Seven desis have made it to the Spelling Bee 2009 Finals.

That is 7 out of a total of 11 finalists, folks.

Desis account for a mere 0.67% of America’s population but a whopping 64% of the Spelling Bee 2009 finalists

Here are the seven Indian American Spelling Bee 2009 finalists:

* Speller No. 19, Ramya Auroprem
Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade
School: Joaquin Miller Middle School, San Jose, CA
Sponsor: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA

* Speller No. 89, Aishwarya Pastapur
Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade
School: Glenwood Middle School, Chatham, Illinois
Sponsor: The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois

* Speller No. 110, Kavya Shivashankar
Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade
School: California Trail Junior High School, Olathe, Kansas
Sponsor: The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas

* Speller No. 139, Sidharth Chand
Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade
School: Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan
Sponsor: The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan

* Speller No. 158, Tussah Heera
Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade
School: Home School, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsor:Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada

* Speller No. 170, Neetu Chandak
Age, Grade: 13, Seventh Grade
School: Seneca Falls Middle School, Seneca Falls, New York
Sponsor: Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York

* Speller No. 201, Anamika Veeramani
Age, Grade: 13, Seventh Grade
School: Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Heights, Ohio
Sponsor: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

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