OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he’s the only ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twelve years after competing in his first spelling competition in Virginia at just 2 years old, and just days after his 14th ...
(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, Texas, may be the youngest contestant — and the first first-grader — ever to reach the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he was in it to win it.