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{{Infobox|Name = Nate Kang
 
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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 (2015 - 2017)
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|middleschool = Camelot Academy (2017–2018)<br>Grace Classical (2015–2017)
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|firstname = Nathaniel
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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 player who currently [[Captain|captains]] [[St. Margaret's]] in the SoCal circuit. Primarily a history specialist, he established the SMES program in 2018, as well as the school's history and quizbowl clubs. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years but only began playing general QB as a high school freshman.
 
  
 
==Career==
 
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He is a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015-2018. At 2018 middle school nats, he finished 5th in the country in the 8th grade division, but missed out on reaching finals after narrowly losing to [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis. Perhaps his best overall individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], which marked his first finals appearance in a major nationals event.
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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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At 2016 history bee regional finals, he won a close final against [[Ameya Singh]] following a furious comeback. At the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he beat [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by one tossup to win bee finals. However, his streak of five consecutive years winning a regional title (2015-2019) in history bee ended in 2020, when he finished 3rd behind Kulkarni and fellow Arcadia player [[Ryan Sun]] on C set.
 
  
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Kang also won two consecutive national championships in [[trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee, in 2017 (ACE 7th grade division) & 2018 (NHBB high school JV).
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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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He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman.
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==Writing==
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He was a writer for [[ERIS]], a novel-level set produced in 2020.
  
 
[[Category: People]]
 
[[Category: People]]

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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