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(I stand corrected; however, the deficit was actually 4 questions (i.e. 7-3) with 7 tossups to play. But I'm even more impressive that Ameya remembers that Alexander III tossup... the fine, fine margins in history bee!)
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{{Infobox|Name = Nate Kang
 
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|Subjects = History, Generalist, all Sports, Classical Music
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|Subjects = History, Jazz, Sports, Literature, U.S. Politics
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018 - Present)
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|schoolcur = [[NYU|New York University]] (2022–)
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|middleschool = Camelot Academy (2017 - 2018)<br>Grace Classical (CA) (2015 - 2017)
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018–22)
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|middleschool = Grace Classical (2015–17)<br>Camelot Academy (2017–18)
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' is a [[quizbowl]] player for the [[NYU|NYU Violets]]. In high school, he [[captain]]ed [[St. Margaret's]] and was founder of the team.
  
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' (Class of 2022) is a high school [[History Bowl|history bee/bowl]] and [[quizbowl]] player for [[St. Margaret's|St. Margaret's Episcopal]] in Southern California. A seasoned veteran of [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition, as president and founder of the '''Saint Margaret's History Club''', Kang was also responsible for establishing the school's history & QB teams as well.
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==Career==
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===Middle school===
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In middle school, Kang exclusively played [[NHBB]]; between 2015 and 2018, he was a semifinalist at History Bee nationals four consecutive years.
  
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Though the Tartans have several team members, as of spring 2019, Kang often ends up playing solo in tournaments.
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===High school===
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As a freshman, Nate began playing general quizbowl in addition to History Bowl. Kang was the national champion of the 2018 JV [[Sports & Entertainment Bee]] and placed 7th in the 2019 JV [[US History Bee]].
  
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==Individual career==
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Kang was the top varsity individual scorer at the [[NAQT]]-sanctioned tournaments [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5405/stats/varsity_prelims/individuals/ DNE II] in 2018 (86.67 ppg) and [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7127/stats/varsity_prelims/individuals/ PPT V] in 2021 (113.00 ppg). He was also selected as an All-Star at [[2022 SSNCT]], finishing in the top four individual scorers in the Open division with a ppg of 105.83.
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Nate is a four-time national semifinalist in the [[National History Bee and Bowl]], achieving that feat every year consecutively since 2015. In his best nationals performance to date, at the 2018 Middle School National History Bee championships, he finished '''5th in the country''' in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching the final round (top four) after losing to [[Cooper Roh]] in the semifinals by a margin of 1 question, despite leading for much of the game. (That semifinal room also included another member of the "[[Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen of Quizbowl]]", [[Shiva Oswal]].)
 
  
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He placed '''seventh nationally''' in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], eliminating reigning ACE NHB national champ [[Robert Muniz]] in the semifinals to finally advance to his first-ever finals appearance in a major Nationals event. Kang has also won the history bee regional championship in SoCal every year since 2015, the year his playing career began. At the 2018 ACE Los Angeles Regional Finals, he won the 8th-Grade title by reaching the necessary 8 correct responses in an unprecedented 9 questions; at the 2016 Finals, he won a close final against his former classmate at Fairmont Private School, [[Ameya Singh]], by a score of 8-7 following a furious comeback. Down 7-3 with 7 questions left in the packet, he came back from a 4-question deficit at the end of the game by getting 5 of the next 6 tossups to claim the Elementary championship.
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==Writing==
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He was a writer for [[ERIS]], a novel-level set produced in 2020.
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He also has won '''two consecutive national championships''' across two iterations of the National Sports & Entertainment Bee, in 2017 (7th grade division, Atlanta) & 2018 (JV division, Arlington).
 
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Despite his history experience, Nate only started to play general quizbowl as a freshman, in late 2018. Still, he was invited to the 2019 [[NAQT]] [[IPNCT]] in Chicago, but did not attend.
 
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He is an avid sports fan, and among his favorite teams are [[UCLA]], the Los Angeles Angels, and Chelsea F.C. He takes pride in his Korean heritage. He runs cross country and track & field for St. Margaret's.
 
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In History Bee, Kang has studied with and mentored his friend, [[Pegasus School]] player [[Max Razmjoo]].
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 27 October 2024

Nate Kang
Noted subjects History, Jazz, Sports, Literature, U.S. Politics
Current college New York University (2022–)
High school St. Margaret's (2018–22)
Middle school Grace Classical (2015–17)
Camelot Academy (2017–18)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang is a quizbowl player for the NYU Violets. In high school, he captained St. Margaret's and was founder of the team.

Career

Middle school

In middle school, Kang exclusively played NHBB; between 2015 and 2018, he was a semifinalist at History Bee nationals four consecutive years.

High school

As a freshman, Nate began playing general quizbowl in addition to History Bowl. Kang was the national champion of the 2018 JV Sports & Entertainment Bee and placed 7th in the 2019 JV US History Bee.

Kang was the top varsity individual scorer at the NAQT-sanctioned tournaments DNE II in 2018 (86.67 ppg) and PPT V in 2021 (113.00 ppg). He was also selected as an All-Star at 2022 SSNCT, finishing in the top four individual scorers in the Open division with a ppg of 105.83.

Writing

He was a writer for ERIS, a novel-level set produced in 2020.

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