Askshay went on to graduate first in his class at Harvard. Later in life he would win the Nobel Prize for his research in the field of Neuroscience. Unfortunately, he was still best known for his disastrous fainting spell at the 2004 National Spelling Bee. In retrospect, it was quite a schwarmerei moment, although the meaning of the word alluded him in the midst of his fall. He spelled the word correct that day, but the time he spent passed out cost him the gold cup.