Charlotte Observer Champions
  • Three spellers have won three times: Marshall Winchester, 2003-04-05; Megan Chappell, East Middle School in Biscoe,1994-95-96; and Anant Raut, 1987-88-89.
  • Charlotte spellers have won eight times; spellers from Rock Hill, S.C., and Wadesboro, four times each.
  • Three 11-year-olds have won: Marshall Winchester (2003); Anant Raut (1987) and Beverly Sanford, Holbrook Junior High in Lowell (1976).

2007 Gideon Whaley, 13, grade 8, C.C. Griffin Middle School, Concord

2006 Trey Williams, 13, grade 7, Fort Mill Middle School, Fort Mill, SC

2005 Marshall Winchester, 13, grade 8, The Winchester School, Waxhaw

2004 Marshall Winchester, 12, grade 7, The Winchester School, Waxhaw

2003 Marshall Winchester, 11, grade 6, The Winchester School, Waxhaw

2002 Ifreke Paul Okpokowuruk, 13, grade 8, Charlotte Christian School, Charlotte

2001 Stephen Hou, 12, grade 7, Gold Hill Middle School, Fort Mill, SC

2000 Justin Balletta, 13, grade 7, Weddington Middle School, Weddington

1999 Justin Balletta, 12, grade 6, Weddington Middle School, Weddington

1998 Sean Hou, 13, grade 7, Fort Mill Middle School, Fort Mill, SC

1997 Sean Hou, 12, grade 6, Fort Mill Middle School, Fort Mill, SC

1996 Megan Chappell, 14, grade 8, East Middle School, Biscoe

1995 Megan Chappell, 13, grade 7, East Middle School, Biscoe

1994 Megan Chappell, 12, grade 6, East Middle School, Biscoe

1993 Angela Lea, 13, grade 8, I.E. Johnson Middle School, Laurinburg

1992 Jamie Leigh Parker, 13, grade 8, Anson Junior High school, Wadesboro

1991 Jamie Leigh Parker, 12, grade 7, Anson Junior High School, Wadesboro

1990 Patrick Michael Hearon, 12, grade 6, College Park Middle School, Hickory

1989 Anant P. Raut, 13, grade 8, The Catawba School, Rock Hill, SC

1988 Anant P. Raut, 12, grade 7, The Catawba School, Rock Hill, SC

1987 Anant P. Raut, 11, grade 6, The Catawba School, Rock Hill, SC

1986 Kristi E. Woods, 14, grade 8, Pembroke Junior High School, Pembroke

1985 Sheron Garris, 12, grade 6, Wadesboro Middle School, Wadesboro

1984 Pam Wilds, 14, grade 8, Parkton Junior High, Parkton

1983 Stephen C. Greene, 13, grade 7, Anson Junior High School, Wadesboro

1982 Rita Gross, 13, grade 8, Edgewood Middle School, Fayetteville

1981 Brian Rice, 13, grade 8, Shelby Junior High, Shelby

1980 Fred Slocum, 14, grade 8, Alexander Graham Junior High, Charlotte

1979 Joseph F. Kenny, 13, grade 8, 13 yrs., Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte

1978 Bryan Rawls, 13, grade 8, Castle Heights Junior High, Rock Hill, SC

1977 Beverly Sanford, 12, grade 8, 12 yrs., Holbrook Junior High School, Lowell

1976 Beverly Sanford, 11, grade 7, Holbrook Junior High School, Lowell

1975 Carlton Miller, 14, grade 8, Providence Day School, Charlotte

1974 Kathleen O’Neill, 14, grade 8, St. Ann’s School, Charlotte

1973 Reid Oechslin, 13, grade 8, Hendersonville Junior High, Hendersonville

1972 Deirdre Sumpter, 13, grade 8, Hamlet Junior High School, Hamlet

1971 Edward Barton, 12, grade 8, Mount Gilead Elementary School, Mount Gilead

1970 Robinette Caldwell, 13, grade 8, Myrtle School, Gastonia

1969 Rita Landrum, 13, grade 8, Tryon Elementary School, Tryon

1968 Martha Buie, 13, grade 8, Horace Sisk Junior High School, Fayetteville

1967 Harriet Margolis, 12, grade 7, St. Paul’s School, St. Paul’s

1966 Karen Pittman, 14, grade 8, Hendersonville Junior High, Hendersonville

1965 John W. Spence Jr., 13, grade 8, Walter Bickett School, Monroe

1964 Mary Renaud, 13, grade 8, Eastway Junior High School, Charlotte

1963 Robert Rudisill, 13, grade 8, Grier Junior High School, Gastonia

1962 Michael Lynn Randolph, 14, grade 8, Marion Junior High School, Marion

1961 Glynda Lynn, 13, grade 7, East Elementary School, King’s Mountain

1960 Jan Williams, 13, grade 7, North Elementary School, King’s Mountain

1959 Diane Haas, 13, grade 8, Mount Holly School, Mount Holly

1958 Helen Currie, 12, grade 7, Sedgefield Junior High, Charlotte

1957 Patty Ceil Nash, 13, grade 8, Lowell School, Lowell

1956 Jim Norton, 13, grade 8, Alexander Graham Junior High, Charlotte

1955 Robert Boyce Early, 14, grade 8, West Elementary School, Kings Mountain