2013 SPELLER ROSTER
| LOCATION | SPELLER # | SPELLER | SPONSOR |
| Alabama | 1 | Meghana Krishna Giri | Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alaska | 2 | Bryce Tasso | Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 3 | Katrina I. Miller | Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska | |
| American Samoa | 4 | Tauloto Punipuao Tuiolemotu | Samoa News, Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Arizona | 5 | Christopher O'Connor | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 6 | Samuel Yeager | Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock, Arizona | |
| Arkansas | 7 | Chythanya Murali | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Bahamas | 8 | Danielle Charity Smith | The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas |
| California | 9 | Osvaldo A. Sanchez | KERO 23 ABC, Bakersfield, California |
| 10 | Soleil Rosalinda Jones | Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California | |
| 11 | Jillian G. Fusi | Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California | |
| 12 | Rebecca Baron | Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative, Los Angeles, California | |
| 13 | Hannah Silvestro | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | |
| 14 | Clint Goodwin | Record Searchlight, Redding, California | |
| 15 | Katie Peterson | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | |
| 16 | Aditya Mishra | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | |
| 17 | Cecilia Trujillo | Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, California | |
| 18 | Isabel Cholbi | San Bernardino Spelling Bee Collaborative, San Bernardino, California | |
| 19 | Giabao Tonthat | U-T San Diego, San Diego, California | |
| 20 | Neha Konakalla | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | |
| 21 | Alan Shi | The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | |
| 22 | Zerin E. Wetzel | Daily Press, Victorville, California | |
| 23 | Mitchell Kameha Miya | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, Visalia, California | |
| 24 | Audrey M. Bantug | Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | |
| Canada | 25 | Cassandra M. Clowe-Coish | The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| 26 | Mollie J. Symons | The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| China | 27 | Qingyi Wang | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China |
| 28 | Katharine S. Wang | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China | |
| Colorado | 29 | Eva Kitlen | Barnes & Noble, Boulder, Colorado |
| 30 | Himanvi Kopuri | The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado | |
| Connecticut | 31 | Abram Mikhaeel Goda | Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Danbury, Connecticut |
| 32 | Anthony Constantine Capasso | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | |
| 33 | Keshav Ramesh | South Windsor Public Library, South Windsor, Connecticut | |
| Delaware | 34 | Lillian E. Allingham | Delaware Spelling Bee Collaborative, Wilmington, Delaware |
| District of Columbia | 35 | Donovan T. Rolle | The Washington Informer, Washington, District of Columbia |
| Europe | 36 | Anuk Dayaprema | European PTA, Defense and State Department Schools, Europe |
| Florida | 37 | Lee M. Wall | Polk County School District Collaborative, Bartow, Florida |
| 38 | Aleena Boby | The Daily News, Bonita Springs, Florida | |
| 39 | Grace Remmer | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | |
| 40 | Shayaan Syed Subzwari | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | |
| 41 | Christal Schermeister | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | |
| 42 | Emma J. Parrish | Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida | |
| 43 | Mary Elizabeth Horton | Orlando Sentinel Communications, Orlando, Florida | |
| 44 | Nikitha Chandran | Tampa Bay Spelling Bee Collaborative, St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| 45 | Tarun Neelavannan | Treasure Coast Newspapers, Stuart, Florida | |
| 46 | Anchita Khurana | Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida | |
| 47 | Brian E.B. Reinhart | Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Georgia | 48 | Rachael Cundey | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia |
| 49 | Nicholas A. Poulos | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | |
| Ghana | 50 | Rohit H. Sahijwani | Young Educators Foundation, Accra, Ghana |
| Guam | 51 | Veronica A. Chua | Pacific Daily News, Hagåtña, Guam |
| Hawaii | 52 | Akira S. Takabayashi | aio, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Idaho | 53 | Tricia B. McCullough | Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
| 54 | Erin M. Sellers | Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho | |
| Illinois | 55 | Annie Schnoll | Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois |
| 56 | Richard J. Moraga | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 57 | Meghana Kamineni | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 58 | Alia Abiad | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 59 | Zander Patent | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 60 | Lucas Michael Urbanski | Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois | |
| 61 | Yasir Hasnain | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois | |
| 62 | Matthew P. Rogers | Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois | |
| 63 | Christopher P. Rademacher | The Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois | |
| 64 | Pranav Sivakumar | Lake County Regional Office of Education, Grayslake, Illinois | |
| 65 | Isra Ansari | The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois | |
| 66 | Rebecca C. Lisk | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park, Illinois | |
| 67 | Sophie Bergman | The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | |
| 68 | Ram Koganti | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | |
| 69 | Piper Wynne Winkler | Kane County Chronicle, Saint Charles, Illinois | |
| 70 | Kyle Campbell | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois | |
| 71 | Ashtyn Emily Folgers | The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois | |
