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Dave Wiegand (born July 22, 1974) is an American Scrabble player who won the National Scrabble Championship in 2005 and 2009.
Wiegand placed second in the same event in 1994 and third in 2000. He also finished eighth (of 102 competitors) in the World Scrabble Championship 2005. Since his career began in 1985, he has played nearly 4000 tournament games, winning more than two thirds of his games and has earned over $115,000 in prize money, ranking fifth among all players.
In the 2009 NSC, Wiegand defeated defending champion and top seed Nigel Richards in the tournament's final two games to earn his second national title.
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Dave Wiegand (born July 22, 1974) is an American Scrabble player who won the National Scrabble Championship in 2005 and 2009.
Wiegand placed second in the same event in 1994 and third in 2000. He also finished eighth (of 102 competitors) in the World Scrabble Championship 2005. Since his career began in 1985, he has played nearly 4000 tournament games, winning more than two thirds of his games and has earned over $115,000 in prize money, ranking fifth among all players.
In the 2009 NSC, Wiegand defeated defending champion and top seed Nigel Richards in the tournament's final two games to earn his second national title.
Personal life
Wiegand was born and raised inLincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
to professors Roger and Sylvia Wiegand
Sylvia Margaret Wiegand (born March 8, 1945) is an American mathematician.
Early life and education
Wiegand was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She is the daughter of mathematician Laurence Chisholm Young and through him the grand-daughter of m ...
. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
, where he graduated in 1995 with a B.A. in mathematics. He works as a mortgage underwriter and lives with his wife and two children in Portland.
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*NASPA: Dave Wiegand
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