Difference between revisions of "Nate Kang"

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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. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years but only began playing general QB his freshman year of high school.
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' is the current captain for [[St. Margaret's]] and founder of the team.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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In middle school, he was a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015–2018.
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===Middle school===
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During middle school, Kang primarily played [[History Bowl]]; between 2015 and 2018, he was semifinalist at the National History Bee.
  
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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 regional NHBB tournament hosted by [[Arcadia]]. His best individual nats performance came in 2019 when he placed seventh in JV in the [[US History Bee]], marking his first finals appearance in a major nationals event. His streak of five consecutive years winning at least one 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 quiz bowl in addition to History Bowl.
  
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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 champion of the 2018 JV [[Sports & Entertainment Bee]] and placed 7th in the 2019 JV [[US History Bee]].
  
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He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman. His first experience writing for a set was as a writer for ERIS, a novice-level set head edited by Conor Thompson, in 2020.
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==Writing==
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Kang was as a writer for [[ERIS]].
  
 
[[Category: People]]
 
[[Category: People]]

Revision as of 17:13, 15 December 2020

Nathaniel Kang
Noted subjects History, Sports, Literature, Jazz
High school St. Margaret's (2018–)
Middle school Camelot Academy (2017–2018)
Grace Classical (2015–2017)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang is the current captain for St. Margaret's and founder of the team.

Career

Middle school

During middle school, Kang primarily played History Bowl; between 2015 and 2018, he was semifinalist at the National History Bee.

High school

As a freshman, Nate began playing quiz bowl in addition to History Bowl.

Kang was the champion of the 2018 JV Sports & Entertainment Bee and placed 7th in the 2019 JV US History Bee.

Writing

Kang was as a writer for ERIS.

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