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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 Food and Attractions.......................................................................................................11 Board of Directors .................................................................................................................. 22 National Office Staff ............................................................................................................. 23 Thank You to Our Sponsors ............................................................................................... 26

TAB LE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

HIGH SCHOOL Sunday Schedule........................................................................................................................12 High School Schedule Overview......................................................................................... 14 High School Finals and Awards ........................................................................................... 18 Tournament Officials ............................................................................................................. 24 Honors and Awards National Student of the Year .................................................................................... 61 District Students of the Year .................................................................................... 62 Four-Time Competitors .............................................................................................. 64 Hall of Fame Members ................................................................................................ 66 Coach/Administrator Awards ................................................................................... 69 New Diamond Coaches .............................................................................................. 70 Distinguished Service Awards .................................................................................... 74 District Leader Recognition ....................................................................................... 76 NSDA District Ads ................................................................................................................... 78

MIDDLE SCHOOL Middle School Recognition ............................................................................................... 100 Middle School Schedule Overview.................................................................................. 102 Middle School Finals and Awards ...................................................................................... 103

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STEVEN SC HAPPAUGH Chair • Theodore Roosevelt High School

J ER EMY F I T ZPAT R I CK Johnston High School

MAR I SS A KUI K E N Waukee Northwest High School

TUNISIA M AY Liberty High School

SPENCER WA U G H Simpson College

WELCOME

2024 LOCAL HOST STEERING COMMITTEE

Welcome to Greater Des Moines for the 2024 National Speech & Debate Tournament!

There are hundreds of individuals who have been involved in working to set up a quality event for students, judges, educators, and supporters of this transformative activity. While we’ve thought about every stakeholder, our primary focus has been thinking through how we create as equitable of an experience as possible for students this summer.

We are proud that we’ve delivered free meals to students in every event. We are excited to have concessions focused on being as affordable as possible, and any profits will be used to support Iowa students attending Nationals in the future. The NSDA has been a truly wonderful partner in these endeavors and has championed this effort through support and encouragement.

Our sincere hope is that everyone at #Nats24 leaves having learned, built community, and found an aspect of Iowa they didn’t expect to enjoy.

Best of luck this week! We are excited to see many of you again in 2025 for the centennial, where we intend to learn from this experience and create an even better Nationals for our beloved community.

Steven Schappaugh, Chair Local Host Steering Committee

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As we experience the National Speech & Debate Tournament from Greater Des Moines, Iowa, it is important to acknowledge the displaced indigenous people who are this land’s original stewards. We acknowledge that the place we now call Iowa is the ancestral home of the Ioway, for which Iowa is named. Des Moines is also the ancestral home to the Oceti, Sakowin, Meskwaki, Sauk, and other indigenous peoples who have passed through at various times. Today, we thank the indigenous people who are making essential contributions to Iowa and to speech and debate communities. Specifically, we want to recognize and thank 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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The Code of Honor articulates our values and establishes standards for NSDA participation. Participating in the National Tournament is a privilege, and we ask all attendees to honor that privilege by modeling behavior that best represents ourselves, our schools, and our districts by: • embracing competition with fairness and civility, and without bias or prejudice; • honoring all participants’ right to articulate diverse perspectives and ideologies while also respecting the tournament’s guidelines, rules, and procedures; and • maintaining an atmosphere of respect in all tournament venues and competition spaces so as not to compromise any student’s experience.

COD E OF H ONOR

CODE OF HONOR

“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.”

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.

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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TOURNAMENT 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 Nats24 Guidebook app.

Nationals Hub

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 Officer is someone who, via the Tournament Office, provides 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 who feel excluded at the tournament and/or have witnessed behavior that runs counter to the NSDA harassment and discrimination policy.

• 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 OFFICERS Dr. Sandra Berkowitz, MN Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Greg Malis, LA Randi Oleson, IA Dr. Anthony Peavy, IA Zachary Prax, MN Travis Rother, MN Simon Sheaff, IA

BELONGING AND INCLUSION ADVOCATES Dr. Scott Baker, MN Jamelle Brown, KS Reggie Chapman, TX Scott Caron, MA Mariel Cruz, CA Dana Facer, ID Jennifer Hermanson, MT Jacci Langston, MO Dr. Ed Lee, GA Heath Martin, TX Lavontae Morrow, IL Angelica Mercado-Ford, SD Renea L. Moss, FL Andie Peterson-Longmore, WI Dr. Paul Porter, NSDA Dr. Kristy Thomas, CA Liz Vieira, MN Donna Yeager, AL

ADJUDICATION PANELISTS Susan Anderson, ND Byron Arthur, LA Martha Benham, CO Christy Briggs, NV Don Crabtree, MO Lori Crews, OK Holly Custer, OH Jason Habig, OH Meg Howell-Haymaker, AZ David Huston, TX Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr., CA Renee Motter, CO Michael Patterson, OK Bryce Piotrowski, TX Fred Robertson, NE Jay Rye, AL Deborah Simon, WA Donna Szumila, TX Pam Cady Wycoff, MN

• The Nats24 Guidebook app is your primary source of information.

Use the QR code to download, then search for “Nats24.” We strongly recommend allowing push notifications so you don’t miss any important tournament announcements!

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

Nats24 Guidebook app

• 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. CT will be responded to the following day, with the exception of Tuesday evening during supplemental re-registration through 9:00 p.m. CT. (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 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 18 for more information about limited mobility seating available during finals and awards.

TOURNAMENT PROC ED U R ES

NEED ASSISTANCE?

• If you lost something at a school campus, please check with the Tournament Office for lost and found items. When buildings close down, we bring recovered items to the Tournament Office located in the Iowa Events Center.

• Not feeling well? School venues have a nurse on site, and the Iowa Events 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.

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

Note: Only official NSDA ribbons should be worn on badges.

JUDGE BONDS If your school’s judges have met their obligations (reported to all assignments), the $200 judge bond will be refunded. During Nationals registration, schools indicated on Tabroom.com if they would like their judge bond credited to their 2024-2025 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, 2024. 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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VENU ES

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IOWA EVENTS CENTER

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 DOWNTOWN HILTON

6 NORTHWEST HS Main Speech: USX, IX, OO (Mon-Tue) Middle School Events (Wed-Thu)

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WAUKEE HS

Main Speech: HI, DI, DUO, POI, INF (Mon-Tue) Main Speech: ALL EVENTS (Wed) Big Questions (Wed-Thu) Lincoln-Douglas (Wed-Thu) Policy (Wed-Thu) Public Forum (Wed-Thu) World Schools (Wed-Thu)

New Coach Receptions (Sun) District Leader Luncheon (Sun) Hall of Fame Reception (Sun) House and Senate (Mon-Tue)

8 TIMBERLINE MS

3 EAST HS

Extemp Debate—Goldfinch Group (Wed-Thu) Extemp Debate—Wildrose Group (Thu)

World Schools (Mon-Tue) Supplemental Speech—Goldfinch Group (Wed-Thu)

9 SOUTH MS

4 HIATT MS Big Questions (Mon-Tue)

5 JOHNSTON HS Policy (Mon-Tue) Supplemental Speech—Wildrose Group (Wed-Thu)

Extemp Debate—Wildrose Group (Wed)

10 VALLEY HS Lincoln-Douglas (Mon-Tue)

11 ROOSEVELT HS Public Forum (Mon-Tue)

NOTICE OF FILMING: JUNE 16-21, 2024 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 16-21, 2024, means that you release and hold harmless the NSDA from any claims or actions that arise as a result of this production.

Vox Pop Films, Inc. will be filming part of its “1000 Words” film project at Northwest HS, Waukee HS, and the Iowa Events Center. Photography and filming may occur on the premises for documentary and publicity purposes. Select rounds of Original Oratory may be filmed. If you would like to avoid being filmed, please visit the Tournament Office at your competition venue. Thank you!

