2009 SPELLER ROSTER
| LOCATION | SPELLER # | SPELLER | SPONSOR |
| Alabama | 1 | Lindsey Grace Zimmer | Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alaska | 2 | Dylan J. Jackson | Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 3 | Tianna J. Beckley | Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska | |
| American Samoa | 4 | Tynishia J. Tufu | Samoa News, Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Arizona | 5 | So-Young Iris Chung | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 6 | Shevelle Six | Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock, Arizona | |
| Arkansas | 7 | Esther Park | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Bahamas | 8 | Abeni Antoinette Deveaux | The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas |
| California | 9 | Juan Domingo J. Malana | Desert Dispatch, Barstow, California |
| 10 | Cory Klingsporn | Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California | |
| 11 | Brandon Whitehead | Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California | |
| 12 | Paige Vasseur | Daily News Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | |
| 13 | George Liu | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | |
| 14 | Liam Peter Twight | Record Searchlight, Redding, California | |
| 15 | Paul Joseph Uzzo | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | |
| 16 | Josephine Kao | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | |
| 17 | Amy P.Y. Ng | Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, California | |
| 18 | Alex J. Clifton Wells | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | |
| 19 | Ramya Auroprem | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | |
| 20 | Briley Lynn Lewis | The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | |
| 21 | Blaise M. Oliver | Daily Press, Victorville, California | |
| 22 | Joseph Daniel Maluyao | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, Visalia, California | |
| 23 | Caroline N. Bell | Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | |
| Canada | 24 | Marizette Celine Singson Gonzales | Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta Canada |
| 25 | Drew Kantor | Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
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| 26 | Tegan Odland | Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta Canada |
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| 27 | Jonathan Matthew Donas | The Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia Canada |
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| 28 | Conner Gibbs | Kelowna Daily Courier, Kelowna, British Columbia Canada |
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| 29 | Tiffany Joylene Plug | Prince George Citizen, Prince George, British Columbia Canada |
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| 30 | Rachael McDaniel | The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada |
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| 31 | Madeline P. Gallard | Times-Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia Canada |
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| 32 | Yeyoung Won | Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada |
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| 33 | Margie Christ | The Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, New Brunswick Canada |
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| 34 | Brandon Healey | The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
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| 35 | Morgan J. Colp | The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Novia Scotia Canada |
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| 36 | Claudine Pascale Broussard | Cape Breton Post, Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada |
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| 37 | Laura Newcombe | National Post, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| 38 | Anna Lawrence | Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
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| 39 | Emilio James-Craig Lachaine-Robertson | The Chronicle Journal, Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada |
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| 40 | Veronica I. Penny | CHCH News, Hamilton, Ontario Canada |
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| 41 | Nora Marie McVinnie | The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario Canada |
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| 42 | Jonathan Schut | The Guardian, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada |
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| 43 | Émilie Lafleur | The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec Canada |
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| 44 | Katelin Peters | Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan Canada |
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| 45 | Adrian G. Muhajarine | The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada |
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| China | 46 | Kun Jacky Qiao | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China |
| Colorado | 47 | David Phan | Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado |
| 48 | Christian Smith | Denver Newspaper Agency, Denver, Colorado | |
| Connecticut | 49 | Rahul Ramesh Malayappan | The News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut |
| 50 | Aaron Y. Rabinowitz | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | |
| 51 | Kyra Gardner | The Advocate and Greenwich Time, Stamford, Connecticut | |