| 72 | Cecilia P. Guerrero | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education, Stockton, Illinois | |
| Indiana | 73 | Joseph Kirkpatrick | The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana |
| 74 | Mary Geneve Skirvin | Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana | |
| 75 | Selena Qian | Williams Comfort Air, Carmel, Indiana | |
| 76 | Aaron Michael Manning | Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana | |
| 77 | Kaelyn Reigh Bender | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| 78 | Cy Orentlicher | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 79 | Minka Gill | The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | |
| 80 | Ted Tobias | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | |
| 81 | Madison A. Jones | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana | |
| 82 | Isaac R. McKee | The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana | |
| 83 | Margaret Flaherty Peterson | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana | |
| 84 | Kimmie Collins | The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana | |
| 85 | Sean K. Ives | Kankakee Valley REMC, Wanatah, Indiana | |
| Iowa | 86 | Zander Reed | Iowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication, Ames, Iowa |
| 87 | Joshua N. Kalyanapu | Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa | |
| Jamaica | 88 | Christian J.D. Allen | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Japan | 89 | Daichi Hayakawa | The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan |
| Kansas | 90 | Sterling A. Hollond | Hays Daily News, Hays, Kansas |
| 91 | Vanya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | |
| 92 | Gracie Elizabeth Schroeder | The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas | |
| Kentucky | 93 | Emily Keaton | Scripps Howard First Amendment Center, Lexington, Kentucky |
| 94 | Tara R. Singh | Kentucky Spelling Bee Collaborative, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | 95 | Nickolas Day | Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center, Hammond, Louisiana |
| 96 | Damien John Handy | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| 97 | Caleb Miller | The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana | |
| 98 | Robert Frederick Cerise | The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| 99 | Safa Michigan | Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Maine | 100 | Lowell Ruck | Husson University, Bangor, Maine |
| 101 | Brandon Aponte | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine | |
| Maryland | 102 | Robin Taylor Roper | 21st Century Education Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland |
| 103 | Abby Pepin | Learn It Systems, Baltimore, Maryland | |
| 104 | Calvin Liu | The Meakem Group, Bethesda, Maryland | |
| 105 | Jared R. Remsberg | Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, Maryland | |
| 106 | Mitsuki Ota | Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | |
| 107 | Jade S. Lee | The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland | |
| 108 | Gabriela N. Rodriguez-Garcia | The Gazette & The Star, Laurel, Maryland | |
| 109 | Michelle Beaulieu | The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland | |
| 110 | Christian Thomas Kincaid | The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | |
| 111 | Khaled Mohamed | University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland | |
| 112 | Sydney Christley | Maryland Independent, Waldorf, Maryland | |
| Massachusetts | 113 | Ina Lee Beinborn | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 114 | Meryl Warpula | Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts | |
| 115 | Amber Born | The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts | |
| 116 | Matthew Richard Donohue | Comcast, Taunton, Massachusetts | |
| 117 | Alexis J. Condon | The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | |
| Michigan | 118 | James Sun | The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan |
| 119 | Katie Walstra | Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| 120 | Shannon Nicole Nulf | Upper Peninsula Spelling Bee Collaborative, Iron Mountain, Michigan | |
| 121 | Adrienne Fisher | The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Jackson, Michigan | |
| 122 | Neha Seshadri | The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan | |
| 123 | Marguerite Arbogast | Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan | |
| 124 | Gurjiwan Singh Chahal | The Macomb Daily, Macomb, Michigan | |
| 125 | Kuvam Nirad Shahane | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | |
| 126 | Hannah Jackson | Saginaw Independent School District, Saginaw, Michigan | |
| 127 | Daniel Hsin-Chuan Chi | The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph, Michigan | |
| 128 | Charlie Francis Donahue | Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan | |
| Minnesota | 129 | Emma Greenlee | Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, Minnesota |
| 130 | Jacob A. Lahti | Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 131 | Nicholas J. Thompson | South Central Service Cooperative, North Mankato, Minnesota | |
| 132 | Christine Farnberg | Southeast Service Cooperative, Rochester, Minnesota | |
| 133 | Adam Kleist | National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples, Minnesota | |
| Mississippi | 134 | Desiree Roby | Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi |
| Missouri | 135 | Faaris I. Khan | Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri |
| 136 | Evan Filer | Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville, Missouri | |
| 137 | Meah N. Wilburn | Jackson County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 138 | Jade Ray Samanta | Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, Missouri | |
| 139 | Joshua Sturgill | Sedalia Spelling Bee Collaborative, Sedalia, Missouri | |
| 140 | Ethan James Talbot | College of Arts and Letters - Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri | |
| 141 | Sakif Islam | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri | |