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Greater Des Moines Map Overview 5

Johnston HS

JOHNSTON

6 Northwest HS

WAUKEE

Hiatt MS

Waukee HS, Waukee MS, Prairieview School

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9 South MS

10 Valley HS

11 Roosevelt HS

Timberline MS

Waukee HS Campus

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Downtown Hilton

Iowa Events 1 2 Center

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East HS

DES MOINES

VENUES

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The Waukee HS campus includes three adjacent, walkable buildings: Waukee HS, Waukee MS, and Prairieview School; shuttling is available.

Access building maps and more via the Nats24 Guidebook app!

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Iowa Events Center

LEVEL 4

GRAND BALLROOM

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 2 HYVEE HALL

LEVEL 1 Junior Ballroom A

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Junior Ballroom B

Junior Ballroom Conf.

C Room

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LUNCH MENU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DES MOINES, JOHNSTON, WAUKEE, AND WEST DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICTS

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Hamburger or Cheeseburger

Cheese French Bread or Pepperoni French Bread

Breaded Chicken Sandwich

Stuffed Crust Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza

– OR –

– OR –

– OR –

– OR –

Sun Butter Uncrustable, String Cheese, and Crackers

Sun Butter Uncrustable, String Cheese, and Crackers

Sun Butter Uncrustable, String Cheese, and Crackers

Sun Butter Uncrustable, String Cheese, and Crackers

*ALL LUNCH OPTIONS SERVED WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE OPTIONS AND MILK TO MAKE A MEAL.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

FOO D A ND AT TRACTIONS

• LUNCH IS FREE FOR STUDENTS MONDAY-THURSDAY. MEALS AT NATIONALS • ADULTS: Adults at schools can purchase a $6/day meal ticket at concessions for the same lunches served to

students using cards or cash.

Adults at theWe Iowaare Events Center from free various food vendors, which will FREE LUNCH FOR STUDENTS excited to may oncepurchase again offer lunch only accept cards.

for competitors Monday through Thursday at both high school and middle school • GLUTEN-FREE, VEGAN, AND lunch VEGETARIAN SUBSTITUTES available Nationals!

Check out the daily menu above.

All lunches will upon have request. gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian substitutes available request.

• BREAKFAST: Free breakfast for students will upon be available at the Iowa Events Center, East, Hiatt, Roosevelt,

Johnston, and Valley. Breakfast items will be available for purchase at Waukee, Northwest, South, and Timberline.

MEALS FOR ADULTS Adults can purchase the same lunch served to students at

schools for $6 using cards or cash. Adults at the Iowa Events Center may purchase from various food vendors, which will only accept cards. Lunch is not provided for judges, but light continental breakfast offerings will be available for judges in the hospitality lounge, and snacks will be available throughout the day.

CONCESSIONS Concessions at all school locations will accept cards and cash.

Concessions at the Iowa Events Center will only accept cards.

THINGS TO DO + PLACES TO EAT Visit the Catch Des Moines and Full Court Press websites to learn how you can explore the diversity of Greater Des Moines—and be sure to check out local discounts! Searching for more dining ideas?

Our national office is in Des Moines! Explore our staff’s picks.

NSDA Staff’s Picks

Local Attractions

Full Court Press

Explore Diversity

Deals + Discounts

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S UNDAY SC H ED U LE

JOIN US AT THE IOWA EVENTS CENTER 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

(*or Downtown Hilton, where noted)

Shop Custom Apparel.................................................. Room 310 Shop the NSDA Store................................................... Room 308 National Tournament Expo......................................... Grand Ballroom B Pick Up Pre-Ordered T-Shirts..................................... Room 401 Early Registration (tournament officials only, optional)............................ Grand Ballroom A Asian/Pacific Islander Coaches’ Caucus................. Room 301 Hispanic/Latine Coaches’ Caucus............................. Room 302 Registration...................................................................... Grand Ballroom A Small Schools Coaches’ Interest Group.................. Room 301 New Coach Reception #1 – presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute....... *HILTON Cloud Ballroom Tournament Officials Meeting................................... Room 108 Women’s Coaches’ Caucus.......................................... Room 301 Indigenous Persons Coaches’ Caucus...................... Room 302 Tab Officials Breakout Meetings • Extemp Debate Tab.................................................. Room 101 • Supplemental Speech Tab..................................... Room 102 • Big Questions Tab..................................................... Room 103 • World Schools Debate Tab.................................... Room 104 • Main Speech Tab....................................................... Room 108 • Extemp/Commentary Prep................................... Room 304 • Public Forum Debate Tab....................................... Room 317 • Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tab................................. Room 319 • Policy Debate Tab..................................................... Room 321 Rural Schools Coaches’ Interest Group.................. Room 301 Black/African American Coaches’ Caucus.............. Room 302 Parliamentarian Meeting (mandatory)...................... Room 303 District Leader Luncheon – presented by Simpson College.................................................................. *HILTON Cloud Ballroom LGBTQ+ Coaches’ Caucus............................................ Room 301 Speech Judge Training (optional)................................ Room 107 Congress Judge Training (optional)............................. Room 317 Debate Judge Training (optional)................................ Room 319 World Schools Debate Judge Training (mandatory for WS judges)............................................. Room 104 New Coach Reception #2 – presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute....... *HILTON Cloud Ballroom Non-Public Schools Coaches’ Interest Group...... Room 301 Abilities United Coaches’ Caucus............................. Room 302 Late Registration............................................................. Grand Ballroom A

MAKE-UP REGISTRATION The last registration opportunity after this will be Monday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Iowa Events Center in Room 311.

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Over the years, our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion has evolved to reflect our community’s breadth of identities and ideologies.

This focus warrants new opportunities to support our coaches and teams by providing space for networking, mentorship, and relationship development, as well as ensuring productive, streamlined communication. This also includes the need for an effective reporting structure to document the concerns of our stakeholders and provide recommendations for the national office to consider. In that vein, we are proud to introduce the NSDA Coaches’ Network. The Coaches’ Network brings together the seven existing coaches’ caucuses with three newly-created interest groups designed to address unique barriers coaches face from the viewpoint of the schools and teams they serve. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coaches-network.

COACHES’ CAUCUSES – presented by Colorado College Abilities United Caucus Leaders

Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus Leaders

Black/African American Caucus Leaders

Jesse Meyer

Jan Pizzo

Kris Igawa

David Long

Adesuwa Omoruyi

Jharick Shields

IOWA

OREGON

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

TEXAS

MISSISSIPPI

Indigenous Persons Caucus Leader

Hispanic/Latine Caucus Leaders

LGBTQ+ Caucus Leaders

Women’s Caucus Leaders

Victoria Beard

Tony Ugalde

John Samqua

Elle Barts

Heath Martin

Jamelle Brown

Kim Lenger

TEXAS

CALIFORNIA

KANSAS

NEBRASKA

TEXAS

KANSAS

MISSOURI

COACHES’ INTEREST GROUPS – presented by Colorado College Small Schools Interest Group Leaders

Rural Schools Interest Group Leaders

Katy Russell

Scott Caron

Justin Cartwright Christine Hubbard

OHIO

MASSACHUSETTS

KANSAS

IDAHO

Non-Public Schools Interest Group Leaders

Renea Moss

Gail Nicholas

FLORIDA

SOUTH CAROLINA

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HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

MAIN DEBATE

MAIN SPEECH

MONDAY, JUNE 17 †

MONDAY, JUNE 17

• Johnston HS (CX), Valley HS (LD), Roosevelt HS (PF)

• Northwest HS (USX, IX, OO) • Waukee HS (HI, DI, DUO, POI, INF)

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 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 † • Johnston HS (CX), Valley HS (LD), Roosevelt HS (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.

4:30 p.m.

Round 7 Round 8

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 †

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 • Northwest HS (USX, IX, OO) • Waukee HS (HI, DI, DUO, POI, INF) 8:30 a.m.

