SPC 2025: Lea Shin [4-29]

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On this page, you will find information about Lea Shin, who is competing at the 2025 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 19-12, +1153, and is ranked #6 in Division 4.

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): Lea Surname(s): Shin Home: Metairie, LA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 494 Average for: 384 Average against: 347
Round 1		Shin played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 397 to 289 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +108.
Round 2		Shin played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 494 to 232 (a spread of 262). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +370.
Round 3		Shin played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and lost 368 to 370 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +368. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Shin played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and lost 347 to 437 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-2, +278.
Round 5		Shin played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 436 to 347 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +367. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Shin played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 356 to 316 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +407.
Round 7		Shin played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 417 to 303 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-2, +521.
Round 8		Shin played #10 Nancy Hanley (Wilmington, DE) and lost 355 to 373 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-3, +503. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Shin played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) and won 358 to 299 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, +562. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Shin played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 319 to 363 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +518.
Round 11		Shin played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and won 382 to 378 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +522.
Round 12		Shin played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and won 389 to 327 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-4, +584.
Round 13		Shin played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) and won 441 to 254 (a spread of 187). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-4, +771.
Round 14		Shin played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and won 460 to 361 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-4, +870.
Round 15		Shin played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) and lost 325 to 450 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 10-5, +745.
Round 16		Shin played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and won 413 to 358 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-5, +800.
Round 17		Shin played #32 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and won 412 to 294 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12-5, +918. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Shin played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) again and won 456 to 293 (a spread of 163). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 13-5, +1081. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Shin played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) again and won 402 to 285 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 14-5, +1198.
Round 20		Shin played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) again and won 351 to 333 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 15-5, +1216.
Round 21		Shin played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) again and won 376 to 325 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 16-5, +1267.
Round 22		Shin played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) and lost 316 to 397 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 16-6, +1186. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 23		Shin played #25 Marlena Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and lost 419 to 432 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 16-7, +1173.
Round 24		Shin played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and lost 352 to 415 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-8, +1110. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 25		Shin played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 431 to 343 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-8, +1198.
Round 26		Shin played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) again and lost 419 to 436 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 17-9, +1181.
Round 27		Shin played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) again and lost 327 to 334 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-10, +1174.
Round 28		Shin played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) again and lost 290 to 388 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-11, +1076.
Round 29		Shin played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) again and lost 304 to 409 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-12, +971.
Round 30		Shin played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and won 439 to 305 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-12, +1105.
Round 31		Shin played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 354 to 306 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 19-12, +1153.

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