who will bee our next champion?
Watch the two-night event on ION,
May 31 & June 1 at 8/7c

Television Schedule

preliminaries
Tuesday, May 30
9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. et
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quarterfinals
Wednesday, May 31
8 a.m. - 1 p.m. et
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semifinals
Wednesday, May 31
8 - 10 p.m. et
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finals
Thursday, June 1
8 - 10 p.m. et
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Meet the Spellers
1

Stephen Briscoe
age 14 | grade 8
Alabama Kiwanis Foundation
Birmingham, Alabama
2

Lucas Parker
age 14 | grade 8
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage, Alaska
3

Sydney Seavey
age 12 | grade 6
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Fairbanks, Alaska
4

Opal Mishra
age 12 | grade 6
Arizona Educational Foundation
Phoenix, Arizona
5

Karen Opoku-Appoh
age 14 | grade 8
Arizona Educational Foundation
Scottsdale, Arizona
6

Tazbah Spruhan
age 13 | grade 8
Navajo Times Publishing Company
Window Rock, Arizona
7

Zeeshan Anower
age 10 | grade 5
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Jacksonville, Arkansas
8

Jean Bounkousonh
age 14 | grade 8
KERO Channel 23
Bakersfield, California
9

Dhruv Subramanian
age 12 | grade 7
San Ramon Valley Rotary Club
San Ramon, California
10

Justin Tran
age 13 | grade 8
SNSB California Regional Bee
Diamond Bar, California
11

Julia Murillo-Nuñez
age 12 | grade 6
Imperial County Office of Education
El Centro, California
12

Leo Wu
age 11 | grade 5
The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
Fresno, California
13

Aaron Lim
age 14 | grade 8
The Orange County Register
Irvine, California
14

Avi Randhawa
age 12 | grade 7
Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside, California
15

Morgan Harms
age 12 | grade 6
Monterey County Office of Education
Salinas, California
16

Phoebe Laguna
age 10 | grade 5
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
San Bernardino, California
17

Jup Singh
age 13 | grade 8
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
San Bernardino, California
18

Mihir Konkapaka
age 12 | grade 7
The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego, California
19

Vikrant Chintanaboina
age 14 | grade 8
San Ramon Valley Rotary Club
San Ramon, California
20

Shradha Rachamreddy
age 13 | grade 7
San Ramon Valley Rotary Club
San Ramon, California
21

Arth Dalsania
age 14 | grade 8
SAGE Publishing
Thousand Oaks, California
22

Sarvadnya Kadam
age 12 | grade 6
Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register
Visalia, California
23

Eleanor Jeavons
age 13 | grade 7
ECU Regional Bee
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
24

Chuxia Huang
age 13 | grade 8
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
25

Isaac Brogan
age 11 | grade 5
WFCU Credit Union
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
26

Sofia Tommey Wu
age 10 | grade 5
Boulder Valley School District
Boulder, Colorado
27

Aditi Muthukumar
age 12 | grade 7
The Denver Post
Denver, Colorado
28

Nathan Settevendemie
age 11 | grade 6
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society
West Hartford, Connecticut
29

Declan Durand
age 11 | grade 5
Sussex County Public Libraries
Georgetown, Delaware
30

Zion Miller
age 14 | grade 8
Seaford District Library, Inc.
Seaford, Delaware
31

Jerald Jude Campana
age 13 | grade 8
The Washington Informer
Washington, District of Columbia
32

Lesly Hernandez Martin
age 14 | grade 8
The Washington Informer
Washington, District of Columbia
41

Sumayya Ahmad
age 11 | grade 6
Envision Credit Union
Tallahassee, Florida
42

Bruhat Soma
age 11 | grade 6
SNSB Region One Bee
Tampa, Florida
43

Sai Lakkimsetti
age 14 | grade 8
Georgia Association of Educators
Tucker, Georgia
44

Matthew Baber
age 13 | grade 7
Georgia Association of Educators
Tucker, Georgia
49

Sophia Chan
age 13 | grade 7
Hawaii State Spelling Bee
Honolulu, Hawaii
50

Eliana Castro
age 14 | grade 8
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
51

Kayla Tenney Villalobos
age 14 | grade 8
Idaho Character Foundation
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
52

Navtaj Singh
age 12 | grade 6
Lewiston Tribune
Lewiston, Idaho
53

Annette Chu
age 13 | grade 7
SNSB Illinois Regional Bee
Chicago, Illinois
54

Lukas Nowak
age 12 | grade 6
Will County Regional Office of Education
Chicago, Illinois
55

