October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Scott Hawkins [#5]

On this page, you will find information about Scott Hawkins, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 9-6, +190, and is ranked #7 in Division 4.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Scott Surname(s): Hawkins Home: Effingham, IL, United States Hobbies: playing and watching sports Occupation: Editor USSO 2006 Division: 6 USSO 2006 Rank: 56/114, 14-14 +98

Round by Round
High score: 496 Average for: 373 Average against: 360
Round 1		Hawkins played #18 Fran Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 373 to 351 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +22.
Round 2		Hawkins played #16 Kathy Norman (Red Bay, AL) and lost 376 to 396 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-1, +2.
Round 3		Hawkins played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) and lost 239 to 467 (a spread of -228). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-2, -226.
Round 4		Hawkins played #13 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) and lost 303 to 352 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-3, -275.
Round 5		Hawkins played #15 Peter Hempstead (New York, NY) and won 341 to 290 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 2-3, -224.
Round 6		Hawkins played #21 Suzette Rodriguez (Flushing, NY) and won 429 to 298 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-3, -93.
Round 7		Hawkins played #10 Gaurav Bhargava (Somerset, NJ) and won 401 to 313 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-3, -5. Hawkins is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Hawkins played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and lost 298 to 449 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-4, -156.
Round 9		Hawkins played #9 Charlie Panek (New York, NY) and won 472 to 362 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-4, -46.
Round 10		Hawkins played #19 Gina Braden (Berkeley, CA) and won 427 to 361 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-4, +20. Hawkins is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Hawkins played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) and lost 324 to 414 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-5, -70. Hawkins is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Hawkins played #20 Susie Rivers (Brooklyn, NY) and won 496 to 225 (a spread of 271). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-5, +201.
Round 13		Hawkins played #1 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 398 to 387 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +212.
Round 14		Hawkins played #8 Justin Kazmark (Philadelphia, PA) and won 376 to 365 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-5, +223.
Round 15		Hawkins played #2 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 338 to 371 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +190.

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