| Delaware | 52 | Leah Amor Marie Isip | Delaware Spelling Bee Collaborative, Wilmington, Delaware |
| District of Columbia | 53 | Sonia Ann Schlesinger | The Washington Informer, Washington, D.C. |
| Europe | 54 | Aria Claiborne Sharon | Stars & Stripes, Defense and State Department Schools, Europe |
| Florida | 55 | Caroline K. Snowden | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida |
| 56 | Vincent A. Medina | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | |
| 57 | Franchesca Cabal-Ugaz | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | |
| 58 | Nicholas Betancourt | Bonita Daily News, Bonita Springs, Florida | |
| 59 | Tiana Renate Ferrante | Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida | |
| 60 | Miguel S. Gatmaytan | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | |
| 61 | Anna Laurey Lian-Hwa Crutchfield | The News Herald, Panama City, Florida | |
| 62 | Alina Meador | Tampa Bay Spelling Bee Collaborative, St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| 63 | Christian Michael McCarthy | Stuart News, Stuart, Florida | |
| 64 | Gianna Rose Tarquinio | Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida | |
| 65 | Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger | Palm Beach Spelling Bee Collaborative, West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Georgia | 66 | Rachael Cundey | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia |
| 67 | Julia M. Denniss | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | |
| Ghana | 68 | Nana Adjoa Baiden-Amissah | Essence Communications Ltd., Accra, Ghana |
| Guam | 69 | Se Young Hwang | Pacific Daily News, Hagåtña, Guam |
| Hawaii | 70 | Talmage I.S. Nakamoto | The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Idaho | 71 | Sabrina Reneé Smith | Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
| 72 | Melanie J. Shea | Teton Valley News, Driggs, Idaho | |
| 73 | Anna Beatrice Garcia Grimaldo | Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho | |
| Illinois | 74 | Myung Wan Suh | The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois |
| 75 | Andrew C. Napora | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 76 | Sanjay Venkata Kottapalli | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 77 | Michaela M. Minock | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 78 | Kira G. Gallancy | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 79 | Brittany Allison Hamling | Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois | |
| 80 | Gina Liu | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois | |
| 81 | Monica Kim | The Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois | |
| 82 | Rachael Kathryn Dickey | The Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois | |
| 83 | Conrad Camellino | Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois | |
| 84 | Christian Andrew Wilks | The Journal-Standard, Freeport, Illinois | |
| 85 | Christopher Bayston | The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois | |
| 86 | Brett Walker Hill | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park, Illinois | |
| 87 | Vignessh Kumar | The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | |
| 88 | Kyle M. Mou | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | |
| 89 | Aishwarya Eshwar Pastapur | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois | |
| 90 | Elliott Frankfother | The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois | |
| 91 | Rohan Dasika | Lake County News-Sun, Waukegan, Illinois | |
| Indiana | 92 | Drew Hodson | The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana |
| 93 | Lauren F. Kirk | The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana | |
| 94 | Juan José del Valle Coello | Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana | |
| 95 | Adam Freymiller | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| 96 | William Feng | The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 97 | Vaibhav S. Vavilala | The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 98 | Adam Dinkledine | The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | |
| 99 | Michael Spors | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | |
| 100 | Amy Elizabeth Treber | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana | |
| 101 | Andie Marie Reidy | The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana | |
| 102 | Jonathan Isaac | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana | |
| 103 | Kennyi Kwaku Aouad | The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana | |
| 104 | Michael J. Peters | Kankakee Valley REMC, Wanatah, Indiana | |
| 105 | Ryan J. Morelock | Zionsville Times Sentinel/The Lebanon Reporter, Zionsville, Indiana | |
| Iowa | 106 | Annie Howard | Sylvan Learning Centers of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa |
| 107 | Quinn Meyer | Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa | |
| Jamaica | 108 | Shari-Jo T. Miller | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Kansas | 109 | Clara K. Wicoff | Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas |
| 110 | Kavya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | |
| 111 | Meredith Foulke | The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas | |
| Kentucky | 112 | Emily Keaton | Kentucky Spelling Bee Collaborative, Louisville, Kentucky |
| Louisiana | 113 | Zaib Qayyum | The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana |
| 114 | Andrew Jan Cerise | The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| 115 | Joshua M. Ursua | Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Maine | 116 | Imogen L.B. Page | Maine Spelling Bee Collaborative, Lewiston, Maine |
| Maryland | 117 | Alexandra Bartlett | Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, Maryland |
| 118 | Harshit Sarin | Learn It Systems, Baltimore, Maryland | |
| 119 | Andrew P. Haskins | The Meakem Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Bethesda, Maryland | |
| 120 | Jack Nolan | Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | |
| 121 | Jessica Kaye Swarner | The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland | |
| 122 | Eunique Corea Allen | Gazette Newspapers, Laurel, Maryland | |
| 123 | Jacqueline Smedley | The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland | |
| 124 | Zachary Johnson | The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | |
| 125 | Jazmine Ashleigh Smith | Maryland Independent, Waldorf, Maryland | |
| Massachusetts | 126 | J. Rexon Gonzaga Apurado | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 127 | Victoria X. Wang | Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts | |
| 128 | Daniel C. Rosenberg | The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts | |
| 129 | Timothy Winston Bill | Comcast, Taunton, Massachusetts | |
| 130 | Lily Lubin | The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | |
| Michigan | 131 | Anna Rose Canzano | The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan |
| 132 | Corey Rowe | The Flint Journal, Flint, Michigan | |
| 133 | Cameron Shabahang | Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| 134 | Kevin Zhang | The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Jackson, Michigan | |
| 135 | Amanda Renee Hardwick | The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan | |
| 136 | Breanna Sophia Escamilla | Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan | |
| 137 | Larissa Marie Woryk | The Macomb Daily, Macomb, Michigan | |
| 138 | Pamela R. Torola | Ogden News Publishing of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan | |
| 139 | Sidharth Chand | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | |
| 140 | Waleed I. Khan | The Saginaw Community Foundation and Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan | |
| 141 | Jeremy S. Johnson | The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph, Michigan | |
| 142 | Lukas Blakkan-Esser | Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan | |
| Minnesota | 143 | Ryne Kisch | Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, Minnesota |
| 144 | Daniel Halvorson | The Free Press, Mankato, Minnesota | |
| 145 | Anja Beth Swoap | Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 146 | Laura Elizabeth Galbus | Southeast Service Cooperative, Rochester, Minnesota | |
| 147 | Audrey C. Lothspeich | National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples, Minnesota | |
| Mississippi | 148 | Josef N. Jackson | Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi |
| Missouri | 149 | Elizabeth Platz | Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri |
| 150 | Jacob L. Longmeyer | Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville, Missouri | |
| 151 | Brent M. Henderson | The Examiner, Independence, Missouri | |
| 152 | John William Gilger II | Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Missouri | |
| 153 | David R. Bippes | Unite, Springfield, Missouri | |
| 154 | Morgan Brown | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri | |
| 155 | Yulkendy D. Valdez | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Montana | 156 | Rose L. Tracy | Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana |
| Nebraska | 157 | Alexis K Sharp | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
| 293 | Bobby Larsen | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Nevada | 158 | Tussah Heera | Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| New Hampshire | 159 | Avvinash Radakrishnan | New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire |
| New Jersey | 160 | Austin Mark Auger | The Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| 161 | Joshua Casquejo | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Jersey City, New Jersey |
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| 162 | Eesha Anagha Ramanujam | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Neptune, New Jersey |
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| 163 | Michael Sun | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey |
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| 164 | Shyamala Ramakrishna | The Times of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey |
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| 165 | Audrey Liu | Burlington County Times, Willingboro, New Jersey |
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| New Mexico | 166 | Hannah E. Evans | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 292 | Rajat Singh | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque , New Mexico | |
| New York | 167 | Luxi Peng | Times Union, Albany, New York |
| 168 | Kevin Drew | The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York | |
| 169 | Sriram Jagadeesh Hathwar | The Leader, Corning, New York |
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| 170 | Neetu Chandak | Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York | |
| 171 | Thomas William James Steele | The Leader-Herald, Gloversville, New York |
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| 172 | Michalina Kulesza | Daily Freeman and Sunday Freeman, Kingston, New York |
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| 173 | Emma A. Kolinsky | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York |
