Dave Wiegand

{{short description|American Scrabble player (born 1974)}}

{{About|the Scrabble player|the journalist and critic|David Wiegand}}{{Infobox person

| image = Dave Wiegand.jpg

| caption = Wiegand in 2005

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|7|22}}

| birth_place = Lincoln, Nebraska

| alma_mater = Reed College

| occupation = Professional Scrabble player

| mother = Sylvia Wiegand

}}

Dave Wiegand (born July 22, 1974) is an American Scrabble player who won the National Scrabble Championship in 2005 and 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/National_SCRABBLE_Championship |title=North American SCRABBLE Championship - NASPAWiki |website=Scrabbleplayers.org |date=2016-04-20 |accessdate=2016-09-15}}

Wiegand placed second in the same event in 1994 and third in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2008/nsc/history.html |title=2008 NSC History |accessdate=2009-04-21 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831043205/http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2008/nsc/history.html |archivedate=2009-08-31 }} He also finished eighth (of 102 competitors) in the World Scrabble Championship 2005. Since his career began in 1985, he has played over 4,700 tournament games, winning more than two-thirds of his games and has earned over $135,000 in prize money, ranking fifth among all players.{{cite web|url=http://www.cross-tables.com/leaders.php?s=pm |title=Leaders |website=Cross-tables.com |date= |accessdate=2024-07-28}}

In the 2009 NSC, Wiegand defeated defending champion and top seed Nigel Richards in the tournament's final two games to earn his second national title.{{cite web |url=http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html |title=2009 NSC Live Coverage |accessdate=2009-08-05 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410101706/http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html |archivedate=2010-04-10 }}