Alphabetical Index of the 265 Spellers by State, Territory, or Country

 

 
  STATE
SPELLER NO.
SPELLER
 SPONSOR
  ALABAMA
1
 Laura Ann Brown Birmingham Post-Herald
  ALASKA
2
Irene Youngji Park
 Anchorage Daily News
   
3
 Kimberly A. Doudna Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks
  AMERICAN SAMOA
4
 Song Lee Kim Samoa News, Pago Pago
  ARIZONA
5
 Maddy Kloss Arizona Educational Foundation
  ARKANSAS
6
Anne Z. Ye
 Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  THE BAHAMAS
7
Joeanne Marie Mahinay Salise
 Nassau Guardian
  CALIFORNIA
8
 Kaleigh N. Tinkle The Bakersfield Californian
   
9
 Holly Katrine Duitsman Desert Dispatch, Barstow
   
10
 Aliya R. Deri Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek
   
11
 Tia Natasha-Elizabeth Thomas Sierra Telephone/Coarsegold PTA
   
12
 Sean Justin B. Sabino Daily News Los Angeles
   
14
 Christoph Riddle Monterey County Office of Education
   
15
 Brady Jay Yoon The Orange County Register
   
16
 Josiah Gary Graves Record Searchlight, Redding
   
17
 Ginny Wu The Press-Enterprise, Riverside
   
18
 Shelby Brianne Smith The Sacramento Bee
   
19
 Anurag Kashyap The San Diego Union-Tribune
   
20
 Pooja Shah San Francisco Chronicle
   
21
 Kendra Y. Yoshinaga Ventura County Star
   
22
 Cassie Marie Quan Daily Press, Victorville
   
23
 Juan Jose Mejia Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register
  COLORADO
24
 Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan Daily Camera, Boulder
   
25
 Akshay Buddiga Rocky Mountain News, Denver
  CONNECTICUT
26
 Nicholas J. Marcucci The New Haven Register
   
27
 Zachary Alan Carlson Kuzel Norwich Bulletin
  DELAWARE
28
 Erin M. Clendaniel Delaware State News, Dover
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
29
 Marty Alexander Strauss The Washington Informer
  EUROPE
30
 Dawn Song Anderson Stars & Stripes
  FLORIDA
31
 Nora Porter The Tribune, Fort Pierce
   
32
 Katie Elizabeth Campbell Olson The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville
   
33
 Aqsa Ullah The Ledger, Lakeland
   
34
 Dovie Eisner The Miami Herald
   
35
 Aaron Ho The Miami Herald
   
36
 Lincoln Tyler Robinson Naples Daily News
   
37
 Allison M. Ohlin Naples Daily News
   
38
 Stephanie Teresa Desouza Orlando Sentinel
   
39
 Brooke McDowell The Palm Beach Post
   
40
 Meagan M. Schaeffner The News Herald, Panama City
   
41
 Katie L. Brown The News, Stuart
   
42
 Quintin Fitzgerald Beechum Tallahassee Democrat
   
43
 Rachel Lee Hernandez The Tampa Tribune
   
44
 Croix Newson Press-Journal, Vero Beach
  GEORGIA
45
 Biplab Panda Atlanta Daily World
   
46
 Joe Shepherd The Augusta Chronicle
  GUAM
47
 Angela Mayo Palomer Pacific Daily News, Agana
  HAWAII
48
 Jasmine I. Siefman The Honolulu Advertiser
  IDAHO
49
 Max Keister Coeur d'Alene Press
   
