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Spellers A roster of the 288 champion spellers and their sponsors appears below and in ALABAMA 1 James Allen Bailey of Scottsboro is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Scottsboro Junior High School. His sponsor is the Birmingham News. ALASKA 2 Seth D. Keller of Wasilla is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Midnight Sun Family Learning Center. His sponsor is the Anchorage Daily News. 3 Kendra L. Frey of Fairbanks is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Tanana Middle School. Her sponsor is the Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks. AMERICAN SAMOA 4 Mee Jin Park of Pago Pago is a 14-year-old eighth grader at South Pacific Academy. Her sponsor is the Samoa News, Pago Pago. ARIZONA 5 So-Young Iris Chung of Peoria is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Terramar Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale. 6 Natasha L. Begay of Lukachukai is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Tsaile Public School. Her sponsor is the Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock. ARKANSAS 7 Samia Fahim Nawaz of Little Rock is a 13-year-old eighth grader at the Anthony School. Her sponsor is the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock. THE BAHAMAS 8 Robertha Octavia Dean-McIntosh of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, is a 12-year-old eighth grader at St. Francis de Sales Catholic High School. Her sponsor is the Nassau Guardian. CALIFORNIA 9 Alan L. Xu of Bakersfield is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Earl Warren Junior High School. His sponsor is the Bakersfield Californian. 10 Ezekiel Haenelt of Barstow is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Barstow Intermediate School. His sponsor is the Desert Dispatch, Barstow. 11 Cory Klingsporn of Oxnard is a 13-year-old seventh grader in the Community Home Education Program. His sponsor is the Ventura County Star, Camarillo. 12 Karla A. Quezada of Imperial is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Frank Wright Middle School. Her sponsor is the Imperial Valley Press, El Centro. 13 Tia Natasha-Elizabeth Thomas of Coarsegold is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Mountain Home School Charter. Her sponsor is Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Oakhurst. 14 Shannon Chien Lin of Chino Hills is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Canyon Hills Junior High School. Her sponsor is Friends of the Diamond Bar Library. 15 Bethany Noel Strom of Red Bluff is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Berrendos Middle School. Her sponsor is the Record Searchlight, Redding. 16 Austin Soriano Pineda of Perris is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Boulder Ridge Middle School. His sponsor is the Press-Enterprise, Riverside. 17 Josephine Kao of Roseville is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Visions in Education Charter School. Her sponsor is the Sacramento Bee. 18 Mylieneth Mymy Guiang of Salinas is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Natividad Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas. 19 Justin Song of San Diego is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Carmel Valley Middle School. His sponsor is the San Diego Union-Tribune. 20 Sylvia Shacker of San Jose is a 12-year-old eighth grader at St. Victor School. Her sponsor is the San Francisco Chronicle. 21 Elizabeth Lagatta of Coto de Caza is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Las Flores Middle School. Her sponsor is the Orange County Register, Santa Ana. 22 Hannah Henderson of Victorville is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hook Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Daily Press, Victorville. 23 Peter Jared Caballes of Visalia is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Valley Oak Middle School. His sponsor is the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register. 24 Allison Koontz of Brentwood is an 11-year-old sixth grader at William B. Bristow Middle School. Her sponsor is the Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek. 25 Easun Arunachalam of La Crescenta is an 11-year-old seventh grader at Rosemont Middle School. His sponsor is the Daily News Los Angeles, Woodland Hills. CANADA 26 Cody Aoan Wang of Calgary is a 14-year-old eighth grader at John Ware Junior High School. His sponsor is the Calgary Herald, Alberta. 27 Jonathan Schut of Cornwall is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Grace Christian School. His sponsor is the Guardian, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 28 Jessica Zung of Toronto is a 13-year-old eighth grader at University of Toronto Schools. Her sponsor is the National Post, Don Mills, Ontario. 29 Austin B.C. Davis of Fort McMurray is a 13-year-old seventh grader at École Dickinsfield School. His sponsor is the Edmonton Journal, Alberta. 30 Bethany L. Dickey of Dartmouth is a 12-year-old eighth grader at Bicentennial School. Her sponsor is the Metro, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 31 Curtis C. Bogetti of Kamloops is a 14-year-old eighth grader at South Kamloops Secondary School. His sponsor is the Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia. 32 Julie Huttemann of Rossland is a 12-year-old eighth grader at Rossland Secondary School. Her sponsor is the Kelowna Daily Courier, British Columbia. 33 Tegan Odland of Enchant is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Enchant School. Her sponsor is the Lethbridge Herald, Alberta. 34 Émilie Lafleur of Saint-Lambert is a 12-year-old sixth grader at St. Lambert Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Gazette, Montreal, Quebec. 35 Emma Brownlie of Ottawa is a 14-year-old eighth grader at D. Roy Kennedy Public School. Her sponsor is the Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. 