YOU'RE STREAMING ABCNEWS.COM. WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK. THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE HAS THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE HAS A NEW CHAMPION, SO WE'LL TAKE A NEW CHAMPION, SO WE'LL TAKE LOOK BY THE NUMBERS. LOOK BY THE NUMBERS. >> FOURTEEN YEAR OLD DEB SHAHD >> FOURTEEN YEAR OLD DEB SHAHD FROM LARGO, FLORIDA, TOOK HOME FROM LARGO, FLORIDA, TOOK HOME THE COVETED TOP PRIZE IN THE COVETED TOP PRIZE IN THE FINALS OF THE TWENTY THE FINALS OF THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE SCRIPPS NATIONAL TWENTY THREE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. SPELLING BEE. LAST NIGHT, THE EIGHTH GRADER LAST NIGHT, THE EIGHTH GRADER WAS COMPETING IN HIS THIRD WAS COMPETING IN HIS THIRD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE AND GAVE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE AND GAVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA ITS FIRST THE STATE OF FLORIDA ITS FIRST WIN SINCE 1999. WIN SINCE 1999. HE SURVIVED 15 ROUNDS IN HE SURVIVED 15 ROUNDS IN THE FINALS, FINALLY WINNING THE FINALS, FINALLY WINNING A WORD WITH ELEVEN LETTERS A WORD WITH ELEVEN LETTERS SEMIFINAL, WHICH IS AN ORGANISM SEMIFINAL, WHICH IS AN ORGANISM THAT PREFERS OR THRIVES IN THAT PREFERS OR THRIVES IN SANDY AREAS LIKE A CACTUS. SANDY AREAS LIKE A CACTUS. OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW AND NO, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW AND NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SPELL IT FOR I'M NOT GOING TO SPELL IT FOR YOU THIS WAS YEAR YOU THIS WAS YEAR NINETY FIVE FOR THE SCRIPPS NINETY FIVE FOR THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH WAS FIRST HELD IN WAS FIRST HELD IN NINETEEN TWENTY FIVE WITH JUST NINETEEN TWENTY FIVE WITH JUST NINE SPELLERS COMPETING FOR NINE SPELLERS COMPETING FOR THE TITLE AT THE TIME. THE TITLE AT THE TIME. THIS YEAR BEAT TWO HUNDRED THIS YEAR BEAT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT OTHER SPELLERS AND TWENTY EIGHT OTHER SPELLERS WHO MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL WHO MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION BY ADVANCING COMPETITION BY ADVANCING THROUGH REGIONAL SPELLING BEES THROUGH REGIONAL SPELLING BEES AROUND THE COUNTRY. AROUND THE COUNTRY. ELEVEN SPELLERS MADE IT TO THE ELEVEN SPELLERS MADE IT TO THE FINAL ROUND LAST NIGHT FOR HIS FINAL ROUND LAST NIGHT FOR HIS BIG WIN. BIG WIN. DEB TAKES ON FIFTY THOUSAND IN DEB TAKES ON FIFTY THOUSAND IN CASH PRIZES PLUS AT SCRIPPS CASH PRIZES PLUS AT SCRIPPS TROPHY. TROPHY. HE SO PROUDLY HELD HIGH LAST HE SO PROUDLY HELD HIGH LAST NIGHT. NIGHT. AS FOR HOW HE PLANS AS FOR HOW HE PLANS TO CELEBRATE, HE TOLD TO CELEBRATE, HE TOLD "GMA" THAT AFTER COUNTLESS