50
 Cody O. Wendt The Lewiston Morning Tribune
  ILLINOIS
51
 Ashwini A. Gokhale The Pantagraph, Bloomington
   
52
 Melissa L. Gracia Chicago Tribune
   
53
 Michelle Yvette Bak Chicago Tribune
   
54
 Abraham H. Lee Herald & Review, Decatur
   
55
 Gwendolyn Janel Larson The Telegraph, Dixon
   
56
 Anton Thomas Grahame The Journal-Standard, Freeport
   
57
 Anneika M. Verghese The Daily Journal, Kankakee
   
58
 Sachin Raghunathan The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline
   
59
 Claire Kim Peoria Journal Star
   
60
 Jake D. Ayers The Quincy Herald-Whig
   
61
 Hannah Grace Provenza Rockford Register Star
   
62
 Priyanka Bose The State Journal-Register, Springfield
   
63
 Jes E. Sasko The Daily Gazette, Sterling
  INDIANA
64
 Austin W. Hoke The Herald Bulletin, Anderson
   
65
 Jessica Lynn Johnson The Herald-Times, Bloomington
   
66
 Alexander Christian Stephens The Evansville Courier & Press
   
67
 Trevor Leslie Topics Newspapers, Fishers
   
68
 Timothy Harris Topics Newspapers, Fishers
   
69
 Michael Shane Paynter The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne
   
70
 Shruti Mishra Journal and Courier, Lafayette
   
71
 Angelina Chantelle Gurney The Kokomo Tribune
   
72
 Nektarios Vasilottos The Herald-Argus, LaPorte
   
73
 Aneesh Rajmaira Chronicle-Tribune, Marion
   
74
 James Hsieh The Star Press, Muncie
   
75
 Ashleigh Johnson The Times, Munster
   
76
 David Scott Tidmarsh South Bend Tribune
   
77
 Bridget Lynn Lee The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute
   
78
 Jacob Bruce Trewartha Zionsville Times Sentinel/The Lebanon Reporter
  IOWA
79
 Mattias P. Gassman The Des Moines Register
 
80
 Johnathan Isaac Hahn Telegraph Herald, Dubuque
  JAMAICA
81
 Cornel Andre Grey Jamaica Gleaner
  KANSAS
82
 Kendra Lea Frazier The Topeka Capital-Journal
  KENTUCKY
83
 Adriana Michelle Ruf The Kentucky Post, Covington
 
84
 John Louis Tandy Tamplin Kentucky Derby Festival, Louisville
  LOUISIANA
85
 Joseph Trevor Antley The Gazette, Farmerville
 
86
 Silas Orteza The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette
 
87
 Dakota Seth Koll Lake Charles American Press
 
88
 Stephanie M. Baer The News-Star, Monroe
 
89
 Emma B. Levenson The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
 
90
 Amanda Claire Foy The Times, Shreveport
  MAINE
91
 Brody J. Winn Bangor Daily News
  MARYLAND
92
 Amar Asha Mehta Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Annapolis
 
93
 Grant Sherman Aegis, Bel Air
 
94
 Blaine A. Ford The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown
 
95
 Mehron H. Price Gazette Newspapers, Landover
 
96
 Kevin Bowes The Enterprise, Lexington Park
 
97
 Matthew Stein The Recorder, Prince Frederick
 
98
 Courtney E. Hartnett Maryland Independent, Waldorf
  MASSACHUSETTS
99
 Sarah Ann Daigle Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg
 
