2023 Tournament Book

W E A RE S P EEC H & DEBAT E .

WELCOME TO THE

CACTUS CLASSIC! JUNE 11-16, 2023

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Welcome ...................................................................................................................................... 3 About Us ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Mission, Vision, and Core Values ................................................................................ 4 Equity Statement ............................................................................................................. 4 Harassment and Discrimination Policy ......................................................................4 Code of Honor ................................................................................................................. 5 Tournament Procedures .......................................................................................................... 6 Tournament Venues ........................................................................................................ 8 Board of Directors ................................................................................................................. 20 National Office Staff .............................................................................................................. 21 Thank You to Our Sponsors ............................................................................................... 24

TAB LE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

HIGH SCHOOL Sunday Schedule....................................................................................................................... 10 High School Schedule Overview......................................................................................... 12 High School Finals and Awards ........................................................................................... 16 Tournament Officials .............................................................................................................. 22 Honors and Awards National Student of the Year .................................................................................... 43 District Students of the Year ................................................................................... 44 Four-Time Competitors .............................................................................................. 46 Hall of Fame Members ............................................................................................... 48 Coach/Administrator Awards ..................................................................................... 51 New Diamond Coaches ............................................................................................... 52 Distinguished Service Awards ................................................................................... 56 District Leader Recognition ...................................................................................... 58 District Ads .............................................................................................................................. 60

MIDDLE SCHOOL Middle School Recognition ................................................................................................. 83 Middle School Schedule Overview................................................................................... 84 Middle School Finals and Awards ...................................................................................... 85

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CLAIM YOUR

OUITA MICHEL

STEPHEN COLBERT

OPRAH WINFREY

RESTAURATEUR AND CHEF

COMEDIAN

MEDIA PERSONALITY

Harrison County High School

The Porter-Gaud School

East Nashville High School

CL ASS OF 1983

CL ASS OF 1982

CL ASS OF 197 1

PAUL RUDD

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON

ACTOR

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

CHADWICK BOSEMAN ACTOR

Shawnee Mission West High School

Miami Palmetto Senior High Scool

T. L. Hanna High School

CL ASS OF 1987

CL ASS OF 1988

CL ASS OF 1995

SPEECH DEBATE ALUMNI

MEMBERSHIP! Alumni membership is for anyone who has graduated from high school (2023 seniors, this includes you!) and participated in speech and debate in middle school, high school, or college.

PRIYA KRISHNA

DAVID BEGNAUD

CHEF AND FOOD WRITER

JOURNALIST

JOSH GAD ACTOR

Greenhill School

Teurlings Catholic High School

NSU University School

CL ASS OF 2009

CL ASS OF 2001

CL ASS OF 1999

Claim your free membership at www.speechanddebate.org/ alumni LEARN MORE »

BILLY EICHENER

CELESTE NG

ACTOR

AUTHOR

HASAN MINHAJ COMEDIAN

Stuyvesant High School

Shaker Heights High School

Davis Senior High School

CL ASS OF 1996

CL ASS OF 1998

CL ASS OF 2003

This year, nearly 8,000 middle and high school students will compete for the chance to have their message heard in front of thousands—using the power of their words for change. With 23 different competitive events, the National Tournament is the pinnacle of public speaking for speech and debate competitors around the globe. For nearly 100 years, the National Speech & Debate Association has built a platform for youth voices that has honed the skills of actors, politicians, and our country’s leaders.

The AZ NSDA District Committee owes a debt of gratitude to Dr. Andi Fourlis, MPS Superintendent, and the entire Mesa Public Schools District family for their support in this endeavor. We could not have made this happen without their involvement.

We would also like to thank our coaches for welcoming the challenge of hosting Nationals, and a special thank you to Marco Dominguez, Nick Leonardi, Erin Long, Norm Rumsey, Daniel Waks, and Jim Welty for serving in leadership roles this week.

While we hope you enjoy your time in beautiful Arizona, please remember to be cautious outdoors in the heat, and stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water. Your health and safety is our primary concern.

— Your Local Host Committee

M EG HOWELL-HAYMAKER Chair • Mountain View High School

K E V I N J. BERLAT Mesa High School

T I M CORNWELL McClintock High School

RI C H A RD GLOVER McClintock High School

B RI T TA N Y STANCHIK Phoenix Country Day School

WELCOME

We’re excited to welcome you to Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona, for the 2023 National Speech & Debate Tournament!

Thank you to our friends at Mesa Public Schools!

N I N A A L L RE D

A L M O O RE

J OS E P H BA RZ

J OS E P H O RRA N T I A

M A RC B E A S L E Y

DAV I D S A N D E RS

E RI N COY

M AT T SCO U T T E N

TOM M Y E U BA N K S

J OS E P H VA L D E Z

CA M E O K I RBY

PAT RI C K WA L S H

M I K E K RA M E R

H O L LY W I L L I A M S

S A B RI N A K VAV L E

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As we travel throughout Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona, for the National Speech & Debate Tournament, it is important to acknowledge the displaced Indigenous People who are this land’s original stewards.

We acknowledge that the place we now call Arizona is the ancestral home of more than 20 Indigenous tribes and that the sites of the 2023 National Tournament sit on the stolen land of the ancestral homes and territories of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa). We recognize that our presence here today is the result of the on-going exclusions and erasure of Indigenous people.

Today, history continues to be written; we thank the Indigenous People who are making essential contributions to Arizona and to speech and debate communities. Specifically, we want to recognize and thank Indigenous People, such as the Indigenous Persons Coaches’ Caucus, for their guidance and leadership. The NSDA commits to continuing to learn; we will intentionally work to meet the unique needs of all Indigenous People in this activity.

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AB OU T U S

MISSION

VISION

The National Speech & Debate Association connects, supports, and inspires a diverse community committed to empowering students through speech and debate.

We envision a world in which every school provides speech and debate programs to foster each student’s communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creative skills.

CORE VALUES EQUITY

INTEGRITY

RESPECT

LEADERSHIP

SERVICE

EQUITY STATEMENT The National Speech & Debate Association is committed to modeling and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion for all speech and debate communities.

We are continuously transforming our organization to reflect and operationalize the values of equity, integrity, respect, leadership, and service.

We will take responsibility.

We will heed, learn, and evolve.

We will work conscientiously to model and foster an inclusive and equitable speech and debate experience for all.

HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION POLICY The National Speech & Debate Association is committed to providing its participants, judges, coaches, and staff the opportunity to pursue excellence in their endeavors.

This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of mutual respect. The NSDA prohibits all forms of harassment and discrimination. Accordingly, all forms of harassment and discrimination, whether written or oral, based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by any applicable federal, state, or local law are prohibited, whether committed by participants, judges, coaches, or observers. Individuals who are found to have violated this policy will be subject to the full range of sanctions, up to and including removal from the tournament premises.

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HUMILITY: A member does not regard oneself more highly than others.

Regardless of a person’s level of success, an individual always looks beyond oneself to appreciate the inherent value of others.

COD E OF H ONOR

“As a student or coach member of the National Speech & Debate Association, I pledge to uphold the highest standards of humility, equity, integrity, respect, leadership, and service in pursuit of excellence.”

EQUITY: A member respects individuals and their individual differences as well as fosters equity, diversity, and inclusion. A member promotes empowerment for people from all backgrounds, including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and ability.

INTEGRITY: A member is honest, ethical, and adheres to the competition and conduct rules of the organization. A member follows the NSDA discrimination and harassment policy and abides by the rules of their schools, tournaments, and localities.

RESPECT: A member demonstrates civil discourse in their interactions with others. A member maintains and contributes to a safe space and welcoming environment for all.

LEADERSHIP: A member is aware their words and actions influence others.

A member commits to thoughtful and meaningful words and actions that reflect NSDA core values.

SERVICE: A member exercises their talents to provide service to peers, community, and the activity. At all times a member is prepared to work constructively to improve the lives of others. © National Speech & Debate Association

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TOURNA MENT PROC ED U R ES

PROCEDURES For complete National Speech & Debate Tournament procedures, visit www.speechanddebate.org/ nationals. You can also find helpful links to more information via the Nats23 Guidebook app.

STUDENTS AND JUDGES | Please remember, it is your fundamental responsibility to arrive on time to each of your rounds. Good luck, and have a great week!

TOURNAMENT SUPPORT We constantly strive to make speech and debate a more inclusive and welcoming activity. Please visit the Tournament Office in your competition building to connect with us!

• A Tournament Office Manager is someone who, via the Tournament Office, attempts to provide important information to attendees and helps to resolve issues that may arise throughout the course of the tournament.

• Belonging and Inclusion Advocates provide a first point of contact for attendees with inquiries related to harassment and discrimination at the tournament.

• Adjudication Panelists are responsible for gathering all relevant data associated with certain formal protests assigned by the National Tournament Director, interviewing the protesting and protested parties, and rendering a final decision to uphold or decline the protest and determine the appropriate penalties, if applicable. Decisions are final and may not be appealed.

• The National Tournament Director and Assistant National Tournament Director serve as first referee on all rules and procedure related items. They issue rulings, serve as advisers to the Adjudication Panelists and Tournament Office Managers, and are the head administrators of the National Tournament. All rule and procedural decisions are final and may not be appealed.

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WE’RE HERE TO HELP! TOURNAMENT OFFICE MANAGERS Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Randi Oleson, IA Greg Malis, LA Zachary Prax, MN Travis Rother, MN Chase Williams, Taiwan

BELONGING AND INCLUSION ADVOCATES Dr. Scott Baker, MN Jamelle Brown, KS Reggie Chapman, TX Mariel Cruz, CA Dana Facer, ID Jennifer Hermanson, MT Jacci Langston, MO Dr. Ed Lee, GA Heath Martin, TX Angelica Mercado-Ford, SD Renea Moss, FL Dr. Paul Porter, NSDA Angelique Ronald, CA Matt Rothrock, IN Yatesh Singh, MN Kate Sundeen, PA Kristy Thomas, CA Donna Yeager, AL

ADJUDICATION PANELISTS Byron Arthur, LA Martha Benham, CO Christy Briggs, NV Don Crabtree, MO Travis Dahle, SD Mellessa Denny, TX Jason Habig, OH Kate Hamm, FL David Huston, TX Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr., CA Pam McComas, KS Renee Motter, CO Michael Patterson, OK Jay Rye, AL Deborah Simon, WA Preston Stolte, TX Tyler Unsell, MO Pam Cady Wycoff, MN

• The Nats23 Guidebook app is your primary source of information.

• Follow signs to locate the Tournament Office at any competition venue and get help in person.

• If you are unable to visit the Tournament Office, email the NSDA Helpline at info@speechanddebate.org for remote assistance. Emails sent after 7:00 p.m. MT will be responded to the following day, with the exception of Tuesday evening during supplemental re-registration through 10:00 p.m. MT. (Please note that using the NSDA Helpline may be slower than visiting the Tournament Office.)

• If you have a concern about how someone is being treated, visit the Belonging and Inclusion Station, formerly known as the Equity Office, for support or to file a complaint if an individual feels an instance of harassment and/or discrimination has occurred.

• Attendees with accommodation requests may visit the Tournament Office or contact info@speechanddebate.org for assistance. Please refer to page 16 for more information about limited mobility seating available during finals and awards.

• If you lost something at a school campus, please check with the Tournament Office for lost and found. When buildings close down, we bring recovered items to the Phoenix Convention Center’s Tournament Office.

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NEED ASSISTANCE?

• Tournament ribbons are required for attendees in competition venues. Replacements are available in the Tournament Office.

SCHOLARSHIP CLAIM REQUESTS More than $100,000 in scholarships is awarded at Nationals each year!

Graduated high school students who have earned a scholarship at the National Tournament and have enrolled in post-secondary school should complete our online form to submit proof of enrollment and request disbursement of scholarship funds. Scholarship funds will be sent to the registrar. For details, visit www.speechanddebate.org/scholarship-claim-request-form.

JUDGE BONDS If your school’s judges have met their obligations (reported to all assignments), the $200 judge bond will be refunded. During registration for the National Tournament, schools indicated on Tabroom.com if they would like their judge bond credited to their 2023-2024 NSDA membership account or returned in the form of a check.

Please log in to Tabroom.com to review your selection. All bonds will be processed and returned after Nationals by July 31, 2023. Note: If a judge from your school missed an assignment and a fee was levied, you can appeal using the online form at www.speechanddebate.org/fee-appeal-form. Appeals are due by July 1 and will be evaluated and responded to after the tournament.

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TOURNAMENT PROC ED U R ES

VENUES 1

PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER (PCC)

HS Registration and Expo (Sun) MS Registration and Expo (Tue) Senate (Mon-Thu) House (Mon-Fri) Extemp Debate (Fri) HS Finals and Awards (Thu-Fri) MS Finals and Awards (Fri)

2 WESTWOOD HS Policy (Mon-Tue) Big Questions (Mon-Tue) Extemp Debate (Wed)

3 MOUNTAIN VIEW HS Main Speech: OO, INF, IX, USX (Mon-Tue) Main Speech: ALL EVENTS (Wed) World Schools (Wed) Big Questions (Wed-Thu) Lincoln-Douglas (Wed-Thu) Policy (Wed-Thu) Public Forum (Wed-Thu) Extemp Debate (Thu)

4 MESA HS Main Speech: HI, DI, DUO, POI (Mon-Tue) Supplemental Speech (Wed-Thu)

5 RED MOUNTAIN HS Lincoln-Douglas (Mon-Tue) Public Forum (Mon-Tue) Middle School Events (Wed-Thu)

6 SKYLINE HS World Schools (Mon-Tue)

NOTICE OF FILMING | June 11-16 The National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) is filming on these premises. By entering these locations, you agree that the NSDA has the right to use your likeness, image, voice, etc., in any video or print resources, marketing, advertising, or related endeavors. You also understand that you will not be compensated in any way for the use of your likeness, image, voice, etc. Being on these premises June 11-16, 2023, means that you release and hold harmless the NSDA from any claims or actions that arise as a result of this production.

Phoenix/Mesa Map Overview

Access detailed maps and more via the Nats23 Guidebook app!

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Make sure you are hydrating and have a water bottle with you. Protect yourself by wearing SPF layers, sunscreen, a hat, or staying out of the sun whenever possible. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes to walk around campus and removing layers like suit jackets before going outside to prevent overheating.

Please do not leave any important belongings in buses or rental vehicles, especially in surface parking lots that are exposed to the sun. Items such as food, laptops, cell phones, and other devices will melt or be damaged during the heat of the day.

