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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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'''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 player who currently [[Captain|captains]] [[St. Margaret's]] in the SoCal circuit. Primarily a history specialist, 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 but only began playing general QB as a high school freshman.
 
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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He is a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015–2018. At 2018 middle school nats, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching finals after falling short against [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis. Perhaps his best individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], marking his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.
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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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At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he narrowly beat [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by one tossup to win bee finals. Later that season, he was the bee runner-up to Josh Xu of [[Santa Monica]] at another NHBB tournament that was hosted by [[Arcadia]]. His streak of five consecutive years winning a regional title (2015-2019) in history bee ended in 2020, when he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player [[Ryan Sun]] on C set.
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===High school===
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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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Kang was the champion of the 2018 "[[Trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee" event in the JV division at NHBB high school nats.
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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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He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman. His first experience as a writer was writing for ERIS, a novice-level set head-edited by Conor Thompson, in 2020.
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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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[[Category: People]]

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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