100
 Sahiti Surapaneni The Sun, Lowell
   
101
 Amanda E. Harney The Daily Item, Lynn
   
102
 Cooper F. Johnson The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven
   
103
 Ariel Bell Carpenter The Patriot Ledger, Quincy
  MICHIGAN
104
 Rachel S. Karas The Flint Journal
   
105
 Lana Van Niekerk Grand Haven Tribune
   
106
 Amanda P. Ly The Grand Rapids Press
   
107
 Nicole Marie Hodges The Daily News, Greenville
   
108
 Alexander H. Bohurat The Jackson Citizen Patriot
   
109
 Elliott P. Orr The Lapeer County Press, Lapeer
   
110
 Bethany K. Wyman Ludington Daily News
   
111
 Jamie Ding The Macomb Daily
   
112
 James M. Parkkonen Ogden News Publishing of Michigan, Marquette
   
113
 Aaron Thomas Bekemeyer The Daily Oakland Press
   
114
 Nilesh K. Raval The Saginaw News
   
115
 Lucas Copi The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph
   
116
 Alan W. Tilley Traverse City Record-Eagle
  MINNESOTA
117
 Megan Elizabeth Yontz The Brainerd Daily Dispatch
   
118
 Grant Newton Remmen The Fergus Falls Daily Journal
   
119
 Mason Green The Free Press, Mankato
   
120
 Sam Rock Star Tribune, Minneapolis
  MISSISSIPPI
121
 Boyce C. Tyler The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson
  MISSOURI
122
 Stephanie L. Henderson Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville
   
123
 Jessy J. Hwang Columbia Daily Tribune
   
124
 Christos M. Romanas The Examiner, Independence
   
125
 Miranda Shayleen VanPelt News-Press Gazette, St. Joseph
   
126
 Rajiv Tarigopula St. Louis Post-Dispatch
   
127
 Heather Elaine Howell Sedalia Democrat
   
128
 Kamron Alford Unite, Springfield
  MONTANA
129
 John A. Ausick Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings
  NEBRASKA
130
 Katie Nespor Omaha World-Herald
  NEVADA
131
 Shankari Vani Rajagopal Las Vegas Review-Journal
  NEW HAMPSHIRE
132
 Elicia C. Chamberlin Union Leader/New Hampshire Sunday News, Manchester
  NEW JERSEY
133
Katharine Close
 Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune
   
134
Lucas Anthony Schairer
 The Press of Atlantic City
   
135
Esther Hur
 Burlington County Times, Willingboro
   
136
 Arjun R. Modi The Record and Herald News, Hackensack
   
137
 Cindy Yin The Jersey Journal, Jersey City
   
138
 David Chen The Star-Ledger, Newark
   
139
Raghav Srinivasan
 The Times of Trenton
  NEW MEXICO
140
 Matthew C. Evans The Albuquerque Tribune
   
141
 Zachary D. Gillooly Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico, Clovis
   
142
 Brenna Ann Cobb The Gallup Independent
   
143
 Coralie Rose Clark The Gallup Independent
  NEW YORK
144
 Paul Rapoport Times Union, Albany
   
145
 Glen Noworyta The Buffalo News
   
146
 Maggie Lindsay Riffel The Leader, Corning, New York
   
147
 Ben Brown Finger Lakes Times, Geneva
   
148
 Brenda Nicole Shultis The Leader-Herald, Gloversville
   
149
Chloe L. Bordewich
 Daily Freeman and Sunday Freeman, Kingston
   
150
 Stephanie Marie Hayman Long Island Jewish World
   
151
 Charlotte Mary Blacklock Times Herald-Record, Middletown
   
152
 Erik Zyman-Carrasco Daily News, New York
153
Snigdha Sur
 Daily News, New York
154
Olivia Powell
 The Daily Star, Oneonta
155
Keagan M. Tafler
 The Palladium-Times, Oswego
156
Samantha Tan Mascia
 The Gazette, Port Jervis
157
 Ethan Joseph Johnson Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester
158
 Garrett M. Biedermann The Post-Standard, Syracuse
159
 Matthew Lawrence Grunert Watertown Daily Times
NORTH CAROLINA
160
 Jordan Lyle Fayne Times-News, Burlington
161
Marshall Kelly Winchester
 The Charlotte Observer
162
 Emily Michelle Kilgore The Daily Record, Dunn
163
 Alisha Diana Ramos The Fayetteville Observer
164
 Joseph “Joe” John Keefer The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia
165
 Meredith M. Nichter The Shelby Star
166
 Lorri L. Cole Washington Daily News
167
Shana M. Hakanson
 Wilson Daily Times
168
Saryn Rebecca Hooks
 Winston-Salem Journal
NORTH DAKOTA
169
 Asta E. Lee The Dickinson Press