NOT FEELING WELL? School venues have a nurse on site, and the Convention Center has an EMT if you aren’t feeling well. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, each venue has a quiet room. Visit the Tournament Office for details.

MEALS Mesa Public Schools (MPS) is offering free breakfast and lunch at schools for everyone 18 and younger. A variety of options, including gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan options, will be available daily.

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BEAT THE ARIZONA HEAT

MENU OPTIONS

Concessions will also be available on site at schools for purchase.

Adults (19 and older) who are on site may purchase breakfast for $5 and lunch for $7. The school venues are CASH ONLY. BREAKFAST | 7:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., Monday through Thursday, at all MPS sites LUNCH | 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, at all MPS sites At the Phoenix Convention Center (PCC), concessions will be open throughout the week and offer a variety of choices to meet various dietary needs for a fee.

The PCC is CASHLESS; vendors accept credit cards, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. Hospitality suites will offer coffee, tea, water, and light snacks for judges throughout the day at each venue.

ACCESSING WIFI MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Attendees can sign in to the wifi network called NSDA-MPS using the password NSDA2023!

PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER In the common areas, attendees can sign in to the PCC-FREE-WIFI network; no password is required. In the meeting spaces, attendees can use the Meeting Room Free WiFi network; no password is required.

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SUNDAY SCHEDULE

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Phoenix Convention Center

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Shop the NSDA Store................................................... North Ballroom 120D

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

National Tournament Expo......................................... North Ballroom 120B/C

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Pick Up Pre-Ordered T-Shirts..................................... North 121A/B

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

(tournament officials only, optional)............................ North Ballroom 120A

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration...................................................................... North Ballroom 120A

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Hispanic/Latine Coaches’ Caucus............................. North 125A

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

New Coach Reception #1............................................. West 301A

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Indigenous Persons Coaches’ Caucus...................... North 125B

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Tournament Officials Meeting................................... North 229A/B

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

LGBTQ+ Coaches’ Caucus............................................ North 125A

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Parliamentarian Meeting (mandatory)...................... North 221B

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Black/African American Coaches’ Caucus.............. North 125B

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

District Leader Luncheon............................................ West 301A

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Abilities United Coaches’ Caucus............................. North 125A

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Speech Judge Training (optional)................................ North 124A/B

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Congress Judge Training (optional)............................. North 128A/B

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Debate Judge Training (optional)................................ North 127A-C

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

World Schools Debate Judge Training (mandatory for WS judges)............................................. North 229A/B

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

New Coach Reception #2............................................ West 301A

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Women’s Coaches’ Caucus.......................................... North 125B

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Asian/Pacific Islander Coaches’ Caucus................. North 125A

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Late Registration............................................................. North 120A

Early Registration

MAKE-UP REGISTRATION The last opportunity to register for the High School National Tournament will be Monday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. MT, at the Phoenix Convention Center in North 122A/B.

NEW TO NATIONALS? ATTEND A NEW COACH RECEPTION! Stop by one of two sessions on Sunday to connect with national office staff and other new(er) coaches. Get an overview of the tournament and ask any burning questions about the week ahead. Refer to times and locations above.

SPEECH, DEBATE, AND CONGRESS JUDGE TRAININGS (OPTIONAL) Join us Sunday afternoon to learn the basics of judging! Expert coaches will guide beginner judges through the event format, best practices for judging, and how to provide constructive, culturally competent feedback. Refer to times and locations above.

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presented by Colorado College

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 — N O RT H 1 2 5 A / 1 2 5 B —

Black/African American Coaches’ Caucus P HO EN IX CONVENT ION CENT ER

12:00 p.m. MT | North 125B Adesuwa Omoruyi, TX Jharick Shields, MS

Hispanic/Latine Coaches’ Caucus

Abilities United Coaches’ Caucus

9:00 a.m. MT | North 125A

2:00 p.m. MT | North 125A

Victoria Beard, TX Tony Ugalde, CA

Jesse Meyer, IA Jan Friedman-Pizzo, OR

Indigenous Persons Coaches’ Caucus

Women’s Coaches’ Caucus

10:00 a.m. MT | North 125B

3:00 p.m. MT | North 125B

Hilary Metzger, KS John Samqua, KS

Jamelle Brown, KS Kim Lenger, MO

LGBTQ+ Coaches’ Caucus

Asian/Pacific Islander Coaches’ Caucus

11:00 a.m. MT | North 125A

4:00 p.m. MT | North 125A

Elle Barts, NE Heath Martin, TX

Kris Igawa, OR David Long, PA

COAC H ES’ CAUC U S ES

COACHES’ CAUCUSES

The NSDA Coaches’ Caucuses exist to actively support coaches from underrepresented populations by creating safe and private spaces to articulate concerns and share ideas.

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HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

MAIN DEBATE

MAIN SPEECH

MONDAY, JUNE 12 †

MONDAY, JUNE 12

• Westwood HS (CX) • Red Mountain HS (LD/PF)

• Mountain View HS (USX, IX, OO, INF) • Mesa HS (HI, DI, DUO, POI)

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

2:15 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.

Round 1

11:30 a.m.

Round 2 2:00 p.m.

Round 3 4:00 p.m.

Round 4

Round 1 (preset) Round 2 (preset) Round 3 Round 4

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 † • Westwood HS (CX) • Red Mountain HS (LD/PF) 8:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Round 5 Round 6

Teams who win at least 8 prelim ballots will advance to Rounds 7 and 8.

2:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Round 7 Round 8

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Mountain View HS 8:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12

(CX / LD /PF) (LD / PF) (CX) (LD / PF) (LD / PF) *if needed (CX) (CX) *if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center – North Ballroom 120 12:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

CX Final LD Final PF Final

† Note: Rounds of PF and LD will be flighted on Monday and Tuesday.

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• Mountain View HS (USX, IX, OO, INF) • Mesa HS (HI, DI, DUO, POI) 8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Round 5 Round 6

(Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

(Draw: 10:00 a.m.)

The top 60 competitors in each event after prelims will advance to Rounds 7 and 8.

2:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

4:00 pm.

4:30 p.m.

Round 7 Round 7 Round 8 Round 8

OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI (USX/IX – Draw: 2:00 p.m.)

OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI (USX/IX – Draw: 4:00 p.m.)

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

• Mountain View HS

• Mountain View HS Round 13 Round 14 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 15 Round 16

TUESDAY, JUNE 13

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

(Draw: 8:30 a.m. – be in draw at 7:55 a.m.)

(Draw: 11:00 a.m.)

(Draw: 1:30 p.m.)

(Draw: 3:30 p.m.)

8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

2:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12

(Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

(Draw: 10:00 a.m.)

(Draw: 2:00 p.m.)

(Draw: 4:00 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Phoenix Convention Center – North Ballroom 120 10:00 a.m.

Speech Finalists’ Sound and Light Check

2:15 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

HI Final DI Final POI Final DUO Final

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center – North Ballroom 120 8:00 a.m.

9:30 p.m.

11:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

INF Final USX Final IX Final OO Final

(Draw: 9:00 a.m.)

(Draw: 10:30 a.m.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 † • Westwood HS 8:15 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Meeting for all XDB judges Round 1 (preset) Topic Announced: 8:30 a.m.

Round 2 (preset) Topic Announced: 11:00 a.m.

Round 3 (preset) Topic Announced: 1:00 p.m.

Round 4 (preset) Topic Announced: 3:00 p.m.

Round 5 Topic Announced: 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 † • Mountain View HS 8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11

Topic Announced: 8:00 a.m.

Topic Announced: 10:30 a.m.

Topic Announced: 1:00 p.m.

Topic Announced: 3:00 p.m.

Topic Announced: 4:30 p.m.

Topic Announced: 6:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 * Round 15 * Round 16 * *if needed

Topic Announced: 8:00 a.m.

Topic Announced: 9:00 a.m.

Topic Announced: 10:00 a.m.

Topic Announced: 11:00 a.m.

Topic Announced: 12:00 p.m.

XDB Final

Topic Announced: 2:30 p.m.

† Note: Rounds of XDB will be flighted on Wednesday and Thursday.

SUPPLEMENTAL RE-REGISTRATION Students who intend to compete in supplemental events must be re-registered to confirm their participation between 12:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13 through Tabroom.com. Students who pre-registered but did not re-register will not be scheduled for competition. This applies to both students who compete in main events and students who are only competing in supplemental events.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPEECH EVENT PATTERNS PATTERN A • Extemp Commentary (EXC) • Original Spoken Word Poetry (SW) • Prose (PRO) • Expository (EXP)

PATTERN B • Impromptu (IMP) • Poetry (POE) • Storytelling (STO)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Mesa HS 8:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Round 1A Round 1B

(EXC Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Round 2A Round 2B

(EXC Draw: 11:30 a.m.)

3:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Round 3A Round 3B

(EXC Draw: 2:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Mesa HS 8:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Doubles A* Doubles B*

(EXC Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

11:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

Octafinals A Octafinals B

(EXC Draw: 11:00 a.m.)

2:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Quarters A/B Semis A/B

(EXC Draw: 2:00 p.m.)

(EXC Draw: 3:30 p.m.)

HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

EXTEMP DEBATE

*if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center – West 301A 8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

STO Final EXP Final PRO Final IMP Final POE Final EXC Final SW Final

(EXC Draw: 12:30 p.m.)

MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SUPPLEMENTAL ONLY REGISTRATION Schools that are ONLY participating in supplemental events should attend the Middle School and Supplemental Only Registration on Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the PCC in North 122A/B.

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HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

HOUSE/SENATE MONDAY, JUNE 12 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

12:45 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

5:45 p.m.

Opening Assembly (all Congress competitors) Round 1: Elect presiding officer (PO); set agenda; convene Recess for lunch Round 2: Elect PO; convene Recess

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Round 3: Elect PO; convene PO recognition; Leadership Bowl voting; recess

3:00 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

JUDGING OPPORTUNITY High school National Tournament participants who are no longer competing on Wednesday are welcome to judge at the Middle School National Tournament!

To be eligible, they must have completed their junior or senior year of high school and have 250+ Honor Society points. They should arrive at the Middle School National Tournament venue by 8:15 a.m. MT on Wednesday and check in with tournament staff to be registered. They will be required to attend a judge training session before they are permitted to judge.

Elimination Round Opening Assembly (all elim competitors) Senate Semifinal and House Quarterfinal Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene Recess for lunch Senate Semifinal and House Quarterfinal Round 2: Elect PO; convene PO recognition; Leadership Bowl voting; recess Posting of Senate Finalists and House Semifinalists via Tabroom.com

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:00 a.m.

8:45 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Senate Final/House Semifinal Opening Assembly Senate Final* and House Semifinal Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene Recess for lunch Senate Final* and House Semifinal Round 2: Reconvene PO recognition, Leadership Bowl voting; recess Posting of House Finalists via Tabroom.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center 8:15 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

12:45 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

House Final* Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene Recess for lunch House Final* Round 2: Reconvene PO recognition; Leadership Bowl voting; recess

* Congress finals will be held in North 222A-C

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Access detailed schedules, maps, and more via the Nats23 Guidebook app!

BIG QUESTIONS

MONDAY, JUNE 12

MONDAY, JUNE 12 †

• Skyline HS

• Westwood HS

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

Makeup WS Judge Training (for WS judges unable to attend Sunday) Round 1 (Prepared Motion) Round 2 (Prepared Motion) Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 3 (Impromptu Motion) Round 4 (Prepared Motion)

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 • Skyline HS 8:15 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 5 (Impromptu Motion)

10:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

2:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Judge training for all BQ judges Round 1 Round 2 Round 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 † • Westwood HS 9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Round 4 Round 5 Round 6

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Mountain View HS

4:45 p.m.

Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 6 (Impromptu Motion) Announcement of Triple Octafinalists Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Triple Octafinals (Prepared Motion)

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

12:45 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Round 7 Round 8 Round 9

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Mountain View HS Round 10 * Round 11 * Round 12 * Round 13 * *if needed

• Mountain View HS

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

8:00 a.m.

• Phoenix Convention Center – West 301A

8:15 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Roll Call for Double Octafinalist Teams and Judges Double Octafinals (Prepared Motion) Roll Call for Octafinalist Teams and Judges Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Octafinals (Impromptu Motion) Roll Call for Quarterfinalist Teams and Judges Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Quarterfinals (Impromptu Motion) Roll Call for Semifinalist Teams and Judges Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Semifinals (Impromptu Motion)

3:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

WORLD SCHOOLS

BQ Final

† Note: Rounds of BQ will be flighted on Monday and Tuesday.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Phoenix Convention Center – North Ballroom 120 12:30 p.m.

WS Final (Prepared Motion)

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HIGH SCHOOL FINALS AND AWAR DS

FINALS AND AWARDS MAIN EVENT FINALS THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Phoenix Convention Center • North Ballroom 120, unless otherwise noted 8:00 a.m.

Sen. Richard Lugar Congressional Debate – Senate Final Round (North 222A-C)

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be available in North Ballroom 120 on Thursday and Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. MT.

12:30 p.m.

World Schools Debate Presented by Simpson College 2:15 p.m.

Humorous Interpretation Presented by Western Kentucky University 3:45 p.m.

Lanny D. and B. J. Naegelin Dramatic Interpretation Presented by Simpson College 5:00 p.m.

New First and Second Diamond Recognition Presented by Colorado College 5:30 p.m.

Program Oral Interpretation Presented by Quaker Bakery 7:00 p.m.

Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly Presented by Colorado College 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr., Duo Interpretation Presented by Colorado College

CAN’T ATTEND IN PERSON? CATCH THE #NATS23 LIVESTREAM! presented by the Institute for Speech and Debate

JACCI LANGSTON Awards Emcee

live.speechanddebate.org

TIM SHEAFF Awards Emcee

LIMITED MOBILITY SEATING An expanded seating area for those with limited mobility will be available toward the front of the finals venue for main events and awards in North Ballroom 120. Chairs in this area will be set apart rather than attached at the sides to create extra space for people who need accessibility accommodations.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Phoenix Convention Center • North Ballroom 120, unless otherwise noted 8:00 a.m.

* all times are shown in Mountain Standard Time

Rep. Barbara Jordan Congressional Debate – House Final Round (North 222A-C)

8:00 a.m.

Informative Speaking Presented by Truman State University 9:30 a.m.

Carmendale Fernandes United States Extemporaneous Speaking Presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute 11:00 a.m.

