Awards

NASPA gives various awards to recognize people for their accomplishments, traditionally announced at the North American SCRABBLE Championship. These include:

• Michael R. Wise Person of the Year Award
• Player Titles
• Various tournament performance awards, as listed below.
• the Rose Award

Tournament Performance Awards

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Award	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989
David Gibson Player of the Year		Joey Krafchick (SM) 2134.67	Mack Meller (GM) 2168.37		Will Anderson (GM) 2235.05	David Gibson (GM) 2245.31 NWL Adam Logan (GM) 2287.06 overall	Dave Wiegand (GM) 2259.23	Dave Wiegand (GM) 2268.01	David Gibson (GM)	David Gibson (GM)	David Gibson (GM)	David Gibson (GM)	Kenji Matsumoto (GM)
Most Games Played		Andy Hoang (EX) 331	Siddharth Murali (EX) 323		Jason Broersma (EX) 308	Jason Broersma (EX) 408 CSW Linda Wancel 621 NWL	John Karris (EX) 446	Winter (EX) 380	Joe Roberdeau 443	Josh Greenway 510	Linda Wancel 806	Winter (EX) 381	Linda Wancel 549
Most States/Provinces Played In		Samuel Austin 9	Siddharth Murali (EX) 10		Rasheed Olajide Balogun (EX) Terry Kang Joe Roberdeau Darin True (EX) Winter (EX) 8	Winter (EX) 14	Kaia 15	Kaia 18	Kaia 14	Winter (EX) 15	Winter (EX) 16	David Engelhardt 12	Chris Lipe (SM) 14
Most Tournament Wins, Division One		Andy Hoang (EX) 19	Siddharth Murali (EX) 10		Michael Ecsedy (EX) 10	Jonathan Kent Winter (EX) 25	Jackson Smylie (SM) 14	Tony Leah (EX) Daniel Stock (EX) Dave Wiegand (GM) 9	Winter (EX) 15	Daniel Stock (EX) Winter (EX) 14	Winter (EX) 16	Chris Cree (SM) Daniel Stock (EX) 10	Stefan Rau (SM) 9
Most Tournament Wins, Lower Divisions		Harry Chan 4	Joyslin Hodge-Watson 3		Elouise Pearl Charlene White 4	Justin Radist Linda Wancel 9	Michael Galloway Linda Wancel 5	Joey Gordon 5	Charlene White 9	Charlene White 11	Linda Wancel 12	Zachary Dang Dave Krook 7	David Dlugosz 6
Most Multiday Tournament Wins, Division One		Josh Sokol (SM) 4	Mack Meller (GM) 3		Austin Shin (GM) Jackson Smylie (SM) 3	Avery Mojica (SM) 8	Jackson Smylie (SM) Dave Wiegand (GM) 5	David Gibson (GM) 6	Joey Krafchick (SM) 7	George MacAulay (EX) 6	Chris Cree (SM) 5	David Gibson (GM) 7	Chris Cree (SM) David Gibson (GM) 5
Most Multiday Tournament Wins, Lower Divisions		Samuel Chetty Benjamin Pries Brian Summers 2			Dev Lallawooa 2	Ralph Ireland Caesar Jaramillo  John Lazeski Yvonne Lobo  Leland Muhr Bill Payne Noah Slatkoff 2	Marilyn Pomeroy Dinesh Rajangam Lindsay Shin  Vish Wimalasena 2	Vish Wimalasena 3	Ed Morrison David Shuman 3	Dianne Wittman 3	Greg Feldkamp 4	Lindsey Dimmick 3	Michael Bassett Denise Mahnken 3
Highest Win Percentage, All Divisions												David Gibson (GM) 78.8	David Gibson (GM) 77.3
Highest Win Percentage, Division 1		Joey Krafchick (SM) 0.769	Andy Hoang (EX) 0.757		Alec Sjoholm (SM) 0.805	David Gibson (GM) 88.3	David Gibson (GM) 82.6	David Gibson (GM) 79	James Leong (GM) 80.3	David Gibson (GM) 77.8	Dean Saldanha (SM) 79.4	David Gibson (GM) 78.8	David Gibson (GM) 77.3
