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NASC 2015: Scott Appel [1-14]
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On this page, you will find information about
Scott Appel, who is competing
at the 2015 North American 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, -564, and is ranked
#31 in Division 1.
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 | ![[photo of Scott Appel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/appel_scott.jpg)
| Given name(s): Scott Surname(s): Appel Home: Elkins Park, PA, United States Awards: 2009 and 2010 BAT Premier Hobbies: Fantasy Baseball & Football, Crosswords, Running, following the Red Sox and Eagles Occupation: Statistician |
Round by Round | High score: 500 Average for: 389 Average against: 407 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Alan Kait]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kait_alan.jpg)
| Appel played #72 Alan Kait (Lompoc, CA) and won 429 to 389 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1-0, +40. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Darrell Day]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/day_darrell_3.jpg)
| Appel played #38 Darrell Day (Richardson, TX) and lost 399 to 445 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-1, -6. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Leesa Berahovich]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/berahovich_leesa_AA001172.jpg)
| Appel played #26 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and lost 435 to 516 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 1-2, -87. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 4 | ![[photo of Patricia Barrett]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/barrett_pat.jpeg)
| Appel played #43 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and lost 360 to 562 (a spread of -202). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 1-3, -289. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 5 | ![[photo of Jim Burlant]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/burlant_jim.jpg)
| Appel played #32 Jim Burlant (Grapevine, TX) and lost 281 to 408 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 1-4, -416. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Betty Cornelison]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cornelison_betty.jpg)
| Appel played #66 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 382 to 381 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 2-4, -415. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Cesar Del Solar]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/del_solar_cesar_3.jpg)
| Appel played #19 Cesar Del Solar (Albany, CA) and lost 387 to 419 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 2-5, -447. | Round 8 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Appel played #67 Asif Ali (Norman, OK) and lost 362 to 365 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 2-6, -450. | Round 9 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Appel played #57 Robin Levin (San Francisco, CA) and won 393 to 383 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 3-6, -440. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Maddy Kamen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kamen_maddy.jpg)
| Appel played #29 Maddy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 436 to 344 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 4-6, -348. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Ken Kasney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kasney_ken_2.jpg)
| Appel played #42 Ken Kasney (Meridian, ID) and lost 349 to 413 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-7, -412. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Richard Popper]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/popper_richard_2.jpg)
| Appel played #45 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 340 to 416 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 4-8, -488. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Siri Tillekeratne]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/tillekeratne_siri.jpg)
| Appel played #68 Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) and won 500 to 329 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 5-8, -317. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Bruce D Ambrosio]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dambrosio_bruce.jpeg)
| Appel played #60 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and won 415 to 386 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-8, -288. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 15 | ![[photo of Tasha Asberry]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/asberry_tasha.jpg)
| Appel played #58 Tasha Asberry (Cordova, TN) and won 402 to 342 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-8, -228. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Jon Shreve]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shreve_jon.jpg)
| Appel played #34 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 391 to 388 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 8-8, -225. | Round 17 | ![[photo of David Pearl]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/pearl_david.jpg)
| Appel played #39 David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) and won 389 to 360 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-8, -196. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Kate Fukawa-Connelly]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/fukawa-connelly_kate_2.jpg)
| Appel played #31 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Lawrenceville, NJ) and won 456 to 412 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 10-8, -152. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Matt Canik]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/canik_matt_AA000728.jpg)
| Appel played #17 Matt Canik (Austin, TX) and lost 339 to 534 (a spread of -195). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-9, -347. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Jeff Fiszbein]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/fiszbein_jeff_2.jpg)
| Appel played #51 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 346 to 400 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 10-10, -401. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Greg Heidler]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/heidler_greg.jpg)
| Appel played #53 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and won 392 to 301 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-10, -310. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Joshua Sokol]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sokol_joshua_AA002968.jpg)
| Appel played #24 Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC) and won 370 to 345 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-10, -285. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Terry Kang Rau]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
| Appel played #62 Terry Kang Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 415 to 364 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-10, -234. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Doug Brockmeier]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/brockmeier_doug_6.jpg)
| Appel played #23 Doug Brockmeier (San Francisco, CA) and lost 352 to 457 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-11, -339. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Nigel Peltier]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/peltier_nigel.jpg)
| Appel played #30 Nigel Peltier (Portland, OR) and won 419 to 380 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 14-11, -300. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Trey Wright]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wright_trey_2.jpg)
| Appel played #16 Trey Wright (Sierra Madre, CA) and lost 338 to 445 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-12, -407. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Ross Brown]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/brown_ross_3.jpg)
| Appel played #54 Ross Brown (Ottawa ON) and won 417 to 357 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 15-12, -347. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Robert Kahn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kahn_robert_5.jpg)
| Appel played #61 Robert Kahn (Plantation, FL) and lost 424 to 455 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 15-13, -378. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Manop Phiphatboonserm]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/phiphatboonserm_manop_3.jpg)
| Appel played #46 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and won 445 to 402 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-13, -335. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Sal Piro]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/piro_sal.jpeg)
| Appel played #40 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and lost 300 to 483 (a spread of -183). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-14, -518. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Ross Brown]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/brown_ross_3.jpg)
| Appel played #54 Ross Brown (Ottawa ON) again and lost 391 to 437 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 16-15, -564. |
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