A. C. Eley International Extemporaneous Speaking Presented by the Council on Foreign Relations

12:30 p.m.

Richard B. Sodikow Policy Debate

2:30 p.m.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Presented by Western Kentucky University 3:45 p.m.

Public Forum Debate Presented by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation

5:00 p.m.

Joe and Pam Wycoff Original Oratory Presented by Red Hill Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Auxiliary 6:30 p.m.

Yellowbird Native American Dancers/Singer

7:00 p.m.

High School National Awards Assembly

SUPPLEMENTAL EVENT FINALS FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Phoenix Convention Center • West 301A 8:00 a.m.

Storytelling Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL FINALS AND AWAR DS

MAIN EVENT FINALS

You can find middle school schedules starting on page 84.

9:00 a.m.

Expository Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton 10:00 a.m.

Prose Reading Presented by Lafayette College 11:00 a.m.

Impromptu Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton 12:00 p.m.

Poetry Reading Presented by Simpson College 1:00 p.m.

Brother René Sterner Commentary Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton 2:00 p.m.

Original Spoken Word Poetry Presented by The Delores Arthur Taylor School for Young Men 3:00 p.m.

Extemporaneous Debate Presented by Colorado College 3:30 p.m.

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HIGH SCHOOL AWAR DS R EMIND ER S

AWARDING OF TROPHIES Top Policy Speakers, Top LincolnDouglas Speakers, Debaters Placing 7-14

Top 4 World Schools Debate Teams, Top 4 Big Questions Debaters

Top Policy speakers 1-14, Policy teams 7-14, top Lincoln-Douglas speakers, top LincolnDouglas debaters 7-14, and Public Forum teams 7-14 will be awarded trophies on stage after their respective final rounds.

Members of the top four Worlds teams and the top four Big Questions debaters should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to receive their award on stage.

Debaters Placing 1-6

Four-time competitors should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to be recognized from the audience.

The top six LD debaters, the top six teams in PF and CX, and the top six XDB debaters should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to receive their award on stage.

Congressional Debaters Placing 1-14, Top POs, Leadership Bowls The top 14 Congressional debaters in the House and the Senate should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to receive their award on stage.

Top Worlds Speakers, Worlds Teams Placing 5-8 Top Worlds speakers 1-14 and Worlds teams 5-8 will be awarded trophies on stage after the World Schools Debate final round on Thursday afternoon.

Four-Time Competitors

Speech Semifinalists Main event speech semifinalists should attend the final round of their respective event to receive their award on stage following that round.

Speech Finalists Speech finalists in main and supplemental events should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to receive their award on stage.

NATIONAL SPEECH FINALISTS’ SOUND AND LIGHT CHECK All main speech finalists (OO, USX, IX, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI) must attend the National Speech Finalists’ Sound and Light Check at 10:00 a.m. MT on Thursday, June 15 in North Ballroom 120 of the Phoenix Convention Center.

Students should wear what they plan to wear during the final round of competition.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has placed this program on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2022-2023.

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AWARDS PICKUP THURSDAY, JUNE 15 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. MT FRIDAY, JUNE 16 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT — N O RT H 1 2 2 A / B —

ELIM AWARD DISTRIBUTION The following items may be picked up in the Phoenix Convention Center Thursday/Friday.

• Plaques for main speech event contestants eliminated after rounds 8 and 10 (excluding Top 14) • Plaques for main debate event contestants eliminated after round 8 (excluding Top 14) • Plaques for Congressional Debate quarterfinalists • Senator Karl E. Mundt medals for Congressional Debate semifinalists • Plaques for supplemental event semifinalists

PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER

MORE ELIM AWARDS

A list of teams that have qualified for one of the School Awards (School of Outstanding Distinction, Speech School of Excellence, Debate School of Excellence, Speech School of Honor, or Debate School of Honor) will be announced via the Nats23 Guidebook app during the afternoon on Friday, June 16.

One coach from each qualified school should plan to attend the National Awards Assembly at 7:00 p.m. Friday evening to accept the award on behalf of their school.

The formula for determining School Awards is available in the High School Unified Manual.

RESULTS AND AWARDS Results of all HS elimination rounds prior to finals will be posted on the public-facing side of Tabroom.com. Find who advanced to the next round by navigating to nationals. tabroom.com and selecting the Pairings tab—or use the QR code at left.

HIGH SCHOOL AWAR DS R EMIND ER S

SCHOOL AWARDS

Learn more about how results and awards work during the National Tournament by visiting our Frequently Asked Questions using the QR code at right.

Congress Gavels and Lewis Medallions Congress preliminary, quarterfinal, and semifinal presiding officers will receive gavels in their chambers. Final session participants will receive Lewis Medallions in their chambers.

World Schools Triple Octafinalist Medals Non-advancing Worlds triple octafinalists will receive medals after the conclusion of the round.

LEAVING EARLY? Awards will not be shipped without prior arrangement. Be sure to pick up all items—including checking for lost and found items—during the times allotted.

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BOAR D OF D IR ECTOR S

E LE CT ED M EM BER S

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

Pam Cady Wycoff

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

MINNESOTA

CALIFORNIA

Byron R. Arthur

David Huston

Adam J. Jacobi

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

WISCONSIN

Jennifer M. Jerome

Renee C. Motter

Jay Rye

NEBRASKA

COLORADO

ALABAMA

A P P OI N T ED M EM BER S

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Dr. Alan Coverstone

Dr. Mike Edmonds

Sara Gibson

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COLORADO

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Anoop Mishra

Holly Williams

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

Amy Seidelman

Assistant Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer

Erik Altman

Website Content Specialist

Kellie Etzel

Callie Anderson

Aaron Hardy Director of Technology

Director of Competition and Events

Annie Reisener Director of Membership

Matt Bopes

Laura Stein

Director of Business and Finance

Emily Bratton

Membership and Resources Coordinator

Graphic Designer and Publications Assistant

Amber Gracia

Kevon Haughton

Tova Hettinger

Alumni Engagement Specialist

Leela Ortiz

Lauren McCool

Administrative Specialist

Education and Leadership Specialist

Lisa Vossekuil

Amanda Wagner Trophy Shop Assistant

Tournament Services Coordinator

Chris Palmer Developer

Becky Wagner Trophy Shop Coordinator

Angela McMillan

Director of Marketing and Advocacy

Development Coordinator

Grants Administrator

Business and Finance Coordinator

Lauren Burdt

Nicole WanzerSerrano

Director of Development

Walker Desing

Kirsten Ellermann

Karen Jansen

Vicki Joss

Jessica Kincannon

Publications Manager

Content Specialist

Alyssa Rivera

Stephanie VanderBruggen

Video Production Specialist

Development Manager

Business and Finance Assistant

Deano Pape

Susan Rhoades

Competition and Events Specialist (PT)

Chad Wagner Trophy Shop Manager

Dr. Paul Porter

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

OF F IC E STAF F

DI R E CTOR S

J. Scott Wunn

Executive Director

Mail Assistant (PT)

Eli Woody

Membership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator

Membership Coordinator

Marketing Communication Specialist

Business and Finance Manager

Megan Wunn

Gary Zuehls

Business and Finance Coordinator (PT)

Trophy Shop Associate

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TOUR NAMENT OF F IC IALS

SPECIAL THANKS

EVENT CHAIRS

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

ASSISTANT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Amy Seidelman, NSDA

Matt Good

Shuntá Jordan

Main Speech Chair

Policy Debate Co-Chair

Jonathan Alston

Jeff Stutzman

Hanh Do

Policy Debate Co-Chair

Big Questions Debate Chair

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – COMPETITION Lauren Burdt, NSDA

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – OPERATIONS Annie Reisener, NSDA

CO-CHAIRS OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS

Lincoln-Douglas Co-Chair

Ameena Amdahl-Mason

Nicole Dalton

Alma Nicholson

Lincoln-Douglas Co-Chair

Public Forum Debate Co-Chair

Kimberly Bayan-Berlat

Kevin Berlat

Bill Brown

Julie Roos

Public Forum Debate Co-Chair

Aaron Hardy, NSDA Chris Palmer, NSDA

OPERATIONS Tammy Altman, IA Erik Altman, Jr., IA Arjun Banerjee, MD Gina Cattaneo, OK Elena Cecil, KY Martin Glendinning, OK Matt Huber, IL Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Greg Malis, LA Brian Manuel, NY Lavontae Morrow, IL Randi Oleson, IA Anthony Peavy, IA Zachary Prax, MN Travis Rother, MN Nick Ryan, VA Simon Sheaff, IA Kara Smith, HI Grady Stein, IA Tess Stein, IA Tyler Unsell, MO Darrell Vossekuil, IA Jim Walker, IA Chase Williams, Taiwan

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Congressional Debate Co-Chair

Pam McComas Extemp Prep Chair

Congressional Debate Co-Chair

Greg Malis

Extemp Debate Chair

World Schools Debate Co-Chair

Sarah Donnelly

Supplemental Speech Co-Chair

World Schools Debate Co-Chair

Marc Rischitelli

Supplemental Speech Co-Chair

Our social media and video teams will be out and about during the week capturing interviews, photos, videos, and more. You could be featured online or in an upcoming publication!

SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM

VIDEO TEAM

Anneteke Adoga, MN Jessica Kincannon, NSDA Angela McMillan, NSDA Alyssa Rivera, NSDA

Walker Desing, NSDA Liv Krusinski, CA Mantas Motekaitis, CA Michael Villalobos, IL

Thank you to all volunteers!

Policy Debate Shuntá Jordan, GA (co-chair) Jeff Stutzman, IN (co-chair) Xavier Liu, CA Darin Maier, MS Nick Panopoulos, CO Dustin Rimmey, KS Blake Ziegler, CA

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Jonathan Alston, NJ (co-chair) Ameena Amdahl-Mason, OR (co-chair) Richard Belske, KS Courtney Coffman, TX Emily Farwell, WY Crawford Leavoy, NC Michael Patterson, OK (chair emeritus) Chris Randall, NJ Russ Tidwell, KS Bryan Whyte, MO

Public Forum Debate Nicole Dalton, CA (co-chair) Alma Nicholson, LA (co-chair) David Abel, KS Tim Averill, MA Chris Berdnik, VA A. Jane Berry-Eddings, OR Rachel Mauchline, AR Harry Strong, VA William Torres, NM

Congressional Debate Kimberly Bayan-Berlat, AZ (co-chair) Kevin Berlat, AZ (co-chair) Brian Alford, TX Susan Anderson, ND Jordy Barry, NJ Victoria Beard, TX Donald Broussard, MA Clifton Davis, ID Rosalyn Foster, CA Gayle Hyde, ND David Long, PA Keith Pittman, NC Aleisha Readye, CA

Main Speech

World Schools Debate

Matt Good, MO (chair) Kim Lenger, MO (associate co-chair) Steve Meadows, KY (associate co-chair) Gail Nicholas, SC (associate co-chair) Tony Ugalde, CA (associate co-chair) Lillian Adeyemi, TX Stan Austin, IL Andrew Barrett, TX Shiela Berselli, NV Eloise Blair, TX Luis Cardenas, NY Gina Cattaneo, OK Shane Cole, MS Carolyn Cook, KS Amanda Dolinger, MO Cheryl Frazier, IL Mary Fridh, IN Martin Glendinning, OK Mario Herrera, GA Vicky Hyde, WA Kris Igawa, OR Larissa Maranell, KS Zachary McGee, MO David McKenzie, IN Rory McKenzie, TX Karen Miyakado, HI Chuck Nicholas, SC Jeff Plinsky, KS Cheryl Potts, TX Bill Prater, OH Michael Robinson, KY Nick Ryan, VA Robert Shepard, TX Jimmy Smith, TX Betty Stanton, OK Karissa Talty, MO Suzanne Terry, TN Tom Tobin, MO Mick Turpin, MO William Warren, NC Rachel Wilczewski, OR Brian Winckler, MO Trey Witt, KS David Yastremski, NJ

Bill Brown, CO (co-chair) Julie Roos, NV (co-chair) Bilal Butt, NC Megan Butt, NC Kelly Garner, MS Daniel Johnson, MT Kelley Kirkpatrick, WA Jesse Meyer, IA Gary Peters, IN Mallory Raugewitz-Blick, KS Shane Stafford, MN Donna Szumila, TX Ed Williams, GA

Big Questions Debate Hanh Do, TX (chair) LaMonde Howard, TX Sheryl Kaczmarek, MA Colleen Mooney, PA Adesuwa Omoruyi, TX Joe Vaughan, NY (updated as of June 12, 2023)

Extemp Debate Greg Malis, LA (chair) Lori Crawford, OK Scott Johnstone, LA Noah Recker, TX Frank Riccobono, MA Maggie Rietz, IA Meghan Avis Yen, TX

TOURNAMENT OF F IC IALS

TAB STAFF

Supplemental Speech Sarah Donnelly, MA (co-chair) Marc Rischitelli, MA (co-chair) Ken Carter, IL Bill Fleming, IL James Froelich, FL JP Fugler, TX Paul Gaba, FL Megan Hagaman, KS Manuel Halkias, OH Mary Hoard, TX Adam Jenkins, IL Stephanie King, WI Ryan Nassif, TX Scott Pollack, PA

Extemp Prep Pam McComas, KS (chair) Jo Ball, KS Jamelle Brown, KS James M. Copeland, AZ Robin Christensen, ID Lexy Green, CA Sheryl Gusman, VA Denise Raeder Johnson, ND Kelsey Johnson, ND W. Kay, NY Ishmael Kissinger, OK Julie Laflen, KS Jeri Neidhard, OH Jay Stubbs, TX

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The American Legion’s National Oratorical Contest

LOOKING FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS?  LOOK NO FURTHER. The first place finisher of The American Legion’s National Oratorical Contest is awarded a $25,000 scholarship, second place $22,500, and third place $20,000.

As part of the National Speech & Debate Association’s ongoing alliance with The American Legion, those top three finishers may also earn the right to compete in Original Oratory or United States Extemporaneous Speaking at the National Speech & Debate Tournament!

 Want to get involved? Follow these simple steps!

• Visit www.legion.org/oratorical to learn more.

• Click on “State Contests” to contact The American Legion Department Headquarters located in your state to learn when the first contest in your area will be.

• Also click on “Assigned Topics” to learn the extemporaneous topic areas.

• Prepare your original oration on some aspect of the Constitution with emphasis on the duties and obligations of a citizen to our government.

Emma Noble of Alabama placed first at the 2022 American Legion National Oratorical Contest

Watch examples of past winning orations online at www.legion.org/oratorical/videos.

