Orlando, FL, May 15, 2007 – Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student, who is home schooled, was crowned Word Power Champion by quizmaster Al Roker of NBC’s Today Show, who hosted the National Championship at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. A television special based on the national event airs on NBC stations this summer.
"The best word to describe this champion’s command of the English language is staggering,” said Kathleen Bordelon, executive director of the Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge.
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