Emme Whitebone
age 13 | grade 7
Pepper Construction and Wight & Company
Chicago, Illinois
56

Srinidhi Rao
age 13 | grade 7
ComEd and Tyndale House Publishers
Chicago, Illinois
57

Steven Jiang
age 13 | grade 8
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, Illinois
58

Khadijah Abdul-Rahman
age 14 | grade 8
Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education
Decatur, Illinois
59

Arlenn Lesko
age 13 | grade 7
DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16
DeKalb, Illinois
60

Mason Coulthard
age 12 | grade 6
Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education
Freeport, Illinois
61

Francis Nnodi
age 14 | grade 8
Kane County Regional Office of Education
Geneva, Illinois
62

Julissa Negron
age 13 | grade 8
Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education
Loves Park, Illinois
63

Vishrut Kinikar
age 13 | grade 7
McHenry County Regional Office of Education
McHenry, Illinois
64

Akshay Manikandan
age 14 | grade 8
Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education
Morris, Illinois
65

Alex Ottens
age 14 | grade 8
Regional Office of Education #47
Sterling, Illinois
66

Daphne Gil
age 14 | grade 8
Lake County Regional Office of Education
Vernon Hills, Illinois
67

Reid Shaw
age 12 | grade 6
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
68

Achyut Ethiraj
age 13 | grade 7
SNSB Indiana Regional Bee
Fort Wayne, Indiana
69

Gavin Sigua
age 12 | grade 7
IU School of Education at IUPUI
Indianapolis, Indiana
70

Sharanya Kar
age 10 | grade 5
Lafayette Adult Resource Academy
Lafayette, Indiana
71

Craig Ulrey
age 13 | grade 7
Ball State University - WIPB-TV
Muncie, Indiana
72

Wes Cooper
age 11 | grade 5
Kankakee Valley REMC
Wanatah, Indiana
77

Isabella Carver
age 11 | grade 5
Visit Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
78

Ian Gibson
age 13 | grade 7
Visit Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
79

Rishaan Reddy
age 10 | grade 5
University Laboratory School
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
80

Aiden Pham
age 13 | grade 7
Kiwanis Club of Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
81

Kai Richardson
age 13 | grade 8
SagamoreHill Broadcasting LLC
Lake Charles, Louisiana
82

Nayara de Silva-Ahmed
age 13 | grade 7
New Orleans Chapter of The Links
New Orleans, Louisiana
83

Sahil Thorat
age 13 | grade 8
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
84

Evan Trieu
age 12 | grade 7
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Portland, Maine
89

Cheyenne Hensley
age 13 | grade 7
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, Maryland
90

Alec Gallahan
age 14 | grade 8
Charles County Public Schools
La Plata, Maryland
91

Evangelene Hill
age 14 | grade 8
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland
92

Tanoshi Inomata
age 10 | grade 4
Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Boston, Massachusetts
93

Adarsh Venkannagari
age 9 | grade 4
The Daily Item
Lynn, Massachusetts
94

Emily Demlow
age 14 | grade 8
SNSB Michigan and Ohio Regional Bee
Battle Creek, Michigan
95

Joscelyn Ryan
age 14 | grade 8
Macomb Intermediate School District
Clinton Township, Michigan
96

Anwesha Ahmed
age 13 | grade 8
WXYZ Channel 7
Detroit, Michigan
101

Sidhanth Vetrivel
age 11 | grade 5
The Herald Palladium
St. Joseph, Michigan
102

Hazel Danziger
age 14 | grade 8
Traverse City Record-Eagle
Traverse City, Michigan
103

Aryan Khedkar
age 12 | grade 7
Oakland Schools Education Foundation
Waterford, Michigan
104

Vihaan Kapil
age 9 | grade 3
Success Beyond the Classroom
Arden Hills, Minnesota
105

Maximus Katsoulis
age 14 | grade 8
Lakes Country Service Cooperative
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
106

Elijah Elledge
age 11 | grade 5
South Central Service Cooperative
North Mankato, Minnesota
107

Roberto Villasboas
age 12 | grade 6
Southeast Service Cooperative
Rochester, Minnesota
108

Will Rausch
age 12 | grade 7
Sourcewell
Staples, Minnesota
109

Vihaan Mahajan
age 13 | grade 8
The Commercial Dispatch
Columbus, Mississippi
110

Baruni Jakkula
age 13 | grade 8
The Commercial Dispatch
Columbus, Mississippi
111