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HUNDREDS OF TEAMS WILL ENTER. EIGHT WILL WIN TRIPS TO THE FINALS IN NEW YORK CITY. ONLY ONE WILL TAKE HOME THE $10,000 GRAND PRIZE. The Brewer Foundation and New York University proudly announce the 23rd annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the only competition that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

This international contest is open to all schools – public and private – for free. High school teams compete for awards and scholarships. The top eight teams earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City, where the IPPF World Champion wins a $10,000 grand prize!

To learn more about the 2023-24 competition, visit www.ippfdebate.com today!

Register to compete by October 16, 2023.

Prepare a 2,800 word qualifying round essay on the 2023-24 topic.

Essays are due in late October 2023.

The Top 64 teams will be announced in early November.

Those teams advance into a single-elimination, written debate competition, with teams volleying essays back and forth via email.

Judges review the essays and the field is narrowed from 64 teams to 32, 16 and then eight.

The "Elite Eight" teams earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City, where they compete in oral debates for the chance to be named the IPPF World Champion!

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A HUGE FORENSICS LEGACY... AT A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL!

Lafayette competes in both speech and debate and travels a competitive regional and national schedule throughout both semesters, culminating in a trip to the national tournament each April. The team won its fourth consecutive state title this year. Lafayette College, which overlooks the Delaware River in Easton, Pennsylvania, is a private liberal arts and engineering school with approximately 2,500 students. Lafayette prides itself on being one of the most academically rigorous and highest ranked colleges with an active, competitive, and fully supported forensics team.

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Behind every qualifier to the National Tournament, there is a dedicated coach.

Never forget those individuals who made it their mission to help get you here.

The William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year award is presented by Richard Bitner in honor of David Price.

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The National Speech & Debate Association proudly announces six finalists for the William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year. The annual award recognizes one student out of more than 140,000 members who best embodies the organization’s Code of Honor—humility, equity, integrity, respect, leadership, and service. Nominees must also demonstrate strong academic credentials and a commitment to the speech and debate community. Finalists are interviewed by an esteemed panel of educators during the National Speech & Debate Tournament. The 2023 National Student of the Year will be announced Friday, June 16 during the National Tournament Awards Assembly at 7:00 p.m. MT. This year’s finalists are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.

Abiah George Aberdeen Central High School — South Dakota — Northern South Dakota District

Aarushi Pore Olathe North High School — Kansas — Three Trails District

Jade Ismail Comeaux High School — Louisiana — Louisiana District

Dani Schulz Cheyenne East High School — Wyoming — Hole in the Wall District

Kaitlyn Nash Hendrickson High School — Texas — Heart of Texas District

Andrew Serrano Sumner Academy — Kansas — East Kansas District

NATIONAL STUD ENT OF TH E Y E AR

WILLIAM WOODS TATE, JR ., NATIONAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR

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Each NSDA District has the opportunity to name a District Student of the Year.

Coaches may nominate a graduating senior who best represents the tenets of the Association’s Code of Honor: humility, equity, integrity, respect, leadership, and service. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/student-recognition. Students are listed in alphabetical order by state, then NSDA district.

Mockingbird (AL) Sophia Li Mountain Brook HS, AL

Florida Panther Aaron Sinclair Bishop Moore Catholic HS, FL

Sunflower (KS) Tristan Rice Wichita Northwest HS, KS

Arkansas Alexis Childs Cabot HS, AR

South Florida Michael Lovaglio MAST @ FIU, FL

Three Trails (KS) Aarushi Pore Olathe North HS, KS

Big Valley (CA) Leah Chapman Buhach Colony HS, CA

Idaho Mountain River Maria “Lupita” Saldana Rigby HS, ID

West Kansas Kira Roth Garden City HS, KS

California Coast Emily Jang Milpitas HS, CA

Greater Illinois Pierce McDade University HS, IL

Kentucky Raegan Settle Murray HS, KY

East Los Angeles (CA) Collin Duong Alhambra HS, CA

Illini (IL) Destinee Owens Thornton Fractional North HS, IL

Louisiana Jade Ismail Comeaux HS, LA

Southern California Evan Thompson Cajon HS, CA

Hoosier Heartland (IN) Riley Fritchley McCutcheon HS, IN

Maine Sonia Wold Cape Elizabeth HS, ME

Colorado Carter McDonald Rock Canyon HS, CO

Northeast Indiana Cassandra Smith Bishop Dwenger HS, IN

Michigan Ricki Davis Cass Tech HS, MI

Colorado Grande Alice Lay Widefield HS, CO

Northwest Indiana Tasneem Ahmed Penn HS, IN

Central Minnesota Ava Roots Stillwater Area HS, MN

Rocky Mountain - South (CO) Nicholas Dohr Mullen HS, CO

East Iowa Nathan Weimar West HS - Iowa City, IA

Northern Lights (MN) Cecilia Buzzeo Willmar Senior High, MN

Florida Oceanfront Rebeca Lopez-Anzures American Heritage Palm Beach, FL

East Kansas Andrew Serrano Sumner Academy, KS

Southern Minnesota Connor Brynteson Robbinsdale Cooper HS, MN

Magnolia (MS) Logan Green Hattiesburg HS, MS

Golden Desert (NV) Brandon Anderson Green Valley HS, NV

Pennsylvania Riley Baughman Greater Latrobe Senior HS, PA

Carver-Truman (MO) McKenzie Jones Webb City HS, MO

Sagebrush (NV) Megan Dwyer Elko HS, NV

Pittsburgh (PA) Amari Smith Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS, PA

Space City (TX) Sony Alvarez Alief Elsik HS, TX

Eastern Missouri Anish Ganga Rock Bridge HS, MO

New Jersey Justin Black Phillipsburg HS, NJ

Valley Forge (PA) Supraja Sudarsan Strath Haven HS, PA

Tall Cotton (TX) Jon Plummer Lubbock HS, TX

Heart of America (MO) Olivia Linzy Liberty Sr. HS, MO

New Mexico Yunseo Kim Los Alamos HS, NM

South Carolina (SC) Nuha Shaikh Riverside HS, SC

UIL (TX) Layne Morris Ore City HS, UIL

Ozark (MO) Jesse Fields Bolivar HS, MO

Carolina West (NC) William “Zech” Hoppes East Rutherford HS, NC

Northern South Dakota Abiah George Aberdeen Central HS, SD

Yellow Rose (TX) Claire Wang A&M Consolidated HS, TX

Show Me (MO) Carmen Myers Grain Valley HS, MO

North Dakota Roughrider Sumaya Abukar West Fargo HS, ND

Rushmore (SD) Meara McIntyre Washington HS - Sioux Falls, SD

Inland Empire (ID) Lorena Vegas Chiawana HS, ID

Montana East Maxwell Arvanetes Billings West HS, MT

Northern Ohio Macenzee Gaal South Range HS, OH

Tennessee (TN) William Hong Brentwood HS, TN

Western Washington Jace Simon Tahoma HS, WA

Montana West MacGregor Adkins Glacier HS, MT

Western Ohio Srikruthi Godavarthi Olentangy HS, OH

Central Texas Claire Davis Winston Churchill HS, TX

Northern Wisconsin Parker DeDeker Neenah HS, WI

Carolina East Nash Reibe Cape Fear Academy, NC

East Oklahoma Lance Brightmire Booker T. Washington HS, OK

Gulf Coast (TX) Alek Araguz Harlingen HS South, TX

Southern Wisconsin Milanno Jones Rufus King HS, WI

Nebraska Vikram Menon Millard North HS, NE

West Oklahoma Price Collier Bishop McGuinness HS, OK

Heart of Texas Kaitlyn Nash Hendrickson HS, TX

Hole in the Wall (WY) Dani Schulz Cheyenne East HS, WY

Nebraska South Celeste Cruz Rivera Lincoln East HS, NE

North Oregon Lauren Zhang Lake Oswego HS, OR

North Texas Longhorns Raghav Ramki Plano East Senior HS, TX

Wind River (WY) Alexis Hernandez Jackson Hole HS, WY

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FOUR-TIME COMPETITOR S 46

It is a great honor to attend Nationals once. It is especially difficult to attend more than once! Four-time competitors are recognized from the audience during the High School Awards Assembly Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. MT in North Ballroom 120 of the Phoenix Convention Center. High school students must attend the National Tournament all four years in a main event, supplemental event, Big Questions, or World Schools Debate to be eligible for this award. Students are listed alphabetically by last name.

Mary Abi-Karam American Heritage Broward HS, FL

Lance Brightmire Booker T. Washington HS, OK

Gavin Doan Eagle Valley HS, CO

Signy Ackermann Grapevine HS, TX

Sydney Carroll Battle Ground Academy, TN

Ethan Dwyer Westmoore HS, OK

Mac Adkins Glacier HS, MT

Dylan Case Skyview HS, ID

Olivia Eads The Potomac School, VA

Duaa Ali Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL

Erin Casey Central Of Grand Junction HS, CO

Wesley Earhart Millard South HS, NE

Jasmine Anderson Flathead HS, MT

Jonathan Chen Taipei American School, Taiwan

Talia Ehrenberg Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Olivia Anderson Brookings HS, SD

Aaron Chen Grand Rapids City HS, MI

Elizabeth Elliott Isidore Newman School, LA

Ebenezer Appiah Alief Elsik HS, TX

Alexis Childs Cabot HS, AR

Jaxon Farmer Howland HS, OH

Sebastian Attlan Hinsdale Central HS, IL

Evan Christensen Enderlin HS, ND

Evan Garrison Webb City HS, MO

Max Arvanetes Billings West HS, MT

Joshua Christiansen Beaver HS, UT

Payton Gergen Bear Creek HS, WA

Kate Bailey Jefferson City HS, MO

Caleb Chung Pine Creek HS, CO

Kianna Gray Air Academy HS, CO

Nathan Balderas Wichita East HS, KS

Jeana Compton Joplin HS, MO

Logan Green Hattiesburg HS, MS

Myles Bell Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Allison Cooper Blue Springs South HS, MO

Francisco Guardado Salina South HS, KS

Kylar Bennett Riverton HS, WY

Karen Cui Jordan HS, TX

Amy-Ruth Gyang Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Anne Blake Plymouth HS, IN

William Cummings Catholic Memorial School, MA

Kate Halabi Wichita East HS, KS

Gabriel Bo Jasper HS, TX

Dylan Daneman St. Mary’s HS, OR

Wyatt Hall La Vernia HS, TX

Claire Bodnar Central HS - Springfield, MO

Gary Daughtry Bristow HS, OK

Rubick Hernandez Alief Elsik HS, TX

Mitchell Bogan Cardinal Mooney HS, OH

Evander Davis Washburn Rural HS, KS

John Hinrichs Washington HS, SD

Esha Bolar Johnston HS, IA

Carter Davis Westmoore HS, OK

Morgan Hoang Westridge School, CA

Ollie Braden Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Krissy Dearing Lindale HS, TX

Jacob Holbrook Rowan County Sr. HSl, KY

Alex Brake Olathe North HS, KS

Lawrence Dietlein IV William P. Clements HS, TX

Greta Homuth Moorhead HS, MN

Taylor Massey Republic HS, MO

Tristan Rice Wichita Northwest HS, KS

Agrim Joshi Shakopee HS, MN

Pierce McDade University HS, IL

Joel Robertson La Vernia HS, TX

Sebastian Juarez Bishop Amat Memorial HS, CA

Meara McIntyre Washington HS, SD

Natalie Roots-Nowakowski The Potomac School, VA

Vaisakh Karuvath Bentonville HS, AR

Vikram Menon Millard North HS, NE

Jude Rost Oak Grove HS, MS

Grant Owen Killoran Marquette University HS, WI

Abigail Merhege Cottonwood Classical Prep, NM

Will Ryan George Washington HS, CO

Lauren Kim Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Ella Mitchell Prospect HS, IL

Jack Rykert Saint Mary’s Hall HS, TX

Yunseo Kim Los Alamos HS, NM

Suhawni Narang W. B. Ray HS, TX

Dani Schulz Cheyenne East HS, WY

Addie Kimmerle Liberty North HS, MO

Ariana Nungaray-Arias STRIVE Prep - RISE, CO

Archan Sen Eagan HS, MN

Danica Knowlden Millennium Charter, CA

Grace Ogden Saint Mary’s Hall HS, TX

Stuti Shelat Granite Bay HS, CA

Dana Ko Pine Creek HS, CO

Kameron Otero Cottonwood Classical Prep, NM

John Taft La Vernia HS, TX

Akaash Kolluri William P. Clements HS, TX

Natalie Pang Seven Lakes HS, TX

Samuel Thompson South Medford HS, OR

Ainslee Konkle Mercer HS, PA

McKinley Paltzik Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Madeline Tsao Jasper HS, TX

Karissa Kromminga Washburn Rural HS, KS

James Patrick Brecksville Broadview Hts HS, OH

Kate Tucker Plano Senior HS, TX

Jia Lauber East Ridge HS, MN

Nancy Pei Blue Valley HS, KS

Lorena Vegas Chiawana HS, WA

Rachel Laws Lincoln East HS, NE

Lizzie Place Blue Valley North HS, KS

Micah Wang Taipei American School, Taiwan

Jenna Lee Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL

Isabelle Plaisance Isidore Newman School, LA

Nate Watts Carlsbad HS, CA

Brianna Lemaster Westmoore HS, OK

Aarushi Pore Olathe North HS, KS

Karam Weigert Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Sophia Leonard Central HS - Springfield, MO

Calyx Prohias Eagle Rock HS, CA

Rachel West Cheyenne East HS, WY

Kyle Letterer Plano West Sr. HS, TX

Raghav Ramki Plano East Senior HS, TX

Hadley Whytlaw Trinity School, TX

Phoena Lin Jasper HS, TX

Max Rantilla Bettendorf HS, IA

Ethan Wilkes John Paul Stevens HS, TX

Esther Liu Wichita East HS, KS

Anna Raycroft Munster HS, IN

Owen Williams Independence Truman HS, KS

Rebeca Lopez-Anzures American Heritage Palm Beach, FL

Rajat Reddy North Allegheny HS, PA

Callan Williamson Air Academy HS, CO

Christopher Lorde Plano West Sr. HS, TX

Charlie Reeves Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Ashley Wright Maize HS, KS

Jill Anne Marie Mallari Green Meadow School, MP

Shelbee Reeves Independence Truman HS, MO

FOUR-TIME COMPETITOR S

Malcolm Hornsby Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Updated as of June 13, 2023 • Please contact info@speechanddebate.org if you feel someone is missing.

