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|Subjects = History, Generalist, all Sports, Classical Music
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|Subjects = History, Sports, Literature, Jazz
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018 - Present)
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|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018–)
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|middleschool = Camelot Academy (2017 - 2018)<br>Grace Classical (CA) (2015 - 2017)
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'''Nathaniel Kang''' is the current [[captain]] of [[St. Margaret's]] and 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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During middle school, Kang primarily played [[NHBB]]; between 2015 and 2018, he was semifinalist at the National History Bee 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 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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==Writing==
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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]], [[Shiva Oswal]], who had managed to get out by scoring 8 points in only 9 tossups.)
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He was a writer for [[ERIS]], a novel-level set produced in 2020.
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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 at the death. Down 7-3 to Singh with 7 questions to go 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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He also 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. He was invited to the 2019 [[NAQT]] [[IPNCT]] in Chicago, but did not attend.
 
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==Personal==
 
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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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Revision as of 20:22, 24 January 2021

Nate Kang
Noted subjects History, Sports, Literature, Jazz
High school St. Margaret's (2018–)
Middle school Camelot Academy (2017–2018)
Grace Classical (2015–2017)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Nathaniel Kang is the current captain of St. Margaret's and founder of the team.

Career

Middle school

During middle school, Kang primarily played NHBB; between 2015 and 2018, he was semifinalist at the National History Bee four consecutive years.

High school

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

Writing

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

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