LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - This year's National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde has earned even more recognition for her athletic prowess than her achievements in spelling. She is a ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn't show much stress. The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the ...

NEW ORLEANS — A 14-year-old Harvey girl is the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. Zaila Avant-garde, a local basketball dribbling prodigy who has received national recognition, is now being ...

Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American person to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the largest spelling bee ...

Zaila Avant-garde knows how to spell “history” — and how to make it. The 14-year-old spelling and basketball prodigy from Louisiana became the first African-American to win the Scripps National ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with ...

For the first time in the Scripps National Spelling Bee's 96-year history, an African American has taken home the top prize. Zaila Avant-garde, 14, an eighth-grader from Harvey, La., won the ...

Zaila Avant-garde is this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The 8th grader from Louisiana spelled the word murraya correctly to win. According to the Associated Press, Avant-garde, 14, is ...

SINCE THE WAR STARTED IN LATE FEBRUA.RY >> TGOO BACK, IT IS ALL VERY FULL CIRECL FOR ME, SO REALLY COOL. >> IT IS BEE WEAK AGAIN TONIGHT. THE SCRIPTS SPELLING BEE WILL CROWN A CHAMPION. >>HE T FINAL - ...

Zaila Avant-garde, who in 2021 became the first Black student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, will deliver a message of perseverance at Parkland High School on Thursday. While the message is ...

Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin ...