Arizona Spelling Bee Champions

So-Young Chung , a 6th Grade student from Terramar School in Peoria out-spelled 26 other students from across Arizona with the winning word bantamweight. She represented Arizona at the 81st Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., May 29-30, 2008, where she made it through the 5th Round of spelling..

1998-2009
2009 - So-Young Chung (Terramar School, Peoria)
2008 - So-Young Chung (Terramar School, Peoria)
2007 - Jonathan Horton (East Valley Christian Home Educators, Tempe)
2006 - Jonathan Horton (East Valley Christian Home Educators, Tempe)
2005 - Jonathan Horton (Home Schooled, Gilbert)
2004 - Maddy Kloss (Ingleside Middle School, Scottsdale)
2003 - Gavin King (Bogle Jr. High School, Chandler)
2002 - Varun Rajan (Andersen Jr. High School, Chandler)
2001 - Tristan Day (Snowflake Middle School, Snowflake)
2000 - Hester Shieh (Cocopah Middle School, Scottsdale)
1999 - Abdulwahab Kahsai (Taylor Junior High School, Mesa)
1998 - Jeremy C. Young (Home Schooled, Flagstaff)