1992

The 65th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee took place on May 28th, 1992. It was held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., and 227 spellers participated.

Amanda Goad later went on to win $31,200 on the 1996 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.

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About the 65th Bee

Champion

Amanda Goad

Richmond, Virginia

Amanda Goad, age 13, sponsored by The Richmond News Leader, won the $5,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “lyceum.”

Amanda went to Harvard Law School and became a staff lawyer for the ACLU. She is the Audrey Irmas Director of the LGBTQ, Gender Studies and Reproductive Justice Project. She also won more than $30,000 in the 1996 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.

Location

Capital Hilton

at the Presidential Ballroom

Winning Word

lyceum(n)

lahy-SEE-um

a place for holding lectures or public discussions.

This word is from Latin.

OFFICIALS

Directors

Reta Rose

Judges

  • Dr. Robert E. Baker
  • Leroy C. Dillard
  • Mary Brooks
  • John M. Scott

Pronouncers

  • Dr. Alex J. Cameron
  • Dr. Jacques Bailly

SPELLER ROSTER

  • Melissa Ahart
  • Nakasha M. Ahmad
  • Sadaf Ahmad
  • Georgia Alexakis
  • James Victor Anderson
  • Ned G. Andrews
  • Vinay J. Augustine
  • Melanie Avey
  • Tammie Awalt
  • Ashley Ayers
  • Srinivas Ayyagari
  • Dyanne Babtiste
  • Amanda Beckley
  • Christy Lynn Begay
  • Kim Bell
  • Rich R Blott
  • Jedd Alan Bluhm
  • Melanie Bowling
  • Edward Boyden III
  • Jamie Elizaeth Bradley
  • Michaela Brangan
  • Carrie Leigh Breshears
  • Christopher J. Brown
  • Lee Anna Bryan
  • Heather Bryant
  • Amana Dawn Burke
  • Andy Buttars
  • David Bradford Bykowski
  • Kyle F. Carothers
  • Angela Colleti
  • Christa Ann Colleti
  • Gwyneth Anne Connell
  • Allison Denise Core
  • Melinda Costa
  • Mel Cowan
  • Jenni Cummings
  • Joe Dale
  • Jane Ann Dall
  • Lisa Datta
  • Fernando de Leon
  • Angeles Peres-Martin del Campo F.
  • Matthew R. Denault
  • Lauren Marie Digan
  • Tony DiNicola
  • Robert Mario Dionisio
  • Neil Dishman
  • Meriam Dume
  • Rachel E. Duncan
  • Jessica Ann Durrum
  • Claire Edwards
  • Alex T. Edwin
  • Abbey Severance Eisenhower
  • Phillip Eurs
  • Adam A. Ferguson
  • Jeffrey Fetzer
  • Brian Fink
  • Brian Foltz
  • Eris S. Fonville
  • Jason Freudenberger
  • Toby Garza
  • Jeremy Ryan Gengler
  • James M. Gephart
  • Matt Gleeson
  • Amanda C. Goad
  • James T. Golby
  • Aryn Gopal
  • Marc R. Gravel
  • Becky N. Greaves
  • Risa Green
  • Marbeth Greet
  • Michelle Cavivah Gutherc
  • Emily Claire Hanchey
  • Jonathan Robert Hannon
  • Tim Harding
  • Mark E. Harris
  • Aaron Haugh
  • Jaime Nichole Hazelton
  • Heather Heavener
  • Nathan J. Heick
  • Shawna Heldreth
  • Jennifer Hendricks
  • Allison Marie Herling
  • David Herman
  • Danielle Marie Hewitt
  • Thomas Vincent Hibberd
  • Walter G. Holland III
  • Nathan Rollins Hoot
  • Drew Hoskins
  • Ted Hsu
  • Eric J. Huang
  • Evan Lucas Hulka
  • James Hunter
  • Marty R. Hutchins
  • Kent Hymel
  • Catherine A. Ibanez
  • Titania Leung Inglis
  • Cara Leigh Jackson
  • Neena James
  • Jason Jett
  • Allison Johnson
  • Anna Johnson
  • Michael Jose
  • Kevin Karry
  • David Kelch
  • Scott Kennan
  • Katherine Kim
  • Mark Kish
  • Bryan Karl Klumpp
  • Ellie Kochanski
  • Michelle Alain Kosick
  • Lisa Marie Kow
  • Sarah Kureshi
  • Paul Nicholas Kustos
  • Paliath Ammu Kutty
  • Andy Lagatta
  • Eric Landreneau
  • Michelle E. Lee
  • Gary Lee
  • Brian Kane Lee
  • Erika Abigail Lestelle
  • Debbie Leung
  • Jenna Lewis
  • Elizabeth Lewis
  • Victoria H. Lin
  • Julia Keil Linnemann
  • Lilah Lummus
  • Ali John Mahajerin
  • Celeste Maldonado
  • Gregory J. Marsh
  • Mathew Anand Mathew
  • Stacey Matsumura
  • Donovan Todd Maust
  • Brett Matthew McGinness
  • Jesse McGrew
  • Ashley York McNamara
  • Angela M. Meadows
  • Julie Lynn Menninger
  • Jan Miller
  • Jennifer Modliszewski
  • Amy M. Moore
  • Grace Morrison
  • Meaghan Mulholland
  • Adam C. Murdough
  • Sruti Nadimpalli
  • Joe A. Newbury
  • Allison Newkirk
  • Michael Barnes Norton
  • Sean K. O’Dowd
  • Jennifer O’Neill
  • Benjamin Carl Orsburn
  • Stuart Oster
  • Chelsea Rhea Parker
  • Jamie Leigh Parker
  • Murali H. Patel
  • Michelle Peel
  • Andrew Pennington
  • Jennifer Nicole Phillips
  • Miriah D. Plawer
  • Kelly Poggio
  • Kelly Gail Postlethwait
  • Amber Pyeatt
  • Arnab Ray
  • Brianna Reader
  • Chandan Reddy
  • Edwin Reid
  • Trey Reyher
  • Philip Rice
  • Marnie Riddle
  • Aja Fair Romano
  • Regina Rosenello
  • Marlayna Louise Ross
  • Shuntae Royster
  • Keith Rutledge
  • Kiran Sajja
  • Sameep Sangankar
  • Shalla Santos
  • Tracy Lynne Sargeant
  • Michael Travis Schaefer
  • Tara Richelle Sechrest
  • Michael Sharma
  • Nick Sheidler
  • Scott Sheldon
  • Marie Shieh
  • Mara R. Sievers
  • Pragati Singh
  • Sandra Singleton
  • Kendi Smith
  • Douglas C. Smith
  • Jeff Smith
  • Robin Hart Smith
  • Rebecca Ann Snowden
  • Ali Soleimani
  • Antonia Spiliakos
  • Anne Miriam Stameshkin
  • Edward Wang Tamiso
  • Alma O. Tarampi
  • Huntley Mary Tarrant
  • Kipp Tyson Teamey
  • Thomas Teamey
  • Andrew Tegen
  • Lacy Terry
  • Lynne Thomas
  • Robert Trishman
  • Moxila Upadhyaya
  • David Urban
  • Jim Uschock
  • Kelly Elizabeth Vaughan
  • Vivian Vidal
  • Peter Edward Volz
  • Tim Vroom
  • David Wahl
  • Todd Erik Wallace
  • John Patrick Warner
  • Emmalee Anne Weaver
  • Christopher Welch
  • Taylor West
  • Billy Dee Whala III
  • Jacob Williams
  • Erica Dawn Williamson
  • Beth Wilson
  • Dana Diane Wise
  • Celeste Witt
  • Emerson N. Wong
  • Chelsea Cie Yancho
  • Susan Yoo
  • Johnny Zimmerman
  • Kristina Zurcher

* Winner
** Runner-Up