36 Breanna Siemens of Prince George is a 14-year-old eighth grader at John McInnis Junior Secondary School. Her sponsor is the Prince George Citizen, British Columbia. 37 Spencer Warriner of Alameda is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Alameda School. His sponsor is the Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan. 38 Maggie Millican of Quispamsis is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Quispamsis Middle School. Her sponsor is the Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, New Brunswick. 39 Anqi Dong of Saskatoon is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Greystone Heights School. His sponsor is the Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 40 Mikayla Erin Walsh of St. John’s is an 11-year-old sixth grader at St. Mary’s Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Telegram, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. 41 Samara Christine Blakeney of Neil’s Harbour is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Cape Smokey Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Cape Breton Post, Sydney, Nova Scotia. 42 Logan Turner of Thunder Bay is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Agnew H. Johnston School. His sponsor is the Chronicle Journal, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 43 Veronica I. Penny of Ancaster is a home-schooled 10-year-old fourth grader and a member of the Hamilton Home School Association. Her sponsor is CHCH News, Hamilton, Ontario. 44 Grace Tsai of Abbotsford is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Chief Dan George Middle School. Her sponsor is the Vancouver Sun, British Columbia. 45 Victoria Shih-En Lan of Victoria is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Royal Oak Middle School. Her sponsor is the Times-Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia. 46 Rachel Alexandra Stadder of Windsor is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Glenwood Public School. Her sponsor is the Windsor Star, Ontario. 47 Chris J.T. Sigurdson Winnipeg is a 13-year-old eighth grader at George Waters Middle School. His sponsor is the Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba. COLORADO 48 Jake Smith of Broomfield is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Aspen Creek K-8 School. His sponsor is the Daily Camera, Boulder. 49 Alec Ryan Smith of Highlands Ranch is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Summit View Elementary School. His sponsor is the Rocky Mountain News, Denver. CONNECTICUT 50 Rahul R. Malayappan of Danbury is an 8-year-old fourth grader at Stadley Rough Elementary School. His sponsor is the News-Times, Danbury. 51 Arushi Jauhari of Stamford is a 14-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the New Haven Register. 52 Matt Gabriele of Ridgefield is a 13-year-old eighth grader at East Ridge Middle School. His sponsor is the Ridgefield Press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 53 Stephanie Cristina Guzmán of Washington, D.C., is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Oyster Adams Bilingual School. Her sponsor is the Washington Informer. EUROPE 54 Jordan A. Lay of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Spangdahlem Middle School. His sponsor is the Stars & Stripes. FLORIDA 55 Brian Mazurek of Lakeland is a 13-year-old seventh grader at St. Joseph’s School. His sponsor is the Polk County School District, Bartow. 56 Nicolas S. de Leon of Orange Park is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Green Cove Springs Junior High. His sponsor is the Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville. 57 Shiva Kangeyan of Miami is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Archimedean Middle Conservatory. His sponsor is the Miami Herald. 58 Vincent A. Medina of Coral Springs is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Ramblewood Middle School. His sponsor is the Miami Herald. 59 Cheyenne Joy Plaster of Naples is a home-schooled 12-year-old sixth grader and a member of the CHEACC Home School Association. Her sponsor is the Naples Daily News. 60 Deanna Leslie Hambleton of Fort Myers is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Varsity Lakes Middle School. Her sponsor is the Bonita Daily News. 61 Kaitlyn Johnston of Windermere is a home-schooled 15-year-old eighth grader and a member of the First Academy Home School. Her sponsor is the Orlando Sentinel. 62 Caitlyn Stewart of Blountstown is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Blountstown Middle School. Her sponsor is the News Herald, Panama City. 63 Aldrin Paul D’silva of Port Saint Lucie is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Northport K-8 School. His sponsor is the Stuart News. 64 Austin Brinkley of Cairo, Georgia, is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Shiver School. His sponsor is the Tallahassee Democrat. 65 Grace F. Hernandez of Dade City is a home-schooled 13-year-old seventh grader and a member of St. Anne Home School. Her sponsor is the Tampa Tribune. 66 Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger of West Palm Beach is a home-schooled 12-year-old seventh grader. Her sponsor is the Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach. GEORGIA 67 Samantha Joy Stewart of Evans is a home-schooled 11-year-old fifth-grader and a member of Oxford Christian Academy. Her sponsor is the Augusta Chronicle. 68 Qian “Cathy” Deng of Athens is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hilsman Middle School. Her sponsor is the Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker. GHANA 69 Maria Isabel Yirebatiya Kubabom of Accra is a 13-year-old eighth grader at SOS Hermann Gmeiner School. Her sponsor is the Daily Express, Accra. GUAM 70 Angela Faith Mamaril of Saipan is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Grace Christian Academy. Her sponsor is the Pacific Daily News, Agana. HAWAII 71 Talmage I.S. Nakamoto of Kealakekua is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Konawaena Middle School. His sponsor is the Honolulu Advertiser. IDAHO 72 Rachel C. Pinkerton of Coeur d'Alene is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Coeur d’Alene Press. 