Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon (born in 1965 in Denver, Colorado) is a journalist and former reporter/analyst for ESPN. She won the 1979 National Spelling Bee, representing the Rocky Mountain News, by spelling the word "maculature." [1][2][3][4][5][6]

McCrimmon's spelling bee win won her a full scholarship to Colorado College, where she graduated with a degree in journalism in 1987.[2] After college, she began to work for the Rocky Mountain News and served as their Washington, D.C. correspondent until 1996 and continued at the paper until it closed in 2009.[7][8] In the early 1990s, CNN began broadcasting the National Spelling Bee and invited her to be a commentator.[2] ESPN2 began broadcasting the contest in 1994, and McCrimmon became their commentator until 2005.[2][9]

She made a cameo appearance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Scripps National Spelling Bee list of Champions and Their Winning Words
  2. ^ a b c d Maguire, James (2006). American bee: the National Spelling Bee and the culture of word nerds. Rodale. pp. 129. ISBN 1594862141. http://books.google.com/books?id=OIsZ0t6LhfAC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=%22Katie+Kerwin+McCrimmon%22&source=bl&ots=PD1SGJi_Qf&sig=LqqBYRf7ZiuLCALnTWCvAUo-qPM&hl=en&ei=0zYMTLexGoWQNvGE2LUE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Katie%20Kerwin%20McCrimmon%22&f=false. 
  3. ^ Associated Press (June 7, 1979). "Spelling Bee is Won by Denver 13-Year Old". Spokane Daily Chronicle. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JLMSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3657,2261389. Retrieved June 7, 2010. 
  4. ^ Associated Press (June 7, 1979). "Under A Spell (photos)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JLMSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2633,2107814. Retrieved June 7, 2010. 
  5. ^ United Press International (June 6, 1979). "'Maculature' Is Winning Word". Daily Record (Washington). http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5QgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4735,5055178. Retrieved June 7, 2010. 
  6. ^ Reader's Direst 1980 Almanac and Yearbook, p.690 (1980) (ISBN 978-0895770790) ("Katie Kerwin, 13, of Denver, won the National Spelling Bee by spelling "maculature" correctly")
  7. ^ "Stories by Katie McCrimmon". Rocky Mountain News. http://m.rockymountainnews.com/staff/katie-mccrimmon/stories/. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
  8. ^ Trinkle, Barrie et al. How to Spell Like a Champ, p.98, 156 (2006) (ISBN 978-0761143697)
  9. ^ "ESPN carries buzz on spelling bee". Rocky Mountain News. May 29, 2002. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-87932408.html. Retrieved June 7, 2010. 
  10. ^ IMDB Full Cast of Akeelah and the Bee

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Preceded by
Peg McCarthy		 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner
1979		 Succeeded by
Jacques Bailly