Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan O'Dorney
He's not notable as a grad student, obviously, but he doesn't have to be. There are plenty of mainstream news sources about him, for multiple events in his life, including being the subject of CNN stories twice (the spelling bee and later the Intel Science Search). And even the silly spelling bee interview video is still being mentioned in major national media eight years later http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/05/the-spelling-bee-obsession/394394/. He clearly and obviously passes 
— User:David, 01:40, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)