73 Anna Beatrice Garcia Grimaldo of Orofino is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Orofino Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Lewiston Morning Tribune. ILLINOIS 74 Tessa Eckley of Normal is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School. Her sponsor is the Pantagraph, Bloomington. 75 Adrian Saputra Gunawan of Chicago is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School. His sponsor is the Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative. 76 Mitchell Wortman of Effingham is a 14-year-old eighth grader at St. Anthony Grade School. His sponsor is the Herald & Review, Decatur. 77 Anne-Marie Hagnell Kommers of Lake Bluff is a 12-year-old sixth grader at School of St. Mary. Her sponsor is the Lake County Journals, Elgin. 78 Priyanka Damarla of Huntley is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Marlowe Middle School. Her sponsor is the Northwest Herald, Elgin. 79 Megan O’Brien of Freeport is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Freeport Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Journal-Standard, Freeport. 80 Connor Ray Flexman of Sleepy Hollow is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Elgin Academy. His sponsor is the Kane County Chronicle, Geneva. 81 Ajay Chatrath of Bourbonnais is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Grace Baptist Academy. His sponsor is the Daily Journal, Kankakee. 82 Sanjay Venkata Kottapalli of Rockford is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Keith Country Day School. His sponsor is the Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park. 83 Scott Harrell of Mineral is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Annawan Grade School. His sponsor is the Dispatch and the Rock Island Argus, Moline. 84 Kyle M. Mou of Peoria is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Dunlap Middle School. His sponsor is the Peoria Journal Star. 85 Ashwin Ravi Nair of Springfield is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Franklin Middle School. His sponsor is the State Journal-Register, Springfield. 86 Marissa Joy Carlson of Morrison is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Morrison Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Daily Gazette, Sterling. 87 Katelyn R. Voss of Leaf River is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Forreston Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Telegraph, Dixon. 88 Rose Sloan of River Forest is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Roosevelt Middle School. Her sponsor is Commonwealth Edison, Chicago. 89 Emily R. Temple-Wood of Downers Grove is a 14-year-old eighth grader at the Avery Coonley School. Her sponsor is Commonwealth Edison, Chicago. INDIANA 90 Austin W. Hoke of Greenfield is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Mt. Vernon Middle School. His sponsor is the Herald Bulletin, Anderson. 91 Natalie Faith Cosens of Bloomington is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader and a member of the HEARTH Christian Home School Group. Her sponsor is the Herald-Times, Bloomington. 92 Jennifer M. Riedford of Owensville is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Fort Branch Community School. Her sponsor is the Evansville Courier & Press. 93 Vaibhav Vavilala of Indianapolis is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Creekside Middle School. His sponsor is the Indianapolis Star. 94 Gina Solomito of Indianapolis is a home-schooled 10-year-old fifth grader. Her sponsor is the Indianapolis Star. 95 Serene R. Macaraig of Fort Wayne is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Concordia Lutheran School. Her sponsor is the Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne. 96 Drew C. Wilson of Kokomo is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Western Middle School. His sponsor is the Kokomo Tribune. 97 Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette is a 13-year-old eighth grader at West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School. His sponsor is the Journal and Courier, Lafayette. 98 Brittany A. Belkiewitz of LaPorte is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Kesling Middle School. Her sponsor is the Herald-Argus, LaPorte. 99 Rebecca Katherine Scally of Jamestown is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Granville Wells Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Zionsville Times Sentinel/Lebanon Reporter. 100 Alexis McCall of Muncie is a 15-year-old eighth grader at Cowan Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Star Press, Muncie. 101 Keertan R. Kini of Schererville is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Kahler Middle School. His sponsor is the Times, Munster. 102 Nicole Rebecca Martin of South Bend is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Stanley Clark School. Her sponsor is the South Bend Tribune. 103 Kennyi Aouad of Terre Haute is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Otter Creek Middle School. His sponsor is the Tribune-Star, Terre Haute. IOWA 104 Quinn Meyer of Dubuque is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School. His sponsor is the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque. JAMAICA 105 Sade Jodi-Ann Dunbar of Bog Walk, St. Catherine, is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Immaculate Conception High School. Her sponsor is the Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston. KANSAS 106 Pamela J. Self of Fort Scott is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Fort Scott Christian Heights School. Her sponsor is the Great Bend Tribune. 