Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from metro New Orleans, won the national spelling bee Thursday night, but she says her "thing" is basketball.. She has three Guinness World Records for her ...

Since then, Avant-garde has continued to make a name for herself in basketball. She holds three basketball-related Guinness World Records , earned in 2019, 2020 and 2021. View this post on Instagram ...

Zaila Avant-garde, ... From there, Robinson announced that Zaila had been awarded a full scholarship to Sports Academy, a basketball training center co-founded by the late Kobe Bryant.

Zaila Avant-garde has been setting goals and then crushing them for ... She's been playing basketball since she was 5, ... a seventh-grader at L.J. Alleman Fine Arts Academy in Lafayette, ...

Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year-old who was dubbed “America’s Spelling Sweetheart” on Jimmy Kimmel Live, made an appearance to showcase her boss spelling and basketball skills on Wednesday ...

Zaila Avant-garde on her hidden talent — and no, it’s not basketball dribbling. We caught up with the 14-year-old a week after she made history at the National Spelling Bee.

Harvey, Louisiana threw a drive-by parade big enough for Mardi Gras to celebrate Zaila Avant-Garde, the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.

Avant-garde, now 16, is also a basketball player, and it’s not an activity she takes lightly. She’s already a Guinness World Record holder for the “most bounce juggles in one minute using ...