Round 5

10:30 a.m.

Round 6

(Draw at 8:00 a.m. – be in draw at 7:30 a.m.)

(Draw at 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 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Round 7 Round 7 Round 8 Round 8

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

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

6:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

• Waukee HS

12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

8:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19

Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12

• Waukee HS

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Waukee HS 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.

Round 13 Round 14 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 15 Round 16

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center – HyVee Hall 9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

PF Final LD Final CX Final

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

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

(Draw at 11:00 a.m.)

(Draw at 1:30 p.m.)

(Draw at 3:30 p.m.)

8:30 a.m.

Round 9

10:30 a.m.

Round 10 2:30 p.m.

Round 11 4:30 p.m.

Round 12 5:00 p.m.

Round 12

(Draw at 8:00 a.m. – be in draw at 7:45 a.m.)

(Draw at 10:00 a.m.)

(Draw at 2:00 p.m.)

(OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI) (USX/IX – Draw at 4:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Iowa Events Center – HyVee Hall 9:00 a.m.

Speech Finalists’ Sound and Light Check

12:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

INF Final HI Final DI Final POI Final DUO Final

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center – HyVee Hall 2:30 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

USX Final IX Final OO Final

(USX Draw at 2:00 p.m.)

(IX Draw at 3:15 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 † • Timberline MS (Goldfinch) or South MS (Wildrose) 8:00 a.m.

Mandatory meeting for all XDB judges obligated for Wed (Gym)

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Round 1 (preset) Round 2 (preset) Round 3 (powered) Round 4 (powered) Round 5

Topic Release: 8:00 a.m.

Topic Release: 10:30 a.m.

Topic Release: 1:00 p.m.

Topic Release: 3:30 p.m.

Topic Release: 6:00 p.m.

Note: All contestants will be scheduled in Rounds 1-4, and Rounds 3 and 4 are power-matched so that debaters with similar records debate each other. Only those whose records are 3-1 or 4-0 at the end of Round 4 will advance to Round 5.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 † • Timberline MS (Goldfinch & Wildrose) 7:45 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:15 p.m.

2:30 p.m..

3:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

6:15 p.m.

Mandatory meeting for all XDB judges obligated for Thu but were not obligated for Wed (Gym) Round 6 Topic Release: 8:00 a.m.

Round 7 Topic Release: 9:45 a.m.

Round 8 Topic Release: 11:00 a.m.

Round 9 Topic Release: 12:45 p.m.

Round 10 Topic Release: 2:00 p.m.

Round 11 Topic Release: 3:15 p.m.

Round 12 Topic Release: 4:30 p.m.

Round 13 Topic Release: 5:45 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center 9:30 a.m.

Round 14* *if needed

Topic Release: 9:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

XDB Final Topic Release: 2:30 p.m.

Grand Ballroom A

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

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

Extemp Debate and Supp Speech Group Names:

GOLDFINCH (East/Timberline)

PATTERN B

WILDROSE

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

(Johnston/South/ Timberline)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • East HS (Goldfinch) or Johnston HS (Wildrose) 8:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Round 1A Round 1B

(EXC Draw in Gym at 8:00 a.m.)

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Round 2A Round 2B

(EXC Draw in Gym at 11:30 a.m.)

3:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Round 3A Round 3B

(EXC Draw in Gym at 2:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • East HS (Goldfinch) or Johnston HS (Wildrose) 8:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Elim 1A Elim 1B Elim 2A/2B Elim 3A/3B Elim 4A/4B Elim 5A/5B* *if needed

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

HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

EXTEMP DEBATE

(EXC Draw in Gym at 11:30 a.m.)

(EXC Draw in Gym at 1:30 p.m.)

(EXC Draw in Gym at 3:00 p.m.)

(EXC Draw in Gym at 5:00 p.m.)

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center – Grand Ballroom A

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 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 via 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.

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 at 12:30 p.m.)

SUPPLEMENTAL ONLY REGISTRATION Schools that are ONLY participating in supplemental events should attend the Supplemental Only Registration on Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Iowa Events Center in Grand Ballroom B.

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HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

HOUSE/SENATE MONDAY, JUNE 17 • Iowa Events Center and Downtown Hilton 8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

12:45 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

5:45 p.m.

Opening Assembly (in person, all Congress competitors, in HyVee Hall B) Round 1: Elect presiding officer (PO); set agenda; convene Recess for lunch Round 2: Elect PO; convene Recess

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 • Iowa Events Center and Downtown Hilton 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 9:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • Iowa Events 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.

Elimination Round Opening Assembly (in person, all elim competitors, in Room 303) 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

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 sign up in advance using the “Judge Signup” tab at msnats.tabroom.com and arrive at Northwest HS by 8:15 a.m. CT on Wednesday to check in with tournament staff. They will be required to attend a judge training session before they are permitted to judge.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Iowa Events 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 21 • Iowa Events 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 Room 303.

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BIG QUESTIONS

MONDAY, JUNE 17

MONDAY, JUNE 17 †

• East HS 8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1:45 p.m.

2:10 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

• Hiatt MS Makeup World Schools 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 18 • East HS 8:15 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

12:45 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 5 (Impromptu Motion) Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 6 (Impromptu Motion) Announcement of Advancing Teams Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Elim Round 1 (Impromptu Motion)*

*Depending on the number of entries with a 4-2 or better record, the first elimination round may be a quadruple octafinal or a triple octafinal.

7:30 p.m.

Online Postings via Tabroom.com

12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • Waukee HS 8:00 a.m.

8:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

2:45 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Roll Call for All Teams in Elim Round 2 (Small Gym) and Judges (Auditorium) Elim Round 2 (Prepared Motion) Roll Call for All Teams in Elim Round 3 and Judges Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Elim Round 3 (Impromptu Motion) Roll Call for All Teams in Elim Round 4 and Judges Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Elim Round 4 (Impromptu Motion)

THURSDAY, JUNE 19 • Waukee HS 8:00 a.m.

8:15 a.m.

9:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

Roll Call for All Teams in Elim Round 5 (Small Gym) and Judges (Auditorium) Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins Elim Round 5 (Impromptu Motion) Roll Call for All Teams in Elim Round 6 and Judges** Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins** Elim Round 6 (Impromptu Motion)** **if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

10:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

2:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Judge training for all BQ judges (Auditorium) Round 1 Round 2 Round 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 † • Hiatt MS 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 9:00 p.m. – Supplemental Re-registration via Tabroom.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • Waukee HS 10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Round 7 Round 8 Round 9

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Waukee HS 10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Round 10** Round 11** Round 12** Round 13** **if needed

HIGH SCHOOL SC H ED ULE OVERVIEW

WORLD SCHOOLS

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center – Grand Ballroom A 3:30 p.m.

BQ Final

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

all times are shown in Central Time (CT)

• Iowa Events Center – HyVee Hall 8:00 a.m.

WS Final (Prepared Motion)

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HIGH SCHOOL FINALS AND AWAR DS

FINALS AND AWARDS MAIN EVENT FINALS THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Iowa Events Center • Room 303 8:00 a.m.

Sen. Richard Lugar Congressional Debate – Senate Final Round

MIDDLE SCHOOL You can find middle school info and schedules starting on page 101.

Iowa Events Center • HyVee Hall (doors open at 11:45 a.m.)

12:30 p.m.

Informative Speaking Presented by Truman State University 2:00 p.m.

Humorous Interpretation Presented by Advantage Communications 3:30 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

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 HyVee Hall. Chairs in this area will be set apart rather than attached at the sides to create extra space for people who need accessibility accommodations.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be available in HyVee Hall on Thursday and Friday during the awards assemblies.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Iowa Events Center • Room 303 8:00 a.m.

Rep. Barbara Jordan Congressional Debate – House Final Round

Iowa Events Center • HyVee Hall (doors open at 7:15 a.m.)

