Avant-garde is also a basketball prodigy who hopes to play someday in the WNBA and holds three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously. She told ESPN that spelling is actually just a hobby, and that winning the spelling bee is another goal she can now put on her list of accomplishments.

“I was pretty relaxed on the subject of ‘murraya’ and pretty much any other word I got,” Avant-garde told the sports channel. “I kind of thought I would never be into spelling again, but I’m also happy that I’m going to make a clean break from it. I can go out, like my Guinness World Records, just leave it right there and walk off.”

Could this girl be any cooler? Well, yes, because former President of the United States, Barack Obama, has just given her a shoutout on Twitter.

Zaila Avant-garde is the spelling bee winner that the internet is going wild for