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[[Category:Alumni]] [[Category:Class of 2006]]
Dave Letzler (also known as "David" to his family and significant other, Katherine Bram '08 of [[Brandeis University]]) graduated in [http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Category:Class_of_2006 2006]. He is currently in [[Where Ephs are going to graduate school|graduate school]] pursuing a creative writing degree at Temple University. He hails from Baldwin, NY, a town on Long Island. He was a prominent member of a number of campus organizations, including [[College Bowl]], [[Williams Trivia]], [[Elizabethans]], [[Chess Club]], [[Bridge]], the [[Literary Review]], and at times the Williams [[Democrats]]. He was also a member of [[Deviants]] from 2003-2006.
== College Bowl Career Highlights ==
Team captain for the three years, Letzler was the dominant player on the team for pop culture throughout his whole career, thus making him their best [[TRASH]] player. He was probably the strongest all-around literature player during that time, though [[David Rosenblum '03]] had more depth in many areas at the start of his career, and [[David Mathias '08]] has, at times, demonstrated superior breadth. He was otherwise a solid generalist, excepting the applied sciences.
As a freshman, Letzler played in five tournaments in the 2002-2003 competition year. The first was [[TRASH]] Regionals at BU, where he led a small team in scoring and a 4-9 record against the steep and crusty competition, correctly answering questions about the Man Show Juggies, Pussy Galore, Tiffany's appearance in Playboy, and Shaft in Africa. He played a supporting role in Williams's 3rd-place finish in BU's [[Puppy Chow]] tournament, behind Harvard and Yale, and during the team's poor performance at [[Penn Bowl]], he managed to get a game-winning tossup on the Mustang Ranch. He, [[Daniel Klein '06]], and [[Evan Bick '06]] each placed in the top ten in scoring at [[NAQT]] Sectionals in February, earning a Division II Nationals berth. As Bick was unable to attend that tournament, Klein and Letzler joined captain Rosenblum at Nationals, where they came in 26th of 32 teams.
With the departure of leading scorer Rosenblum, Letzler took over effective control of the team his sophomore year. The team only attended four tournaments, coming in a disappointing 5th at Puppy Chow, with Letzler leading the team in scoring, before having a surprising 10th-place finish in a 50-team field at that year's [[Penn Bowl]] with a short-handed team also including Klein and [[Brian Hirshman '06]], defeating [[MIT]] and [[Brandeis University]], the latter through a fortuitous sequence of events involving the double-slit experiment and Will Smith. However, the team was steadily beaten at NAQT Regionals that year, and despite high scores from Bick, Letzler, and Klein at [[CBI]] Regionals, the team only came in third.
Dave is a cuddler extraordinaire. It's one of his nicest qualities, which are many.