| 142 | Gokul Venkatachalam | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Montana | 143 | Jackson S. Hall | Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana |
| Nebraska | 144 | Antonio Vince Miguel Arellano Lansang | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
| Nevada | 145 | Amna Raza | Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| New Hampshire | 146 | Hannah V. Miller | New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire |
| New Jersey | 147 | Nandi Raisa Cook-Creek | Camden Spelling Bee Collaborative, Camden, New Jersey |
| 148 | Eboseremhen I. Eigbe | South Jersey Spelling Bee Collaborative, Galloway, New Jersey | |
| 149 | Indrani Das | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | |
| 150 | Kennith O. Gonzalez | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| 151 | Carson Monks | Tri-State Spelling Bee Committee, Montague, New Jersey | |
| 152 | Orli Weiss | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Neptune, New Jersey | |
| 281 | Roshni R. Kainthan | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | |
| New Mexico | 153 | Ariel Kokoricha | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| New York | 154 | Ryan Devanandan | Times Union, Albany, New York |
| 155 | Madeline McCoy | The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York | |
| 156 | Sriram J. Hathwar | Corning Rotary Club, Corning, New York | |
| 157 | Abirami Ratnakumar | Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York | |
| 158 | Maggy X. Lambo | The Leader-Herald, Gloversville, New York | |
| 159 | Isabelle Victoria Scott | Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York | |
| 160 | Michael James | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York | |
| 161 | Letia Jones | Mount Vernon Inquirer, Mount Vernon, New York | |
| 162 | Sai Vishudhi Chandrasekhar | Daily News, New York, New York | |
| 163 | Arvind V. Mahankali | Daily News, New York, New York | |
| 164 | Molly W. Youngs | The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York | |
| 165 | Philip Andrew Cummings | The Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York | |
| 166 | Nicholas Manfred | Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, New York | |
| 167 | Maja J. Cannavo | The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York | |
| 168 | Dylan J. O'Connor | Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York | |
| 169 | Chanya Renae Holness | Theodore D. Young Community Center, White Plains, New York | |
| North Carolina | 170 | Ryan B. Steed | Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina |
| 171 | Claire McCrea | The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| 172 | Jesse Dartagnan Stephenson | Smithfield Herald, Clayton, North Carolina | |
| 173 | Brian K. Werden | Duke University's Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, Durham, North Carolina | |
| 174 | Kaylee Kim | The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| 175 | Katie M. Danis | The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina | |
| 176 | Alexander J. Schembra | Harnett County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Lillington, North Carolina | |
| 177 | Ethan Scott Wagner | PAGE of Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| 178 | Sarah Mounib | Delta Center for Life Development, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina | |
| 179 | Hunter Randolph | PAGE of Lee County, Sanford, North Carolina | |
| 180 | Kaitlin Belle Venevongsoth | The Shelby Star, Shelby, North Carolina | |
| 181 | Lauren Lim | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | |
| 182 | Matthew Griffin | Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, North Carolina | |
| 183 | Daniel Taylor Mayo | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| North Dakota | 184 | Taylor Roehl | North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Ohio | 185 | Jeremy Lun | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
| 186 | Kyle Schroeder | Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication, Athens, Ohio | |
| 187 | Matthew Vincent Pitcock | Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication, Athens, Ohio | |
| 188 | Scott T. Markle | The Repository, Canton, Ohio | |
| 189 | Manu U. Nair | 9 On Your Side, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 190 | Joseph Cusi Delamerced | 9 On Your Side, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 191 | Ashwin Veeramani | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 192 | Angela Marie Smith | Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio | |
| 193 | Kaitlin Elizabeth Hall | Educational Service Center of Lorain County, LaGrange, Ohio | |
| 194 | Vincente Quach | Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio | |
| 195 | Alotus Nguyen Wei | The Lima News, Lima, Ohio | |
| 196 | Iram M. Kingson | The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio | |
| 197 | Justin Thomas Hamilton | The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio | |
| 198 | Sasha Davis | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal, Salem, Ohio | |
| 199 | Nathan James Keenan | The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio | |
| 200 | Samantha L. Schofield | The Blade, Toledo, Ohio | |
| 201 | Rebekah Stanhope | The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio | |
| 202 | Olivia Havas | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | |
| 203 | Max Lee | The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Oklahoma | 204 | Richelle M. Zampella | Muskogee Spelling Bee Collaborative, Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 205 | Cole Shafer-Ray | The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Oregon | 206 | Divya Amirtharaj | Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon |
| Pennsylvania | 207 | Shreyas P. Parab | The Chester Spirit, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| 208 | Jacob George | Chester County Intermediate Unit, Downingtown, Pennsylvania | |
| 209 | Aditya Mohankumar Rao | The Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania | |
| 210 | Aparajita Rao | WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| 211 | Hannah Michele Citsay | Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
