14-year-old Zaila Avant from New Orleans, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Zaila has described spelling as a side hobby, although she routinely practiced for seven hours a day. She is a basketball standout who hopes to play some day in the WNBA and holds three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously. Zaila twirled and leaped with excitement after spelling the winning word “murraya,” a […]