http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/may/15/local-spelling-ace-wins-national-vocabulary-compet/
Matthew Evans is no stranger to national word competitions. At age 12, he has already competed three times in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and will make it a fourth later this month.
But Matthew's verbal virtuosity hadn't won a national competition until today, when he placed first in the Reader's Digest Word Power Challenge in Orlando, Fla.
"Today was exciting," Matthew said in a telephone interview as he waited to go through the security check at the airport in Orlando. He was headed for New York City for a whirlwind media tour.
He should be more talkative on Wednesday when he appears on the "Today Show" on Channel 4 KKOB about 9:20 a.m. Albuquerque time.
Al Roker, Word Power's host, will be talking to Matthew and his mother, Helen Evans.
The home-schooled seventh grader also is to be interviewed by Anderson Cooper to appear on Cooper's show on CNN Wednesday night at 8 p.m.
His winning vocabulary word in the Word Power competition was hegira. It means a journey to a better place, he said.
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