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|Subjects = History, Jazz, Sports, Literature, U.S. Politics
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018 - Present)
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|schoolcur = [[NYU|New York University]] (2022–)
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|middleschool = Camelot Academy (2017 - 2018)<br>Grace Classical (2015 - 2017)
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018–22)
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' is a [[quizbowl]] player for the [[NYU|NYU Violets]]. In high school, he [[captain]]ed [[St. Margaret's]] and was founder of the team.
  
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' (Class of 2022) is a high school [[quizbowl]] player who [[Captain|captains]] [[St. Margaret's|St. Margaret's Episcopal]] in Southern California. He established the SMES program in 2018, as well as the school's history and quizbowl clubs. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years.
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==Career==
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===Middle school===
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In middle school, Kang exclusively played [[NHBB]]; between 2015 and 2018, he was a semifinalist at History Bee nationals four consecutive years.
  
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==Individual career==
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===High school===
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He is a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015-2018. At the 2018 Middle School National History Bee championships, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but narrowly missed out on reaching the final round (top four) after losing to [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis by 1 tossup. Perhaps his best overall individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], eliminating reigning ACE national champ [[Robert Muniz]] in the semifinals to advance to his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.
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As a freshman, Nate began playing general quizbowl in addition to History Bowl. Kang was the national champion of the 2018 JV [[Sports & Entertainment Bee]] and placed 7th in the 2019 JV [[US History Bee]].
  
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Up until 2020, he had won a SoCal regional championship in history bee every year since he began playing in 2015. At the 2016 ACE regional finals, after going down 7-3 with 6 tossups remaining, he won a close final against his former classmate at Fairmont Private School, [[Ameya Singh]], by a score of 8-7 following a furious comeback. At 2018 regionals, he cleared the championship round by reaching 8 correct responses in 9 tossups. At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he bested [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by just one point to claim his fifth consecutive bee regional title. In 2020, however, Amogh defeated him at NHBB regionals, and he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player Ryan Sun.
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Kang was the top varsity individual scorer at the [[NAQT]]-sanctioned tournaments [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5405/stats/varsity_prelims/individuals/ DNE II] in 2018 (86.67 ppg) and [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7127/stats/varsity_prelims/individuals/ PPT V] in 2021 (113.00 ppg). He was also selected as an All-Star at [[2022 SSNCT]], finishing in the top four individual scorers in the Open division with a ppg of 105.83.
  
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Kang also won two consecutive national championships in the [[trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee, in 2017 (ACE 7th grade division) & 2018 (high school JV, IAC/NHBB).
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==Writing==
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He was a writer for [[ERIS]], a novel-level set produced in 2020.
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Despite his history experience, Nate only started to play general quizbowl as a freshman, in late 2018.
 
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==Personal==
 
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He runs cross country and track & field for St. Margaret's, but his favorite sport is baseball.
 
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Kang has studied with and mentored his friend, [[Pegasus School]] player [[Max Razmjoo]], for NHBB.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 27 October 2024

Nate Kang
Noted subjects History, Jazz, Sports, Literature, U.S. Politics
Current college New York University (2022–)
High school St. Margaret's (2018–22)
Middle school Grace Classical (2015–17)
Camelot Academy (2017–18)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang is a quizbowl player for the NYU Violets. In high school, he captained St. Margaret's and was founder of the team.

Career

Middle school

In middle school, Kang exclusively played NHBB; between 2015 and 2018, he was a semifinalist at History Bee nationals four consecutive years.

High school

As a freshman, Nate began playing general quizbowl in addition to History Bowl. Kang was the national champion of the 2018 JV Sports & Entertainment Bee and placed 7th in the 2019 JV US History Bee.

Kang was the top varsity individual scorer at the NAQT-sanctioned tournaments DNE II in 2018 (86.67 ppg) and PPT V in 2021 (113.00 ppg). He was also selected as an All-Star at 2022 SSNCT, finishing in the top four individual scorers in the Open division with a ppg of 105.83.

Writing

He was a writer for ERIS, a novel-level set produced in 2020.

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