SPC 2025: Stephanie Waite [4-35]

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On this page, you will find information about Stephanie Waite, 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 17-14, -149, and is ranked #23 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): Stephanie Surname(s): Waite Home: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 453 Average for: 362 Average against: 367
Round 1		Waite played #27 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and won 400 to 231 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +169.
Round 2		Waite played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 446 to 339 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +276.
Round 3		Waite played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 343 to 302 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +317. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Waite played #37 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and lost 267 to 385 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-1, +199. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Waite played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 412 to 319 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-1, +292. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Waite played #10 Nancy Hanley (Wilmington, DE) and won 362 to 339 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-1, +315.
Round 7		Waite played #20 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and won 379 to 342 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-1, +352.
Round 8		Waite played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and lost 293 to 460 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-2, +185. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Waite played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and lost 388 to 394 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-3, +179. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Waite played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 363 to 319 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-3, +223.
Round 11		Waite played #23 Deb Mulrooney (Epping, NH) and won 365 to 327 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-3, +261.
Round 12		Waite played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) and won 331 to 289 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-3, +303.
Round 13		Waite played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) and lost 370 to 458 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-4, +215.
Round 14		Waite played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) and won 453 to 402 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 10-4, +266.
Round 15		Waite played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and lost 291 to 381 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-5, +176.
Round 16		Waite played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and won 428 to 381 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-5, +223.
Round 17		Waite played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and won 414 to 348 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-5, +289. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Waite played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 293 to 456 (a spread of -163). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-6, +126. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Waite played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) and lost 288 to 426 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-7, -12.
Round 20		Waite played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and lost 348 to 383 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-8, -47.
Round 21		Waite played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 422 to 384 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-8, -9.
Round 22		Waite played #41 Cynthia Scotti (Unknown city QC) and lost 309 to 351 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-9, -51. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Waite played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and won 385 to 352 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-9, -18.
Round 24		Waite played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and lost 363 to 433 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-10, -88. Waite is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Waite played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 351 to 364 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-11, -101.
Round 26		Waite played #32 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and won 414 to 325 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-11, -12.
Round 27		Waite played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 344 to 352 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 15-12, -20.
Round 28		Waite played #28 Linda Brandt (Safety Harbor, FL) and won 328 to 283 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 16-12, +25.
Round 29		Waite played #26 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and won 383 to 341 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-12, +67.
Round 30		Waite played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) again and lost 339 to 492 (a spread of -153). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-13, -86.
Round 31		Waite played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) again and lost 356 to 419 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 17-14, -149.

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