8:00 a.m.

World Schools Debate Presented by Simpson College 9:30 a.m.

Public Forum Debate

11:00 a.m.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

AWARDS EMCEE Emmy Awardwinning journalist David Begnaud of CBS Mornings will be our emcee for the Hall2024 National Tournament! Join us in HyVee Hall Thursday and Friday as we honor our coaches and crown this year’s national champions.

12:30 p.m.

Richard B. Sodikow Policy Debate Presented by University of Iowa Debate 2:30 p.m.

Carmendale Fernandes United States Extemporaneous Speaking Presented by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 3:45 p.m.

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

5:00 p.m.

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

High School National Awards Assembly

SUPPLEMENTAL EVENT FINALS FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Iowa Events Center • Grand Ballroom A

HIGH SCHOOL FINALS AND AWAR DS

MAIN EVENT FINALS

8:00 a.m.

Storytelling Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton 9:00 a.m.

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

Poetry Reading Presented by The Delores Taylor Arthur

School for Young Men

Every high school champion receives a traditional Hawaiian lei!

11:00 a.m.

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

Prose Reading Presented by Bob and Salli Stockton 1:00 p.m.

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

Original Spoken Word Poetry Presented by Always Writing 4 U 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 1-14, top Lincoln-Douglas 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

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.

Four-time competitors should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to be recognized from the audience, but will not need to appear on stage. Special awards are available at Awards Pickup.

Congressional Debaters Placing 1-14, Top POs, Leadership Bowls

Speech Semifinalists

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.

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. CT on Thursday, June 20 in HyVee Hall of the Iowa Events Center. Oratory finalists should report at 8:00 a.m. CT for a special filming session with Vox Pop Films, Inc. Students should wear what they plan to wear during the final round of competition.

SCHOLARSHIP CLAIM REQUESTS Graduated high school students who have earned a scholarship at Nationals 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. Visit www.speechanddebate.org/ scholarship-claim-request-form for details.

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SCHOOL AWARDS

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT

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 Nats24 Guidebook app during the afternoon on Friday, June 21.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT — ROOM 309 —

IOWA EVENTS CENTER

ELIM AWARD DISTRIBUTION The following items may be picked up at the Iowa Events 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

One coach from each qualified school should plan to attend the National Awards Assembly at 6:30 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.

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.

MORE ELIM AWARDS

RESULTS

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.

Results of all high school elimination rounds prior to finals will be posted on the publicfacing 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.

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

HIGH SCHOOL AWAR DS R EMIND ER S

AWARDS PICKUP

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

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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

Aaron Hardy

Lauren Burdt

Director of Competition and Events

Amy Seidelman

Annie Reisener

Assistant Executive Director

Erik Altman

Website Content Specialist

Kellie Etzel

Callie Anderson Development Coordinator

Amber Gracia

Director of Membership

Matt Bopes

Membership and Resources Coordinator

Karen Jansen

Business and Finance Assistant

Dr. Paul Porter

Director of Technology

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Laura Stein

Nicole WanzerSerrano

Director of Business and Finance

Director of Development

Emily Bratton

Walker Desing

Kirsten Ellermann

Shunta- Jordan

Vicki Joss

Jessica Kincannon

Alyssa Rivera

Graphic Designer and Publications Assistant

Video Production Specialist

Grants Administrator

Alumni Engagement Specialist

Leela Ortiz

Chris Palmer Developer

Part-time Competition and Events Specialist

Development Manager

Tova Prax

Susan Rhoades

Stephanie VanderBruggen

Lisa Vossekuil

Amanda Wagner

Becky Wagner

Chad Wagner

Administrative Specialist

Business and Finance Manager

Operations Coordinator

Deano Pape

Trophy Shop Assistant

Tournament Services Manager

Trophy Shop Assistant

OF F IC E STAF F

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J. Scott Wunn

Executive Director

Publications Manager

Part-time Mail Assistant

Trophy Shop Manager

Membership Coordinator

Content Specialist

Lauren McCool

Education and Leadership Specialist

Kara Smith

Marketing Communication Specialist

Competition and Events Manager

Eli Woody

Megan Wunn

Tournament Services Coordinator

Merchandise Coordinator

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TOUR NAMENT OF F IC IALS

EVENT CHAIRS

SPECIAL THANKS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

ASSISTANT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Amy Seidelman, NSDA

Matt Good

Colton Gilbert

Speech Tab Chair

Policy Tab Co-Chair

Jonathan Alston

Jeff Stutzman

Hanh Do

Policy Tab Co-Chair

Big Questions Tab Chair

Ameena Amdahl-Mason

Nicole Dalton

Alma Nicholson

Kevin Berlat

Julie Roos

Chase Williams

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – COMPETITION Lauren Burdt, NSDA

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – OPERATIONS Annie Reisener, NSDA

CO-CHAIRS OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS

Lincoln-Douglas Tab Co-Chair

Lincoln-Douglas Tab Co-Chair

Public Forum Tab Co-Chair

Public Forum Tab Co-Chair

Aaron Hardy, NSDA Chris Palmer, NSDA

OPERATIONS Tammy Altman, IA Erik Altman, Jr., IA Brandon Batham, CA Elena Cecil, KY Parker de Decker, NY Jan Friedman-Pizzo, OR Martin Glendinning, OK Emily Housby, IA Matt Huber, IL David Huston, TX Adam J. Jacobi, WI Jennifer Jerome, NE Richard Kawolics, OH Greg Malis, LA Brian Manuel, NY Randi Oleson, IA Dr. Anthony Peavy, IA Lynn Pizzo, OR Zachary Prax, MN Angelique Ronald, CA Travis Rother, MN Nick Ryan, VA Sara Sanchez, IL Simon Sheaff, IA Charles Sloat, NY Grady Stein, IA Tess Stein, IA Tyler Unsell, MO Darrell Vossekuil, IA Jim Walker, IA Jaden Wunn, IA

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Kimberly Bayan-Berlat

Congressional Debate Tab Co-Chair

Congressional Debate Tab Co-Chair

World Schools Tab Co-Chair

World Schools Tab Co-Chair

Jo Ball

Yatesh Singh

Denise Raeder Johnson

Pam McComas

Extemp & Commentary Prep Co-Chair

Greg Malis

Extemp Prep Co-Chair

Extemp Debate Tab Chair

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

Extemp Prep Co-Chair

Megan Hagaman

Supplemental Speech Tab Co-Chair

Commentary Prep Co-Chair

Marc Rischitelli

Supplemental Speech Tab Co-Chair

MARKETING AND VIDEO TEAM Wynter Byrd, AL Walker Desing, NSDA Jonah Johnson, MN Jessica Kincannon, NSDA Liv Krusinski, CA Mantas Motekaitis, CA

Alyssa Rivera, NSDA Grace Rogers, KS Emily Seidelman, MO Michael Villalobos, IL Caitlin Williams, FL Shelby Young, IA

Policy Debate

World Schools Debate

Colton Gilbert, AR (co-chair) Jeff Stutzman, IN (co-chair) Xavier Liu, CA Darin Maier, MS Larrisha McDonnough, TX Nick Panopoulos, CO Dustin Rimmey, KS Blake Ziegler, LA

Julie Roos, NV (co-chair) Chase Williams, Taiwan (co-chair) Sandy Berkowitz, MN Mike Bietz, CA Katie Burke, NJ Bilal Butt, NC Megan Butt, NC Theodore Dounias, CA Kelly Clark Garner, MS Daniel Johnson, MT Kelley Kirkpatrick, WA Katie Klahman, ID Jesse Meyer, IA Taylor Mittelstadt, AZ Alma Villarreal, TX

