HANNAH SHAHZAD IS SPELLING BEE WINNER
Hannah Shahzad is the top speller in Washington County. She finished first in the annual Spelling Bee Tuesday night. After misspelling multiple second words, Hannah spelled topgallant and modular correctly for the win.
Hannah is the daughter of Shandale Shahzad and is an 8th grade student at Brenham Junior High School. Finishing in second place was Brooklyn Meech. She attends First Baptist Church School and is the daughter of Adam & Leslie Meech.
The third and fourth place finishers had to then come up for a tiebreaker, as both misspelled their words in the same round. Emma Forman beat out Will Hefferly for the third spot by spelling windbreaks and basil correctly. Emma is a student at Citadel Christian School and is the daughter of Julie & Dave Forman. Will Hefferly is the son of Andy & Abby Hefferly and is a student at Brenham Middle School.
The winner of the spelling bee, Hannah Shahzad, will now advance to the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee on March 25th. KWHI has been a sponsor of the spelling bee since its inception in 1955, and has provided cash prizes to the top three spellers at the event each year.