Highest Win Percentage, Lower Divisions		Brian Garnett 0.731	Rishabh Murali 0.708		Evan Yurko 0.677	Samuel Kaplan 78.1	Jerome Loch 71	Jack Peters (EX) 75	John Karris (EX) 69.2	Charles Dupont 81.8	Kevin Bowerman (EX) 75.7
Longest Winning Streak		Andy Hoang (EX) 26	Andy Hoang (EX) Mark Edward Owens 17		Barry Keith (EX) 20	Avery Mojica (SM) 48	Avery Mojica (SM) 31	Will Anderson (GM) 27	Arie Sinke (SM) 25	Daniel Stock (EX) 28	Barry Keith (EX) 24	Zachary Dang 23	David Gibson (GM)  Jack Norman 23
Largest Total Spread												Chris Lipe (SM) 11277	Joel Sherman (GM) 13899
Largest Total Spread - NWL		Andy Hoang (EX) 24626	Siddharth Murali (EX) 11		Jackson Smylie (SM) 8131	Avery Mojica (SM) 14607	Jackson Smylie (SM) 14744	David Gibson (GM) 13673	Joey Krafchick (SM) 22554	Joey Krafchick (SM) 16034	Will Robertson 9525
Largest Total Spread - CSW		Joshua Castellano (EX) 7941	Joshua Castellano (EX) 4710		Matthew O'Connor (EX) 10640	Will Anderson (GM) 11502	Dave Wiegand (GM) 13374	Dave Wiegand (GM) 10648	Winter (EX) 10764	Chris Lipe (SM) 10269	Chris Lipe (SM) 18707
Largest Single Tourney Spread - NWL		Andy Hoang (EX) 2342	Josh Sokol (SM) 2414		Billy Nakamura 2200	Noah Slatkoff 2720	Barry Keith (EX) 2749	Will Anderson (GM) 2406	Joey Krafchick (SM) 3264	Joey Krafchick (SM) 3462	Bradley Whitmarsh (EX) 4130	Chris Canik 2582	Bradley Whitmarsh (EX) 3479
Largest Single Tourney Spread - CSW		Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (GM) 2358	Joshua Castellano (EX) 1693		Will Anderson (GM) 2743	Will Anderson (GM) 2813	Tim Weiss (EX) 2398	David Eldar 2309	Matthew Bernardina (SM) 1723	Adam Logan (GM) 2089	Adam Logan (GM) 2868	Brian Bowman (SM) 2191	Nigel Richards (GM) 2052
Highest Rating Gain		Brian Garnett 545	Hannah Lieberman 318		Izak Bulten 316
Michael R. Wise Memorial Person of the Year		Will Anderson (GM)	Kieran O'Connor	Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (GM) Joshua Castellano (EX) Jesse Day (GM) Cesar Del Solar (SM) BriAnna McKissen	Jason Broersma (EX) Sue Tremblay	Josh Greenway	Cornelia Guest	Judy Cole	Dallas Johnson	Kate Fukawa-Connelly (EX)	Jason Katz-Brown (GM) John O'Laughlin (SM)	Stefan Fatsis	Michael Thelen (EX)	Annette Tedesco		Jane Williams John D Williams	Seth Lipkin (EX) Keith Smith (EX)	Chris Cree (SM)	John Chew	Sherrie Saint John	Matt Hopkins	Larry Rand (EX) Barbara Van Alen	Carol Ravichandran	R A Fontes Ruth Hamilton	Mary Rhoades	Margaret Bauer Williams	Mady Garner Bernard Gotlieb (EX)	Gwen Bishop	Siri Tillekeratne	Bonnie Rudolph	Johnny Nevarez	Michael Wise	Ron Tiekert (SM)	George Heussenstamm	K C Kozlowski Hoffmeister	Stan Rubinsky
Rose Award		Beth Mix	Mary Kay Heckerman		Mina Le	Lindsay Shin	Karen Richards	Jan Lapierre	Judy Cole	Becky Dyer (EX)	Mary Rhoades	Conchita Deprospo	Cheryl Tyler	Katya Lezin	Lilla Sinanan	Deborah Gaudier