1993

The 66th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee took place on June 3rd, 1993. It was held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., and 235 spellers participated.

This year’s National Competition included spellers from 49 U.S. states, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and one entrant from Germany whose father was stationed there with the military.

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About the 66th Bee

Champion

Geoff Hooper

Arlington, Tennessee

Geoff Hooper, age 14, sponsored by The Commercial Appeal, won the $5,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “kamikaze.”

Geoff went to Florida State University and was on Bee Week College Crew. He became a transportation auditor for Relocation Management Worldwide.

Location

Capital Hilton

at the Presidential Ballroom

Winning Word

kamikaze(n)

kah-muh-KAH-zee

a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (as a ship).

This word is from Japanese.

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

  • Michelle Abraham
  • Lealani Mae Yanez Acosta
  • Melissa Ahart
  • Tawfiq Innas Ali
  • Ned G. Andrews
  • Warren Ansaldo
  • Heather Avalos
  • Melanie Avey
  • Michael L. Baham
  • Kevin Barry
  • Danielle Beckley
  • William Bell
  • David Bender
  • Kyle Bennett
  • Luke Bissell
  • Matt Brady
  • Daniel Briggs
  • Jeffrey Brown
  • Amy E. Brushwood
  • Heather Bryant
  • Amanda Dawn Burke
  • Denise CaJacob
  • Peter Watkins Cangemi
  • Sara Cantor
  • Lisa Card
  • Kyle F. Carothers
  • Henry Chang
  • Jennifer Cheng
  • Nora Cheng
  • Hae-Joo Cheon
  • Andrew A. Chi
  • Albert Cho
  • Hannah Choi
  • Felicia Chow
  • James Christensen
  • Adrienne Clark
  • Jennifer E. Clark
  • Angela Colletti
  • Rosa Curtin
  • Alexis Dalsfoist
  • Lisa Davis
  • Nick Davis
  • Annalisa de la Cruz
  • Angeles Perez-Martin Del Campo F.
  • Darian DeNeal
  • Nicholas Denniston
  • Alma M. DeRojas
  • Douglas Devanney
  • Tony DiNicola
  • Erin Dittus
  • April Donahower
  • Hillary Doot
  • Heather DuBroc
  • Katie Dunn
  • Hillary Eddy
  • Seth Edwards
  • Amy C. England
  • Eric English
  • Jeff J. Espiritu
  • Alexander Feltham
  • Bobby Flory
  • Brian Foltz
  • Eric S. Fonville
  • Danielle R. Ford
  • Brian Franklin
  • Leah Frazier
  • Treyna Futrell
  • Demetria Garnsey
  • Darryl L. Gaskins
  • Spencer W. Gella
  • Jeremy Ryan Gengler
  • Bernand George
  • James Gephart
  • Anthony Paul Giannoumis
  • Laurie Gilligan
  • Charles Gordon
  • Gideon R. Gorit
  • Andrew Goss
  • Ryan Goudelocke
  • Marc R. Gravel
  • Nichole C. Graves
  • Alison Greene
  • Joanne Greer
  • Jasmine Griffith
  • Wendy Guey
  • David Gutherie
  • Shaye Hall
  • Gordie Halt
  • Tim Harding
  • Brian Helander
  • Alex Heltzel
  • Jennifer Hendricks
  • Diana Ho
  • Jacob Hodes
  • Walter G. Holland
  • Geoff Hooper
  • Nathan Hoot
  • Justin Horn
  • Drew W. Houston
  • Jevere Akim Howell
  • James Hsu
  • Angela Hurst
  • Eugene Hwang
  • Vivek Iyer
  • Katrina Dee Jackson
  • Joseph Adam Jalbert
  • Neena James
  • Margo Melissa Johnson
  • Tiffany L. Jones
  • Dave Jordan
  • Pei-Pei Ketron
  • Sophoan Khouen
  • Tae Kim
  • Yuni Kim
  • Daniel Kim
  • Errol Leroy King
  • Katie Klosterman
  • Kavi Krishnasamy
  • Karie Kuba
  • Jennifer Kuznik
  • Josean Laguarta
  • Corey Langhammer
  • Angela Lea
  • William Lee
  • Brian Lee
  • Corina Lentz
  • Doris Leung
  • Samantha Levine
  • Michael Lietz
  • Kevin Michael Lints
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Rachel Lott
  • Christin Luckman
  • Patti Luke
  • Yoshiyuki Makino
  • Rachel Mansdorf
  • Angelita Evangelista Manuel
  • Bryant Mathews
  • Peter S. May
  • Stacy McLamb
  • Courtney Mehlaff
  • Karissa Mercer
  • Noah Merrill
  • Sheila Misra
  • Nathan F. Modica
  • Angela Moerschell
  • Nandini Mukhopadhyay
  • Adam C. Murdough
  • Adam Muretisch
  • Jordinn Nelson
  • Nathan A. Netravali
  • Samuel D. Neuman
  • Michelle Nguyen
  • Matthew O’Brien
  • Jennifer O’Meara
  • Michael Osinski
  • Nathan Ostrander
  • Jennifer Lauren Parks
  • Seema A. Patil
  • Andrew Pennington
  • Brenna Peterson
  • Elizabeth Leigh Pitts
  • Emily Piwowar
  • Patrick Pope
  • Kavitha Prabaker
  • Shannon Dare Prichard
  • Jeffrey Purser
  • Amanda G. Querry
  • Lisa Sue Quinn
  • Celeste Ramos
  • Amol Rangnekar
  • Shruti Ravikumar
  • Ekta Rawal
  • Jennifer K. Reinig
  • Marnie Riddle
  • Suzanne Rivoire
  • Brandi Robinson
  • Katie Roth
  • Shuntae Royster
  • Liz Russell
  • Jason Rynd
  • Stacy Saia
  • Sherion Hernandez Sanchez
  • Tracy Lynne Sargeant
  • Jason D. Schenk
  • Carisa Schuster
  • Diana Marwick Seymour
  • Neeli Jayant Shah
  • Jara Sharma
  • Caroline Sheffield
  • Nathan T. Shriver
  • Pragati Singh
  • Jo Marie Sison
  • Kathleen P.B. Smith
  • Robin Hart Smith
  • Jimson Okon Smith
  • Joel Smith
  • Ali Soleimani
  • Sameer Soleja
  • Lizette Solis
  • Jennifer Sri
  • Tyman Stephens
  • Erin Elizabeth Strapp
  • Laura Stuart
  • Anne-Marie Suchomel
  • Mindy Surratt
  • Amber Swartzell
  • Sara Tantillo
  • Huntley Mary Tarrant
  • Shalin Tejani
  • Julie Tilsy
  • Laura Ellen Toothman
  • Shivani Tripathi
  • David Urban
  • Vanessa Valero
  • Matthew Van Buren
  • Anna M. Varghese
  • Radhika Vemula
  • Julie Vogel
  • Aaron Wallentine
  • Kristie Washburn
  • Kris Weberg
  • Matthew M. Wehner
  • Emily Weidman
  • Nathan Weismuller
  • Taylor West
  • Lais Williams
  • Erica Dawn Williamson
  • Rayelle Wilson
  • Emerson N. Wong
  • Briggs Marvin Wright
  • Sylvia Wu
  • Chelsea Yancho
  • Srividya Yarabothu
  • Kristine E. Zurcher

* Winner
** Runner-Up