Akash Vukoti first competed in the competition at 6 years old, back in 2016. Twelve years after competing in his first spelling competition in Virginia at just 2 years old, and just days after his ...

(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, Texas, may be the youngest contestant — and the first first-grader — ever to reach the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he was in it to win it.

Scripps National Spelling Bee contestant Akash Vukoti will be among a dozen young celebrities to compete on "Dancing with the Stars: Juniors," which will debut on ABC on Oct. 7. Vukoti has competed ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he’s the only ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas—Contestants at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee will move to the onstage portion of preliminaries Wednesday after completing a written test of spelling and vocabulary questions ...

OXON HILL, Md. -- A boy from San Angelo, Texas is making history at the National Spelling Bee, despite misspelling a word. That's because he's just 6 years old. Akash Vukoti is the first first-grader ...

Twelve years after competing in his first spelling competition in Virginia at just 2 years old, and just days after his 14th birthday, Akash Vukoti competed in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee ...