Indian American new US national spelling bee champ

Seven Indian Americans in finals


June 2, 2009

Kavya Shivashankar, an Indian American is the New US National spelling bee champ on the block. Kavya was declared the Spelling Bee champion after she correctly spelled "laodicean" at the end of the grilling championship finals which included 11 students from all across the country, seven of whom happened to be Indian-Americans.

An eighth grader student from Olathe in Kansas, Kavya names Nupur Lala, the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, as her role model and the inspiration for her spelling career. She looks forward to becoming a neurosurgeon. She participated in the 2006, 2007, and 2008 national finals-tying for 10th, 8th, and 4th place, respectively.


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