107 Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe is a 12-year-old seventh grader at California Trail Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Olathe News. 108 Nishat Yasmin of Emporia is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Emporia Middle School. Her sponsor is the Topeka Capital-Journal. KENTUCKY 109 Joshua William Caplinger of Olive Hill is a 12-year-old seventh grader at West Carter Middle School. His sponsor is the Kentucky Derby Festival, Louisville. LOUISIANA 110 Wesley Mark Ducote of DeQuincy is a 14-year-old eighth grader at DeQuincy Middle School. His sponsor is the American Press, Lake Charles. 111 Andrew Guohua Tan of Monroe is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Sterlington Junior High School. His sponsor is the News-Star, Monroe. 112 Courtney Liana Chambers of New Orleans is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Edward Hynes Charter School. Her sponsor is the Times-Picayune, New Orleans. 113 Joshua Derek Mack Ursua of Shreveport is a 13-year-old seventh grader at St. Joseph School. His sponsor is the Times, Shreveport. MAINE 114 Imogen L.B. Page of East Blue Hill is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Blue Hill Consolidated School. Her sponsor is the Maine Association of Broadcasters, Augusta. MARYLAND 115 Megan Ring of Hanover is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of the Arundel Home School Group. Her sponsor is Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Annapolis. 116 Emily B. Randall of Monkton is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Hereford Middle School. Her sponsor is Empowerment M.I.N.D.S., Baltimore. 117 Andrew R. Risinger of Ellicott City is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Patapsco Middle School. His sponsor is the Howard County Library, Columbia. 118 Charles W. Smith of Hancock is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hancock Middle Senior High School. His sponsor is the Herald-Mail, Hagerstown. 119 Erika Hill of Laurel is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. Her sponsor is Gazette Newspapers, Landover. 120 Michael Raymond Dugan of Hollywood is an 11-year-old sixth grader at St. John’s Catholic School. His sponsor is the Enterprise, Lexington Park. 121 Jason A. Mayer of Lusby is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Mill Creek Middle School. His sponsor is the Recorder, Prince Frederick. 122 Carly Arnold of White Plains is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Milton Somers Middle School. Her sponsor is the Maryland Independent, Waldorf. MASSACHUSETTS 123 Ross Gladstone Garrity of Boston is an 11-year-old fifth grader at the Learning Project. His sponsor is the Boston Centers for Youth and Families. 124 Mallika Govindan of Lancaster is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Luther Burbank Middle School. Her sponsor is the Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg. 125 Kaylee Gina D’Amico of Lynn is a 13-year-old eighth grader at KIPP Academy Lynn. Her sponsor is the Daily Item, Lynn. 126 Akshat Shekhar of West Roxbury is a 12-year-old eighth grader at the Roxbury Latin School. His sponsor is the Patriot Ledger, Quincy. MICHIGAN 128 Darcy Vines of Westland is a 13-year-old eighth grader at St. Damian School. Her sponsor is the Detroit News. 129 Audrey L. Hale of Gaines is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Swartz Creek Middle School. Her sponsor is the Flint Journal. 130 Katelyn M. Colter of Wyoming is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Jackson Park Middle School. Her sponsor is the Grand Rapids Press. 131 Tristan J. Schrot of Jackson is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Our Lady of Fatima School. His sponsor is the Jackson Citizen Patriot. 132 Jake Sliman of Dryden is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Dryden Elementary School. His sponsor is the CountyPress, Lapeer. 133 Brianna R. Wise of Scottville is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Mason County Central Middle School. Her sponsor is the Ludington Daily News. 134 Carl Torola, Jr. of Calumet is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Washington Middle School. His sponsor is Ogden News Publishing of Michigan, Marquette. 135 Calvin M. Miller of Clinton Township is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Wyandot Middle School. His sponsor is the Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens. 136 Sidharth Chand of Bloomfield Hills is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Detroit Country Day Middle School. His sponsor is the Oakland Press. 137 Andrew Joseph Bicigo of Freeland is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Freeland Middle School. His sponsor is the Saginaw News. 138 Lauren Rae LaBaumbard of St. Joseph is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Christ Lutheran School. Her sponsor is the Herald Palladium, St. Joseph. 139 Chris W. Rice of Rapid City is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Cherryland Middle School. His sponsor is the Traverse City Record-Eagle. MINNESOTA 140 Catherine “Cat” Cojocaru of Rochester is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Holy Spirit Catholic School. Her sponsor is Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota. 141 Nicholas Riordan of Windom is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Windom Area Middle School. His sponsor is the Free Press, Mankato. 142 He Li of Eden Prairie is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Central Middle School. His sponsor is Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis. 143 Nicholas J. Greatens of Nisswa is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Forestview Middle School. His sponsor is the National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples. MISSISSIPPI 144 Shakeika Everett of Waynesboro is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Waynesboro Middle School. Her sponsor is the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson. 145 Christian M. Ackmann of Columbia is a 14-year-old eighth grader at West Junior High School. His sponsor is the Columbia Daily Tribune. 