Katie Kerwin McCrimmon (born 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]
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon (born 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]