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Hall of Fame RECOGNITION

D O N U S D . R O B E RT S D I A M O N D A S S E M B LY PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER • NORTH BALLROOM 120 T H U R S D AY • J U N E 1 5 , 2 0 2 3 • 7 : 0 0 P. M - 8 : 3 0 P. M . M T

JONATHAN ALSTON • N E W J E R S E Y MARTHA BENHAM • C O L O R A D O BILL BENNETT • N E W M E X I C O – awarded posthumously MATT HEIMES • N E B R A S K A SARAH ROSENBERG • N E W Y O R K RAPHAEL SCOTT WALDROP • M I S S I S S I P P I New Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated during the Diamond Assembly on Thursday. For anyone unable to attend in Phoenix/Mesa, the ceremony will be streamed online at live.speechanddebate.org.

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Bruno E. Jacob, Founder James M. Copeland, AZ John Davies, WI Carmendale Fernandes, CA L. Day Hanks, CA James F. Hawker, IN R. Paul Hibbs, IL Albert James, CO J. Edmund Mayer, CA Vernon W. Metz, PA H. B. Mitchell, OK Karl E. Mundt, SD

1979

Charline Burton, OK ZaZelle Gifford, OK Ruby Krider, TN Etta Scarborough, FL

1980

Esther Kalmbach, OH Helen Malseed, PA Margaret L. Meredith, MO Rev. John J. Miday, OH Dennis Winfield, WI

1981

Novalyn P. Ellis, LA Lenabell Sloan Martin, CO Lester M. Tucker, WI

1982

Mary Blackburn, IL C. Edwin Brower, TX Leah Funck, OH

1983

Louis Banker, MO Jean Boles, TX Bill Henderson, IA J. W. Patterson, KY Maurice Swanson, KS

1984

Mable Hale, MO Albert S. Odom, WI Anne D. White, TN

1985

Frances F. Ferris, WY Lois Sackman, WY Ronald Shafer, MO

1986

Karl Boyle, OH Ralph E. Carey, FL Ronald Last, UT Cecil J. Pickett, TX

1987

Arlene Akerman, OH Phyllis Barton, OH David Kanellis, IA Glenn Pelham, GA Donus Roberts, SD Frank Sferra, CO Bro. Gregory “René” Sterner, FSC, MD

1988

Donovan Cummings, CA Dr. Jane Eldridge, TN Marilyn Hageman, WI Art McMillion, WI Lanny D. Naegelin, TX

1989

Ralph Bender, OH Bob Bilyeu, MO Rex Fleming, TX Natalie Weber, CA

1990

Roger Brannan, KS Opal Hall, TX Harold Carl Keller, IA Grace Walsh, WI

1991

David Dansky, CA Larry Highbaugh, IN Misao Kubota, HI Tedd D. Woods, CA

1992

David Johnson, TX Ron Underwood, CA Joseph Wycoff, IN

1993

Ray Cecil Carter, NY Peggy Ann Madden, PA Dale McCall, FL Donald Lee Smith, UT Virginia Sutherland, NC

1994

Wayne Brown, MO A. C. Eley, KS William “Bill” Hicks, IN “Louie” Mattachione, OH Sandra Silvers, GA

1995

Helen Engstrom, IN Dr. Richard Hunsaker, IL Edwin Kelly, PA Richard B. Sodikow, NY

1996

C. E. “Pop” Grady, OK Shirley Keller-Firestone, CA Karen Miyakado, HI Lowell Sharp, CO Larry L. Smith, CA

1997

HALL OF FAME MEMB ER S

1978

Ted W. Belch, IL Sr. Isabella Glenn, CO Richard Rice, MO Emerson Turner, TX

1998

Patricia Bailey, AL Don Crabtree, MO Mary Donna Ross, MO Greg Varley, NY

1999

Lawrence “Larry” Brown, KS Glenn Cavanaugh, PA Steven Davis, NC Mildred Peveto, TX Mary Ritter, CA Carol Zanto, WI

2000

Robert Brittain, IN Maybelle Conger, OK John Hires, IL William “Billy” Woods Tate, Jr., TN Kenneth Thames, WI

2001

Ron Carr, FL Randall McCutcheon, NM B. J. Naegelin, TX Bro. George Zehnle, SM, NY 49

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2010

2018

2003

2011

2019

Joni Anker, MN James Harville, CA Meg Howell-Haymaker, AZ Judy Kroll, SD James Menchinger, MI

Georgia Brady, MO Cynthia Burgett, KS Dr. Mike Edmonds, CO Steve Meadows, KY Timothy Sheaff, IA

2012

2020

Francine Berger, FL Gary Harmon, KS Randy Pierce, MO Sr. Mary Raimonde, FDC, NY Margaret Riley, NY David Baker, TX Tom Montgomery, CA John E. Sexton, NY Deborah E. Simon, MA Daniel Tyree, IN

2004

Marilee Dukes, AL Pamela K. McComas, KS Ronald Steinhorst, WI Anne M. Sullivan, MT

2005

Timothy C. Averill, MA Dr. Kenny Barfield, AL Glenda Ferguson, TX Gloria Robinson, TX

2006

David Huston, TX Gail M. Naylor, KS Cynthia Timmons, TX Steven Wood, KS

2013

Michael Burton, WA Vickie Fellers, KS Robert Littlefield, ND Robert “Bob” Marks, FL David McKenzie, IN

2014

Gay Brasher, CA Sr. Mary Patricia Plumb, FL Michael Starks, WY Aaron Timmons, TX

Darrel Harbaugh, KS Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr., CA Lisa Miller, FL Dr. Randy Patterson, MS Jay Stubbs, TX

2007

2015

Lydia Esslinger, NY Tony Figliola, PA Mel Olson, MN Betty Whitlock, GA Pam Cady Wycoff, MN

2008

Chuck Ballingall, CA Elly Kantorowicz, WI Robert Kelly, IN Kandi King, TX Ron Krikac, WY

2009

Michele Coody, AL Eric DiMichele, NY Jan Heiteen, IL J. E. Masters, TX 50

Rosella “Rosie” Blunk, SD Pauline Carochi, CO Dale Deletis, MA Cat Horner-Bennett, NM Cathy Wood, KS

Dr. Elizabeth Ballard, OK Jane Boyd, TX Kim Jones, CA Fred Robertson, NE

2016

Byron Arthur, LA Eloise Weisinger Blair, TX Mark Ferguson, IL Robert Shepard, TX Dr. Alfred “Tuna” Snider, VT

Anita Boyd, MS Mary Gormley, NJ Mario Herrera, GA Greg Malis, LA Jack Tuckness, MO

Jim Cavallo, IN Jenny Cook, FL Mollie Martin, TX Chris McDonald, MN Cheryl Potts, TX

2021

Bro. Anthony K. Cavet, MA Dr. Rich Edwards, TX Michael Marks, MS Gail Nicholas, SC J. Scott Wunn, IA

2022

Jennifer Jerome, NE Sheryl Kaczmarek, MA Michael Patterson, OK Josette Surratt, LA Karen Wilbanks, TX

2023

Jonathan Alston, NJ Martha Benham, CO Bill Bennett, NM Matt Heimes, NE Sarah Rosenberg, NY Raphael Scott Waldrop, MS

2017

Dr. Paulette “Polly” Reikowski, MN James W. “Jay” Rye, III, AL Julie Sheinman, NY Jimmy L. Smith, TX Jacquelyn “Jacci” Langston, MO

For photos and bios of Hall of Fame members, visit www.speechanddebate.org/ hall-of-fame.

MARYROSE KOHAN GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUTH (CO) DISTRICT

2023 HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR

CONG R ATUL ATIONS !

2023 JAMES M. COPELAND HIGH SCHOOL COACH OF THE YEAR

Prabhat Aluri BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL WESTERN WASHINGTON DISTRICT

2023 HIGH SCHOOL NEW COACH OF THE YEAR

Rachel Merryman TRINITY SCHOOL TALL COTTON (TX) DISTRICT

2023 HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

JAMES MELTON COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EASTERN MISSOURI DISTRICT

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FIRST AND SECOND DIAMOND RECOGNITION P H OENIX CONV ENTION C ENT E R • T HU R S DAY, J U N E 1 5 • 5: 0 0 P. M . M T

Coaches who earned a first or second Diamond Award this year will be recognized between the DI and POI final rounds on Thursday. DI begins at 3:45 p.m., and we will call new first and second diamond recipients to be recognized when the round ends. Please be in North Ballroom 120 of the Phoenix Convention Center by the end of DI and wait for a call to the stage.

NEW FIRST DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Kenneth Adcock, TX Griffin Allman, OH Prabhat Aluri, WA Derek Antoniazzi, FL Jordan Berry, AL Abigail Brachio, NY Megan Broussard, LA Cathy Brown, FL Kevin Burgun, IN Danielle Burk, OH Katie Burke, NJ Anna Carmon, IN Scott Caron, MA Isaac Chao, TX Jessie Chen, Taiwan

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Joseph Collatos, TX Julian Crown, CA Shane Cunningham, TN Jeremy Darnell, SC Matthew Davis, MN Patrick DeMartine, CO David Dempsey, MO Meagan Deutch, KS Marco Dominguez, AZ Hannah Draut, MO Rob Egan, KS Kiley Eichelberger, MN Ian Etheridge, TX Garrett Faylor, UT Emily Feder, NY Justin Flynn, WI Amy French, MN Madi Gackenbach, TX Ethan Gambriel, MO Priya Garcia, CA Colton Gilbert, AR Chloe Goldade, SD Ann Goodson, KS Khamani Griffin, CA

Rahul Guha, OH Kelli Henderson, KS Colter Heirigs, FL Kyle Hietala, CA Jessica Hilbrich, IN Parker Hopkins, MO Kimberly Hunter, UT Brooklynn James, TX Samantha Johnson, AR Sheridan Johnson, NM Daniel Johnson, MT Susan Jones, TX Noah Kaplan, CO Bryson Kenworthy, MO Joseph Kieklak, AR John Klassen, TX Jordyn Kuehn, CA Doug Lasken, CA Mariah Loya, MN Sierra Maciorowski, CA Emily Mandile, MD Mat Marr, OR Cameron Martin, CA Stormee Massey, Canada

Rachel Mauchline, AR Cale McCrary, TX Ben McGugin, OH Misti Meads, MO William Mercer, KS Madison-Ainsley Miller, SD Michaela Moore, WY Adam Moore, KS Renea Moss, FL Ryan Nelson-Cain, MN Marilyn Ocker, TX

Greta Thomas, MN James Thompson, TX Louis Uribe, CO Ricardo Velasquez, CA Miranda Villanueva, TX Jim Welty, AZ Gabrielle Wexler, TN Tyler Will, WY Sterling Willford, ID Mariah William, SD Brian Winckler, MO

Spencer Orlowski, FL Sam Overton, MO Miles Owens, CO Joyce Pasel, IN Catalina Pedroza, WY Sean Petersen, AR Sarah Petroff, MO Michael Piccoli, IL Shauna Punch, TX Rick Ramnath, FL Ellen Robinson, NC Jessica Sanchez, VA Dane Schnake, MO Kari Shelkey, MT Jeannette Shields, KS Kimberly Sloane, TX Michael Sobek, AZ Amanda Soczynski, MN Megan Soosai, MN Robert Sorensen, WA Donald Speth, NV Carl Stafford, MO Jeremy Starkweather, IN Peter Susko, MD Tom Tafoya, CO

David Winkler, WI

NEW SECOND DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Matthew Bartula, GA Andrew Bauer, KS Courtney Chipman, FL Lisa Cillessen, CO Bob Clubbs, MO Marcy Curr, ID Marty De, CA Dave DeMarzo, IL Amanda Dolinger, MO Peter Dong, IL Donnie Drobny, ID Teri Dutton, OH Emily Farwell, WY

Jeremy Fee, TX Neomia Hagans Flores, KY Eric Gamble, AR Sara Given, MO Lisa Hamilton, OK William Harris, MI Nick Herink, NE Dan Hodges, MN Davy Holmes, TX Eric Johnson, SD Sohail Jouya, FL Kelley Kirkpatrick, WA Jessica Pasel Kranz, IN Iain Lampert, CA Ryan Levesque, FL James Lewis, OH Brian Manuel, NY Michael McCabe, PA Susan McGraw, OH Paul Miller, WI Paul Montreuil, ID Oliver Parker, AL Sandra Peek, TX Tricia Pletcher, OH Jon Price, FL Chris Rothgeb, MO Ethan Samuel, MO Eric Schaefer, IN Aarron Schurevich, NE Yatesh Singh, MN Amanda Sloan, NV Carrie Spina, OH Mark Stowitts, CA Allen Sutton, MO Michelle Taylor, KS Erin Tharpe, KY

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William Torres, NM Danielle Trainer-Smallwood, TN Halli Tripe, NE Robyn Van Horn, MN Teja Vepa, NY Craig Wall, LA Jonathan Waters, GA Lisa Weber, WA Scott Woods, AZ Sam Zulia, OH

NEW THIRD DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Stefan Bauschard, NY Richard Brynteson, MN David Childree, OH Carolyn Cook, KS

Minnia Curtis, CA Aaron Dechant, KS Jennifer Denslow, OK Carolyn Enevoldsen, NE Richard Glover, AZ Kristi Goemmer, TX Megan Hagaman, KS Susan Hayes, DE Ryan Hennessey, TX Chetan Hertzig, NY

Maureen Thomas, MO Annette Thornton, WY Mark Urban, IL Scott Voss, MN Janet Willford, CA

Brian Hoff, CO Richard Kawolics, OH Kerry Konda, SD Michael Larson, SD Gary Leiker, KS Heath Martin, TX Gregg Osborn, CA Kristen Plant, CA Eric Pollock, Taiwan Bradford Quade, OH Noah Recker, TX Dustin Rimmey, KS Michael Robinson, KY Alexandra Sencer, NC Tim Stroud, DC

NEW FOURTH DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Gregory Adkins, MT Josh Anderson, KS Shiela Berselli, NV Dario Camara, FL Deanne Christensen, TX Elizabeth Clarke, AZ McGregor Cook, SC Jenny Cook, CA Kristen Gammon, MO

THIRD AND HIGHER DIAMOND RECOGNITION P HOENIX CONV ENTION C EN T E R • T HU R S DAY, J U N E 1 5 • 7: 0 0 P. M . M T

Third and higher diamond recipients will be recognized as part of the Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly on Thursday. Please ensure you are seated near the stage in North Ballroom 120 of the Phoenix Convention Center before the 7:00 p.m. start time.

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James Harris, KS Douglas Miller, KS Robert Owens, KS D’Arcy Patey-Robinson, ME Richard Pellicciotta, NC Jerome Robinson, CA Russell Rywell, FL Todd Schnake, MO Ashley Schulz, WY Kevin Tong, CA Debbie Waddell, TX

NEW FIFTH DIAMOND COACHES

NEW SIXTH DIAMOND COACHES

NEW EIGHTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Martha Benham, CO Eloise Blair, TX

Leslie Phillips, CA Jack Tuckness, MO

Anthony Cavet, MA John Eichman, CA Steven Helman, WA Mario Herrera, GA Hugh Ringer, PA Michael Traas, WI

(As of May 15, 2023)

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

Jennifer Jerome, NE Christopher McDonald, MN David McGinnis, IA Sally Pies, SD Keith Pittman, NC Rita Prichard, CA Eric Simione, OH

NEW TENTH DIAMOND COACH Don Crabtree, MO

NEW SEVENTH DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2023)

David McKenzie, IN Melissa Reynolds, KS

Diamond Awards reflect excellence and longevity in the activity. A coach’s first diamond is earned when they receive 15,000 points since achieving the degree of merit (25 points). Five years must pass and 15,000 points must be earned to receive a second diamond. An additional 30,000 points must be earned and five years must pass for each additional diamond. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coach-recognition.

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DON CRABTREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

A special honor conferred by the NSDA is the Don Crabtree Distinguished Service Award. A gold key is granted to a coach member for 20 citations, and a plaque is given for the first 50 citations and each multiple of 50. Milestone accomplishments of 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th honors are recognized during the Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly on Thursday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m. MT. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coach-recognition.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY Kenneth Adcock Ore City High School, TX Keith Barnstein Maine East High School, IL Brandon Batham Burbank High School, CA Justin Bertram Shakopee High School, MN Cathy Brown Apopka Sr. High School, FL Joel Brown Har-Ber High School, AR Danielle Burk Beavercreek High School, OH Summer Calandra Sanger High School, CA Daniel Caudle Har-Ber High School, AR Michael Concialdi Rolling Meadows High School, IL Halle Connors Independence High School, KS Suzanne Culver Mount Markham High School, NY Katherine Dannemiller Wadsworth City Schools, OH Gabriel de Tuya Christopher Columbus High School, FL Rick Dorn Worland High School, WY Robert Duncan Alliance High School, OH Ian Etheridge Jersey Village High School, TX Dana Facer American Falls High School, ID Robin Fieler Colonial High School, FL Alison Finn Lincoln North Star High School, NE Eric Gamble Dardanelle High School, AR Ethan Gambriel Willard High School, MO Benjamin Geiger Two Rivers High School, MN John Gonzales Cleveland High School, OR Sheryl Gusman Dominion High School, VA Becky Hansen Fort Atkinson High School, WI Davy Holmes Dripping Springs High School, TX Abigail Ingstad Valley City High School, ND Benjamin Jewell Lee’s Summit North, MO Denise Raeder Johnson Fargo Davies High School, ND W Kay Berkeley Carroll School, NY Joseph Kieklak Little Rock Central High School, AR Ben Kroll Sheboygan South High School, WI Julie Laflen Pittsburg High School, KS Michael Larson Lennox High School, SD

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY Randall Martinez Monsignor Edward Pace High School, FL JW McClintic Capital High School, MT Amy McCormick Bellevue High School, WA Dakota McCoy Chesterton High School, IN Alexzandera Miller Stevensville High School, MT Deserea Niemann Lakeville North High School, MN Carrie Oorlog Brookings High School, SD Sam Overton Lebanon High School, MO Andie Peterson-Longmore Neenah High School, WI Michael Piccoli Prospect High School, IL Bryce Piotrowski Seven Lakes High School, TX Wesley Rice Maize South High School, KS Kevin Rogers Bartlett High School, TN Morgan Russell Norman North High School, OK Jessica Sanchez James River High School, VA Jennifer Sandman Lake Buena Vista High School, FL Justin Smith Pembroke Hill School, MO Linda Starnes Portland High School, TN Beth Steinleitner Dassel Cokato High School, MN Brian Stoebner Cass Lake Bena High School, MN Kristen Stout Greenwood Laboratory School, MO Christopher Thiele The Quarry Lane School, CA Louis Uribe University Schools, CO Teja Vepa Collegiate School, NY Stephan Voudris Kenston High School, OH Benjamin Wadsworth Viewmont High School, UT Jonathan Waters Lassiter High School, GA Gabrielle Wexler Morristown East High School, TN Laura Whitcombe McCutcheon High School, IN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 1ST HONORS Jennifer Adams Big Spring High School, TX Susan Anderson Richardton-Taylor High School, ND Victoria Beard Spring Woods High School, TX Jessica Cerchiaro Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, PA

DON CRABTREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 1ST HONORS Rachel Clapper Madison Central High School, MS Michael Curry Sprague High School, OR Minnia Curtis Carlsbad High School, CA Christopher Dickson Pine Tree High School, TX Sarah Donnelly Natick High School, MA Rob Egan Wichita Collegiate Upper School, KS Micah Everson Murrah High School, MS Jeremy Fitzpatrick Johnston High School, IA Kelly Clark Garner Petal High School, MS Lexy Green College Prep, CA Scott Johnstone Southside High School, LA Stephanie King Rufus King High School, WI John Knetzger West Bend East High School, WI Xavier Liu Bellarmine College Prep, CA David Long Southern Lehigh High School, PA Traci Lowe Suncoast Comm High School, FL Chris Mosmeyer Holy Trinity Catholic High School, TX Stephanie Owen Widefield High School, CO Joe Rankin Bettendorf High School, IA Christopher Rhodes New Philadelphia High School, OH Robyn Rose Lake Oswego High School, OR LeAnne Schmidt Notre Dame Preparatory, MI Robert Shepard Plano Sr. High School, TX Angela Smith Holy Family High School, CO Betty Stanton Jenks High School, OK Mark Stowitts Cajon High School, CA Suzanne Terry Morristown West High School, TN Adam Thane Bozeman High School, MT Tyler Unsell Park Hill High School, MO Joshua Wimberley Midland Legacy High School, TX

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 2ND HONORS David Huston Jasper High School, TX Rachel Mauchline Cabot High School, AR Kirsten Nash Hendrickson High School, TX Jeri Neidhard Centerville High School, OH Dustin Rimmey Topeka High School, KS Jeffrey Stoppenhagen Columbia High School, ID Harry Strong The Potomac School, VA Jake Swede Central High School, MN Russ Tidwell Garden City High School, KS

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 2ND HONORS Michael Bassett Niles McKinley High School, OH Katy Cecil LaRue County Middle School, KY Shane Cole Oak Grove High School, MS Mariel Cruz Notre Dame San Jose, CA Benjamin Edwards Upper St. Clair High School, PA Sarah French Greeley Central High School, CO Ryan Hennessey Jersey Village High School, TX Meg Howell-Haymaker Mountain View High School, AZ

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 6TH HONORS Paul Gaba Wellington Community High School, FL Joseph Vaughan Scarsdale High School, NY

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 3RD HONORS Tommy Bender Lincoln Southeast High School, NE Christopher Berdnik Pennsbury High School, PA David Cooper Unaffiliated, NE Jeremy Hamilton Canfield High School, OH Gayle Hyde Fargo South High School, ND Adam Jenkins Belleville West High School, IL Jennifer Jerome Millard West High School, NE Christopher McDonald Eagan High School, MN Jesse Meyer New York City Urban Debate League Keith Pittman Asheville High School, NC DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 4TH HONORS Kevin Berlat Mesa High School, AZ Keith Bistodeau Wayzata High School, MN Crawford Leavoy Durham Academy, NC Jeffrey Miller Marist School, GA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 5TH HONORS James Rye The Montgomery Academy, AL

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 8TH HONORS Zachary Prax Eastview High School, MN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 24TH HONORS Donald Crabtree Park Hill High School, MO

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DISTRICT LE A D ER R ECOG NITION

DISTRICT CHAIR AWARDS DISTRICT LEADER LUNCHEON S U N D AY • J U N E 1 1 — WEST 301A —

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DISTRICT GOLD AWARD Mariel Cruz – California Coast Eric DiMichele – New York City Jeremy Fitzpatrick – West Iowa Jennifer Jerome – Nebraska Christopher McDonald – Southern Minnesota Renee Motter – Colorado Grande Zachary Prax – Central Minnesota

DISTRICT SILVER AWARD PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER

Michael Bassett – Northern Ohio Holly Custer – Eastern Ohio Sarah Donnelly – New England (MA) Irlonde Gagnon – Wind River (WY) Phillip Helt – Show Me (MO) Ryan Hennessey – East Texas Kathy Tobin – Ozark (MO) Joseph Ugalde – East Los Angeles (CA)

DISTRICT BRONZE AWARD

RALPH E. CAREY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED CAREER SERVICE Christopher McDonald Southern Minnesota

CHAIR OF THE YEAR Rory McKenzie UIL (TX)

BEST NEW CHAIR Kelley Kirkpatrick Puget Sound (WA)

Perry Beard – Space City (TX) Shannon Chamberlain – Utah-Wasatch Kayla Crook – South Oregon Micah Everson – Magnolia (MS) Hannah Flake – New Mexico Vicky Hyde – Inland Empire (WA) Julie Laflen – South Kansas Kim Lenger – Heart of America (MO) Ryan Levesque – Florida Manatee Shannon O’Donnell – Montana West Rachel Page – Kentucky Maggie Rietz – East Iowa Julie Roos – Golden Desert (NV) Andrew Tichy – Northern Lights (MN) Marcus Viney – Hole in the Wall (WY)

DISTRICT LEADER COMMENDATIONS Recipients are nominated annually by district chairs for going above and beyond in their district.

BEST CHAIR COMMUNICATIONS

Megan Butt Carolina West (NC)

Matt Leland Maine

Molly Beck Eastern Missouri

Stacy Goddard Three Trails (KS)

Jonathan Robertson Tall Cotton (TX)

Chasity Hance Ozark (MO) 58

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Congratulating our new Diamond Coaches Oliver Parker

SPAIN PARK HIGH SCHOOL

Jordan Berry

LAMP HIGH SCHOOL

Congratulating our first-time qualifying schools Jefferson County IB School Northridge High School Hartselle High School St. Luke’s Episcopal School

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GOOD LUCK!

Welcome to

Team Arizona welcomes you to The Valley of The Sun. Please stay hydrated.

Team Arizona Is: Sophia Berg, Mizuki Yashiro, Nathan Conley, Divya Natarajan, Ashley Clark, Manal Ijaz, Sameer Kahn, Gauri Murkoth, Ria Mehta, Wendy Gluski, Dione Pahilan, Santiago Paul, Dens Sumesh, Dae Kyung Kim, Aden Smith, Abhinav Saxena, Connor Clark, Alexis Li, Timothy Jiang, Chloe Chun, Arnav Nigam, Arjun Choudhri, Sudeep Vattikuti, Taylor Beth, Naina Shaik, Pauline Kousoulas, Tristan Clarke, Aniyah Judkins, Ariam Ateshim, Ariana Altaha, Mikal Yonas, Siddharth Vadnerkar, Hope Smith, Jad Cehajic, Keenan Cehajic, Ian Mitofsky, Zackary Gozar, Sayuri Cumaranatunge, Nagasriya Ramisetty, Aaryan Wadwekar, Gwyneth Doebbeling, Mikhaelah Kounouho, Jiya Mutyala, Allison Yuan, Lily Fox, Sophia Lin, Michael Tsai, Nathan Cai, Gowri Biju, Ajay Taduri, Shradda Dwivedi, Devan Amin, Avni Chidella, Riya Dhaliwal, Miranda Rumsey, Misha Ghafouri, Juliana Li, Sruti Peddi, Sumdedh Seetharam, Isabel Matos, McKinley Paltzik, Aditya Lakshminarasimhan, Alessandra Issacson, Suhani Karkra, Rayna Shaik, Saran Chockalingam, Alexander Brown, Calliope Burkhart, Savannah Yu, Taylor Conley, Carlos Ovando, Elisia Arevalo, Fallon Sullivan, Rafe Orr, Sebastian Saenz, Aanya Venkat Congratulations from the Arizona NSDA District Committee

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Har-Ber HS Tommie Carnahan Gaby Cenobio Averie Gawf Knox Graham Richard Largaespada Carlos Pacheco Natalia Ruiz Nora Shitandi Emily Taylor

Russellville HS Dell Caldwell Aileen Pineda Kaylee Rackley Kylie Waeltz

Bentonville West HS Lauren Jackson

Bentonville HS Jasmine Huerta Isabella Jenkins Vaisakh Karuvath Manvitha Narasinhan Wyatt Rice Emily Simon Samyukta Vimalraj Sean Watkins

Don Tyson SOI Dara Cuenca Fayetteville HS Caroline Coussoule

Dardanelle HS Alexander Gamble

Arkansas School for Math, Science & the Arts Madison Arenaz

Jonesboro HS Bennett Young

Conway HS Tanaya Deshpande Ja'i Dantzler Avery Ferguson Cabot HS Alexis Childs Emma Durham Sawyer Giese Mariska Haddock Logan James Amber Marston Tyler Phillips Carter Rose Piper Selah Logan Williams Samuel Wylie

LR Central HS Iffat Anisha Jack Baker Kevin Durden Blanche Finzer Joey Leenhouts Georgia Liu Beckett McCaslin Jackson Mills

"IT'S A DRY HEAT, SO NO BIG DEAL"

CONGRATS TO ARKANSAS' QUALIFIERS BRINGING THE HUMIDITY IN 2023

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DRAMATIC INTERP Kassandra Rios - Santa Ana HS Sherry Shi - Gabrielino HS Jojo Scannell - Gabrielino HS Stephanie Li - Arcadia HS Vanessa Ramos-Garcia - Mt. SAC Early College Yimeng Wang - OCSA

PROUDLY PRESENTS ITS 2023 NATIONALS TEAM! ORIGINAL ORATORY Gabi Varga - Flintridge Prep Nicholas Luu - San Marino HS Violet Tran - La Salle Silvia Gibilaro - Flintridge Prep

