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Sports Illustrated Kids Names Zaila Avant-garde SportsKid of The Year

Sports Illustrated Kids Names Zaila Avant-garde SportsKid of The Year

Zaila Avant-garde continues to show us the various ways to spell s-u-c-c-e-s-s. The National Spelling Bee champ was just named Sports Illustrated’s 2021 SportsKid of the year.

 

 

The recognition came with a frontpage feature of Avant-garde dribbling multiple basketballs. Which is fitting as she’s set four world records for doing just that — dribbling multiple balls simultaneously.  

Sports Illustrated Kids said she was selected “for her ability on the court and her intellectual curiosity and dedication off of it…”