SPC 2025: David Whitley [CSW1-15]

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On this page, you will find information about David Whitley, 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 14-17, -282, and is ranked #20 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): David Surname(s): Whitley Home: Monrovia, CA, United States Occupation: Actuary

Round by Round
High score: 599 Average for: 426 Average against: 435
Round 1		Whitley played #24 Mina Le (Stamford, CT) and won 419 to 366 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +53.
Round 2		Whitley played #30 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and lost 370 to 485 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-1, -62.
Round 3		Whitley played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and lost 337 to 419 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-2, -144.
Round 4		Whitley played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) and won 553 to 359 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-2, +50.
Round 5		Whitley played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and won 461 to 460 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-2, +51. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Whitley played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 479 to 356 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +174.
Round 7		Whitley played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) and lost 367 to 456 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-3, +85.
Round 8		Whitley played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 555 to 284 (a spread of 271). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-3, +356.
Round 9		Whitley played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 592 to 416 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-3, +532.
Round 10		Whitley played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 367 to 474 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-4, +425.
Round 11		Whitley played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 476 to 381 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-4, +520.
Round 12		Whitley played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 406 to 526 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-5, +400.
Round 13		Whitley played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 434 to 468 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-6, +366.
Round 14		Whitley played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and won 412 to 343 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-6, +435.
Round 15		Whitley played #27 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 599 to 443 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-6, +591.
Round 16		Whitley played #22 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 576 to 242 (a spread of 334). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-6, +925.
Round 17		Whitley played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) again and lost 377 to 476 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-7, +826.
Round 18		Whitley played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 430 to 428 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-7, +828.
Round 19		Whitley played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 337 to 479 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-8, +686.
Round 20		Whitley played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) again and lost 439 to 466 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-9, +659.
Round 21		Whitley played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and lost 464 to 595 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-10, +528.
Round 22		Whitley played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 472 to 459 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-10, +541.
Round 23		Whitley played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) again and won 436 to 433 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-10, +544.
Round 24		Whitley played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) again and lost 363 to 490 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-11, +417.
Round 25		Whitley played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) again and lost 338 to 429 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-12, +326.
Round 26		Whitley played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) and lost 335 to 512 (a spread of -177). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-13, +149.
Round 27		Whitley played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 353 to 498 (a spread of -145). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-14, +4.
Round 28		Whitley played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) again and lost 266 to 448 (a spread of -182). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13-15, -178.
Round 29		Whitley played #29 Emmanuel Egbele (Nigeria) and lost 320 to 405 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-16, -263.
Round 30		Whitley played #26 Fidelis Olotu (United Kingdom) and lost 365 to 454 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-17, -352.
Round 31		Whitley played #28 Ayotunde Adeyeri (Holmdel, NJ) and won 512 to 442 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-17, -282.

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