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Jonathan Alston, NJ (co-chair) Ameena Amdahl-Mason, OR (co-chair) Courtney Coffman, TX Crawford Leavoy, NC Michael Patterson, OK (chair emeritus) Chris Randall, MD 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, PA A. Jane Berry-Eddings, OR Rachel Mauchline, NC Janet Novack, MA Harry Strong, VA William Torres, NM

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

Big Questions Debate Hanh Do, TX (chair) Steven Ellis, MO LaMonde Howard, TX Sheryl Kaczmarek, MA Colleen Mooney, PA Adesuwa Omoruyi, TX Joe Vaughan, NY

Updated June 15, 2024

Main Speech Matt Good, MO (chair) Kim Lenger, MO (associate chair) Steve Meadows, KY (associate chair) Gail Nicholas, SC (associate chair) Tony Ugalde, CA (associate chair) Lillian Adeyemi, TX Stan Austin, IL Shiela Berselli, NV Eloise Blair, TX Luis Cardenas, NY Shane Cole, MS Carolyn Cook, KS Amanda Dolinger, MO Cheryl Frazier, IL Wyatt Freeman, OK Mary Fridh, IN Richard Glover, AZ Mario Herrera, GA Shelia Holt, MO Vicky Hyde, WA Kris Igawa, OR Zach McGee, MO Rory McKenzie, TX Chuck Nicholas, SC Jeff Plinsky, KS Bill Prater, OH Michael Robinson, KY Todd Schnake, MO Robert Shepard, TX Jimmy Smith, TX Betty Stanton, OK Karissa Talty, MO Tom Tobin, MO Mick Turpin, MO William Warren, NC Rachel Wilczewski, OR Brian Winckler, MO Trey Witt, KS David Yastremski, NJ

Extemp and Commentary Prep Pam McComas, KS (Extemp and Commentary Prep co-chair)

Jo Ball, KS (Extemp Prep co-chair) Denise Raeder Johnson, ND (Commentary Prep co-chair)

Yatesh Singh, MN (Extemp Prep co-chair) Pamela Childress, GA Robin Christensen, ID Erin Harbaugh Clark, OK James M. Copeland, AZ Lexy Green, CA Kelsey Johnson, ND WK Kay, NY Ishmael Kissinger, OK Julie Laflen, KS John Mast, TX Jeri Neidhard, OH Jeffrey Robbins, TN Donus Roberts, SD Tyler Slinkard, KS Jay Stubbs, TX Melissa Witt, TX

TOURNAMENT OF F IC IALS

HIGH SCHOOL TAB STAFF

Supplemental Speech Megan Hagaman, KS (co-chair) Marc Rischitelli, MA (co-chair) Ken Carter, IL Daniel Dawson, KS Marco Dominguez, AZ Bill Fleming, IL JP Fugler, TX Paul Gaba, FL Deborah Garoui, TX Manuel Halkias, OH Mary Hoard, TX Gabriel Hopkins, MA Adam Jenkins, IL Ryan Julian, MA Tony Kandalaft, MA Stephanie King, WI Tiana Marion, KS Ryan Nassif, TX Chris Sheldon, MA Michael Starks, WY Dakota Yates, KS

Extemp Debate Greg Malis, LA (chair) Joel Brown, AR Rachel Clapper-Davis, MS Lori Crews, OK Scott Johnstone, LA Rachel Mauchline, NC Evan Price, AL Frank Riccobono, NY Maggie Rietz, IA Jared Shapiro, OH Meghan Avis Yen, TX

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

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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 2024 National Student of the Year will be announced Friday, June 21 during the National Tournament Awards Assembly at 6:30 p.m. CT. This year’s finalists are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.

Hannah Childress Valdosta High School — Georgia — Georgia Southern Peach District

Esther Oyetunji American Heritage School - Broward — Florida — Florida Manatee District

Beneyam Hassen Sioux Falls Jefferson High School — South Dakota — Rushmore District

Anika Parthiban Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School — New Jersey — New Jersey District

Arik Karim Dreyfoos School of the Arts — Florida — Florida Oceanfront District

Breanna Wollman Aberdeen Central High School — South Dakota — Northern South Dakota District

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

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DISTRICT STUDENTS OF TH E Y E AR

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 Patton Hahn Mountain Brook HS, AL

ROCKY MOUNTAIN - SOUTH Miles Allen Golden HS, CO

GREATER ILLINOIS Ana Swaner Glenwood HS, IL

ARIZONA Sebastian Saenz Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

WESTERN SLOPE Annika Walla Palisade HS, CO

ILLINI April Zhang Neuqua Valley HS, IL

FLORIDA MANATEE Esther Oyetunji American Heritage School - Broward, FL

NORTHERN ILLINOIS Ella Beutel Belvidere North HS, IL

ARKANSAS Nayana Swain Bentonville West HS, AR CALIFORNIA COAST Eric Yue Leland HS, CA EAST LOS ANGELES Sienna Vaughn Flintridge Preparatory, CA SAN FRAN BAY Molly Schinnerer San Ramon Valley HS, CA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Jorge Ramos Cajon HS, CA WEST LOS ANGELES Alex Lee Harvard-Westlake HS, CA COLORADO Collin Corkill Cherry Creek HS, CO

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FLORIDA OCEANFRONT Arik Karim Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL FLORIDA PANTHER AmandaLesly Miranda Wildwood HS, FL FLORIDA SUNSHINE Cole Pruitt Newsome HS, FL GEORGIA NORTHERN MOUNTAIN Fiona Bray Midtown HS, GA GEORGIA SOUTHERN PEACH Hannah Childress Valdosta HS, GA

COLORADO GRANDE Riya Singh Pueblo West HS, CO

IDAHO GEM OF THE MOUNTAIN Kyleigh Rohrs Mountain Home HS, ID

ROCKY MOUNTAIN - NORTH Ellyott Siffring Resurrection Christian HS, CO

IDAHO MOUNTAIN RIVER Creed Jones Rigby HS, ID

HOOSIER HEARTLAND Katelyn Fehrenbacher Reitz Memorial HS, IN NORTHEAST INDIANA Nicolas Brenneman-Ochoa Bethany Christian HS, IN NORTHWEST INDIANA Sophia Worden Chesterton HS, IN EAST IOWA Charles Silver Bettendorf HS, IA EAST KANSAS Kennedy Farrier De Soto HS, KS KANSAS FLINT-HILLS Ziona Jackson Topeka West HS, KS SOUTH KANSAS Eve Moss Pittsburg HS, KS SUNFLOWER Ayaan Parikh Wichita Collegiate Upper School, KS

THREE TRAILS Claire Ain Blue Valley North, KS

SHOW ME Leila Potocnik Lee’s Summit North HS, MO

WEST KANSAS Preston Vicenzi Newton HS, KS

MONTANA WEST Rachel Ottman Flathead HS, MT

KENTUCKY Hayden Watkins Rowan County Senior HS, KY

NEBRASKA Jack Anderson Lincoln Southwest HS, NE

LOUISIANA Noah Darby St. Thomas More HS, LA NEW ENGLAND Kubra Mohammadi Shrewsbury HS, MA MICHIGAN Adyn Skowronski Dexter HS, MI

NEBRASKA SOUTH Ben Hoover Lincoln East HS, NE GOLDEN DESERT Isabelle Hatch Palo Verde HS, NV SAGEBRUSH Liam Dorn The Davidson Academy, NV

NORTH COAST Neha Sangani Hathaway Brown School, OH

LONE STAR Katherine Lee Plano West Sr. HS, TX

NORTHERN OHIO Avah Rodgers Niles McKinley HS, OH

NORTH TEXAS LONGHORNS Aditi Singh Flower Mound HS, TX

EAST OKLAHOMA Kimberlee Wilson Oologah HS, OK

SPACE CITY Tyler Crivella Seven Lakes HS, TX

WEST OKLAHOMA Katherine Stockstill Moore HS, OK

TALL COTTON Isabella Royer San Angelo Central HS, TX

NORTH OREGON Renee Liu Lake Oswego HS, OR

UIL Jade Young Midlothian HS, TX

SOUTH OREGON Alyssa Crook North Bend HS, OR

WEST TEXAS Dafne Yanez Horizon HS, TX

SOUTH CAROLINA Madigan Lawlor Bob Jones Academy, SC

YELLOW ROSE Nicollette Arabie Buffalo HS, TX

CENTRAL MINNESOTA Alexandriana Davis St. Croix Prep, MN

NEW JERSEY Anika Parthiban Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, NJ

