Tomball ISD 2025-2026 Spelling Bee Champion Crowned

TOMBALL - Tomball ISD celebrated campus Spelling Champions at the annual District Spelling Bee Competition, hosted at the Tomball Event Center. 

Tomball Junior High student Micah Ogbunuju captured a first place finish at the District Spelling Bee. He competed through 16 rounds and took home top honors after spelling ‘albeit’ correctly. This marks the second straight year Ogbunuju has won the District Spelling Bee.

Creekside Park Junior HIgh’s Vihaan Shah finished in second place.

As the District’s overall winner, Micah Ogbunuju will move on to the area level and represent Tomball ISD at the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee later this year. From there, the top two spellers of the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee will advance to the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee; expenses paid by Houston Public Media. The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee is planned for National Harbor, Maryland, May 26-28, 2026.

The District Spelling Bee featured campus winners from across the district who participated at their respective school and earned a spot to compete for an overall crown. 

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• Canyon Pointe Elementary - Raiden Sinks
• Creekside Forest Elementary - Nironti Hasib
• 2nd Place: Creekside Park Junior High - Vihaan Shah
• Creekview Elementary - Paul Wayne Inbody
• Decker Prairie Elementary - Aiden Le
• Grand Lakes Junior High - Bhargava Kothuru
• Grand Oaks Elementary - Jaypeters Ateka
• Lakewood Elementary - Noah Tan
• Northpointe Intermediate - Vihaan Kancharla
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Geetika Bajaj
• Rosehill Elementary - J’adore Cromartie
• Timber Creek Elementary - Beckford Ma
• Tomball Elementary - Arsal Waqas
• Tomball Intermediate - Mariia (Masha) Chaikovska
• 1st Place: Tomball Junior High - Micah Ogbunuju
• West Elementary - Gene McFall
• West Intermediate - Dara Dek
• Wildwood Elementary - Austin Lynch
• Willow Creek Elementary - Yuvaan Baweja
• Willow Wood Junior High - Yashaswi Tyagi

ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD educates students to become responsible, productive citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous, and personally valuable educational experiences. Founded in 1908, Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates over 23,000 students across 25 campuses.