This gift package outweighs any trophy Gokul Venkatachalam could have received from Scripps.
Venkatachalam joked that he was looking for a shoe deal after being named the co-champion of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he couldn’t have imagined getting a gift from the reigning NBA sneaker king.
.@KingJames sent signed sneakers to National Spelling Bee champ Gokul: http://t.co/wnzHeRtT9l pic.twitter.com/xjKomoY6ED
— SoleCollector.com (@SoleCollector) June 9, 2015
LeBron’s camp reached out to Gokul following the spelling bee. After heading back home to St. Louis, Gokul received two boxes of footwear. One, from the LeBron James Family Foundation, had a pair of LeBron’s Nike LeBron 11 Elite player exclusives. The other, from the Cleveland Cavaliers, had a pair of the LeBron 12 “All Star” signed by LeBron with the special message: “Congrats on being spelling ‘B’ champ.” The packages also contained Cavs gear, Beats headphones, and other goodies.
Gokul for his part has been on a whirlwind press tour, so I”m sure he’ll figure out what to do with the care package some other time.