146 Megan Elizabeth Settle of Raymore is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Raymore-Peculiar Middle School. Her sponsor is the Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville. 147 Brent M. Henderson of Blue Springs is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Moreland Ridge Middle School. His sponsor is the Examiner, Independence. 148 Corrine A. Yap of Sedalia is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Sacred Heart School. Her sponsor is the Sedalia Democrat. 149 David Rudie Bippes of Anutt is a home-schooled 11-year-old fifth grader and a member of Hope Christian Home School. His sponsor is Unite, Springfield. 150 Morgan Brown of Dearborn is a 12-year-old seventh grader at North Platte Junior High School. Her sponsor is the St. Joseph News-Press. 151 Sathwik Katragadda of Ofallon is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Fort Zumwalt West Middle School. His sponsor is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. MONTANA 152 Rose L. Tracy of Anaconda is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Fred Moodry Middle School. Her sponsor is Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings. NEBRASKA 153 Pierce A. Dageforde of Omaha is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Millard Central Middle School. His sponsor is the Omaha World-Herald. NEVADA 154 Cheyenne K. Lawrence of Silver Springs is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Silver Stage Middle School. Her sponsor is the Las Vegas Review-Journal. NEW HAMPSHIRE 155 Avvinash Radakrishnan of Nashua is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High School. His sponsor is the New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester. NEW JERSEY 156 Gil Walzer of Tenafly is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Tenafly Middle School. His sponsor is the Record and Herald News, Hackensack. 157 Michelle-Ann R. Tan of Jersey City is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Saint Nicholas School. Her sponsor is the Jersey Journal, Jersey City. 158 Tisya Mavuram of North Brunswick is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Linwood Middle School. Her sponsor is the Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Neptune. 159 Christian Michael Thompson of Absecon is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Emma C. Attales Middle School. His sponsor is the Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville. 160 Joy Endicott of Mercerville is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Richard C. Crockett Middle School. Her sponsor is the Times of Trenton. 161 Timothy F. Nowak of Mount Laurel is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of the Tri-County Home Educators. His sponsor is the Burlington County Times, Willingboro. NEW MEXICO 162 Matthew C. Evans of Albuquerque is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader. His sponsor is the Albuquerque Journal. NEW YORK 163 Dan LaChapelle of Glenmont is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Bethlehem Central Middle School. His sponsor is the Times Union, Albany. 164 Michael F. Viola of Buffalo is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Nardin Academy. His sponsor is the Buffalo News. 165 Sriram Jagadeesh Hathwar of Painted Post is an 8-year-old second grader at Chemung Valley Montessori School. His sponsor is the Leader, Corning. 166 Neetu Chandak of Seneca Falls is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Seneca Falls Middle School. Her sponsor is the Finger Lakes Times, Geneva. 167 April M. Gaydos of Amsterdam is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Broadalbin-Perth Intermediate School. Her sponsor is the Leader-Herald, Gloversville. 168 Nithin J. Nedumthakady of Highland is a 13-year-old eighth grader at St. Augustine School. His sponsor is the Daily Freeman and the Sunday Freeman, Kingston. 169 Rosalie Christina Blacklock of Tuxedo Park is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of Tall Oaks Academy. Her sponsor is the Times Herald-Record, Middletown. 170 Neil Michael Alacha of Neponsit is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Scholars’ Academy. His sponsor is the Daily News, New York. 171 Allyn Mendoza Pasiliao of New York is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Saint Ignatius Loyola School. Her sponsor is the Daily News, New York. 172 Claudia Louise Schulze of Bainbridge is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Bainbridge-Guilford Middle School. Her sponsor is the Daily Star, Oneonta. 173 Jacob Kenyon Annal of Oswego is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Oswego Middle School. His sponsor is the Palladium-Times, Oswego. 174 Yassine El Yousfi of Mount Vernon is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Longfellow Middle School. His sponsor is the Mount Vernon Inquirer. 175 Nelson Moore of Saranac is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Saranac Middle School. His sponsor is the Press-Republican, Plattsburgh. 176 Caitlin Cecilia Wardell of Dingmans Ferry is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Dingman Delaware Middle School. Her sponsor is the Gazette, Port Jervis. 177 Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Oceanside Middle School. His sponsor is the Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre. 178 Jacob Anthony Meggesto of Camillus is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Liverpool Middle School. His sponsor is the Post-Standard, Syracuse. 