Nate Kang

Nathaniel Kang
Noted subjects	History, Generalist, all Sports, Classical Music
High school	St. Margaret's (2018 - Present)
Middle school	Camelot Academy (2017 - 2018) Grace Classical (CA) (2015 - 2017)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang (Class of 2022) is a high school history bee/bowl and quizbowl player for St. Margaret's Episcopal in Southern California. A seasoned veteran of NHBB competition, as president and founder of the Saint Margaret's History Club, Kang was also responsible for establishing the school's history & QB teams as well.

Though the Tartans have several team members, as of spring 2019, Kang often ends up playing solo in tournaments.

Individual career

Nate is a four-time national semifinalist in the National History Bee and Bowl, achieving that feat every year consecutively since 2015. In his best nationals performance to date, at the 2018 Middle School National History Bee championships, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching the final round (aka top four) after losing to Cooper Roh in the semifinals by a margin of 1 question, despite leading for much of the game. (That semifinal room also included another member of the "Four Horsemen of Quizbowl", Shiva Oswal.)

He placed seventh nationally in JV at the 2019 US History Bee, eliminating reigning ACE NHB national champ Robert Muniz in the semifinals to finally advance to his first-ever finals appearance in a major Nationals event. Kang has also won the history bee regional championship in SoCal every year since 2015, the year his playing career began. At the 2018 ACE Los Angeles Regional Finals, he won the 8th-Grade title by reaching the necessary 8 correct responses in an unprecedented 9 questions; at the 2016 Finals, he won a close final against his former Fairmont Private School classmate, Ameya Singh, by a score of 8-7, after somehow coming back from a 5-question deficit within the span of the final 6 tossups of the game to claim Elementary gold.

He has won two consecutive national championships in the National Sports & Entertainment Bee as well, in 2017 (7th grade division, Atlanta) & 2018 (JV division, Arlington).

Despite his history experience, Nate only started to play general quizbowl as a freshman, in late 2018. Still, he was invited to the 2019 NAQT IPNCT in Chicago, but did not attend.

Personal

He is an avid sports fan, and among his favorite teams are UCLA, the Los Angeles Angels, and Chelsea F.C. He takes pride in his Korean heritage. He runs cross country and track & field for St. Margaret's.

Studying

In History Bee, Kang has studied with and mentored his friend, Pegasus School player Max Razmjoo.