Scripps National Spelling Bee
BEE A CHAMPION
Watch the 2022 Finals LIVE on ION, Thursday, June 2, at 8/7c.
Hosted by LeVar Burton, this year's competition will include 234 spellers from across the country and around the globe, competing for the chance to be the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion!
Television Schedule
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Road to the Bee
Road to the Bee
May 26, 2022
8 - 9 p.m. ET
The perfect "pre-game" to all
things spelling bee!
things spelling bee!
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Preliminaries
Preliminaries
May 31, 2022
9 a.m - 7 p.m. ET
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Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
June 1, 2022
8 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET
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Semifinals
Semifinals
June 1, 2022
8 - 10 p.m. ET
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Finals
Finals
June 2, 2022
8 - 10 p.m. ET
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Meet the Spellers
Meet the Spellers
1
8th
grade
#1 Sahasrad Sathish, 13
Lake County Regional Office of Education
Grayslake, Illinois
2
8th
grade
#2 Quinten Atutis, 14
Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education
Freeport, Illinois
3
4th
grade
#3 Wes Cooper, 10
Kankakee Valley REMC
Wanatah, Indiana
4
8th
grade
#4 Charlie Palmore, 14
The Washington Informer
Washington, District of Columbia
5
8th
grade
#5 Ishan Ramrakhiani, 14
SNSB Indiana Regional Bee
Roanoke, Indiana
6
6th
grade
#6 Joshua Diocares, 11
Kent Intermediate School District
Grand Rapids, Michigan
7
8th
grade
#7 Edith Dawson, 13
The Dispatch Argus
Davenport, Iowa
8
7th
grade
#8 Juan Rondeau, 13
The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida
9
8th
grade
#9 Naresh Ram, 14
Collier County Public Schools
Naples, Florida
10
8th
grade
#10 Billy Scialla, 14
Delaware Spelling Bee
Wilmington, Delaware
11
6th
grade
#11 Achyut Ethiraj, 12
SNSB Indiana Regional Bee
Fort Wayne, Indiana
12
7th
grade
#12 Vikrant Chintanaboina, 13
SNSB Regional Bee (Region Two)
San Jose, California
13
7th
grade
#13 Emma Maldarelli, 12
Hawaii State Spelling Bee
Honolulu, Hawaii
14
8th
grade
#14 Sydney Graham, 14
Envision Credit Union
Tallahassee, Florida
15
8th
grade
#15 Lara Randhawa, 13
Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside, California
16
6th
grade
#16 Petra Sarpong, 12
Young Educators Foundation
Accra, Ghana
17
6th
grade
#17 Tejas Raman, 12
Boulder Valley School District
Boulder, Colorado
18
6th
grade
#18 Jia Xin Lu, 11
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
19
6th
grade
#19 Mihir Konkapaka, 11
The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego, California
20
7th
grade
#20 Braydon Syx, 13
Alabama Kiwanis Foundation
Birmingham, Alabama
21
7th
grade
#21 Rehan Koshy, 12
SNSB Regional Bee for Illinois and Texas
Chicago, Illinois
22
8th
grade
#22 Amelia Rice, 13
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Portland, Maine
23
6th
grade
#23 Noemie Jackson-Weaver, 12
The Washington Informer
Washington, District of Columbia
24
8th
grade
#24 John Eoh, 13
KERO 23 ABC
Bakersfield, California
25
5th
grade
#25 Christian Cherian, 11
Howard County Library
Columbia, Maryland
26
7th
grade
#26 Brody Santos, 12
The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida
27
6th
grade
#27 Shradha Rachamreddy, 12
SNSB Regional Bee (Region Two)
Dublin, California
28
6th
grade
#28 Wyatt Jalocha, 12
Ludington Daily News
Ludington, Michigan
29
8th
grade
#29 Abram Polley, 14
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
30
4th
grade
#30 Matthew Yi, 7
New Orleans Chapter of The Links
New Orleans, Louisiana
31
8th
grade
#31 Eli Cokelet, 13
Kansas Press Association
Topeka, Kansas
32
8th
grade
#32 Tejas Katira, 14
Kane County Regional Office of Education
Geneva, Illinois
33
8th
grade
#33 Julia Settevendemie, 13
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society
West Hartford, Connecticut
34
7th
grade
#34 Varshitha Bojanapati, 13
SNSB Regional Bee (Region One)
Jupiter, Florida
35
8th
grade
#35 Angelina Gampala, 14
WXYZ Channel 7
Detroit, Michigan
36
8th
grade
#36 Ananya Augustine, 14
Georgia Association of Educators
Tucker, Georgia
37
4th
grade
#37 Miles Hubbert, 10
Maryland Sports
Baltimore, Maryland
38
5th
grade
#38 Bruhat Soma, 10
SNSB Regional Bee (Region One)
Tampa, Florida
39
6th
grade
#39 Aydin Jones, 12
Charles County Public Schools
La Plata, Maryland
40
8th
grade
#40 Isaac Morowitz, 13
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, Illinois
45
7th
grade
#45 Justin Tran, 12
Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative
Studio City, California
46
6th
grade
#46 Aiden Pham, 12
Kiwanis Club of Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
47
8th
grade
#47 Dominic Marroquin, 13
Olathe Public Schools
Olathe, Kansas
48
7th
grade
#48 Sahil Thorat, 12
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
49
7th
grade
#49 Joey Finnerty, 13
Adult Learners, Inc.
Lafayette, Indiana
50
8th
grade
#50 Nesika Bellville, 14
Sourcewell
Staples, Minnesota
51
8th
grade
#51 Merit Namaste-Rose, 14
Regional Office of Education #47
Sterling, Illinois
52
6th
grade
#52 Tristan Schneichel, 11
SAGE Publishing
Thousand Oaks, California
53
8th
grade
#53 Arnav Kolluru, 13
Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education
Decatur, Illinois
54
6th
grade
#54 Isabella Cowan, 11
WFCU Credit Union
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
55
6th
grade
#55 Max Foley, 12
DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16
DeKalb, Illinois
56
8th
grade
#56 Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13
Young Educators Foundation
Accra, Ghana
57
7th
grade
#57 Ana Guadalupe Villagomez, 13
Pacific Daily News
Hagatna, Guam
58
7th
grade
#58 Jonathan Dezir, 12
Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education
Morris, Illinois
59
5th
grade
#59 Navtaj Singh, 11
Lewiston Tribune
Lewiston, Idaho
60
8th
grade
#60 Jason Khan, 14
The Orange County Register
Santa Ana, California
61
5th
grade
#61 Aisha Haque, 11
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, Maryland
62
7th
grade
#62 Levi Gould, 12
Lakes Country Service Cooperative
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
63
8th
grade
#63 Zoë Keith, 14
Boulder Valley School District
Boulder, Colorado
64
8th
grade
#64 Jeffrey Hsia, 14
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland
65
8th
grade
#65 Ekansh Rastogi, 13
Orlando City SC
Orlando, Florida
66
6th
grade
#66 Faith Zapata, 12
Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside, California
67
7th
grade
#67 Advaith Balakrishnan, 13
ComEd, An Exelon Company
Chicago, Illinois
68
8th
grade
#68 Se'lah Sutton, 13
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Annapolis, Maryland
69
7th
grade
#69 Bryce Melgar, 12
Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register
Visalia, California
70
8th
grade
#70 Jose Garcia, 13
Lee County Spelling Bee
Fort Myers, Florida
71
8th
grade
#71 Henry Olsen, 14
SNSB Regional Bee for Illinois and Texas
Peoria, Illinois
72
5th
grade
#72 Moksh Kanukurthy, 10
Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit
Arden Hills, Minnesota
73
8th
grade
#73 Riya Koya, 14
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
74
7th
grade
#74 Emily Doudna, 13
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Fairbanks, Alaska
75
8th
grade
#75 Saketh Madhusudhan, 14
The Daily Item
Lynn, Massachusetts
76
7th
grade
#76 Vikram Raju, 12
The Denver Post
Denver, Colorado
77
8th
grade
#77 Victor Andrews, 14
Oakland Schools Education Foundation
Waterford, Michigan
78
7th
grade
#78 John Folsom, 13
Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside, California
79
4th
grade
#79 Shrey Parikh, 10
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
San Bernardino, California
80
8th
grade
#80 Lillian Wallace, 14
Macomb Intermediate School District
Clinton Township, Michigan
81
8th
grade
#81 Akira Harris, 14
European PTA
Defense and State Department Schools, Europe
82
6th
grade
#82 Aaron Kuebler, 12
Orlando City SC
Orlando, Florida
83
7th
grade
#83 Sulayman Abdirahman, 12
Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Boston, Massachusetts
84
7th
grade
#84 Avyay Kodali, 13
Pepper Construction and Wight & Company
Chicago, Illinois
85
8th
grade
#85 Pihu Sahai, 14
The Herald Palladium
St. Joseph, Michigan
86
8th
grade
#86 Luke LaValley, 13
The County Press
Lapeer, Michigan
87
6th
grade
#87 Aliyah Alpert, 11
Arizona Educational Foundation
Scottsdale, Arizona
88
8th
grade
#88 Zain Malik, 13
WFCU Credit Union
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
89
8th
grade
#89 Japleen Dhillon, 14
The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
Fresno, California
90
7th
grade
#90 Brielle Brown, 13
South Central Service Cooperative
North Mankato, Minnesota
91
8th
grade