179 Siraj A. Sindhu of Watertown is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Case Middle School. His sponsor is the Watertown Daily Times. NEW ZEALAND 180 Thomas North of Hamilton, Waikato, is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hamilton Boys’ High School. His sponsor is the New Zealand Listener, Wellington. NORTH CAROLINA 181 Matthew Marley of Elon is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of the Phoenix Academy. His sponsor is the Times-News, Burlington. 182 Molly A. Crawford of Matthews is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Jay M. Robinson Middle School. Her sponsor is the Charlotte Observer. 183 Erin Leigh Parker of Dunn is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Meadow Middle School. Her sponsor is the Clayton News-Star. 184 Destiny Anne Franklin of Spring Lake is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Overhills Middle School. Her sponsor is the Daily Record, Dunn. 185 Xavier Barnes of Fayetteville is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Pine Forest Middle School. His sponsor is the Fayetteville Observer. 186 Andrew Lay of Stanley is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Stanley Middle School. His sponsor is the Gaston Gazette, Gastonia. 187 Kate Dubis of Hillsborough is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Cameron Park Elementary. Her sponsor is the News of Orange County, Hillsborough. 188 Bryson Reid McKee of Shelby is a 10-year-old fourth grader at Washington Elementary School. His sponsor is the Shelby Star. 189 Mayee Zhu of Winterville is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Hope Middle School. Her sponsor is the Washington Daily News. 190 Katharine Anne Bailey of Wilson is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Forest Hills Middle School. Her sponsor is the Wilson Daily Times. 191 Baron Fenwick of Todd is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Green Valley School. His sponsor is the Winston-Salem Journal. NORTH DAKOTA 192 Nick G. Gellerman of Bismarck is a 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of Bismarck Mandan Area Home Educators. His sponsor is the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck. OHIO 193 Gillian Butdorf of Wooster is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Edgewood Middle School. Her sponsor is the Akron Beacon Journal. 194 Anthony “Tony” E. Incorvati of Uniontown is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Canton Country Day School. His sponsor is the Repository, Canton. 195 Madeline Louise Weiner of Villa Hills, Kentucky, is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Turkey Foot Middle School. Her sponsor is WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati. 197 Scott B. Remer of Beachwood is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Beachwood Middle School. His sponsor is the Plain Dealer, Cleveland. 198 Rachel M. Castle of Dayton is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Bishop Leibold Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Dayton Daily News. 199 Ashley Lauren Terry of Vermilion is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Sailorway Middle School. Her sponsor is the Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria. 200 Nicholas Bernard Rushlow of Pickerington is a 10-year-old fourth grader at Fairfield Elementary School. His sponsor is the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. 201 Shantanu Vinayak Srivatsa of Lancaster is an 11-year-old sixth grader at Wellington School. His sponsor is Sheridan WorldWise, Inc., Lewis Center. 202 Anthony Guy Tenney of New Bremen is a 13-year-old eighth grader at McBroom Junior High School. His sponsor is the Lima News. 203 Stephen A. Hartline of Woodsfield is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Woodsfield Elementary School. His sponsor is the Marietta Times. 204 Lacey Ware of St. Clairsville is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Union Local Middle School. Her sponsor is the Times Leader, Martins Ferry. 205 Nick Lade of Spencer is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Cloverleaf Middle School. His sponsor is the Medina Gazette. 206 Tommy R.L. Panek of Salem is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Salem Junior High School. His sponsor is the Salem News, the East Liverpool Review, and the Morning Journal. 207 Meadow Jackson of Steubenville is a 13-year-old seventh grader at All Saints School. Her sponsor is the Herald-Star, Steubenville. 208 Keith E. Roberts III of Findlay is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Glenwood Middle School. His sponsor is the Blade, Toledo. 209 Joshua A. McFall of West Farmington is a home-schooled 13-year-old seventh grader and a member of Providence Christian Academy—TEACH. His sponsor is the Tribune Chronicle, Warren. 210 Michael James Girbino of Chesterland is a 13-year-old seventh grader at West Geauga Middle School. His sponsor is the News-Herald, Willoughby. 211 Hannah Stang Gerdes of Hubbard is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Vindicator, Youngstown. OKLAHOMA 212 Adam L. Van Buren of Cache is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Cache Middle School. His sponsor is the Oklahoman, Oklahoma City. 213 Hannah J. Cassidy of Perkins is a home-schooled 14-year-old seventh grader and a member of the Stillwater Christian Home Educators Fellowship. Her sponsor is the Tulsa World. OREGON 214 Katie Nye of Bend is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of Bend Christian Home School Association. Her sponsor is the Bulletin, Bend. 215 Trevor Johnnathan Fonvergne of Damascus is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Damascus Middle School. His sponsor is the Portland Tribune. PENNSYLVANIA 216 Anahita Kalra Iyer of Doylestown is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Gayman Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Intelligencer, Doylestown. 217 Shradha M. Chhabria of Stroudsburg is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Moravian Academy. Her sponsor is the Express-Times, Easton. 