| 212 | Ashraya Ananthanarayanan | The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania | |
| 213 | Anna Tran | Pennridge Community Education Foundation, Perkasie, Pennsylvania | |
| 214 | Nina Kelly McManus | The Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 215 | Natalie V. Cummings | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| 216 | Colleen M. Reed | The Republican Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania | |
| 217 | Emily M.X. Gunkel | Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania | |
| 218 | Grant W. Loose | Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |
| Puerto Rico | 219 | Imanol A. Soler Navarro | Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Rhode Island | 220 | Stephen A. Landry | The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island |
| South Carolina | 221 | DeAria N. Phoenix | The Allendale Sun, Allendale, South Carolina |
| 222 | Abel H. Birchfield | Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina | |
| 223 | Owen John Duffy | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | |
| 224 | Hunter Singletary | Pee Dee Education Center, Florence, South Carolina | |
| 225 | Isabella Mika Neubauer | The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | |
| 226 | Kalika Melody Burnett Bridwell | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| South Dakota | 227 | Max J. Oesterling | University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota |
| South Korea | 228 | Hrishikesh Sanjay Srinivasan | Yoon's English School, Seoul, South Korea |
| Tennessee | 229 | Nicole C. Frische | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 230 | Jasmine S. Brandt | The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee | |
| 231 | Rahul S. Krishnaswamy | Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| 232 | Elizabeth Rachel Dang | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 233 | Bates Bennett | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 234 | Jonathan Caldwell | Middle Tennessee State University School of Journalism, Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |
| Texas | 235 | Kate Miller | Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas |
| 236 | Sonia Chen | Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas | |
| 237 | Victoria Epstein | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| 238 | Chetan G. Reddy | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | |
| 239 | Olivia S. Weinbaum | El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas | |
| 240 | Ansun Sujoe | Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 241 | Shobha Dasari | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | |
| 242 | Syamantak Payra | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | |
| 243 | Ryan Anthony Soriano | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | |
| 244 | Mikaela Mae Oliver | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas | |
| 245 | Sean Wang | Rio Grande Valley AIM Media Texas, McAllen, Texas | |
| 246 | Gabrielle Marie Rubio | Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas | |
| 247 | Kara Paige Lehnert | Odessa American, Odessa, Texas | |
| 248 | Gabriella Renee Rodriguez | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | |
| 249 | Swati Sharma | San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas | |
| 250 | Colton A. Blinka | Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas | |
| 251 | Haeun Moon | BBVA Compass Bank, Waco, Texas | |
| 252 | Kerri Lu | Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 253 | Manav A. Thadani | The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Utah | 254 | Hannah Wentz Faulconer | Utah Valley Spelling Bee, Lindon, Utah |
| 255 | Jared Ward | Southeast Education Service Center, Price, Utah | |
| 256 | Vismaya J. Kharkar | The Valley Journals, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Vermont | 257 | Ronan Howlett | The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont |
| Virginia | 258 | Luke A. Thornburgh | Loudoun County Public Schools, Ashburn, Virginia |
| 259 | Sam T. Pereles | The News-Virginian and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| 260 | Madison Skye Fuentes | Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Danville, Virginia | |
| 261 | Jessica Ditton | The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia | |
| 262 | Kirtan Dharmendra Patel | Hampton Literary Society, Hampton, Virginia | |
| 263 | Madeline Deidre Hall | Rockingham District Ruritans, Harrisonburg, Virginia | |
| 264 | Jensen Schram | The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia | |
| 265 | Kenneth Ross | The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia | |
| 266 | Jae Canetti | Fairfax County Times, Reston, Virginia | |
| 267 | Yashna Rajendra Nainani | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | |
| 268 | Shayley Martin | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | |
| 269 | Griffin T. McAvoy | Tazewell County Fair Association, Tazewell, Virginia | |
| 270 | Alicia Estefania Gonzalez | The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia | |
| 271 | Christopher D. Shoemaker | Prince William Today, Leesburg, Virginia | |
| Washington | 272 | Trina Felizia-Alarkon Desquitado | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Washington |
| 273 | Sophia Limacher | Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, Washington | |
| 274 | Jonah Gunter | North Central Washington Collaborative Spelling Bee, Wenatchee, Washington | |
| West Virginia | 275 | Lauren Elizabeth Coccari | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia |
| 276 | Louis Aldridge | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia | |
| 277 | Aarohi Srivastava | The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia | |
| 278 | Lillian Taylor Bischof | The Catholic Spirit, Wheeling, West Virginia | |
| Wisconsin | 279 | Aisha Khan | Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin |
| Wyoming | 280 | Victoria Allen | Wyoming Community Foundation, Laramie, Wyoming |
Speller 281 appears on the roster with spellers for New Jersey.