SPC 2025: Rasheed Olajide Balogun [CSW1-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Rasheed Olajide Balogun, 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 5-2, +171, and is ranked #6 in Division CSW1.

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): Rasheed Olajide Surname(s): Balogun Home: Dallas, TX, United States Awards: Played in 2003 WSC, 2005 2008 IGate, 2000 2008 PANASA Hobbies: Soccer, Scrabble Occupation: BANKING/ECONOMIST

Round by Round
High score: 519 Average for: 421 Average against: 396
Round 1		Balogun played #18 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 383 to 316 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +67.
Round 2		Balogun played #29 Emmanuel Egbele (Nigeria) and won 409 to 398 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +78.
Round 3		Balogun played #1 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 430 to 453 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-1, +55.
Round 4		Balogun played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 458 to 418 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +95.
Round 5		Balogun played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 519 to 376 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +238. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Balogun played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and lost 279 to 490 (a spread of -211). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-2, +27.
Round 7		Balogun played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 467 to 323 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-2, +171.
Round 8		Balogun played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.
Round 9		Balogun played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.

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