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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