NORTHERN LIGHTS Juniper Kelly-Swing Duluth East HS, MN

NEW MEXICO Becca Faber Albuquerque Academy, NM

HOLE IN THE WALL Martin Jones Sturgis Brown HS, SD

GREAT SALT LAKE Dakota Lundgreen Tooele HS, UT

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA Aaimah Khawaja Lakeville North HS, MN

HUDSON VALLEY Aiden Aldea-Lustig Byram Hills HS, NY

NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA Breanna Wollman Aberdeen Central HS, SD

SUNDANCE Mia Carlson Salem Hills HS, UT

MAGNOLIA Samuel Harvey Starkville HS, MS CARVER-TRUMAN Audrey Gosvener Cassville HS, MO

CAROLINA WEST Isaac Barsoum North Mecklenburg HS, NC TARHEEL EAST Anna Caswell Massey Hill Classical HS, NC

EASTERN MISSOURI Camden Fallon Battle HS, MO

NORTH DAKOTA ROUGHRIDER Mathew Foolish Bear St. Mary’s Central HS, ND

OZARK Mya Doty Marshfield HS, MO

EASTERN OHIO Jeffery Worrell Tuscarawas Valley HS, OH

RUSHMORE Beneyam Hassen Jefferson HS, SD

INLAND EMPIRE Maria Alecxandra Naungayan Chiawana HS, WA

TENNESSEE Callie Head Portland HS, TN

WESTERN WASHINGTON Osiris Romero-Caldera Auburn HS, WA

EAST TEXAS Nasim Aleem Jersey Village HS, TX

NORTHERN WISCONSIN Leah Warnecke Wrightstown HS, WI

GULF COAST Dabeluchi Isiofia Veterans Memorial HS, TX

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FOUR-TIME COMPETITOR S

Students who compete at the National Tournament for four contiguous years in high school earn the prestigious Four-Time Competitor award. Four-time competitors will be recognized from the audience, but will not need to come on stage, during the High School Awards Assembly Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. CT in HyVee Hall of the Iowa Events Center. Eligible students receive a special award, which is available at Awards Pickup in Room 309 Thursday and Friday (refer to page 21 for times). The following students are listed alphabetically by last name.

Kaden Alibhai Greenhill School, TX Ashley Andrade Middle College HS, CA Anvika Annyapu Vel Phillips Memorial HS, WI Nicollette Arabie Buffalo HS, TX Lillian Ardis Salina South HS, KS Jonah Astrup O’Gorman HS, SD Maddie Augustine Shawnee Mission South HS, KS Adrian Baek Redlands HS, CA Emma Baldwin Loveland HS, CO

Skyler Burrus American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach, FL Carly Callen Gloria Deo Academy, MO Ian Candy Brandon Valley HS, SD Amy Cao Ridge HS, NJ Emily Caravello Prospect HS, IL Brendon Chen Taipei American School, Taiwan Sam Chen Boston Latin School, MA Zachary Chen Boston Latin School, MA

Abbey Ball Gloria Deo Academy, MO

Mason Cheng American Heritage School - Broward, FL

CeCe Bedore Moorhead HS, MN

Hannah Childress Valdosta HS, GA

Carley Bell Maize South HS, KS

Lillian Cole Broken Arrow HS, OK

Patrick Blomberg Catholic Memorial School, MA

John Cooper Tuloso Midway HS, TX

Shawn Boehmer Mitchell HS, SD

Sabdy Cordon West Career And Technical Academy, NV

Helinna Bontrager Manhattan HS, KS

Catherine Covarrubiaz Tuloso Midway HS, TX

Nicholas Boor Holy Trinity Catholic HS, TX

Delaney Craig Munster HS, IN

Nicolas Brenneman-Ochoa Bethany Christian HS, IN

Claire Curran Brebeuf Jesuit Prep, IN

Sloane Buckwalter Andover HS, KS

Sara Davis St. Mary’s HS, OR

Taylor Burris The Potomac School, VA

Olivia Declercq Whitmer HS, OH

Maggie Dick Horace HS, ND

Indiana Grotheer Pittsburg HS, KS

Ethan Dickinson Brentwood Academy, TN

Savannah Grotheer Pittsburg HS, KS

Christopher Dunn Union HS, OK

Tyler Grove Big Spring HS, TX

Katie Eanes Ronald Reagan HS, TX

Reema Guda Millard North HS, NE

Kate Eckert Seaman HS, KS

Jenisha Gurung Washington HS, SD

Eric Eubank Crescenta Valley HS, CA

Evan Guyer Flintridge Prep, CA

Graeme Evans The Potomac School, VA

Kennedy Hack-Juman American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Dawson Fantin Rock Springs HS, WY Kennedy Farrier De Soto HS, KS Jackie Fassbender Youth Initiative HS, WI

Alisha Hassanali Granada Hills Charter HS, CA

Luke Favorite Los Alamos HS, NM

Jeremiah Hawley Buffalo HS, WY

Jaden Fitzpatrick Thompson Valley HS, CO

Jiaxi Jesse He Plano West Senior HS, TX

Kathryn Fitzpatrick Johnston HS, IA

CJ Heiskell Harlingen HS South, TX

Aidan Foust Olathe East HS, KS

Max Hinek Sturgis Brown HS, SD

Amulya Ganta Midland Legacy HS, TX

Sophie Holder Saint Mary’s Hall HS, TX

Angel Garcia University HS, IL

Zane Holley Riverside HS, SC

Tagan Garcia University Schools, CO

Josee Hoshaw Wichita Northwest HS, KS

Gunnar Geiken Lennox HS, SD

Erik Hsu Taipei American School, Taiwan

Ella Goodman Cheyenne East HS, WY Owen Grossman New West Charter School, CA

Updated June 18, 2024 Please contact info@speechanddebate.org if you feel someone is missing.

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Alyvia Hardy Cheyenne East HS, WY

Emily Hua Brookings HS, SD Aiden Hurst Loveland HS, CO

Jehan Jacobs Bear Creek HS, CA

Amari Luu Pine Creek HS, CO

John Perkins Blue Valley HS, KS

Abby Stowe Kickapoo HS, MO

Molly James Blue Valley HS, KS

George Madden Cathedral HS, IN

Siddharth Sudhakar Nova HS, FL

Hart Jefferson Murrah HS, MS

Alvaro Marin Garcia Eagle Valley HS, CO

Trey Pope Riverfield Country Day School, OK

Neil Jin Boston Latin School, MA

Angeth Mayen Sioux Falls Jefferson HS, SD

Noah Johnson O’Gorman HS, SD

Jackson McCloud Broken Arrow HS, OK

Creed Jones Rigby HS, ID

Pearl McDade University HS, IL

Kelly Jordan Prospect HS, IL

Emery McEvoy Willard HS, MO

Darian Kapelianis-Donado Cottonwood Classical Prep, NM

Jack McGuire Dowling Catholic HS, IA

Raashi Karande Union High School, OK

Ian McHugh Bethany Christian HS, IN

Vaughn Kathner Roosevelt HS, SD

Sydnee Minton Neosho HS, MO

Daniel Kim Pennsbury HS, PA

Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby Harvard-Westlake School, CA

Mariam Kolley Western HS, FL

Nadir Mohamed West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Sanjana Kumar Francis Parker School, CA