#91 Daniel Lemus, 14
Imperial County Office of Education
El Centro, California
92
7th
grade
#92 Aditi Shashidhara, 12
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Jacksonville, Arkansas
93
8th
grade
#93 Sam Passe, 14
Southeast Service Cooperative
Rochester, Minnesota
94
7th
grade
#94 Nimal Murugan, 12
Georgia Association of Educators
Tucker, Georgia
95
5th
grade
#95 Kalleb Oliveira, 11
The Martha's Vineyard Times
Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
96
5th
grade
#96 Mackenzie Harmon, 11
Traverse City Record-Eagle
Traverse City, Michigan
97
8th
grade
#97 Rumaysa Nadeem, 13
ComEd, An Exelon Company
Chicago, Illinois
98
8th
grade
#98 Wolfgang Schaff, 14
Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education
Loves Park, Illinois
99
8th
grade
#99 Vikram Reddy, 14
The Meakem Group
Bethesda, Maryland
100
5th
grade
#100 Randell Rhoads, 11
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage, Alaska
101
7th
grade
#101 Amelia Glass, 13
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia
102
8th
grade
#102 Dhroov Bharatia, 13
Dallas Sports Commission
Dallas, Texas
103
8th
grade
#103 Sophia Lopez, 14
SNSB Michigan and Ohio Regional Bee
Springfield, Ohio
104
8th
grade
#104 Abhilash Patel, 14
Orange-Ulster BOCES
Goshen, New York
109
6th
grade
#109 Rayeann Sharma, 11
SNSB Michigan and Ohio Regional Bee
Mayfield Heights, Ohio
110
7th
grade
#110 Ka'Mauri Best, 12
The Wilson Times
Wilson, North Carolina
111
8th
grade
#111 Tyler Nuttall, 14
South Jersey Spelling Bee
Folsom, New Jersey
112
6th
grade
#112 Logan Edwards, 11
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
113
5th
grade
#113 Harini Murali, 10
Press Communications
Neptune, New Jersey
114
8th
grade
#114 Addison Champion, 14
The Shelby Star
Shelby, North Carolina
115
7th
grade
#115 Cyrus Law, 12
Corning Rotary Club
Corning, New York
116
8th
grade
#116 Gustavo Brignoni, 14
Eureka Enrichment & Learning Center
San Juan, Puerto Rico
117
7th
grade
#117 David Fyffe, 12
North Rockland Central School District
Garnerville, New York
118
7th
grade
#118 Pranav Anandh, 13
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
Morton, Pennsylvania
119
8th
grade
#119 Lindsey Roberts, 14
Dallas Sports Commission
Dallas, Texas
120
6th
grade
#120 Luc Calagsing, 11
Pee Dee Education Center
Florence, South Carolina
121
8th
grade
#121 Ellette Whitcomb, 13
Montana Television Network
Bozeman, Montana
122
8th
grade
#122 Garrick Tam, 14
The Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico
123
7th
grade
#123 Paula Daglieri, 13
The Valley Breeze
Cumberland, Rhode Island
124
8th
grade
#124 Andrew Yeager, 14
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
125
7th
grade
#125 Eric Goroza, 12
The Public Education Foundation
Las Vegas, Nevada
126
5th
grade
#126 Krishang Indaana, 10
Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs
Hackensack, New Jersey
127
6th
grade
#127 Ava Anderson, 11
Nyssa School District 26
Nyssa, Oregon
128
8th
grade
#128 Akhil Giddaluri, 13
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga, Tennessee
129
5th
grade
#129 Ananya Rao Prassanna, 11
Omaha Sports Commission
Omaha, Nebraska
130
8th
grade
#130 Jianna Marina, 13
Diamond City Sports
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
131
7th
grade
#131 Vale Esposito, 12
ScholarSkills for STARS
New York, New York
132
8th
grade
#132 Tessa Jones, 14
Kiwanis Club of Abilene
Abilene, Texas
133
5th
grade
#133 Ariel Alhouwari, 11
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
134
7th
grade
#134 Gabriel Fang, 13
ScholarSkills for STARS
New York, New York
135
8th
grade
#135 Yash Shelar, 14
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, Missouri
136
8th
grade
#136 Alexis Reel, 14
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
141
8th
grade
#141 Ananya Kannan, 13
WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
142
7th
grade
