The 2025 Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee
Congratulations to the 2025 Colorado State Spelling Bee champion: Vedanth Raju, the 7th grader from Aurora Quest K-8 who spelled FRETUM correctly in the 29th Round on March 8th at Sturm Hall on the University of Denver campus. Vedanth will now travel to Washington, D.C. at the end of May to represent Colorado in the Scripp’s National Spelling Bee – this year marks the 100th Anniversary of the national Bee. Our 2nd Place winner was Nikhil Ganta, a 5th grader from Traut Core Knowledge in Fort Collins, and we had a tie for 3rd Place: Sai Shreyas Sriyapu Reddy, a 6th grader from World Compass Academy in Castle Rock, and Sriman Reddy, an 8th grader from Stargate School in Broomfield. Please join us in wishing Vedanth the best of luck!
Congratulations to the 2025 finalists:
(in alphabetical order)
Jackson Barnes, 6th Grade, Frassati Catholic Academy
Reece Blair, 8th Grade, Prospect Ridge Academy Middle School
Jude Dsilva, 5th Grade, Willow Creek Elementary School
Nikhil Ganta, 5th Grade, Traut Core Knowledge Education Center
Charlotte Jiang, 4th Grade, Dennison Elementary School
Olivia Mac Leod, 6th Grade, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle Center
Shrivatsa Murugan, 8th Grade, Stargate School
Aadhya Muthukumar, 6th Grade, Hulstrom Options School
Jessica Nketsia, 8th Grade, Fort Morgan Middle School
Amanda Prince, 5th Grade, Kenneth Homyak Academy
Vedanth Raju, 7th Grade, Aurora Quest K-8 School
Anirudh Rao, 7th Grade, STEM School Highlands Ranch
Sriman Reddy, 8th Grade, Stargate School
Sahil Sainani, 6th Grade, Hulstrom Options School
Lavanya Sethi, 7th Grade, Hulstrom Options School
Sai Shreyas Sriyapu Reddy, 6th Grade, World Compass Academy
Bruce Zhou, 8th Grade, Liberty Common High School
For questions, please email Carol Cline, Spelling Bee Event Director at ccline@denverpost.com.
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2024 State Bee Winners
Congratulations to Aditi Muthukumar, the 2024 Denver Post Colorado State Bee champion and a top 10 finalist in the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition! Aditi was a 2-time champion and represented Colorado extremely well on the national stage.
On March 9, 2024 – It was a great afternoon of spectacular spelling from the 14 finalists from across Colorado. They went round after round until we had our 3rd place winner, Aadhya Muthukumar, a 5th grader also from Hulstrom Options, and our 2nd place winner, Rebecca Jerison, a 6th grader from Challenge To Excellence in Parker.
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Each year more than 250 top spellers from across Colorado participate in the virtual portion of the Colorado State Spelling Bee to earn a spot on the stage for the Oral Finals of the Bee. These Oral Rounds take place in March at the University of Denver – where the top scorers compete for the title of Colorado State Spelling Bee Champion. This 85 year-old tradition, originally sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News, encourages and rewards our young people’s love of learning and competition. The winner of the Colorado State Spelling Bee moves on to represent Colorado in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Click here to see the past Colorado State Spelling Bee champions.
