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|Subjects = History, Sports, Literature, Jazz
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|Subjects = History, Trash, Jazz, Sports, Literature, Fine Arts
|highschool = [[St. Margaret's]] (2018 – Present)
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|schoolcur = [[NYU|New York University]] (2022–)
|middleschool = Camelot Academy (2017 – 2018)<br>Grace Classical (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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|firstname = Nathaniel
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|lastname = Kang
 
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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.
'''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. He has competed in [[National History Bee and Bowl|NHBB]] competition for six years but only began playing general QB his freshman year of high school.
 
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
In middle school, he was a four-time [[history bee]] national semifinalist, consecutively from 2015–2018.
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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.
  
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 regional NHBB tournament hosted by [[Arcadia]]. His best individual nats performance came in 2019 when he placed seventh in JV in the [[US History Bee]], marking his first finals appearance in a major nationals event. His streak of five consecutive years winning at least one 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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===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]].
  
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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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.
  
He began playing general quizbowl as a freshman. His first experience writing for a set was as a writer 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.
  
 
[[Category: People]]
 
[[Category: People]]

Latest revision as of 22:55, 13 November 2022

Nate Kang
Noted subjects History, Trash, Jazz, Sports, Literature, Fine Arts
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.