#142 Addy Veerendra, 12
New Hampshire Union Leader
Manchester, New Hampshire
143
4th
grade
#143 Frank Dumas IV, 10
Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs
Durham, North Carolina
144
8th
grade
#144 Mujtaba Raja, 14
Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
Jersey City, New Jersey
149
8th
grade
#149 Echo Brock, 14
USC Upstate
Spartanburg, South Carolina
150
7th
grade
#150 Leila Hu, 12
Batavia Newspaper Corporation
Batavia, New York
151
7th
grade
#151 Tyler Wagner, 13
Finger Lakes Times
Geneva, New York
152
6th
grade
#152 Vivinsha Veduru, 11
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
153
7th
grade
#153 Makayla McGuire, 13
Mosaic Life Care Foundation
St. Joseph, Missouri
154
8th
grade
#154 Tallulah Green Hull, 14
WHYY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
155
5th
grade
#155 Jane Ross, 11
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
156
8th
grade
#156 Andrew Smith, 14
The Republican Herald
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
161
8th
grade
#161 Marium Zahra, 14
EPISD Education Foundation
El Paso, Texas
162
5th
grade
#162 Dahlia Cunningham, 10
Pamplin Media Group
Portland, Oregon
163
7th
grade
#163 Shaylynn Dennis, 13
Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal
Salem, Ohio
164
6th
grade
#164 Jessica Widodo, 12
The Commercial Dispatch
Columbus, Mississippi
165
4th
grade
#165 Harini Jayakumar, 9
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
166
7th
grade
#166 Abigail Lollis, 13
Harnett County Schools
Lillington, North Carolina
167
7th
grade
#167 Jacob Theaker, 13
The Times Leader
Martins Ferry, Ohio
168
8th
grade
#168 Michael Kolagani, 13
Sweet Success ATX
Austin, Texas
169
7th
grade
#169 Rex Dover, 13
The Gaston Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina
170
7th
grade
#170 Antonia Antov, 12
Raymore-Peculiar School District
Peculiar, Missouri
171
5th
grade
#171 Shivam Kolwalkar, 11
The Post and Courier
Charleston, South Carolina
172
8th
grade
#172 Ella Pettyjohn, 14
2 News Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
173
8th
grade
#173 Jonathan Kelly, 13
Tennessee Titans
Nashville, Tennessee
174
7th
grade
#174 Priana Khant, 13
Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
175
7th
grade
#175 Lainey Gardner, 13
The Blade
Toledo, Ohio
176
8th
grade
#176 Brook Stewart, 14
Mid-Continent Public Library
Independence, Missouri
177
7th
grade
#177 Tara Rakesh, 13
WCPO 9
Cincinnati, Ohio
178
8th
grade
#178 Sahana Srikanth, 13
WCPO 9
Cincinnati, Ohio
179
8th
grade
#179 Sophia Tun, 13
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, North Carolina
180
8th
grade
#180 Parker Dodge, 14
Educational Service Center of Lorain County
LaGrange, Ohio
181
8th
grade
#181 Rachel Xiang, 13
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
182
5th
grade
#182 Armaan Singhvi, 11
Tennessee Titans
Nashville, Tennessee
183
6th
grade
#183 Riya Anumakonda, 11
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina
184
5th
grade
#184 Maximilian Hernandez, 11
KRIS Communications
Corpus Christi, Texas
193
4th
grade
#193 Micah Sterling, 9
Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, New York
194
8th
grade
#194 Katherine Connolly, 14
Chester County Intermediate Unit
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
195
8th
grade
#195 Kaitlyn Lee, 14
Johnston County Public Schools
Smithfield, North Carolina
196
8th
grade
#196 Miriam Campfield, 14
Tennessee Titans
Knoxville, Tennessee
197
8th
grade
#197 Nitya Kathiravan, 13
Somerset County Library System
Bridgewater, New Jersey
198
6th
grade
#198 Ishika Varipilli, 11
Houston Public Media
Houston, Texas
199
5th
grade
#199 Dhagash Desai, 11
Sidelines and Stages
Maplewood, New Jersey
200
7th
grade
#200 Safi Sajid, 12
ScholarSkills for STARS
New Windsor, New York
201
7th
grade
#201 Manvitha Sanjaya, 13
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Charleston, West Virginia
