NSC 2014: Walker Willingham [#43]

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On this page, you will find information about Walker Willingham, who is competing at the 2014 National SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 16-15, -218, and is ranked #40 in Division 5.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Walker Surname(s): Willingham Home: Bainbridge Island, WA, United States Awards: 2003 US WSCQT Hobbies: Maps, Liberal Theology, Peace and Justice Issues, the Environment, Baseball, Astronomy, Science

Round by Round
High score: 542 Average for: 408 Average against: 417
Round 1		Willingham played #16 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and won 470 to 450 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-0, +20.
Round 2		Willingham played #14 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 402 to 407 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-1, +15. Willingham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Willingham played #55 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 437 to 346 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, +106.
Round 4		Willingham played #49 Sue Tremblay (Caledon ON) and lost 342 to 354 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-2, +94.
Round 5		Willingham played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 542 to 373 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-2, +263.
Round 6		Willingham played #40 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 270 to 514 (a spread of -244). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-3, +19.
Round 7		Willingham played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 409 to 494 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-4, -66.
Round 8		Willingham played #28 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 435 to 384 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-4, -15. Willingham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Willingham played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 340 to 466 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-5, -141.
Round 10		Willingham played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 425 to 448 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-6, -164.
Round 11		Willingham played #34 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and lost 416 to 454 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 4-7, -202.
Round 12		Willingham played #48 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 319 to 468 (a spread of -149). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 4-8, -351.
Round 13		Willingham played #44 Marc Carnegie (New York, NY) and won 444 to 371 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 5-8, -278.
Round 14		Willingham played #41 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and lost 388 to 450 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-9, -340.
Round 15		Willingham played #51 Warodom Geamsakul (Japan) and won 486 to 351 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-9, -205.
Round 16		Willingham played #60 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 472 to 308 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 7-9, -41.
Round 17		Willingham played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and lost 272 to 548 (a spread of -276). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7-10, -317.
Round 18		Willingham played #23 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and lost 385 to 487 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 7-11, -419.
Round 19		Willingham played #57 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 452 to 411 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 8-11, -378. Willingham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Willingham recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 9-11, -328.
Round 21		Willingham played #58 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 426 to 325 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-11, -227.
Round 22		Willingham played #21 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and lost 399 to 500 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 10-12, -328.
Round 23		Willingham played #39 Melissa Routzahn (Crystal Lake, IL) and won 511 to 278 (a spread of 233). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-12, -95.
Round 24		Willingham played #56 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and lost 452 to 465 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 11-13, -108.
Round 25		Willingham played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 403 to 374 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-13, -79.
Round 26		Willingham played #53 Cornelia Guest (Bethel, CT) and lost 293 to 427 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 12-14, -213.
Round 27		Willingham played #59 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 421 to 391 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 13-14, -183.
Round 28		Willingham played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and won 399 to 315 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 14-14, -99.
Round 29		Willingham played #52 Michal Josko (Rochester, NY) and won 468 to 360 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 15-14, +9.
Round 30		Willingham played #50 Andy Saunders (Guelph ON) and won 429 to 385 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 16-14, +53.
Round 31		Willingham played #21 Carmel Dodd (Australia) again and lost 327 to 598 (a spread of -271). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 16-15, -218.

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