJ Awards and Tournament Wins: FIDE Chess Master, Twice NJ Junior Chess Champ, County Champ Hobbies: Chess, New York Yankees baseball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/appel_scott.jpeg) |
37, Statistician |
Record: 6th (1998), 59th (2000), 39th (2002), 33rd (2004), 39th (2005), 5th (2006) |
Home: Trenton, NJ Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-08 Parsippany, NJ Hobbies: Resident of Red Sox Nation, Toddler Chaser |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/baron_mike_2.jpg) |
58, Psychologist |
Record: 29th (1983), 70th (1985), 139th (1987), 44th (1988), 16th (1989), 30th (1990), 73rd (1992), 92nd (1994), 14th (1996), 79th (1998), 43rd (2000), 97th (2002), 145th (2004), 40th (2006) |
Home: Corrales, NM Awards and Tournament Wins: "Matchups" Hall of Fame (1987), The Wordbook (1988,1994,2004), The Blankbook (1992), SCRABBLE Wordbook (2007) Hobbies: journal writing, traveling, golf, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/greenspan_randy.jpg) |
Age withheld, Retired |
Record: 1st (1988), 102nd (1989), 74th (1990), 33rd (1992), 48th (1994), 12th (1996), 7th (1998), 40th (2000), 110th (2002), 101st (2004), 53rd (2005), 54th (2006) |
Home: Buffalo, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-08 Bird-in-Hand, PA; 2004-03 Pigeon Forge, TN; 2004-07 Albany, NY Hobbies: crosswords,retrotainment,pingpong |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/schoneboom_marjorie.jpeg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
Record: 32nd (1983), 132nd (1985), 164th (1987), 79th (1988), 58th (1989), 33rd (1990), 91st (1992), 33rd (1994), 66th (1996), 98th (1998), 66th (2000), 80th (2002), 124th (2004) |
Home: Deer Park, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-08 Atlantic City, NJ; 2002-12 Plainview, NY; 2004-06 Shelton, CT |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/przybyszewski_mark.jpeg) |
43, Credit Counselor |
Record: 164th (1988), 64th (1989), 40th (1990), 39th (1992), 26th (1994), 101st (1998), 73rd (2000), 48th (2002), 142nd (2004), 18th (2005), 37th (2006) |
Home: Depew, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: former Mensa member Hobbies: karaoke, puzzles, collecting casino memorabilia |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kreiswirth_rose_3.jpg) |
Age withheld, Retired Mental Health Clinic Administrator |
Record: 82nd (1985), 77th (1987), 60th (1988), 15th (1989), 44th (1990), 70th (1992), 77th (1994), 86th (1998), 69th (2000), 86th (2002), 131st (2004), 29th (2006) |
Home: East Northport, NY Hobbies: Reading....Puzzles....Mah Jongg....Volunteer work |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stegman_debbie.jpg) |
Age withheld, Vp Human Resources |
Record: 17th (2000), 81st (2002), 89th (2004), 50th (2005), 5th (2006) |
Home: Kew Gardens, NY |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/f/frank_jeremy.jpeg) |
39, Court Reporter |
Record: 63rd (2000), 104th (2002), 43rd (2004), 74th (2005), 92nd (2006) |
Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: Top 50 in 2005 Hobbies: Sports, travel, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/graham_matt.jpg) |
42, Writer |
Record: 114th (1992), 57th (1994), 22nd (1996), 65th (1998), 25th (2000), 55th (2002), 37th (2004), 18th (2005) |
Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: (2nd) 1997 WSC; 2002-05, 2003-05 Stamford, CT; 2003-06, 2005-01 Atlantic City, NJ;2004-09 Parsippany, NJ; 2005-01 Oshawa, ON Hobbies: clabbers |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/edley_joe.jpeg) |
60, Director/Clubs & Tournaments For The Nsa |
Record: 1st (1980), 3rd (1983), 2nd (1985), 36th (1987), 1st (1992), 4th (1994), 3rd (1996), 17th (1998), 1st (2000), 23rd (2002), 15th (2004), 5th (2005), 14th (2006) |
Home: Port Jefferson, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 3 time National SCRABBLE Champion Hobbies: reading, movies, tai chi |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/rosen_ted.jpg) |
60, Newspaper Copy Editor |
Record: 68th (1985), 144th (1987), 25th (1988), 72nd (1989), 124th (1990), 92nd (1992), 69th (1994), 88th (1996), 75th (1998), 65th (2000), 83rd (2002), 153rd (2004), 11th (2005), 8th (2006) |
Home: Rochester, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: Prizes in art shows at national, international level, also Williamsville Art Society Shows Hobbies: Painting, collecting classical records, reading, running, fishing (with rod and reel). |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lipe_chris.jpg) |
27, Computer Programmer |
Record: 78th (2006) |
Home: Rome, NY Hobbies: playing saxophone |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tangredi_frank_2.jpg) |