Aanya Shetty
age 12 | grade 7
Columbia Missourian
Columbia, Missouri
112

Garrett Fry
age 12 | grade 7
Mid-Continent Public Library
Independence, Missouri
113

Mariah Coffey
age 12 | grade 6
Raymore-Peculiar School District
Peculiar, Missouri
114

Colby Armes
age 12 | grade 6
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
115

Tyler Tang
age 10 | grade 5
A.C.E.S.
Rolla, Missouri
116

Julianna Mullins
age 14 | grade 8
Mosaic Life Care Foundation
St. Joseph, Missouri
117

Sonia Kulkarni
age 12 | grade 7
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
118

Natalie Russ
age 14 | grade 8
Montana Television Network
Bozeman, Montana
119

Sarah Fernandes
age 11 | grade 5
Omaha Sports Commission
Omaha, Nebraska
120

Arren Feliciano
age 13 | grade 7
The Public Education Foundation
Las Vegas, Nevada
121

Sarina Ali
age 12 | grade 7
The Public Education Foundation
Las Vegas, Nevada
122

Iris LaMoreaux
age 14 | grade 8
New Hampshire Union Leader
Manchester, New Hampshire
123

Atharv Narvekar
age 14 | grade 8
Somerset County Library System
Bridgewater, New Jersey
124

Lucas Ke
age 14 | grade 8
Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs
Hackensack, New Jersey
125

Kavya Jakasania
age 13 | grade 7
Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
Jersey City, New Jersey
126

Aria Khambhati
age 9 | grade 4
Sidelines and Stages
Maplewood, New Jersey
127

Mariam Belkouchi
age 13 | grade 7
Sidelines and Stages
Maplewood, New Jersey
128

Laura Joseph
age 14 | grade 8
Press Communications
Neptune, New Jersey
129

Keith Lee
age 11 | grade 6
The Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico
130

Saheb Sarkar
age 12 | grade 6
Corning Rotary Club
Corning, New York
131

Markus Ferrara
age 13 | grade 8
Orange-Ulster BOCES
Goshen, New York
132

Noah Kaplan
age 11 | grade 6
SNSB New York State Regional Bee
Hopewell Junction, New York
133

Brian Liu
age 11 | grade 6
ScholarSkills for STARS
New Windsor, New York
134

Lora Wu
age 12 | grade 7
ScholarSkills for STARS
New York, New York
135

Vale Esposito
age 13 | grade 8
ScholarSkills for STARS
New York, New York
136

Stephen Chehata
age 14 | grade 8
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES
Newark, New York
137

Richard Tang
age 13 | grade 8
The Daily Star
Oneonta, New York
138

Simran Sanders
age 12 | grade 6
The Post-Standard
Syracuse, New York
139

Micah Sterling
age 10 | grade 5
Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, New York
140

Ananya Rao Prassanna
age 12 | grade 6
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
141

Peyton Goldenstein
age 14 | grade 8
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
142

Rex Dover
age 14 | grade 8
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
143

Reyansh Joshi
age 11 | grade 5
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
144

Rishi Jayakumar
age 14 | grade 8
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
145

Logan Edwards
age 12 | grade 7
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
146

Isaiah Henry
age 11 | grade 5
Duke University Office of Durham and Community Affairs
Durham, North Carolina
147

Angelo Aldoph
age 13 | grade 7
Cumberland County Schools
Fayetteville, North Carolina
148

Lila Rechel
age 13 | grade 7
Harnett County Schools
Lillington, North Carolina
149

Olivia Tolentino
age 14 | grade 8
Johnston County Public Schools
Smithfield, North Carolina
150

Luna Gasevic
age 13 | grade 7
ND Association of County Superintendents
Bismarck, North Dakota
151

Emma Liu
age 13 | grade 7
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
152

Tia Geisler
age 10 | grade 4
ESC of the Western Reserve
Concord Township , Ohio
157

Advait Nishit
age 13 | grade 7
ESC of Northeast Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
158

Bridget Smith
age 13 | grade 7
Educational Service Center of Lorain County
Elyria, Ohio
159

Ope Balogun
age 12 | grade 7
The Lima News
Lima, Ohio
160

Shaylynn Dennis
age 14 | grade 8
Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal
Lisbon, Ohio
169

Christian Miller
age 13 | grade 8
Chester County Intermediate Unit
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
170

Kenzo Veron
age 14 | grade 8
WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
171

Priana Khant
age 14 | grade 8
Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
172

Pranav Anandh
age 14 | grade 8
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
Morton, Pennsylvania
177