218 Jahnavi K. Iyer of Enola is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Eagle View Middle School. Her sponsor is the Patriot-News, Harrisburg. 219 Gaurav G. Sirdeshpande of Lancaster is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Centerville Middle School. His sponsor is the Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster. 220 Elyse Cox of Lower Gwynedd is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Gwynedd Mercy Academy Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Times Herald, Norristown. 221 Hannah C. Schill of Philadelphia is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Penn Alexander School. Her sponsor is the Philadelphia Tribune. 222 Jeremy Pople of Pittsburgh is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Mellon Middle School. His sponsor is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 223 Mark Douglas Travor of Orwigsburg is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Blue Mountain Middle School. His sponsor is the REPUBLICAN & Herald, Pottsville. 224 Nabil Shaikh of Reading is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Exeter Junior High School. His sponsor is the Reading Eagle. 225 Kaitlyn Taylor Victor of Sayre is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Austin Snyder Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Morning Times, Sayre. 226 Joshua M. Cohen of East Stroudsburg is a 14-year-old eighth grader at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School. His sponsor is the Pocono Record, Stroudsburg. 227 Meghan Kimberly Reynolds of Landenberg is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Daily Local News, West Chester. 228 Jeffrey Bridges of Hazleton is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Hazleton Elementary/Middle School. His sponsor is the Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre. PUERTO RICO 229 Julianna M. Canabal-Rodriguez of Mayaguez is an 11-year-old fifth grader at the Southwestern Educational Society. Her sponsor is Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan. RHODE ISLAND 230 Ashley Peltier of West Greenwich is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Exeter West Greenwich Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Valley Breeze, Cumberland. SOUTH CAROLINA 231 Willie Johnson of Brunson is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Brunson Elementary School. His sponsor is the Allendale Sun. 232 Ross Gibson of Sunset is a home-schooled 11-year-old sixth grader. His sponsor is the Anderson Independent Mail. 233 Jackson Laurence Crist of North Charleston is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader and a member of the Lowcountry Christian Home Educators Association. His sponsor is the Post and Courier, Charleston. 234 Crystal C. Gibbons of Manning is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Manning Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Morning News, Florence. 235 Caleb M. Cohen of Andrews is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Andrews Christian School. His sponsor is the Sun News, Myrtle Beach. 236 Keiko S. Bridwell of Woodruff is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Florence Chapel Middle School. Her sponsor is the Herald-Journal, Spartanburg. SOUTH DAKOTA 237 Changlin Ke of Brookings is a 14-year-old eighth grader at George S. Mickelson Middle School. His sponsor is the Argus Leader, Sioux Falls. SOUTH KOREA 238 Jiwon Seo of Goyang-si is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Gwanak Education Center. Her sponsor is Yoon’s English Academy, Seoul. TENNESSEE 239 Danielle Sahud of Jasper is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Jasper Middle School. Her sponsor is the Chattanooga Times Free Press. 240 John Michael Eaton of Camden is a 13-year-old sixth grader at Camden Junior High School. His sponsor is the Jackson Sun. 241 Lillie Sierra Young of Robbins is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Robbins Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Knoxville News Sentinel. 242 Cherry N. Mathis of Batesville, Mississippi, is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Charleston Middle School. Her sponsor is the Commercial Appeal, Memphis. 243 Swathi Ganesh of Collierville is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Tara Oaks Elementary. Her sponsor is the Commercial Appeal, Memphis. 244 Andrew Chaffin Cooper of Smithville is a 10-year-old fourth grader at Northside Elementary School. His sponsor is the Tennessean, Nashville. TEXAS 245 Russ Bian of Abilene is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Thomas Elementary School. His sponsor is the Abilene Reporter-News. 246 Anjali Raghuram of Amarillo is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Bonham Middle School. Her sponsor is the Amarillo Globe-News. 247 Bianca Elaine Quintanilla of Harlingen is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Calvary Christian School. Her sponsor is Valley Freedom Newspapers, Brownsville. 248 Amanda Espericueta of Corpus Christi is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School. Her sponsor is the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. 249 Mouctika L. Paluri of Carrollton is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Creek Valley Middle School. Her sponsor is the Dallas Morning News. 250 Priya Patel of El Paso is a 14-year-old eighth grader at St. Clement’s School. Her sponsor is the El Paso Times. 251 Hannah Ju-En Chi of Cleburne is a 14-year-old eighth grader at R.C. Loflin Middle School. Her sponsor is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 252 Jonathan Xu of Katy is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Beckendorff Junior High School. His sponsor is the Houston Chronicle. 253 Raymond Avery Soriano of Laredo is a 14-year-old eighth grader at St. Augustine School. His sponsor is the Laredo Morning Times. 