PUBLIC FORUM HUMOROUS INTERP Daniel Zhao & Sienna Vaughn - Flintridge Prep US EXTEMP Evan Guyer - Flintridge Prep Joseph Nahas & Tanner Borowitz - La Salle Evelyn Tsoi - Arcadia HS Hannah Pitney - Flintridge Prep Kaitlyn Lavichant & Alex Bae - Flintridge Prep INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Brandon Cheng - Flintridge Prep Aidan Scannell - Gabrielino HS Daniel Choi & Ava Ye Flintridge Prep Kate Hamamoto - Gabrielino HS Sofia Villagra - Gabrielino HS Kailey Trinh - Gabrielino HS Mini Marsh Wang - Gabrielino HS Sunny D Sundaramoorthy - Gabrielino HS LINCOLN-DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Jordan Liu - Gabrielino HS Lauren Kim - Flintridge Prep Nikki Yamamoto - San Marino HS Clara Son OCSA Karina Vargas - Gabrielino HS Noah Leiva - La Salle Sebastian Juarez - Bishop Amat HS Jack D'Angelo - Flintridge Prep Anna Chen - La Salle Maylin Chen - Flintridge Prep DUO INTERP Geoffrey Foong - San Marino HS WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE Cameron Rangan & Lucas Truong - La Salle Eliza Gunter - Flintridge Prep Anya Desai - Valencia SENATE Thao Le & Allyson Lay - Gabrielino HS Morgan Hoang - Westridge Ronnie Cheng - Diamond Bar Collin Duong Alhambra Ellie Sohn & Isabel Kim - Flintridge Prep POLICY Calyx Prohias - Eagle Rock Fiona Zhou - Westridge Timothy Jin & Celine Chih - San Marino HS Paige Tang - South Pasadena PROGRAM ORAL INTERP Winston Chou & Sarah Tran - San Marino HS HOUSE Saba Kolahdouzan - Westridge Gavin Rossi - Sequoyah Brendan Poon & Jeffrey Liu - Polytechnic Kayla Acuna - Westridge Kat Northrop - Westridge Cindy Chen - Walnut HS Sunny V Sundaramoorthy - Gabrielino HS Sebastian Bharne - San Marino HS Sarah Chen - University HS BIG QUESTIONS Harrison Walker - San Marino HS Chenlu Yang - Gabrielino HS Caroline Louie - San Marino HS Dylan Tanouye - Flintridge Prep Brendon Wu - Alhambra HS Topher Torres - Gabrielino HS Sophia Pu - Gabrielino HS Sean Killackey - San Marino HS Evelyn Lam - Temple City Bryana Quach - Gabrielino HS Tanya Wei - Westridge Katelyn Ma - Temple City HS

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Craig Allen Anika Barr Demetrius Brown Caleb Chung Luke Chung Jack Clawson Axel Enochson Thomas Cole Felton Alayna Garrett Dominik Goodman Brylan Graber Kianna Gray Harry Harcrow Adelia Hayes Caleb Kezeor

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Andrew Knierim Dana Ko Michelle Lau Kevin Lester Tian Ren Li Mason Lipper Amari Luu

Vanessa Monforte Keaton Morrison Jackson Murry Mia Nicklesburg Nkechi Onyejekwe Phil Rasmussen Emma Luu David Repar Halie Mason Presley Shilkitus Logan McVay Riya Singh Alan Miner Diya Suri Connor Melton Isabella Tyler Abigail Vsetecka Brooke Watley Cole Wickert Sunny Wiggins Callan Williamson

My favorite thing about Jim was that he always did the right thing for kids... Jim LIVED for the kids— and not just his kids, ALL kids.

JAMES WAKEFIELD

His commitment to everything he did was out of passion: the art of debate, the growth of programs, his care of students, and his compassion toward his friends and colleagues.

TEACHER...COACH...MENTOR...FRIEND

— MEGAN WEST

— SARAH BEAUCHAMP

He loved old country music; he was a bowler; his consumption of Diet Coke was immeasurable. His legacy is in all the kids and coaches he made better... by being Jim.

When I was thrown into the world of debate, Jim was my mentor. He took it upon himself to take me under his wing and teach me the ropes. But more than my mentor, Jim was my friend.

— LISA MILLER

Jim literally and figuratively made space for everyone. It was what he did... James Wakefield made space for countless others.

— JACOB ABRAHAM

He was endlessly patient. I most remember his ability to be both sardonically hilarious and equally vulnerable and sweet. The world is a less colorful place without him.

— CRISTINA CUEVAS

— JUSTIN WEAVER

“Days may not be fair, always That's when I'll be there, always Not for just an hour Not for just a day And, not for just a year, but always.”

Jim was a man who embodied such kindness... all wrapped up in in a gruff, color coordinated exterior. — SUSAN MCGRAW

— ALWAYS BY PATSY CLINE (FROM KATE HAMM)

Jim cared about every child and left a lasting impression... The world lost a little color.

JIM... SURROUNDING YOU WITH LOVING WORDS FROM MANATEE COACHES PAST AND PRESENT

— SARAH BOTSCH-MCGUINN

Hawai'i District

2023 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

I ka ‘ōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ‘ōlelo nō ka make Samuel H. Elbert and Noelani Mahoe

In the word is life, in the word is death Public Forum Debate Miki Ng & Cassie Matsumoto Aiea High School Zoei Peacock & Jovie Okamoto Punahou School Lincoln-Douglas Debate Sean Jung Punahou School Duo Interp Kainoa Kelly & Avari Subee Iolani School Giovanni Demartini & Mia Cepeda Kahuku High & Intermediate School Original Oratory Riho Umitani Pacific Buddhist Academy Allie Quan University Laboratory School

United States Extemp Maddax Tsuchiya Kamehameha Schools International Extemp Chanel Matsumoto Kamehameha Schools Dramatic Interp Irene Zhong Punahou School Humorous Interp Hunter Lau Kamehameha Schools Isaiah Lau Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Program Oral Interp Ash Bu Punahou School Angelina Woo Kamehameha Schools Informative Speaking Kahiau Takahashi Kamehameha Schools Diyora Kamilova Iolani School

2023 National Speech & Debate Tournament National Speech & Debate Association

June 11-16, 2023 Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona

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FROM OUR DESERT TO YOURS – GOOD LUCK IN ARIZONA! Big Questions

Brayden Parks, Mountain Home

International Extemp

Dramatic Interp

Lindsey Klotthor, Columbia Myah Oswald, Rocky Mountain

Ashlesha Bellamkonda, Timberline Ryan Buckner, Bishop Kelly

Lincoln-Douglas

Duo Interp

Holmes & Patillo, Rocky Mountain Gauthier & Strahan, Mountain Home

Gareth Brantley, Mountain Home Sam Kleman, Mountain View Kyleigh Rohrs, Mountain Home

Original Oratory

Extemp Debate

Haeden Carter, Skyview

Lucy Glynn, Bishop Kelly Jisong Ryu, Timberline

Humorous Interp

Divya Elancheren, Timberline Kiara Quispe, Wood River

Policy Debate

Baird & Bodily, Eagle Baird & Levanger, Eagle

House

Cooper Brody, Renaissance Will Dominguez, Columbia Tucker Gratton, Bishop Kelly Henry Priebe, Columbia

Program Oral Interp

Jaxon Holmes, Rocky Mountain Seddi Momenpour, Skyview

Prose Interp

Arlene Mancilla, Columbia

Public Forum Debate

Dunn & Halford, Timberline Ritthaler & Sundt, Borah Rojas & Johnson, Borah

Senate

Olivia Lanzara, Rocky Mountain Samantha Seminar, Owyhee

Impromptu

Jacob Hiersekorn, Rocky Mountain Ryan Wind, Rocky Mountain

Informative

Maitane Hollenbeck, Borah Izabella Upham, Timberline

United States Extemp

Bridger Benson, Skyview Dylan Case, Skyview

World Schools Debate – Gem of the Mountain Gold Sky Cambron, Borah Bridget Gibson, Boise Tessa Hale, Skyview Luxxie Henry-Lang, Owyhee Hayden Servatius, Borah

IDAHO GEM OF THE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL QUALIFIERS!

BRINGING MOUNTAINS TO THE DESERT

IDAHO MOUNTAIN RIVER

PUBLIC FORUM CASPER & PECK BUTIKOFER & MORENO RADFORD & ANDERSEN POLICY DEBATE KUYPER & KAMPFEN BRADLEY & ANDRUS DUO INTERPRETATION BEAN & WHALEY WHEELER & MCCORD

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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS CREED JONES RILEY ROBINSON MADISON CADY DECLAN MELLOR DRAMATIC INTERP JOSEFA TAPIA CAMERON PHILLIPS MIRAH BENNION

HUMOROUS INTERP JADE SHEPPARD JOSHUA BROCK INFORMATIVE THAO DANG EMMA GROW LAUREN DAVIS

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP KAI NIENDORF JOSHUA WILLIAMS PETER D'EVEGNEE

ORIGINAL ORATORY VICTORIA WAI ALEXA BENITEZ KENNEDY TAYLOR

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP KIRA JORGENSEN LAUREN BEESLEY DOMESTIC EXTEMP ZANE CLEZIE JORDAN SPENCER JADEN BILLS

HOUSE ARIANA ASHBY MICHAEL SHUMWAY MICHAEL MCKITRICK SAMUEL FIELDING JAKE MENG ROME MCLEAN CLAIRE WILCOX

SENATE MARKO MILOVANOVIC LUCAS MCMURRY

WORLD SCHOOLS AYSIA ROWBERRY HAILEE NORDSTROM LUPITA SALDANA MADISEN HANSEN MICHAEL BAHE T.J. LAMBERT MALEAH DILWORTH LEAH MELVIN NEELAM GURUNG SHAE ELORDI BIG QUESTIONS ELIJAH URRIZAGA CARSON CRANOR

GREATER Illinois

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

Wini James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville West Michael Bagby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olympia

Sophia Vansaghi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pekin Abigail Frye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pekin

DUO INTERPRETATION

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

Zachary Webb & Norah Springborn . Pekin Brock Becker & Ryann Gordon . . . . . Belleville West

Ana Swaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenwood Maxwell Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION

HOUSE

Aidan Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Theo Rickert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville West

Pearl McDade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Anna Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Granite City Angel Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Abhinav Kumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bloomington

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Emma Bottomley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Sydni Juhas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville West

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L Dramatic Interpretation Destinee Owens - Thornton Fractional North Stella Hoyt - Homewood-Flossmoor Avaneesh Thiyagarajan - Neuqua Valley

Informative Speaking Jaila Mabry - Dwight D Eisenhower Kiran Gitzlaff - Hinsdale Central Emma Steiner - Homewood-Flossmoor

Program Oral Interpretation Aneecia Hatcher - Dwight D Eisenhower Ethan Eberhard - Downers Grove South Ernesto Perez - Dwight D Eisenhower John McBeth III - Thornton Fractional North Annie Sullivan - Wheaton North

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Pierce McDade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Simon Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moline

ORIGINAL ORATORY Satvika Boyina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Alina Vang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pekin

House Helen Yang - Naperville Central Allen Xu - Naperville North

Benjamin Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Marshal Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pekin

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE Mae Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University HS Mahek Bhakta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville West

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE Daniel Zhang & Yajath Narra . . . . . . . University HS Gabe Floyd & Henry Shang . . . . . . . . . University HS

Illini District where Cactus makes perfect!

Public Forum Debate Sebastian Attlan / Paul William Schmeltz Hinsdale Central

Adam DiPasquale / Shrihan Atluri Hinsdale Central

Carolyn Zhang / Vidyoot Senthilvenkatesh Illinois Math and Science Academy

Duo Interpretation Nina Washington / Christian Boyd Southland College Prep

Dallas Miles / Kolby Jackson Thornwood

Danny Irace / Jessica Popper Lemont HS

Humorous Interpretation Megan Fox - Downers Grove South Gianna Caponigro - Downers Grove South Jackie Vogel - Hinsdale Central

Oratory Catherine Hewawissa - Downers Grove South Anjali Jejurikar - Hinsdale Central Saniya Boyd-Morris - Thornton Fractional North Tyren Ollie - Thornton Fractional North

SENATE

Illini District Student of the Year Destinee Owens - Thornton Fractional North

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Anwita Kasturi - Illinois Math and Science Academy

United States Extemp Aaron McIntyre - Homewood-Flossmoor Kevin Zhang - Hinsdale Central Joseph Ngo - Neuqua Valley

International Extemp Ajay Gupta - Hinsdale Central April Zhang - Neuqua Valley

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OZARK DISTRICT

2023 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

Original Oratory

Informative Speaking United States Extemp

International Extemp

Mikayla Hammer

Cooper Zumwalt

Ryan Rodell

Elyse Rogers

Madelynn Jenkins

Jesus Garcia

Sohum Dua

Claire Bodnar

Siya Bhadu

Brynleigh Hill

Nico Neal

Joseph Campbell

Big Questions Debate

Program Oral Interp

Emery McEvoy

Humorous Interp

Samijia Brown

Lacey Ashlock

Bryna Norman

Robert Clark

Hunter White

Brodie Fugure

Jackson Wittmaier

Senate

Kaeden Abraham

Finley Smith

House

Dramatic Interp Adalea Vaughn Brenna Crace Taygen Morgan

Jesse Fields

Kaylie Hanks

John Otto

Jacob Hall

Mary Sharp

Tatum Corbett

Duo Interp

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tristan Khoshymn

Public Forum Debate

Solomon Manis Reese Whitt Lucy Huang

Policy Debate

Nico Jenkins & Kristopher Hunter

Sophia Leonard & Ian Morgan

Blaine Montford & Maxwell McCullough

Madalynn Shelton & McKenzie Scott

Kassidy Ellis & Hunter Maggard

Jamie Alford & Fatima Aslam

Ian Thompson & Mya Doty

Levi DeAngelis & Payten Luaders

Pheonix Gresham & Mollie Haynes

Congratulations Northeast Indiana

Drama: Meg Meredith Robinson, Plymouth Jason Benyousky, Warsaw

Oratory: Sage Borkholder, Concord Var Bobba, Warsaw

Humor: Grace Ganser, Warsaw Olivia Burch, Plymouth

Program Oral Interp: Gloria Sullivan, Plymouth Emily Garcia Cuatlatl, Plymouth

Informative: Lucy Scudder, Bishop Dwenger Anne Blake, Plymouth

U.S. Extemp: Keely Roe, Warsaw Hudson Shroyer, Canterbury

International Extemp: Matthew Landrum, Bishop Dwenger Cassidy Riddle, Plymouth

Lincoln-Douglas: Ian McHugh, Bethany Christian Nicolas Brenneman-Ochoa, Bethany Christian

House: Elise Jellison, Carroll Maddie Harness, Plymouth Tyler Travis, Plymouth Elise Neher, Canterbury

Senate: Selah Wagner, Columbia City Amanda Heck, Canterbury

Duo: Alex DeJarnatt & Claire Lewandowski, Plymouth Jonathan Velasquez & Dariel Herrera, Plymouth Public Forum: Ervin Fu & Harsimran Panesar, Carroll Marissa Carroll & Elizabeth Ellingson, Carroll

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The Louisiana District submitted a fantastic ad for the Tournament Book. Unfortunately, all of the ink melted in Arizona’s ‘‘dry’’ heat.