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| 174 | Legan Kevin Bayombo | Mount Vernon Inquirer, Mount Vernon, New York | |
| 175 | Thomas J. Harkins | Daily News, New York, New York |
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| 176 | Talia Weisberg | Daily News, New York, New York | |
| 177 | Lea K. Davis | The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York |
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| 178 | Jake Annal | The Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York |
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| 179 | Leo Lee | Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, New York |
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| 180 | Adrianna Mei Ellison | The Gazette, Port Jervis, New York |
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| 181 | Zachary Zagorski | Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York | |
| 182 | Katherine Schumacher | The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York |
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| 183 | Siraj Sindhu | Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York |
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| New Zealand | 184 | Christopher Jury | The New Zealand Listener, Wellington, New Zealand |
| North Carolina | 185 | Mattie Lucille Thompson | Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina |
| 186 | Vaibhav Shrishail | The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| 187 | Nivesh Varma | Harnett County Business/Education Partnership, Dunn, North Carolina |
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| 188 | Derek Chan | The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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| 189 | Andrew Lay | The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina |
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| 190 | Gabriella Stapel | The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, North Carolina | |
| 191 | Shayne Jacobs | Kenly News, Kenly, North Carolina |
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| 192 | Bryson Reid McKee | The Shelby Star, Shelby, North Carolina |
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| 193 | Mayee Zhu | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | |
| 194 | John Flinn | Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, North Carolina |
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| 195 | Anna C. Wooten | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| North Dakota | 196 | Shantanu Srivatsa | North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Ohio | 197 | Alexander T. Csorba | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
| 198 | Tony E. Incorvati | The Repository, Canton, Ohio | |
| 199 | Madeline Stevens | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 200 | Tino Cusi Delamerced | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 201 | Anamika Veeramani | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 202 | Sawyer Bradford Krueger | Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio | |
| 203 | Thomas J. Camp | Educational Service Center of Lorain County, LaGrange, Ohio | |
| 204 | Nicholas Bernard Rushlow | Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio | |
| 205 | Django Grootmyers | Sheridan WorldWise, Inc., Lewis Center, Ohio | |
| 206 | George M. Jose | The Lima News, Lima, Ohio | |
| 207 | Stephen A. Hartline | The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio | |
| 208 | Reese A. Boyd | The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio | |
| 209 | Sengrithey Pich | The Medina Gazette, Medina, Ohio | |
| 210 | Mitchel Dale Kessler | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal, Salem, Ohio | |
| 211 | Meadow Jackson | The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio | |
| 212 | Jacob E. Babione | The Blade, Toledo, Ohio | |
| 213 | Joshua A. McFall | The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio | |
| 214 | Carly Grace Nelson | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | |
| 215 | John Umble | The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Oklahoma | 216 | Kayla Skye Albert | The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 217 | Hannah Cassidy | The Oklahoman, Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Oregon | 218 | Connor B. Aberlé | Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon |
| Pennsylvania | 219 | Emily Fletcher | The Intelligencer, Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
| 220 | Alexis Nicole Davis | The Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania | |
| 221 | Daniel Patrick Allegar | The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| 222 | Amy C. Gormley | Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
| 223 | Neel Mehta | The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania | |
| 224 | Sowsan Fayruz Salaam | The Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 225 | Kyle Barron | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| 226 | Sarah Malia Elisabeth Daguio | The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania | |
| 227 | Nolan B. Boyer | Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania | |
| 228 | Amanda Lee Klovekorn | The Morning Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania | |
| 229 | Zachary Michael Griesbach | Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | |
| 230 | Paro Sen | Chester County Intermediate Unit, Downingtown, Pennsylvania | |
| 231 | Sukanya Roy | Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |
| Puerto Rico | 232 | Julianna M. Canabal-Rodríguez | Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Rhode Island | 233 | Ellis Iacono | The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island |
| South Carolina | 234 | Bradford Jalin Geter | The Allendale Sun, Allendale, South Carolina |
| 235 | Eliette Dominique Albrecht | Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina |
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| 236 | Ben Gamble | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina |
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| 237 | Crystal Cynthia Gibbons | Morning News, Florence, South Carolina |
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| 238 | Morgan Foster Gilliam | The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | |
| 239 | Keiko S. Bridwell | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| South Dakota | 240 | Sean Patrick Calhoun | Watertown Public Opinion, Watertown, South Dakota |
| South Korea | 241 | Jiwon Seo | Yoon's English School, Seoul, South Korea |
| Tennessee | 242 | Tanay Patri | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 243 | Derek T. Williams | The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee | |
| 244 | William T. Mason | Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| 245 | Gina Pradipkumar Kapadia | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 246 | Patrick Dockery | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 247 | Madeline M. Embrey | The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Texas | 248 | Laura Churchill | Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas |
| 249 | Akshay Krishna Raghuram | Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas | |
| 250 | Gabriela Isabel Diaz | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| 251 | Mouctika L. Paluri | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | |
| 252 | Katie Stone | El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas | |
| 253 | Elizabeth M. Adetiba | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 254 | Bianca Elaine Quintanilla | Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas | |
| 255 | Aditya Chemudupaty | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | |
| 256 | Auguste Julian Ramos | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | |
| 257 | Christina Benitscheck | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas | |
| 258 | Samuel Dowlen | Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas | |
| 259 | Jonathan Robert Hohstadt | Odessa American, Odessa, Texas | |
| 260 | Laryn Abigail Meadows | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | |
| 261 | Rohit Balachandar | San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas | |
| 262 | Megan J. Willmon | Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas | |
| 263 | Rachel Dawn Bayless | Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 264 | Raheem A. Knight | The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Utah | 265 | Mark Brand | Davis County Clipper, Bountiful, Utah |
| 266 | Kira Kennedy Simpson | Southeast Education Service Center, Price, Utah | |
| 267 | Jacob Lobrot | Daily Herald, Provo, Utah | |
| 268 | Henry B. Korous | The Valley Journals, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Vermont | 269 | Timothy L. Webb | The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont |
| Virginia | 270 | Andrew Traylor | The News-Virginian and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 271 | Basim Abielmona | The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia | |
| 272 | Andrew J. Logsdon | Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia | |
| 273 | Santos DeBarros | Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia | |
| 274 | Samantha Elizabeth Mihalik | The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia | |
| 275 | Caroline Ellissa Willett | The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia | |
| 276 | Tim A. Ruiter | Times Community Newspapers, Reston, Virginia | |
| 277 | Michael Whalon | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | |
| 278 | Molly Ann Futrell | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | |
| 279 | Rahil M. Patel | Tazewell County Fair Association, Tazewell, Virginia | |
| 280 | Rosa C. Gibson | The Winchester Star, Winchester, Virginia | |
| 281 | Deborah Kirstin Horton | News & Messenger, Woodbridge, Virginia | |
| Washington | 282 | Elysa C. Stone | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Washington |
| 283 | Eleanor B. Runde | KOMO 4, KOMO 1000 Newsradio, STAR 101.5 & AM 570 KVI, Seattle, Washington | |
| 284 | Rachel Hope Blakemore | The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, Washington | |
| West Virginia | 285 | Sam T. Matherly | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia |
| 286 | Sai S. Nelanuthala | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia |
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| 287 | Katlyn S. Bohrer | The Journal, Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| 288 | Duncan Crooks | The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia |
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| 289 | Megan C. Rush | The Catholic Spirit, Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Wisconsin | 290 | Andrew Grose | Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin |
| Wyoming | 291 | Sage P. Weber | Wyoming Spelling Bee Collaborative, Laramie, Wyoming |
Speller 292 appears on the roster with spellers for New Mexico.
Speller 293 appears on the roster with spellers for Nebraska.
Speller 293 appears on the roster with spellers for Nebraska.