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{{Infobox|Name = Nate Kang
 
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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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'''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 falling short against [[Cooper Roh]] in the semis. Perhaps his best individual performance came when he placed seventh in JV at the 2019 [[US History Bee]], marking 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 the 2019 San Diego NHBB tournament, he narrowly beat [[Amogh Kulkarni]] by one tossup to win bee finals. Later that season, he was the bee runner-up to Josh Xu of [[Santa Monica]] at another NHBB tournament that was hosted by [[Arcadia]]. 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 was the champion of the 2018 "[[Trash|Sports & Entertainment]] Bee" event in the JV division at NHBB high school nats.
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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. His first experience as a writer was writing for ERIS, a novice-level set head-edited by Conor Thompson, in 2020.
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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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[[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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