202
7th
grade
#202 Charlotte Walsh, 13
Fairfax County Council PTA
Merrifield, Virginia
203
8th
grade
#203 Aroosh Kaleem, 14
The City Journals
Salt Lake City, Utah
204
5th
grade
#204 Shreeya Sivakumar, 11
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Midland, Texas
205
7th
grade
#205 Vihaan Sibal, 13
Rapoport Holdings, LLC
Waco, Texas
206
8th
grade
#206 Saharsh Vuppala, 13
Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses
Seattle, Washington
207
7th
grade
#207 Prince Parker Brown, 13
Ramar Communications
Lubbock, Texas
208
8th
grade
#208 Maya Jean Jadhav, 13
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin
209
7th
grade
#209 Harsha Dinesh, 13
Loudoun County Public Schools
Leesburg, Virginia
210
8th
grade
#210 Trey Felton III, 13
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
211
8th
grade
#211 Hudson Himmerich, 14
Sweetwater County BOCES
Rock Springs, Wyoming
212
5th
grade
#212 Jie Laboriante, 10
Rio Grande Valley AIM Media Texas
McAllen, Texas
213
7th
grade
#213 Nathaniel Rimocal, 13
Laredo Morning Times
Laredo, Texas
214
7th
grade
#214 Elise Cournoyer, 13
VTDigger
Rutland, Vermont
215
8th
grade
#215 Leanna Gonzales, 13
The Free Lance-Star
Fredericksburg, Virginia
216
7th
grade
#216 Bryan Milstead, 12
Rockingham District Ruritans
Harrisonburg, Virginia
217
8th
grade
#217 Shadya Coureur, 13
The Virgin Islands Daily News
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
218
8th
grade
#218 Bryce Nguyen, 14
The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Clarksburg, West Virginia
219
7th
grade
#219 Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, 13
The Ministry of Education
Nassau, The Bahamas
220
8th
grade
#220 Gavin Maxey, 13
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Danville, Virginia
221
8th
grade
#221 Deetya Vuppala, 13
Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses
Seattle, Washington
222
8th
grade
#222 Roy Seligman, 13
The Ministry of Education
Nassau, The Bahamas
223
7th
grade
#223 Surya Kapu, 13
The City Journals
Salt Lake City, Utah
224
7th
grade
#224 Graham Woodruff, 13
The Roanoke Times
Roanoke, Virginia
225
8th
grade
#225 Grant Ward, 14
Four Seasons YMCA
Tazewell, Virginia
226
7th
grade
#226 Akash Vukoti, 12
San Angelo Area Spelling Bee
San Angelo, Texas
227
7th
grade
#227 Peyton DeMichele, 12
InsideNoVa/Prince William
Manassas, Virginia
228
8th
grade
#228 Cole Moore, 14
Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas
229
8th
grade
#229 Jocelyne Francom, 13
Southeast Education Service Center
Price, Utah
230
8th
grade
#230 Henry Mathewes, 13
The Daily Progress and News Virginian
Charlottesville, Virginia
231
8th
grade
#231 Harini Logan, 14
The Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association
San Antonio, Texas
232
8th
grade
#232 Sirjana Kaur, 14
Town Hall Seattle
Seattle, Washington
THE PERFECT “PRE-GAME” TO ALL THINGS SPELLING BEE
Watch the Road to the Bee on Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m. on ION
An exciting new element of the Bee's move to ION, this one-hour special follows the journeys of a few spellers from across the country as they prepare for regional spelling bees and set their sights on the national competition in Washington, D.C.
About the Bee
A tradition 90 years in the making
Since 1925, children across America have participated in school, local and regional spelling bees with the hope of making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Learn more about Bee history, the Bee's full-time staff and 2021 champion Zaila Avant-garde.
LeVar Burton is the host of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
He will host the televised Semifinals and Finals in June 2022, broadcast on ION and Bounce.
LEARN MORE
Did you know the Bee has an official book club? This month, the Bee's Bookshelf is reading Otherwood by Pete Hautman.