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Taylor Arthur School ʘ Holy Cross School ʘ Isidore Newman School ʘ

St. Mary’s Dominican High School ʘ Teurlings Catholic High School

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Keeping our cool while bringing the heat!

PUU!a I& SpA!.11& fJaUlb ITlout Program Oral Interp_ 11 Shalom Manyara I Millard North _If Tejal Parajuli Millard North

Public Formn Debate Cameron Coen & Molly O'Brien Lincoln Southwest _11 'I' Isabel Loriaux & Carly Wieseler Lincoln Southwest

Duo 1_ 1 Julia Clausen & Rook Jacobsen I Millard North 'I' Arpun Kunnath & Sanna Kunnath Millard North

U.S. Extemp_ 1_ 1 Vikram Menon Millard North If Sarah Lange Raymond Central

Humorous 1_ 1 Srilaasya Nedunoori Millard North If Caden Whelan Millard North

House Ellie Weeks Lincoln Southwest � Samuel Hunt I Millard South Wesley Earhart I Millard South Tania Vitales-Kadlec Norfolk

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Golden Desert celebrates our Cactus Classic Qualifiers!

Green Valley:

Cevan Louie, DI A-TECH: Brandon Anderson, House Clark: Kayla Kerkos, House Meadows: Celine Chang, IX Ryan Frichtel & Chanten Pantino, PF Addi Cootey & Ira Sirulnick, CX Brayson Holmes, USX Olivia Gnakadja & Palo Verde: Ashritha Kalakuntla, OO Gwen Elizabeth Lay, CX Grey Anderson, House Amanda Mallous, DI Camryn Scanson, WSD Kevin Cisneros, Info Sudipta Rout, WSD Aaron Sebastian, WSD Gabriella Detrick, OO Diva Saxena, WSD Amplus: Isabelle Hatch & Angelina Coronado: Melodi Brooke, LD Britney Johnston & Aaron Yoo, PF Ruggeroli, Senate Alana Nahabedian, POI Felicia Martinez, POI Paola Sanjines & Kaleabe Andualem, Duo Charlotte Swenson, LD Austin Parrales, HI Mia Tschan, WSD Arbor View: Rancho: Katherina Vega Mendez, IX Graydon Proby, IX Aliya Ojuade, OO Desert Oasis: Bishop Gorman: Thomas Tran & Jonathan Samuel Shewmake, WSD Cara Lee & Christopher Lee, PF Van De Mark-Wolfe, Duo Desert Pines: Canyon Springs: West CTA: Aleczander Rakban, WSD Tyler Breeden, USX Sabdy Cordon, WSD Foothill: Phenix Urcioli, WSD Patrick Donn Dimasin, House Pacie Hadama-Deparini, Info CASLV: Milla Santos, WSD Dillon Sullivan, HI Jonathan Adler, LD 72

Informative Speaking:

EVELYN HOSTUTLER Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School GRAYSON OAKLEAF East Mountain High School

Original Oratory: ZOE LAMB La Cueva High School KATE SHAO La Cueva High School

Dramatic Interp: KATE LUMINATI Hope Christian School FAITH YOUNG V. Sue Cleveland High School

Humorous Interp: NANDI STRIEKER Santa Fe High School KACEY THUNBORG East Mountain High School

Duo Interp:

PHILIPPA FUNG & TAYLOR KANZLEITER Los Alamos High School RYLEE MECHAM & KETURAH SHERRILL Los Alamos High School

Program Oral Interp:

Policy Debate:

TEVITA FUNAKI Los Alamos High School MATTHEA FUNG Los Alamos High School YUNSEO KIM Los Alamos High School

LEO CROWLEY & DARIN EBERHARDT Albuquerque Academy AIDEN SHOPPEL & LINUS WANG La Cueva High School

U.S. Extemp:

Big Questions Debate:

ANDREW CURTICE Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School ABIGAIL MERHEGE Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School

LINNHTET HTOON Los Alamos High School AMANDEEP PRASANKUMAR La Cueva High School

Int’l Extemp:

Congress – House:

ELIANA MERHEGE Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School AYLA ZOMERMAAND Albuquerque Academy

Lincoln-Douglas Debate:

UXUE SANSINENA Los Alamos High School AARUSH TUTIKI Albuquerque Academy

Public Forum Debate:

ABBOTT CAROTHERS & ELIZABETH HILLER Albuquerque Academy DARIAN KAPELIANIS-DONADO & KAMERON OTERO Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School

ZOE BENT Los Alamos High School LUKE CREEL Los Alamos High School MAXIMUS POSADA Los Alamos High School ANDREW PROCTER East Mountain High School

Congress – Senate:

LUKE FAVORITE Los Alamos High School GRACE WEI Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School

World Schools Debate:

NATASHIA ANDERSON Navajo Preparatory School JORDYN BEGAY Navajo Preparatory School DANIEL DIPALMA La Cueva High School MARIN GROVER Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School MINHTET HTOON Los Alamos High School CARINA LANIER Los Alamos High School ISABELLA LOBAINA Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School BRAEDEN PRUNIER Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School ASHNA SINGH Albuquerque Academy THOMAS WRAY Albuquerque Academy

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CONGRATULATIONS Northern Ohio National Qualifiers!

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE

Mark Groom – Howland Lucy Papini – Boardman Ava Ward – South Range Grayson Martz – South Range Bri Spencer – South Range Calef Joing – South Range

HOUSE

Matthew Powell – J.F.K. Katie Toepfer – Howland

SENATE

Swathi Padmanabhan – Boardman Kyle Whittaker – Niles

DRAMA

Aset Jones-Bey – Liberty Brooke Neilsen – South Range

DUO

Savanna Taylor & Avah Rodgers – Niles Macenzee Gaal & Abigail Harold – South Range

HUMOR

Quincy Bailey – South Range Mason Reichard – Ursuline

INFORMATIVE

Nastasija Glisic – Howland Austin Ward – Boardman

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Jacob Graber – Ursuline Jacelyn Zhao – Canfield

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

Jasmine Graham – Boardman Sarah Owens – Cardinal Mooney

ORIGINAL

Alexandra Long – Liberty Jaxon Farmer – Howland

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP Lillian Urmson – Crestview Ky’Renae Matlock – Howland

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

Mitchell Bogan – Cardinal Mooney Anna Kerns – Canfield

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Aquinas Central Catholic Hampton McDowell Mercer Area Moon Area North Allegheny Shady Side Upper St. Clair

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Congratulations to this year’s qualifying students & coaches!

Cosby HS

Fresta Valley Christian

COACHES

COACH

STUDENT

Jackie Clark Billy Waddell Scott McKeag

Diane King

Joy Williamson

STUDENTS

COACH

STUDENT

Lacy Hodges

Judy Ma

Ellora Houchins Vaishnavi Surisetty Jaden Wright

Deep Run HS COACHES

Rob Rumans Sheryl Gibson STUDENT

J.R. Tucker HS

James Madison HS COACH

Oakton HS

Michael Biddick

COACH

STUDENT

STUDENTS

Riya Patel

Adah Coluzzi

Calvin Kaplan Austin Pemble

The Potomac School

Shelly Purser

James River HS

Dominion HS

COACHES

COACH

Sheryl Gusman STUDENTS

Devin Fuller Daniel Salamat Ravandi

Graeme Evans Isabella Harris Emmalee Layton Rowan Milton-Benoit Mary Pepper Rowan Sharma Joey Tucker Anna Wood

Jessica Sanchez Stephanie O’Neil Nick Whelen Frank Crowley STUDENTS

Adelina Babbitt Lilli Brown

COACHES

Isabella Chumpitaz Hannah De Souza Mika Dewar Elizabeth Forster Sebastian Gardner Kasim Khapra Miqdad Khapra Ethan Maher Aliyah Majeed-Hall Ayanna Nayar Natalie Roots-Nowakowski Isabella Sequar Armaan Sethi Meredith Vorndran Abigail Woldgebriel

Harry Strong Mernine Armeris Jacob Kemp Kailyn Warmbold Tayland Ratliff

Thomas Jefferson HS

STUDENTS

Alina Chen Daniel Li Grace Liu Anant Khandelwal

Amber Atwater Alexander Bauer Taylor Burris

COACHES

Marie Bakke Charles Huang STUDENTS

Debate Qualifiers:

Speech Qualifiers:

Lincoln-Douglas Dakota Gunnare-West Bend East Ethan Zhang-Marquette Policy Mya Colburn & Aliyah Schlicht-La Crosse Central Maya Muth & Ireland MacGlashin-La Crosse Central

Public Forum Dhruv Prakash & Dheeraj Pasikanti-Middleton Ben Parlat & Nancy Liu-Middleton

Dramatic Interp Milanno Jones-Rufus King Esther Akinsanya-Rufus King Duo Ying Kou Xiong & Yee XiongRufus King Mollie Zacharias & Gillian SnyderRonald Reagan Humorous Interp Charles Voith-Ronald Reagan Chevalle Weigman-CotterRonald Reagan

Coach of the Year Becky Hansen, Fort Atkinson Student of the Year Milanno Jones, Rufus King

Program Oral Interp Lauren HightireMilw. HS of the Arts Haley Truss-Rufus King

Informative Nikhil Quintin-Middleton Rory Hoeschen-Ronald Reagan International Extemp Matthew Pennington-Marquette Nick Pienkos-Marquette

Oratory Ridhi Mohan-Brookfield East Jahnvi Datta-Middleton United States Extemp Gino Feciskonin-Port Washington Max Smith-Ronald Reagan

Congress Qualifiers:

Pranav Nair-Marquette Isha Chilukuri-Middleton

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SPECIAL THANKS

JOIN US! An adult from each middle school team should stop by to pick up your school’s registration materials and ask any questions!

We recommend teams drive to Red Mountain High School before competition begins to become familiar with the daily route and expected travel times.

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAB CHAIRS

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – MIDDLE SCHOOL Deano Pape, NSDA

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAB STAFF Steve Clemmons, CA (co-chair) Jeffrey Miller, GA (co-chair) Deborah Simon, WA (co-chair) David Dejesa, SC Toni Heimes, NE Raymond Shay, NJ Melanie Troncoso, NY William Warren, NC David Weatherly, TN

Steve Clemmons Middle School Co-Chair

Jeffrey Miller Middle School Co-Chair

Deborah Simon Middle School Co-Chair

MIDDLE SCH OOL R ECOG NITION

MIDDLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION AND EXPO

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MIDDLE SCHOOL SCH ED ULE OVERVIEW

MS DEBATE

MS WORLD SCHOOLS

EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

Policy (CX) Lincoln-Douglas (LD) Public Forum (PF)

• Red Mountain HS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Red Mountain HS 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Required Judge Training Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Red Mountain HS 8:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Round 5 Round 6 Elim Round 1 Elim Round 2 Elim Round 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center – North 124B 11:15 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Policy Final Lincoln-Douglas Final Public Forum Final

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

2:20 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Required Judge Training Round 1 (Prepared Motion) Round 2 (Prepared Motion) Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 3 (Impromptu Motion)

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Red Mountain HS 8:20 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

11:20 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 4 (Impromptu Motion) Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 5 (Impromptu Motion)* *if needed World Schools Final (Prepared Motion)

MS CONGRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Red Mountain HS 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Required Judge Training Session 1 Session 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Red Mountain HS 8:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Session 3 Session 4 Semifinal Session

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS PICKUP

• Phoenix Convention Center – North 124B 8:00 a.m.

Congress Final Session

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT — N O RT H 1 2 2 A / B — PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER

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MS FINALS

EVENTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

PATTERN A

• Phoenix Convention Center – North 124B

• Duo Interp (DUO) • Humorous Interp (HI) • Mixed Extemp (EXT) • Oratory (OO) • Poetry (POE) • Storytelling (STO)

8:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Congress Final Session Policy Debate Final Lincoln-Douglas Debate Final Public Forum Debate Final

• Phoenix Convention Center – North 129A

PATTERN B • Declamation (DEC) • Dramatic Interp (DI) • Impromptu (IMP) • Informative Speaking (INF) • Program Oral Interp (POI) • Prose (PRO) • Original Spoken Word Poetry (SW)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 • Red Mountain HS 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Required Judge Training Round 1A (EXT Draw: 9:30 a.m.)

Round 1B

1:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Round 2A Round 2B

(EXT Draw: 12:30 p.m.)

4:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Round 3A Round 3B

(EXT Draw: 3:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 • Red Mountain HS 8:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Round 4A Round 4B

(EXT Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

11:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

Round 5A Round 5B

(EXT Draw: 11:00 a.m.)

2:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Quarters A (EXT Draw: 2:00 p.m.)

Quarters B (EXT Draw: 3:30 p.m.)

5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Semis A Semis B

(EXT Draw: 5:00 p.m.)

(EXT Draw: 6:30 p.m.)

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 • Phoenix Convention Center

Final rounds will be held throughout the day on Friday and culminate in the Middle School Awards Assembly.

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

Impromptu Final Original Oratory Final Mixed Extemp Final (EXT Draw: 9:45 a.m.)

Poetry Final Humorous Interp Final Duo Interp Final

• Phoenix Convention Center – North 129B 8:00 a.m.

9:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

Informative Final Declamation Final Storytelling Final Original Spoken Word Poetry Final Prose Final Dramatic Interp Final Program Oral Interp Final

• Phoenix Convention Center – West 301A 4:30 p.m.

Middle School Awards Assembly

RESULTS AND AWARDS Results of all MS elimination rounds prior to finals will be posted on the public-facing side of Tabroom.com. Find who advanced to the next round by navigating to msnats. tabroom.com and selecting the Pairings tab—or use the QR code at left.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCH ED ULE OVERVIEW

MS SPEECH

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