2020 Regional Champions
This year, 153 students earned the title of champion at regional spelling bees all over the country and around the world. Before we made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee, we hoped to meet these spellers during the week of Memorial Day and cheer them on as they showed off their spelling skills on our national stage.
Instead, we hope to bring the spirit of Bee Week to life online with virtual events for our spellers, special posts to our social media accounts and this roster of extraordinary spellers from communities near and far.
We are so proud of these spellers’ accomplishments and know they will continue to attain extraordinary achievements in the years to come.
We would also like to recognize the local sponsors who made the spelling bee program available to students in their communities, including those who were unable to hold their regional competitions. Our local sponsors are the lifeblood of the Bee, and none of these champions would have qualified for the national finals without them.
The regional champions included above gained their champion status by winning their areas’ regional spelling bees. However, many of our local sponsors were unable to hold their final competitions due to unprecedented circumstances and local government mandates. We want to honor the following sponsors who brought the spelling bee program to millions of students in their communities at the school level. Our local sponsors’ dedication to educational opportunities for students is commendable.
Sponsor Name | City | State |
Alabama Kiwanis Foundation | Birmingham | Alabama |
Amarillo Globe-News | Amarillo | Texas |
Anchorage Daily News | Anchorage | Alaska |
Arizona Educational Foundation | Phoenix | Arizona |
Big Brothers and Big Sisters | Danville | Virginia |
Bluegrass Literacy Project | Louisville | Kentucky |
Boca Prep International School/Kiwanis of West Palm Beach | West Palm Beach | Florida |
Boise State University | Boise | Idaho |
Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education | Loves Park | Illinois |
Boston Centers for Youth & Families | Boston | Massachusetts |
Charles County Public Schools | La Plata | Maryland |
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Charleston | West Virginia |
Collier County Public Schools | Naples | Florida |
Corning Rotary Club | Corning | New York |
East Bay Times | Walnut Creek | California |
Educational Service Center of Lorain County | Elyria | Ohio |
Eureka Enrichment& Learning Center, Inc. | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Fairfax County Council PTA | Merrifield | Virginia |
Finger Lakes Times | Geneva | New York |
Four Seasons YMCA | Tazewell | Virginia |
Frederick County Public Libraries | Frederick | Maryland |
Howard County Library | Columbia | Maryland |
Imperial County Office of Education | El Centro | California |
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indiana |
Kansas Press Association | Topeka | Kansas |
Kent Intermediate School District | Grand Rapids | Michigan |
Knoxville News Sentinel | Knoxville | Tennessee |
Laredo Morning Times | Laredo | Texas |
LNP | Lancaster | Pennsylvania |
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | Lubbock | Texas |
Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education | Decatur | Illinois |
Maryland Sports | Baltimore | Maryland |
Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit | Arden Hills | Minnesota |
Montana Television Network | Bozeman | Montana |
Monterey County Office of Education | Salinas | California |
New Orleans Chapter of The Links | New Orleans | Louisiana |
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | West Hartford | Connecticut |
North Central Washington Collaborative Spelling Bee | Wenatchee | Washington |
North Dakota Association of County Superintendents (NDACS) | Bismarck | North Dakota |
Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication | Athens | Ohio |
Omaha World-Herald | Omaha | Nebraska |
Orlando Sentinel Communications | Orlando | Florida |
PAGE of Wake County | Raleigh | North Carolina |
Pamplin Media Group | Portland | Oregon |
Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools | Montgomeryville | Pennsylvania |
Peoria Journal Star | Peoria | Illinois |
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | Portland | Maine |
Press Communications | Neptune | New Jersey |
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Richmond | Virginia |
SAGE Publishing | Thousand Oaks | California |
Samoa News | Pago Pago | American Samoa |
San Angelo Area Spelling Bee | San Angelo | Texas |
San Antonio Express-News | San Antonio | Texas |
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | San Bernardino | California |
Sourcewell | Staples | Minnesota |
South Jersey Spelling Bee | Vineland | New Jersey |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | St. Louis | Missouri |
Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | Texas |
TFCU | Long Island | New York |
The Albuquerque Journal | Albuquerque | New Mexico |
The Blade | Toledo | Ohio |
The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram | Clarksburg | West Virginia |
The County Press | Lapeer | Michigan |
The Daily Item | Lynn | Massachusetts |
The Denver Post | Denver | Colorado |
The Dispatch Argus | Moline | Illinois |
The Free Lance-Star | Fredericksburg | Virginia |
The Gaston Gazette | Gastonia | North Carolina |
The Herald-Star | Steubenville | Ohio |
The Japan Times | Tokyo | Japan |
The Lima News | Lima | Ohio |
The Marietta Times | Marietta | Ohio |
The Martha's Vineyard Times | Vineyard Haven | Massachusetts |
The Miami Herald | Miami | Florida |
The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools | Fresno | California |
The Philadelphia Tribune | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
The Press-Enterprise | Riverside | California |
The Public Education Foundation | Las Vegas | Nevada |
The Roanoke Times | Roanoke | Virginia |
The San Diego Union-Tribune | San Diego | California |
The Tribune-Star | Terre Haute | Indiana |
The Valley Breeze | Lincoln | Rhode Island |
The Vindicator Printing Company | Youngstown | Ohio |
The Washington Informer | Washington | District of Columbia |
Theodore D. Young Community Center | White Plains | New York |
Three Rivers College | Poplar Bluff | Missouri |
University of South Dakota | Vermillion | South Dakota |
VTDigger | Rutland | Vermont |
Washington County Public Schools | Hagerstown | Maryland |
Washington Daily News | Washington | North Carolina |
WCPO 9 | Cincinnati | Ohio |
West Austin Chamber of Commerce | Austin | Texas |
Western Wyoming Community College | Rock Springs | Wyoming |
Williams Comfort Air | Carmel | Indiana |
Winston-Salem Regional Bee | Winston-Salem | North Carolina |
WXYZ Channel 7 | Detroit | Michigan |
Yoon's English School | Seoul | South Korea |