Therese Mosmeyer Holy Trinity Catholic HS, TX

Meghana Kunapareddy Tompkins HS, TX

Mirabai Munton Plano Senior HS, TX

Alex Kuyper Pocatello HS, ID

Shiv Nagajothi Jackson HS, OH

Daniel Lapusan Seminole HS, TX

Alecxandra Naungayan Chiawana HS, WA

Madigan Lawlor Bob Jones Academy, SC

Olivia Nelson Lincoln Southeast HS, NE

Natalee Shipley Francis Howell Central HS, MO

Katherine Lee Plano West Senior HS, TX

Ruby Ortega Mt. SAC Early College Academy, CA

Ellyott Siffring Resurrection Christian School, CO

Esther Oyetunji American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Elias Sikavitsas Norman North HS, OK

Evan Li Charlotte Latin School, NC Richard Li Bellevue HS, WA Mathan Liu East Ridge HS, MN

Anika Parthiban Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, NJ

Renee Liu Lake Oswego Senior HS, OR

Krteyu Ramanathan Riverside HS, SC Abdiel Ramirez Advanced Learning Academy, CA Jorge Ramos Cajon HS, CA Rhea Rastogi LAMP HS, AL

Elaine Suh Lincoln East HS, NE Spencer Swickle American Heritage School - Broward, FL Cameron Taylor Bozeman HS, MT Griffin Terras West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Alexander Raza Union HS, OK

Rhea Thakkar Lake Mary Prep, FL

Griffin Reiff Washburn Rural HS, KS

Joshua Thompson Cheyenne East HS, WY

Maya Rivera Del Valle HS, TX

Madison Troup Olathe East HS, KS

Charlie Rubin Clayton HS, MO

Sienna Vaughn Flintridge Prep, CA

Nicholas Serve Delta HS, CO

Preston Vicenzi Newton HS, KS

Alexandra Sexton Silver Lake HS, KS

Lucy Walker Watertown HS, SD

Drake Sexton Silver Lake HS, KS

Annika Walla Palisade HS, CO

Katherine Shao Mercer Island HS, WA

Tinghan Wang Acton-Boxborough Regional HS, MA

Mary Sharp Springfield Catholic HS, MO

Oakley Simons Cheyenne East HS, WY

Maeve Watercutter Centerville HS, OH Grace Wei Cottonwood Classical Prep, NM Charles White Topeka West HS, KS Joshua Whitmire DSST Cedar HS, CO Lars Anthony Wolf Richwoods HS, IL

Cameron Simper Green Canyon HS, UT

Jude Wolfe Bozeman HS, MT

Nandini Patel Westmoore HS, OK

Isabella Smith Mercer Area HS, PA

Breanna Wollman Aberdeen Central HS, SD

Wesley Liu Pacific Bay Christian School, CA

Sruti Peddi BASIS Scottsdale HS, AZ

William Spatz Union HS, OK

Stella Wu Taipei American School, Taiwan

Francesca Lopez Ransom Everglades School, FL

Theodore Peebles La Salle College HS, PA

Jordan Spencer Hillcrest HS, ID

Derrick Yang Taipei American School, Taiwan

Dakota Lundgreen Tooele HS, UT

Garima Penumechchu Oak Ridge HS, CA

Cody Spurlock Nickerson HS, KS

Daniel Zhao Flintridge Prep, CA

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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 IOWA EVENTS CENTER • HYVEE HALL T H U R S D AY • J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 2 4 • 7 : 0 0 P. M - 8 : 3 0 P. M . C T

CAROL BIEL • I N D I A N A BRIAN EANES • T E X A S ADAM J. JACOBI • W I S C O N S I N RENEE MOTTER • C O L O R A D O STEVEN SCHAPPAUGH • I O W A DEMOND WILSON • T E X A S DAVID YASTREMSKI • N E W J E R S E Y New Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated during the Diamond Assembly on Thursday. For anyone unable to attend in Des Moines, 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

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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

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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 67

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Francine Berger, FL Gary Harmon, KS Randy Pierce, MO Sr. Mary Raimonde, FDC, NY Margaret Riley, NY

2003

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

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

2007

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 68

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Rosella “Rosie” Blunk, SD Pauline Carochi, CO Dale Deletis, MA Cat Horner-Bennett, NM Cathy Wood, KS Joni Anker, MN James Harville, CA Meg Howell-Haymaker, AZ Judy Kroll, SD James Menchinger, MI 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

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

2015

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

2017

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

Anita Boyd, MS Mary Gormley, NJ Mario Herrera, GA Greg Malis, LA Jack Tuckness, MO Georgia Brady, MO Cynthia Burgett, KS Dr. Mike Edmonds, CO Steve Meadows, KY Timothy Sheaff, IA 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

2024

Carol Biel, IN Brian Eanes, TX Adam J. Jacobi, WI Renee Motter, CO Steven Schappaugh, IA Demond Wilson, TX David Yastremski, NJ

To learn more, visit www.speechanddebate.org/hall-of-fame.

KERRY KONDA ABERDEEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA DISTRICT

2024 HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR

CONG R ATUL ATIONS !

2024 JAMES M. COPELAND HIGH SCHOOL COACH OF THE YEAR

Ashley Schulz CHEYENNE EAST HIGH SCHOOL HOLE IN THE WALL (WY) DISTRICT

2024 HIGH SCHOOL NEW COACH OF THE YEAR

Jerenisha Funchess SOPHIE B. WRIGHT INSTITUTE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LOUISIANA DISTRICT

2024 HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

HOLLY WILLIAMS ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT

MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARIZONA DISTRICT

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FIRST AND SECOND DIAMOND RECOGNITION presented by Colorado College IOWA EV ENTS C ENTER • HY V EE HA LL • T HU R S DAY, J U N E 2 0 • 5: 0 0 P. M . CT

Coaches who earned a first or second Diamond Award this year will be recognized between the Dramatic Interp (DI) and Program Oral Interp (POI) final rounds Thursday evening.

DI begins at 3:30 p.m., and we will call new first and second diamond recipients to be recognized when the round ends around 5:00 p.m. Please be in HyVee Hall of the Iowa Events 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, 2024)

Amy Alfredson, ID Michael Andrews, NY Thomas Andriello, NY Joseph Barbosa, MO Kaylyn Bass, OH Brandon Batham, CA Eric Beane, TX Christine Beard, TX Katerina Benitez, FL Justin Bertram, MN Michael Bischoff, NC Kathleen Bolstad, ND Luiz Bravim, FL Patrick Brooks, MO Kyla Brookshier-DeLeon, TX Jessica Bruch, WI

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Maureen Bruins, OR Brittnay Burns, ID Vanessa Chapa, TX Reginald Chapman, TX Von Christiansen, UT Vern Cleary, CA Steve Clemmons, CA Halle Connors, KS Gabe Cook, MO Eleanor Coufos, NY Joseph Cummings, MO Jared Daggit, MN Shawn DeGraff, MO Jose Denis, FL Said Dibinga-Chota, CA Tim Doty, TX Robert Duncan, OH Johnny Dunlap, KS Kimberlee Eckstein, NC Chuck Ehrman, MD Brett Elhoffer, CO Christopher Esparza, TX Linda Esquivel, TX Brandon Fisher, MN Eddie Fitzgerald, NY Jan Friedman-Pizzo, OR

Adriana Garcia, CO Brent Goetzinger, NE Cody Goodchild, MN Christina Gray, IN Troy Greiner, IA Bryan Grosso, MN Quentin Hardt, VA Michael Harris, CA Kayla Hawley, ND Michael Heard, MO Jill Henson, TX Hannah Hopkins, MA Ian Hopkins, Abigail Ingstad, ND Josh Jablon, WA Lawrence Jarocki, CA Emma Johnson, MN Nicholas Kawasaki, HI Sean Keane, OH Catherine Kellick, WY Dorothy Kellner, CO Kirk Kelloway, IA Parker Klyn, IA Mikel Knutson, MT Nathan Kurtti, ND Brad Kwiatek, PA

