Harini Logan is an Indian-American student who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2022.
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Wiki/Biography
Harini Logan was born on Friday, May 9, 2008 (age 14 years; as in 2022) in San Antonio, Texas, United States. His zodiac sign is Taurus. She did her schooling at The Montessori School of San Antonio, San Antonio, United States. As of 2022, he is in class 8. Since childhood, she has actively participated in various extra-curricular activities. He presented a project on France at a multicultural fair in his school.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Harini Logan’s parents are from Chennai, India. His father, Logan Anjaneyulu, holds the position of director at Valero Energy Corporation. His mother, Rampriya Logan, worked as a consultant at Cognizant. His younger brother’s name is Naren Logan; He was born on 16 May 2016.
Harini Logan with her parents and brother
Spelling Bee Contests
When Harini was in first grade, she developed an interest in participating in spelling bee competitions after watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2013 with her family on TV. She began her journey as a speller in the second grade, participating in the NSF Regional Spelling Bee. He first participated in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2018, placing 323rd in the competition. In 2019 she was ranked 30th and in 2021 she was ranked 31st. In 2019, she became the winner of the San Antonio Express News Regional Spelling Bee for the second consecutive time.
Harini Logan at the San Antonio Express-News Regional Spelling Bee (2019)
She placed second at the 2020 Canada-USA International Spelling Bee Championships. She was the first runner-up in Wishwin’s 2021 Senior Playathon.
Harini posing with her Wishwin Spelathon 2021 trophy
On March 27, 2021, Logan won the Brauntex Bee regional spelling competition at the Brauntex Theater and earned her way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. On June 3, 2022, she rose to popularity when she won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by defeating Vikram Raju in the competition’s first lightning-round tiebreaker. The competition was held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill. During the competition, Harini spelled 22 words correctly in the spell-off, with ‘Moorhen’ being her final winning word, compared to Raju, who spelled only 15 words correctly. Finalists Vikram Raju and Harini Logan failed to spell two words correctly in a row between rounds 13 and 18, when the jury began a 90-second spell-off. It was announced that the contestant who pronounced the maximum number of words correctly would be the winner. In addition to awards from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopædia Britannica, Logan received a cash prize of $50,000 and a Scripps Cup.
An image of Harini Logan receiving the Scripps Cup (2022)
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Facts/General Knowledge
- She was sponsored by the Bronx Performing Arts Theater Association for the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2022.
- She was trained for the competition by renowned spelling bee coach Grace Walters, a Texas native and Rice University alumnus.
- Surprisingly, Harini was mistakenly eliminated from the Scripps National Spelling Bee because of the word “pulpulation”, which he defined as “the making of a nest of mating birds”, while the jury claimed that The correct answer was “a swarm of bees”. As a result, Walters and Navneet, along with Harini’s spelling bee coach, Harini’s mother, Priya, approached the jury after which Chief Judge Mary Brooks rejected the jury’s verdict. He said,
After you finished speaking, we did a little research, which is our job, to make sure we made the right decision. We looked a little deeper at that word and actually the answer you gave to that word is considered correct, so we’re going to reinstate you.
- In an interview, he talked about the Lightning Round, which was introduced a few months before the Scripps National Spelling Bee and said,
When it was introduced last year, I was a little scared, to be honest.. I move slowly. This is my thing. I didn’t know how I would perform in that setting.
- She was fond of reading since childhood.
- An accomplished musician, Harini plays the piano, recorder and ukulele.
- She enjoys creative writing and plans to publish a book by the time she graduates high school.
- She takes inspiration from Kamala Harris, the first Indian-origin US Vice President.
- He is also fond of playing tennis.
Harini is playing tennis
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