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SPC 2025: Winter [CSW1-17]
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On this page, you will find information about
Winter, 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 15-16, -115, and is ranked
#18 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 | ![[photo of Winter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter_AA481516.jpg)
| Given name(s): Surname(s): Winter Home: Houston, TX, United States Awards: Not a thing Hobbies: traveling |
Round by Round | High score: 645 Average for: 423 Average against: 426 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Tajammul Shah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shah_tajammul_AA005823.jpg)
| Winter played #25 Tajammul Shah (Patchogue, NY) and won 450 to 378 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +72. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Fidelis Olotu]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/olotu_fidelis.jpg)
| Winter played #26 Fidelis Olotu (United Kingdom) and won 530 to 318 (a spread of 212). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 2-0, +284. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Winter played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 299 to 516 (a spread of -217). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +67. | Round 4 | ![[photo of Ben Schoenbrun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/schoenbrun_ben_AA000415.jpg)
| Winter played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) and lost 394 to 480 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-2, -19. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert_LM000055.jpeg)
| Winter played #21 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 486 to 427 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +40. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sulaiman_mohammad.jpg)
| Winter played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and won 434 to 431 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +43. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Jason Ubeika]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/ubeika_jason_2.jpg)
| Winter played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 373 to 433 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-3, -17. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| Winter played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 645 to 440 (a spread of 205). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-3, +188. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Joshua Castellano]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/castellano_joshua_AA003397.jpg)
| Winter played #1 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 514 to 373 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-3, +329. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Tim Weiss]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weiss_tim_AA004338.jpg)
| Winter played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 470 to 458 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +341. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Dennis Ikekeregor]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/ikekeregor_dennis_AA003025_2.jpg)
| Winter played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and won 429 to 346 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-3, +424. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Rasheed Olajide Balogun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/balogun_rasheed_olajide_AA005195_4.jpg)
| Winter played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and won 451 to 347 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +528. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/khatri_waseem__2.jpg)
| Winter played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 349 to 558 (a spread of -209). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +319. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Winter played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and won 470 to 463 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-4, +326. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Alec Sjoholm]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sjoholm_alec_AA004487.jpg)
| Winter played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 302 to 413 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-5, +215. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Dennis Ikekeregor]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/ikekeregor_dennis_AA003025_2.jpg)
| Winter played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) again and lost 373 to 425 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-6, +163. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Alec Sjoholm]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sjoholm_alec_AA004487.jpg)
| Winter played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and won 440 to 433 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-6, +170. | Round 18 | ![[photo of David Whitley]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitley_david.jpg)
| Winter played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and lost 428 to 430 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 11-7, +168. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Ben Schoenbrun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/schoenbrun_ben_AA000415.jpg)
| Winter played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) again and won 477 to 379 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-7, +266. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Rasheed Olajide Balogun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/balogun_rasheed_olajide_AA005195_4.jpg)
| Winter played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) again and won 419 to 347 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 13-7, +338. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Winter played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 345 to 450 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 13-8, +233. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Sam Rosin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rosin_sam_AA000413_2.jpg)
| Winter played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) and lost 419 to 437 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-9, +215. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Sam Rosin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rosin_sam_AA000413_2.jpg)
| Winter played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) again and lost 392 to 411 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-10, +196. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Winter played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) again and lost 403 to 499 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-11, +100. | Round 25 | ![[photo of David Whitley]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitley_david.jpg)
| Winter played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) again and won 429 to 338 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-11, +191. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Jason Keller]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/keller_jason_AA000419.jpg)
| Winter played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 427 to 472 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-12, +146. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Eric Kinderman]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kinderman_eric.jpg)
| Winter played #22 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and lost 358 to 420 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-13, +84. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/khatri_waseem__2.jpg)
| Winter played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) again and lost 394 to 512 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-14, -34. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Ayotunde Adeyeri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/adeyeri_ayotunde_AA007488.jpg)
| Winter played #28 Ayotunde Adeyeri (Holmdel, NJ) and lost 467 to 515 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-15, -82. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Emmanuel Egbele]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/egbele_emmanuel_AA008625_1.jpg)
| Winter played #29 Emmanuel Egbele (Nigeria) and won 394 to 349 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 15-15, -37. | Round 31 | ![[photo of James Porter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/porter_james_2.jpg)
| Winter played #32 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and lost 338 to 416 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 15-16, -115. |
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