From the Basketball Court to the Spelling Bee

For some of us, accomplishing just one world would be amazing, but not for this 14-year-old.

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According to BuzzFeed, Zaila Avant-Garde currently has 3 Guinness World Records for dribbling multiple basketballs at once while riding a unicycle. And now she can add another achievement to her list: first African-American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee!

The final word was Murraya: “ a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves and flowers.” And Zaila calmly spelled it correctly making her the champion and the winner of $50,000!