53, Social Studies Textbook Editor And Emerging Playwright |
Record: 52nd (1988), 76th (1989), 62nd (2004), 50th (2005) |
Home: West Babylon, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: winning my division at BAT every 16 years; $32K winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Hobbies: acting; singing; anagrams; creating elaborate trivia games |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/j/johnson_carl_4.jpg) |
26, Customer Service Representative |
Record: 1st (2006) |
Home: Hillsboro, OR Hobbies: Musicology, Symphonic Composition, Reading, Java Programming, Coin Collecting, Poker |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/baker_mike.jpeg) |
48, Engineering Technician |
Record: 1st (1994), 5th (1996), 88th (1998), 61st (2000), 87th (2002), 74th (2004), 60th (2005), 68th (2006) |
Home: Portland, OR Hobbies: Poker, Pool. |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/wiegand_dave.jpg) |
34, Mortgage Underwriter |
Record: 2nd (1994), 26th (1996), 14th (1998), 3rd (2000), 6th (2002), 86th (2004), 1st (2005), 47th (2006) |
Home: Portland, OR Awards and Tournament Wins: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament Hobbies: Bridge, Music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/oliger_steve1.jpg) |
59, Retired Electronics Technician |
Record: 223rd (1987), 40th (1988), 99th (1989), 112th (1992), 100th (1994), 104th (1996), 97th (1998), 97th (2000), 85th (2002), 71st (2004), 80th (2005), 26th (2006) |
Home: Holtwood, PA Awards and Tournament Wins: Uhhhh...; 2004-06 Indianapolis, IN Hobbies: music, travel, reading, writing, computers |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gibson_david.jpeg) |
57, College Math Instructor |
Record: 9th (1989), 5th (1992), 1st (1994), 46th (2002), 2nd (2004) |
Home: Spartanburg, SC Awards and Tournament Wins: 1994 NSC; 2002-12 Orlando, FL; 2003-08 All-Stars Championship; 2004-12 Kissimmee, FL; 2005-03 Charlotte, NC Hobbies: Music, Golf |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/smith_keith.jpg) |
Age withheld, Computer Programmer |
Record: 44th (2002), 120th (2004), 69th (2005), 69th (2006) |
Home: Austin, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-03 Lubbock, TX; 2004-06 Arlington, TX |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/thevenot_geoff.jpg) |
38, Copy Editor |
Record: 122nd (2004), 43rd (2005), 2nd (2006) |
Home: Austin, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 2006 US Scrabble Open (runner-up); member of U.S. team at 2007 CanAm Hobbies: music, tennis, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/early_mike.jpg) |
Age withheld, Musician |
Record: 6th (1992), 107th (2002), 14th (2004), 1st (2005), 67th (2006) |
Home: Forth Worth, TX Hobbies: songwriting, composing, philosphy, games |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/barrett_pat.jpeg) |
60, Financial Planner |
Record: 34th (1985), 28th (1988), 6th (1990), 42nd (1992), 18th (1994), 33rd (1996), 54th (1998), 28th (2000), 12th (2002) |
Home: Houston, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: Yard of the Month, Houston Club Champ Hobbies: gardening, Pilates, yoga |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg) |
36, Computer Programmer |
Record: 43rd (2004), 86th (2005), 64th (2006) |
Home: Houston, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: Not a thing. Hobbies: traveling |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/day_darrell_3.jpg) |
Age withheld, Executive Recruiter |
Record: 7th (1985), 12th (1988), 5th (1989), 76th (1996), 76th (2002), 97th (2004), 32nd (2005), 18th (2006) |
Home: Richardson, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: Former City Councilman; wrote feature published in NY Times Hobbies: basketball, jogging, volleyball, chasing my 3-year-old |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/swift_orry_3.jpg) |
21, Student |
Record: 3rd (2006) |
Home: Waco, TX Hobbies: Video Games, Basketball, Anime |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/f/frentz_mike_2.jpg) |
25, Accountant |
Record: 17th (2002), 27th (2004), 35th (2005) |
Home: Seattle, WA Awards and Tournament Wins: National Merit Scholar Hobbies: Reading, theater, poker, piano-playing |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/peltier_nigel.jpg) |
18, Student |
Record: 44th (2005) |
Home: Seattle, WA Awards and Tournament Wins: 1st in Seattle Scrabble tourney Hobbies: ultimate frisbee |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stern_rafi_2.jpg) |
19, Student |
Record: 1st (2006) |
Home: Seattle, WA Awards and Tournament Wins: (Division 3) 2006 USSO; 2007 Seattle Hobbies: Ultimate frisbee, Poker, Beatboxing, Bowling |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kenas_mark.jpg) |
55, Antique Dealer |
Record: 5th (1988), 21st (1989), 69th (1992), 51st (2002), 28th (2004), 42nd (2005), 45th (2006) |
Home: Madison, WI Hobbies: Fun(d) raising |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/armstrong_peter.jpeg) |
35, GIS Analyst/Urbanist |
Record: 80th (1998), 71st (2000), 24th (2002), 29th (2004), 22nd (2005), 34th (2006) |
Home: Milwaukee, WI Awards and Tournament Wins: Arden Cup 2004 Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/matthews_jessie.jpg) |
22, Web Developer |
Record: 116th (2004), 101st (2005), 71st (2006) |
Home: Kelowna, BC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: Hopefully a good result at Nationals :-) Hobbies: pwning n00bs |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/saldanha_dean.jpeg) |
25, Castings administrator |
Record: 3rd (2000), 20th (2002), 68th (2004), 49th (2005), 36th (2006) |
Home: Richmond, BC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: (1st) 2005 Vancouver; (2nd) 2003 CNSC Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, tennis, basketball, music, chess, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/saldanha_dielle.jpeg) |
19, Student |
Record: 1st (2002), 9th (2004), 84th (2005), 35th (2006) |
Home: Richmond, BC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 1st place- div 6, 2002 NSC; div 2, Portland 2005 Hobbies: field hockey, shopping, running, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/rowland_craig_2.jpg) |
42, Library Assistant |
Record: 73rd (2002), 32nd (2004), 41st (2006) |
Home: Mississauga, ON, Canada Hobbies: Minority European languages, endangered languages, Romansch, Apple Records, Värttinä, Ultra Bra, Yoko Ono, Helen Shapiro |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hildebrand_jeremy.jpg) |
32, Animation Artist |
First-time competitor |
Home: Ottawa, ON, Canada Hobbies: Golf |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg) |
32, Freelance Writer, Logistics Analyst |
Record: 17th (1998), 34th (2000), 38th (2002), 36th (2004), 33rd (2005), 52nd (2006) |
Home: Thornhill, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 4-time Toronto Club champ, 2-time Michigan Madness winner Hobbies: Trivia, sports, movies, power walking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/daniel_robin.jpg) |
46, Mom/Psychotherapist |
Record: 58th (1996), 13th (2002), 40th (2004), 40th (2005), 21st (2006) |
Home: Toronto, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: Played in 1993 1995 1997 2001 WSC; played in 2002 2004 Can-Am; 2000, 2001 Toronto; 2003 Atlantic City; 2003 Boston Premier Hobbies: Fitness, Gourmet Cooking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/wapnick_joel.jpg) |
62, University Professor |
Record: 24th (1978), 10th (1980), 1st (1983), 18th (1985), 33rd (1987), 3rd (1988), 12th (1989), 27th (1990), 2nd (1992), 9th (1994), 19th (1996), 29th (1998), 11th (2000), 10th (2002), 9th (2004), 55th (2005), 49th (2006) |
Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/richards_nigel.jpeg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
Record: 2nd (2002), 3rd (2004), 7th (2005) |
Home: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Awards and Tournament Wins: 1997 NZ NSC; 1999 NZ Masters |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/n/nemitrmansuk_pakorn.jpeg) |
32, Architect |
Record: 97th (1992), 31st (1994), 57th (2002), 7th (2004), 25th (2005), 3rd (2006) |
Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 1992 2003 Thailand Champion; (2nd) 2003, (2nd) 2005 WSC Hobbies: soccer |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/ploysangngam_amnuay.2.jpeg) |
44, Business Man |
Record: 91st (1988), 46th (1989), 57th (1990), 87th (1992), 91st (1994), 79th (1996), 91st (1998), 46th (2000), 33rd (2002), 77th (2004), 73rd (2005), 57th (2006) |
Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 Thailand Grand Prix Champion Hobbies: Golf, Football |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/phiphatboonserm_manop_2.jpg) |
32, Business Man |
Record: 50th (1996) |
Home: Bangkok, LA, Thailand Hobbies: Football, Bowling |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sayavesa_navapadol.jpg) |
24, Business Man |
First-time competitor |
Home: Bangkok, LA, Thailand Hobbies: Football |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sujjayakorn_panupol.jpeg) |
23, Business Man |
Record: 9th (2002), 23rd (2004), 2nd (2005), 24th (2006) |
Home: Bangkok, LA, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002 Thailand Match Play Champion, 2003 World Champion Hobbies: Soccer, Sudoku |