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Back to NASC 2015 Players
NASC 2015: Michael Early [1-55]
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On this page, you will find information about
Michael Early, 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 13-18, -6, and is ranked
#60 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 Michael Early]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/early_michael.jpg)
| Given name(s): Michael Surname(s): Early Home: Fort Worth, TX, United States Awards: 1994 Texas State Championship; 2005 (Div. 2) NASO; 2005 (2nd) Western Canadian Championship; 2007 (8th) Players Championship Hobbies: music, philosophy, games, writing |
Round by Round | High score: 575 Average for: 404 Average against: 405 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Joey Krafchick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/krafchick_joey_AA000733.jpg)
| Early played #6 Joey Krafchick (Richardson, TX) and lost 335 to 512 (a spread of -177). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 0-1, -177. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 2 | ![[photo of Joshua Sokol]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sokol_joshua_AA002968.jpg)
| Early played #24 Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 325 to 492 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 0-2, -344. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Ross Brown]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/brown_ross_3.jpg)
| Early played #54 Ross Brown (Ottawa ON) and lost 378 to 426 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 0-3, -392. | Round 4 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Early played #48 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 358 to 464 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 0-4, -498. | Round 5 | | Early recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 1-4, -448. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Jon Shreve]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shreve_jon.jpg)
| Early played #34 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 489 to 286 (a spread of 203). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 2-4, -245. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 7 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Early played #41 Chris Tallman (Vancouver BC) and lost 344 to 367 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 2-5, -268. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Ken Kasney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kasney_ken_2.jpg)
| Early played #42 Ken Kasney (Meridian, ID) and lost 413 to 421 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-6, -276. | Round 9 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Early played #67 Asif Ali (Norman, OK) and lost 364 to 411 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 2-7, -323. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Betty Cornelison]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cornelison_betty.jpg)
| Early played #66 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 575 to 321 (a spread of 254). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 3-7, -69. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). | Round 11 | ![[photo of Siri Tillekeratne]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/tillekeratne_siri.jpg)
| Early played #68 Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) and lost 420 to 438 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 3-8, -87. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Judy Newhouse]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/newhouse_judy_2.jpg)
| Early played #70 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and won 533 to 318 (a spread of 215). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-8, +128. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 13 | ![[photo of Maddy Kamen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kamen_maddy.jpg)
| Early played #29 Maddy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 441 to 450 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 4-9, +119. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Robert Kahn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kahn_robert_5.jpg)
| Early played #61 Robert Kahn (Plantation, FL) and won 474 to 418 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 5-9, +175. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Bruce D Ambrosio]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dambrosio_bruce.jpeg)
| Early played #60 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 392 to 397 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 5-10, +170. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Marlene Milkent]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/milkent_marlene.jpg)
| Early played #59 Marlene Milkent (Hattiesburg, MS) and lost 425 to 429 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 5-11, +166. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 17 | ![[photo of Mark Miller]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/miller_mark.jpg)
| Early played #65 Mark Miller (Radnor, PA) and won 374 to 368 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-11, +172. | Round 18 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Early played #57 Robin Levin (San Francisco, CA) and won 426 to 358 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 7-11, +240. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 19 | ![[photo of Scott McManus]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/mcmanus_scott_AA001881.jpg)
| Early played #71 Scott McManus (Seattle, WA) and won 436 to 380 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 8-11, +296. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Joel Elkins]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/elkins_joel.jpeg)
| Early played #52 Joel Elkins (West Hollywood, CA) and won 359 to 346 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 9-11, +309. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 21 | ![[photo of Reid Hattaway]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/hattaway_reid.jpg)
| Early played #56 Reid Hattaway (Moscow, ID) and lost 312 to 482 (a spread of -170). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-12, +139. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Nick Meyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/meyer_nick.jpg)
| Early played #22 Nick Meyer (Berkeley, CA) and lost 365 to 467 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 9-13, +37. | Round 23 | ![[photo of David Pearl]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/pearl_david.jpg)
| Early played #39 David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) and lost 358 to 365 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-14, +30. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Wallace Schultz]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/schultz_wallace_2.jpg)
| Early played #49 Wallace Schultz (Las Vegas, NM) and won 459 to 352 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 10-14, +137. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Alan Kait]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kait_alan.jpg)
| Early played #72 Alan Kait (Lompoc, CA) and lost 317 to 388 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 10-15, +66. Early is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 26 | ![[photo of Richard Popper]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/popper_richard_2.jpg)
| Early played #45 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and won 446 to 440 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 11-15, +72. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Tom Bond]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bond_tom.jpg)
| Early played #64 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and won 428 to 400 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-15, +100. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Terry Kang Rau]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
| Early played #62 Terry Kang Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 379 to 443 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 12-16, +36. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Avery Mojica]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/mojica_avery.jpg)
| Early played #33 Avery Mojica (Overland Park, KS) and won 383 to 314 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 13-16, +105. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Amnuay Ploysangngam]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/ploysangngam_amnuay_2.jpg)
| Early played #63 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and lost 383 to 447 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 13-17, +41. | Round 31 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Early played #41 Chris Tallman (Vancouver BC) again and lost 415 to 462 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 13-18, -6. |
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