254 Stephanie Stancell of Muleshoe is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 255 Samuel Dowlen of Midland is a home-schooled 12-year-old sixth grader and a member of the Midland Association of Christian Home Educators (M.A.C.H.E.). His sponsor is the Midland Reporter-Telegram. 256 Jonathan Robert Hohstadt of Odessa is a home-schooled 10-year-old fifth grader. His sponsor is the San Angelo Standard-Times. 257 James T. Guerra of San Antonio is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Oak Meadow Elementary School. His sponsor is the San Antonio Express-News. 258 Katherine Michelle Kappelmann of San Angelo is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader and a member of the San Angelo Christian Home School Association. Her sponsor is the San Angelo Standard-Times. 259 Madison Paige Simpson of Cuero is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Cuero Junior High School. Her sponsor is the Victoria Advocate. 260 Andrea Mae G. Mirasol of Vernon is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Shive Elementary School. Her sponsor is the Times Record News, Wichita Falls. U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 261 JoAnn Lavida Thomas-Lewis of Christiansted, St. Croix, is a 13-year-old eighth grader at St. Croix Seventh Day Adventist School. Her sponsor is the Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas. UTAH 262 Austin J. Ahlstrom of West Bountiful is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Millcreek Junior High School. His sponsor is the Davis County Clipper, Bountiful. 263 Isaac Thegn Skarstedt of Saratoga Springs is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Lakeview Academy. His sponsor is the Daily Herald, Provo. VERMONT 264 Walker W. Storz of Lyndonville is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Lyndon Town School. His sponsor is the Burlington Free Press. VIRGINIA 265 Mariel F. Anderson of Charlottesville is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Jackson P. Burley Middle School. Her sponsor is the News-Virginian and the Daily Progress, Charlottesville. 266 Maria Jacinta Wasilewski of Stafford is a home-schooled 13-year-old seventh grader. Her sponsor is the Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg. 267 Emily Elizabeth Dick of Broadway is a 13-year-old eighth grader at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School. Her sponsor is the Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg. 268 Santos DeBarros of Waterford is a home-schooled 12-year-old seventh grader. His sponsor is the Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg. 269 Samantha Elizabeth Mihalik of Monroe is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Monelison Middle School. Her sponsor is the News & Advance, Lynchburg. 270 Rebecca Madison Willett of Virginia Beach is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk. 271 Lance Letson Hungar of McLean is a home-schooled 12-year-old sixth grader and a member of the GOCHA Home School Association. His sponsor is Times Community Newspapers, Reston. 272 Martha Jessee of Lebanon is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Lebanon Middle School. Her sponsor is the Richlands News-Press. 273 Torey Beth Jackson of Dillwyn is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Fuqua School. Her sponsor is the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 274 Sachith Gullapalli of Roanoke is an 11-year-old seventh grader at Hidden Valley Middle School. His sponsor is the Roanoke Times. 275 Rebecca L. Snodgrass of Winchester is a home-schooled 11-year-old sixth grader and a member of Christian Connection Home School Association. Her sponsor is the Winchester Star. 276 Marie Janice Mach of Dumfries is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Graham Park Middle School. Her sponsor is the Potomac News, Woodbridge. WASHINGTON 277 Hunter Lehmann of Poulsbo is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader and a member of Mountain Horizons Academy Home School. His sponsor is the Kitsap Sun, Bremerton. 278 Elysa C. Stone of Anacortes is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Anacortes Middle School. Her sponsor is the Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon. 279 Elizabeth Zhang of Snoqualmie is a home-schooled 13-year-old eighth grader and a member of Home Oriented Meaningful Education. Her sponsor is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 280 Christian S. Menendez of Tonasket is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Omak Middle School. His sponsor is the Wenatchee World. WEST VIRGINIA 281 Matthew Y. Koh of Beckley is an 11-year-old sixth grader at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School. His sponsor is the Charleston Gazette-Mail. 282 Sathiyan Sivakumaran of Weston is a 12-year-old eighth grader at Robert L. Bland Middle School. His sponsor is the Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram. 283 Jessica Shakesprere of Harpers Ferry is an 11-year-old sixth grader at the Country Day School. Her sponsor is the Journal, Martinsburg. 284 Jimmy Yuan of Morgantown is a 13-year-old eighth grader at Cheat Lake Middle School. His sponsor is the Dominion-Post, Morgantown. 285 Karen Laska of Triadelphia is an 11-year-old sixth grader at St. Vincent de Paul Parish School. Her sponsor is the Catholic Spirit, Wheeling. WISCONSIN 286 Kara M. Walla of Hales Corners is a home-schooled 14-year-old eighth grader. Her sponsor is the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison. WYOMING 287 Catherine Cloetta of Jackson is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Jackson Hole Middle School. Her sponsor is the Casper Star Tribune. NEW YORK 288 Adrianna Mei Ellison of Matamoras is a 12-year-old seventh grader at New Life Christian Day School. Her sponsor is the Gazette, Port Jervis. |
