ARIZONA STATE SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS

2024 - 1st Place - Aliyah Alpert, 8th Grade, Age 13, Alpert Home School, Homeschool, Yavapai County; 2nd Place -  Isabelle Garcia, 7th Grade, Age 13, Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, Kyrene Elementary School District, Maricopa Region 1

2023 - 1st Place - Karen Opoku-Appoh, 8th Grade, Age 13, Marana Middle School, Marana Unified School District, Pima County; 2nd Place - Opal Mishra, 6th Grade, Age 12, Basha Accelerated Middle School, Chandler Unified School District, Maricopa County Region 6

2022 - Aliyah Alpert, Alpert Homeschool (Prescott)

2021 - Tanish Doshi, BASIS Oro Valley (Oro Valley)

2020 - The 2020 Bee was cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. A list of finalists can be found here.

2019 - Omkar Bharath, 6th Grade, Desert Canyon Middle School (Scottsdale)

2018 - Marcus Giorza, 7th Grade, Madison #1 (Phoenix)

2017 - Penda Ba, Sossaman Middle School (Queen Creek)

2016 - Nicola Ferguson, Sunrise Middle School (Scottsdale)

2015 - Marchus Behling, Arizona College Prep Erie (Chandler)

2014 - Nila Dhinaker, Cooley Middle School (Gilbert)

2013 - Christopher O’Connor, St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic School (Tucson)

2012 - Sumaita Mulk, Herberger Young Scholars Academy (Glendale)

2011 - Mitchell Behling, Hamilton Prep Academy (Chandler)

2010 - Anjali Nair, McKemy Middle School (Tempe)

2009 - So-Young Chung, Terramar Elementary School (Peoria)

2008 - So-Young Chung, Terramar Elementary School (Peoria)

2007 - Jonathan Horton, East Valley Home School Educators (Gilbert)

2006 - Jonathan Horton, East Valley Home School Educators (Gilbert)

2005 - Jonathan Horton, East Valley Home School Educators (Gilbert)

2004 - Maddy Kloss, Ingleside Middle School (Phoenix)

2003 - Gavin King, Bogle Junior High School (Chandler)

2002 - Varun Rajan, Anderson Junior High School (Chandler)

2001 - Tristan Day, Snowflake Junior High School (Snowflake)