SPC 2024: Michael Donegan [3-71]

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On this page, you will find information about Michael Donegan, who is competing at the 2024 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 11-20, -1002, and is ranked #75 in Division 3.

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): Michael Surname(s): Donegan Home: Buda, TX, United States Occupation: Retired Computer Scientist

Round by Round
High score: 487 Average for: 352 Average against: 387
Round 1		Donegan played #16 Brian Garnett (Saint Louis, MO) and lost 337 to 505 (a spread of -168). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 0-1, -168.
Round 2		Donegan played #24 Jim Fonti (Port Jefferson Station, NY) and won 389 to 322 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 1-1, -101.
Round 3		Donegan played #41 Cameron Siegal (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 288 to 381 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-2, -194.
Round 4		Donegan played #32 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and lost 346 to 397 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-3, -245.
Round 5		Donegan played #50 Margaret Yoder (Richmond, KY) and lost 281 to 376 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 1-4, -340.
Round 6		Donegan played #35 Diana Spiller (Ashby, MA) and lost 341 to 388 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 1-5, -387.
Round 7		Donegan played #78 Charlie Alexander (Chicago, IL) and lost 307 to 408 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 1-6, -488.
Round 8		Donegan recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 2-6, -438.
Round 9		Donegan played #67 Diane Schavone (Bethel Park, PA) and won 395 to 366 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 3-6, -409.
Round 10		Donegan played #76 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and won 372 to 369 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4-6, -406.
Round 11		Donegan played #36 Beth Palmer (Evansville, IN) and won 392 to 257 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 5-6, -271.
Round 12		Donegan played #34 Jamie Logan (Augusta, ME) and lost 293 to 372 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 5-7, -350.
Round 13		Donegan played #40 Yoli Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) and lost 341 to 466 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 5-8, -475.
Round 14		Donegan played #37 Bob Bolender (Austin, TX) and lost 372 to 391 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5-9, -494.
Round 15		Donegan played #7 Dan Terkell (Chicago, IL) and won 353 to 344 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-9, -485.
Round 16		Donegan played #77 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 362 to 395 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 6-10, -518.
Round 17		Donegan played #28 Cheryl Kagan (Rockville, MD) and lost 334 to 392 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 6-11, -576.
Round 18		Donegan played #68 Mark Hamilton (Toronto ON) and won 406 to 398 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 7-11, -568.
Round 19		Donegan played #47 Michael Garner (Dunedin, FL) and lost 393 to 452 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 7-12, -627.
Round 20		Donegan played #44 Kirsten Klassen (Elkhart, IN) and lost 373 to 488 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 7-13, -742.
Round 21		Donegan played #74 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and lost 315 to 371 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 7-14, -798.
Round 22		Donegan played #64 Tracy McQueen (Port Townsend, WA) and lost 348 to 496 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 7-15, -946.
Round 23		Donegan played #51 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 392 to 372 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 8-15, -926.
Round 24		Donegan played #58 Madelon Krissoff (Grand Rapids, MI) and lost 291 to 427 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 8-16, -1062.
Round 25		Donegan played #38 James W Flomo (Lanham, MD) and won 345 to 333 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-16, -1050.
Round 26		Donegan played #53 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and lost 329 to 447 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-17, -1168.
Round 27		Donegan played #55 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 356 to 358 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-18, -1170.
Round 28		Donegan played #72 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 362 to 367 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-19, -1175.
Round 29		Donegan played #54 Greg Smith (San Antonio, TX) and lost 296 to 364 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 9-20, -1243.
Round 30		Donegan played #61 Marichelle Roque-Lutz (New Holland, PA) and won 365 to 325 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 10-20, -1203.
Round 31		Donegan played #76 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) again and won 487 to 286 (a spread of 201). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 11-20, -1002.

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