1994

The 67th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee took place on June 2nd, 1994. It was held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., and 238 spellers participated.

In 2004, ESPN began its tenure of broadcasting the Bee live, introducing the need for commercial breaks to the competition.

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About the 67th Bee

Champion

Ned G. Andrews

Oliver Springs, Tennessee

Ned G. Andrews, age 13, sponsored by the Knoxville News Sentinel, won the $5,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “antediluvian.”

Ned received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. He is an attorney in private practice and previously was an asylum officer. He spent several years on Bee Week staff.

Location

Capital Hilton

at the Presidential Ballroom

Winning Word

antediluvian(adj)

an-ti-duh-LOO-vee-un

antiquated : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago.

This word is formed from two Latin elements plus an English combining form.

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

  • Tehseen Aliya Ahmed
  • Konstantina Alexakis
  • Tawfiq Innas Ali
  • Ned G. Andrews
  • Jessie Ruth Angell
  • Nathan Ashby-Kuhlman
  • Srinivas Ayyagari
  • Anand N. Babu
  • Jill Baker
  • Bhumika Balgobin
  • Michael D. Barrus, Jr.
  • George Basos
  • Lama Bazzi
  • Lisa J. Bazzle
  • Kedric Lamont Beasley
  • Jill Beckman
  • Sarah Bergen
  • Aydre Bistline
  • Ben Bjostad
  • Heather Blagg
  • Becki Blocksome
  • Nancy J. Browning
  • Valerie C. Bruchon
  • Amanda Bruninga
  • Charlotte Bun
  • Amanda Dawn Burke
  • Ryan M. Burke
  • Denise CaJacob
  • Cedrina L. Calder
  • Clayton Callan
  • Gia Marie Canali
  • Suzanne Cardello
  • Roeut Chak
  • Robert Chan
  • Margaret Chang
  • Megan Chappell
  • Jennifer Cheng
  • Pavan K. Cheruvu
  • Melissa Chu
  • Kung-Gene Chu
  • Anthony Chuang
  • Michael Cioce
  • Adrienne Clark
  • Stephanie Cleland
  • Jonathon Cohen
  • Colleen Cole
  • Nick Cramer
  • Kristi Beth Crites
  • Jennifer D. Cruz
  • Joe Dale
  • Alexis Dalsfoist
  • Elizabeth Marie Dekin
  • Louis Dilbert
  • Sarah Dittoe
  • Erin Dittus
  • Josh Doyle
  • Melissa Drye
  • John W. A. Earley
  • Hillary Eddy
  • Kayla Edge
  • Tom Edrington
  • Seth Edwards
  • Tarfia Faizullah
  • Clint Fiore
  • Gary Edward Ford
  • Adam Foreman
  • Abby C. Foster
  • Bryan D. Freses
  • Leyna Friedman
  • Sarah Gallagher
  • Noopur Gangopadhyay
  • Justin G. Geist
  • Jason M. Glover
  • Johnny James Gonzales
  • Jeffrey Goodsped
  • Gideon R. Gorit
  • Shandel Gray
  • Wendy Guey
  • Ramakrishna Gumidyala
  • David Guthrie
  • Carl Hall, Jr.
  • Karl Hammer
  • Barbara Han
  • Won-Son Han
  • Vandna Handa
  • Chris Hanger
  • Kristen Harfmann
  • Mark E. Harris, JR.
  • Melissa S. Hays
  • Loren Heinold
  • Justin Helphenstine
  • Suyun Hong
  • Justin Horn
  • Marcella Houck
  • Justin Hsu
  • William B. Hubbard
  • Evan Lucas Hulka
  • Melissa Husby
  • Casie Huston
  • James Ignatius
  • Luke Iseman
  • Helen Isip
  • Vivek Iyer
  • Cara Leigh Jackson
  • Liz Jackson
  • Joseph Adam Jalbert
  • Nikki Jenkins
  • Jason Johnston
  • Clifford Collado Juan
  • Rachel Kahn
  • John Keay
  • Yuni Kim
  • Kristy King
  • Karmen Michelle Kluge
  • Benjamin Ko
  • Ramdev Konijeti
  • Kavi Krishnasamy
  • Katie Kuba
  • Lun Lai
  • Nelson Lai
  • James Landau
  • Willie Larkin
  • Andreana Lau
  • Tom Lavery
  • Colette Bridgette Lazenka
  • Jonathan J. Leahy
  • Anna Katherine Leal
  • Brian Kane Lee
  • Eric Abraham Lee
  • Nathan B. Lenstra
  • Caroline B. Leong
  • Ben Lincoln
  • Matt Little
  • Corrie Loeffler
  • Trisha Long
  • Bill Lucarell
  • Stephanie Lucero
  • Mindy Maeda
  • David Maldonado-Hernandez
  • Phillip S. Mallory
  • Laura Matlik
  • Parick T. McNutt
  • Melany Mitchell
  • Jonathan Monk
  • Joey Montgomery
  • Tamara Ann Moore
  • Nelson Morales
  • Earl Morrison
  • Michael Morrow
  • Jennifer Mowen
  • Nandini Mukhopadhyay
  • Alex Musgrove
  • Rosalind Natale
  • Michelle Nguyen
  • Sayani Niyogi
  • Christopher Nodes
  • Seth Van Oort
  • Daniel Orcutt
  • Shannon Page
  • June Pais
  • Brian J. Palank
  • Erin Pasco
  • Julie Elizabeth Pedigo
  • Chris Petroni
  • Rosalyn Pham
  • Gabriela Patricia Pinzon
  • Ben Polleta
  • Patrick Pope
  • Anna Powers
  • Kavitha Prabaker
  • Alice Anne Price
  • Jeff Purser
  • Jennifer K. Reinig
  • Suzanne Rivoire
  • Adam Lane Robertson
  • Caleb Robinson
  • Melinda Ross
  • Roger Lee Ross
  • Kathryn Rougle
  • Jonathan Rush
  • Lizette Russell
  • Matt Ryan
  • Rene Saenz
  • Jacelyn E. Sangco
  • Justin E. Sausville
  • Derek Schaller
  • Zeb Schobernd
  • Lucas Schuneman
  • Diana Marwick Seymour
  • Ganesh Shankar
  • Jaya Sharma
  • Linnea Shelly
  • Lindsay Sherman
  • Eric Shields
  • Nathan Shriver
  • Sharon Shy
  • Wanntha Sim
  • Jo Marie Sison
  • Thomas S. Skuzinski
  • Brian Scott Smith
  • Sameer Soleja
  • Lizette Solis
  • Joseph M. South
  • Theresa Spaulding
  • Braindi L. Spears
  • Elizabeth Stameshkin
  • Victoria L. Staples
  • Theresa Starwalt
  • Maryann Steiginga
  • Troy E. Stiltner
  • Kimberly Stokes
  • Justin Story
  • Ramnath Subbaraman
  • Susan Surface
  • Amber Swartzell
  • Samantha A. Talora
  • Jennifer Tobkin
  • Dean Robert Troyer
  • Cherianthuis (Chris) Marie Tsosie
  • Peter Ulrick
  • David Urban
  • Vauhini Vara
  • Mariam Vazquez
  • Abdallah Wakileh
  • Olivia Wang
  • Esther Wangler
  • Alex Waters
  • Veronica Watson
  • Sarah Way
  • Alisa Whitacre
  • Amy Dawn Wilson
  • Mollie Wilson
  • Jocelyn Wine
  • Bryan Wrench
  • Chelsea Cie Yancho
  • Thomas G. Yost
  • David Zerby
  • Nick Zoller

* Winner
** Runner-Up