Michael McKenna (Scrabble player)

Michael McKenna is an Australian Scrabble player and world record holder who won the 2012 World Youth Scrabble Championships. He attends and is employed by the Australian National University.

Michael McKenna
EducationAustralian National University (ANU)
Awards2012 World Youth Scrabble Championship

Scrabble

Records

McKenna currently holds the record for the highest combined score in tournament Scrabble of 1210 with Edward Okulicz (489-721).[1][2][3] Together with Alastair Richards, he broke the world record for the highest number of points scored by two Scrabble players within 24 hours of 170,682 in July 2012, but that record was beaten in November of that year.[4][5]

Youth

Open
  • 2013 Australian representative at the World Scrabble Championship, finishing 87th[10]

Education

McKenna works at and attends the Australian National University, where he is an academic in their School of Political Science and International Relations, and a student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science[11]

References
  1. "Annotated Game - cross-tables.com". www.cross-tables.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. "Tournament records - All-time best". www.scrabble.org.au. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. Spencer, Adam. Adam Spencer's World of Numbers. p. 193.
  4. "Lakshan and Yeshan attempt world record".
  5. "Lakshan and Yeshan break Scrabble World Record".
  6. "Aussie McKenna wins WYSC". 11 December 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. "World Youth Scrabble championship 2012 results".
  8. "2012 World Youth SCRABBLE® Championship".
  9. "Word-lovers battle it out at Scrabble tournament". 10 February 2013.
  10. "Scrabble Champions Tournament Main Event (World Scrabble Championship) Standings".
  11. Lim, Darren J.; Moutselos, Michalis; McKenna, Michael (23 March 2018). "Puzzled out? The unsurprising outcomes of the Greek bailout negotiations". Journal of European Public Policy. 26 (3): 325–343. doi:10.1080/13501763.2018.1450890.


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