Raana Parchuri
age 13 | grade 7
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
178

Tyler Kulikosky
age 14 | grade 8
The Republican Herald
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
179

Aaditya Aiyer
age 13 | grade 7
Diamond City Sports
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
180

Orlando Fernández Valera
age 14 | grade 8
Eureka Enrichment & Learning Center, Inc.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
181

Penelope Sargeant
age 14 | grade 8
The Valley Breeze
Lincoln, Rhode Island
182

Siqi Fang
age 14 | grade 8
The Post and Courier
Charleston, South Carolina
183

Luc Calagsing
age 12 | grade 7
Pee Dee Education Center
Florence, South Carolina
184

Aiza Soherwardy
age 14 | grade 8
USC Upstate
Spartanburg, South Carolina
185

Charli Fickbohm
age 14 | grade 8
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
186

Audrey Dougherty
age 13 | grade 7
Tennessee Titans
Knoxville, Tennessee
187

Rainaa Bhupesh
age 14 | grade 8
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
188

Armaan Singhvi
age 12 | grade 6
Tennessee Titans
Nashville, Tennessee
197

Brihasa Veduru
age 10 | grade 5
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
198

Luke Nguyen
age 12 | grade 6
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
199

Ishika Varipilli
age 12 | grade 7
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
200

Kirsten Tiffany Santos
age 12 | grade 7
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
201

Nathaniel Rimocal
age 14 | grade 8
Laredo Morning Times
Laredo, Texas
202

Ava Flores
age 11 | grade 5
Ramar Communications
Lubbock, Texas
203

Robbie Ortiz
age 13 | grade 8
Rio Grande Valley AIM Media Texas
McAllen, Texas
204

Shwetha Jayakumar
age 13 | grade 8
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Midland, Texas
205

Siyona Kandala
age 11 | grade 5
The Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association
New Braunfels, Texas
206

Ajay Gundlapalli
age 13 | grade 7
Ector County Independent School District
Odessa, Texas
207

Akash Vukoti
age 13 | grade 8
San Angelo Association of REALTORS
San Angelo, Texas
208

Lucas Lee
age 12 | grade 7
Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas
209

Gabriella Chiang
age 14 | grade 8
Rapoport Holdings, LLC
Waco, Texas
210

Wes Underwood
age 13 | grade 8
The Ministry of Education
Nassau, The Bahamas
211

Abdel-Malik Bazzar
age 10 | grade 5
The Virgin Islands Daily News
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
212

Luke Jeppesen
age 14 | grade 8
Southeast Education Service Center
Price, Utah
213

Surya Kapu
age 14 | grade 8
The City Journals
Salt Lake City, Utah
214

Elise Cournoyer
age 14 | grade 8
VTDigger
Rutland, Vermont
215

Ruby Kadera
age 13 | grade 8
SNSB Region Two Bee
Arlington, Virginia
216

Nathaniel Hersey
age 13 | grade 8
The Daily Progress and News Virginian
Charlottesville, Virginia
217

Kamsi Ezugwu
age 11 | grade 6
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Danville, Virginia
218

Luke DiMaso
age 14 | grade 8
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
Fredericksburg, Virginia
219

Bryan Milstead
age 13 | grade 8
Rockingham District Ruritans
Harrisonburg, Virginia
220

Oviya Amalraj
age 12 | grade 6
Loudoun County Public Schools
Leesburg, Virginia
221

Graham Woodruff
age 14 | grade 8
The News & Advance
Lynchburg, Virginia
222

Siya Sampath
age 9 | grade 4
InsideNoVa/Prince William
Manassas, Virginia
223

Charlotte Walsh
age 14 | grade 8
Fairfax County Council PTA
Merrifield, Virginia
224

Rohith Konduri
age 13 | grade 7
WHRO Public Media
Norfolk, Virginia
225

Joy-Den Wilson
age 12 | grade 7
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
226

Eli Simundza
age 13 | grade 8
The Roanoke Times
Roanoke, Virginia
227

Sanchali Bohacek
age 14 | grade 8
Town Hall Seattle
Seattle, Washington
228

Madeline Feinstein
age 13 | grade 8
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Charleston, West Virginia
about the bee
Since 1925, children across America have participated in classroom, school and regional spelling bees with the hope of making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

get ready for
bee week!
Bee Week 2023 will take place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. On May 28, 231 spellers from across the country and around the world will arrive in the Washington, D.C., area. For these spellers, Bee Week will include much more than three days of nationally-televised competition.