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Trey WrightNational Scrabble Champion 2004Roger Robinson Wright III or Trey Wright won the National Scrabble Championship in 2004 while splitting his time as a concert pianist. |
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 Trey Wright won the 2004 U.S. National Scrabble
Champion and is also a noted classical concert pianist. His full
name is Roger Robinson Wright III, given the name Trey because he is
the third generation with the name. Due to his youth, Roger Robinson
"Trey" Wright III could be a competitive SCRABBLE player for the
next couple of decades.2004 National Scrabble ChampionRobert Wright won the 2004 National Scrabble Championship. He has played Scrabble competitely from 1993 to 2006. Trey Wright also finished 2nd in the 1998 National Scrabble Championship, which was his first time to play at the event. Despite playing fewer tournaments than most other top level SCRABBLE players, Roger Wright has built a solid resume in the word game circuit. Roger Wright's career Scrabble winning percentage is 64%, with 532 wins to 296 losses. He is currently ranked 56th in Scrabble, though his top national rank was 3rd in 2004. The Lez ControversyTrey Wright was the center of some controversy in the telecast of the 2004 US National Scrabble Championship. Wright played the word "LEZ" on the board, which was a shortened slang term for "lesbian". ESPN network producers and tournament officials did not want to offend any group, and asked Roger Robinson Wright to remove the word and play another. Though Trey Wright did so, he became the focus of controversy in such media outlets as The USA Today and the BBC. Trey Wright BioRoger Robinson Wright III was born in Houston, Texas and began to study the piano at the age of 12. By the age of 18, Roger Wright was making his concert debut. Trey Wright studied piano at the University of Houston, where he earned his bachelors degree in music. Wright would later earned a Master of Music degree at Rice University in Houston, and move on to doctoral work at U.S.C. in Los Angeles. Career as a PianistTrey Wright has performed on four continents, Europe, North America, Australia and Africa. He has appeared on PBS and has been reviewed by the Washington Post, among other publications. For Scrabble players interested in his discography, Roger Wright has released 5 different CDs in his discography: Roger Wright: Piano Masterpieces, Robert Wright: Miniatures, Roger Wright in Concert, Evocations and Enoch Arden by Richard Straus and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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