Corinne Lashley, OH Joshua Maher, UT Levi Margolies, SD Rebecca Marks, NJ Elise Matton, NM Brian McAninch, FL Rich McCollum, MO Matthew McGrath, IN Tammy Trout McIntyre, MN Angelica Mercado-Ford, SD Myra Milam, NY Jimmy Miller, OH Shelby Miller, OH Dave Moore, WA Dominic Moore, PA Katy Morgan, OH Radeyah Muhammad, NC Emily Murray, MA Emily Myers, WY Joan Nelson, MN Kayla Nelson, WV Jacklyn Ochoa, TX Corey Olson, MN Lisa Palmer, MO Malinda Perez, OK John Peruggia, FL Andie Peterson-Longmore, WI Rebecca Pierson, WY Patrick Pope, SD Talia Powell, TX Kelsey Purin, ID Bryce Rambeau, ID Mallory Raugewitz-Blick, KS Megan Rea, OH Jennifer Redlin, CO Kendall Reischling, TX Nicole Maier Reitz, WY Jordan Reynolds, ID Matt Rosenau, NE Kelli Rosenquist, MT

Evan Rosenthal, MD Gabe Rusk, CA Cate Sanazaro, MO Aimee Sann, MD Emma Schroeder, KS Max Schroeter, OH Eric Schwerdtfeger, TX Austin Shively, KS SunHee Simon, TX Rebecca Smith, CA Xavier Smith, OH Daniel Snethen, SD Greg Snoad, SC Bria Stacy, KY Garrett Stalder, KS Steve Stanley, OH Alicia Stout, MO Kristen Sullivan, OR Tanner Sunderman, MN Dylan Sutton, NE Manda Thomas, IA Andrea Thompson, UT David Umstot, WI Miranda Vega, AZ Alma Villarreal, TX William Waddell, VA Erik Walker, MN Kathleen Walker, MN Ben Wallek, NV Sasha Warbritton, MN Marna Weston, FL Colten White, NE Seth Willden, CO Jaggard Williams, MO Erin Wolf, PA Beau Woodson, OR Margaret Woodward, CA Dakota Yates, KS Joel Ybarra, KS

NEW SECOND DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Brian Alford, TX Shree Awsare, FL Larry Bailey, TX Christopher Berdnik, PA Brian Box, KS Conor Cameron, IL Caroline Campbell, OR Shannon Chamberlain, UT Pamela Childress, GA Travis Clement, AZ Courtney Coffman, TX Joshua Coots, IN Nicole Cornish, TX Peter Crevoiserat, KS Gregory Cunningham, MA Brian Darby, TX Cody Dorumsgaard, MN Malyssa Gabrielson, WI Lorin Harris, UT Mike Harris, KS Dominic Henderson, TX Adam Higgins, MO Christine Hubbard, ID Barbara Ixba, TX Nathan Johnston, FL Ryan Joseph, NY Angie Klein, MN Melissa Newton Loepp, KS Ryan Lovell, TX Jonathan MacMillan, CA

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Melinda McCormack, NY Amy McCormick, WA Ashley McCulloch, CO Carrie Oorlog, SD Salena Pereida, TX Florence Petit, FL Aleisha Readye, CA John Rickert, IL Jeffrey Robbins, TN Jonathan Robertson, TX Katy Russell, OH Aaron Schopper, KS Carl Schwartz, IL Jharick Shields, MS Angela Smith, CO Curtis Somers, MD Linda Soudek, OK Brittany Stanchik, AZ Kristen Stout, MO Joanne Stowitts, CA Josh Symmonds, NV Grant Thomas, CO Mick Turpin, MO Victor Rivas Umana, CA Robert Walters, OK Rachel Wear, CA Marie Wetzel, OH Jamie Wills, GA Kris Wright, TX

NEW THIRD DIAMOND COACHES

Robyn Rose, OR Kelly Thompson, KS Michele VanNieuwenhuyzen, CA Adam Webster, UT Doug Welton, UT

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Greg Achten, CA Tim Baldwin, MO Margo Batha, NM Cara Borgsmiller, MO Christy Briggs, NV Kris Compton, TX Tomas Cosenza, TX Rick Dorn, WY Eric Emerson, TX Michael Greenstein, IL Sonya Harvey, MS Carlye Holladay, CO Pat Kittel, UT Gina Koehn, SD Audra Langston, TX Justin Matkovich, IL Michael Mattis, TX Eric Melin, TX Jody Orme, UT

NEW FOURTH DIAMOND COACHES (In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Stan Banks, FL Patricia Cheney, IL Shane Cole, MS Chris Coovert, WA Travis Dahle, SD Paul De Maret, CO Benjamin Edwards, PA David Gardiner, TX Kelly Clark Garner, MS Robert Levinson, NY Chris Lowery, IN

THIRD AND HIGHER DIAMOND RECOGNITION presented by Colorado College IOWA EV ENTS C ENTER • HY V EE HA LL • T HU R S DAY, J U N E 2 0 • 7: 0 0 P. M . CT

Third and higher diamond recipients will be recognized as part of the Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly Thursday evening. Please ensure you are seated near the stage in HyVee Hall of the Iowa Events Center before the 7:00 p.m. start time.

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Zachary Prax, MN Michael Rutledge, TX Michael Tidd, OSB, NJ Ann Tornberg, SD Tyler Unsell, MO Christopher Wardner, CA Brett Young, OK

NEW FIFTH DIAMOND COACHES

NEW SIXTH DIAMOND COACHES

NEW EIGHTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Lee Ince, TX Renita Johnson, TX Gail Nicholas, SC Chris Riffer, KS Sharon Volpe, PA Thomas Williams, OH

Steven Davis, KS Eric DiMichele, NY Julie Sheinman, NY

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Perry Beard, TX Richard Belske, KS Clifton Davis, ID James Fedje, MN Manuel Halkias, OH Maryrose Kohan, CO Jeff Plinsky, KS Robert Shurtz, OH Robert Speirs, SD Missy Stertzbach, OH Joseph Ugalde, CA Paul Wexler, MA David Yastremski, NJ

NEW SEVENTH DIAMOND COACHES

NEW NINTH DIAMOND COACH (As of May 15, 2024)

Jan Heiteen, IL

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2024)

Gay Hollis, TX Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr., CA David Watkins, MO

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 20 at 7:00 p.m. CT. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coach-recognition.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY Clint Adams Big Spring High School, TX Prabhat Aluri Sammamish High School, WA Jo Ball Olathe South High School, KS Sarah Botsch-Mcguinn Cooper City High School, FL Kelsey Bowers Grain Valley High, MO Michael Brown Odessa High School, MO Maureen Bruins St. Mary’s High School, OR Justin Cartwright Field Kindley Memorial High School, KS Joseph Collatos Caney Creek High School, TX Robert Duncan Dublin Jerome High School, OH Johnny Dunlap Dodge City High School, KS Andrew Eddy Uplift Atlas Preparatory High School, TX Tony Fehrenbacher Reitz Memorial High School, IN Rosalyn Foster Sage Hill School, CA James Froelich Pine View School, FL Kim Heath Great Bend High School, KS Nick Herink Lincoln East High School, NE Gabriel Hopkins Shrewsbury High School, MA Parker Hopkins Pembroke Hill School, MO Christine Hubbard Skyline High School, ID Crystal Huddleston Stockdale High School, CA Lawrence Jarocki University High School, CA Bethany Jenkins Nickerson High School, KS Josh Kascak Frontier Charter Academy, CO Gina Koehn Brandon Valley High School, SD Joel Kuper Greybull High School, WY Matthew Leland Bangor High School, ME Timothy Lewis Damien High School, CA Jill Lofald Denfeld High School, MN Danielle Lopez Delta High School, CO Nate Mares Lincoln High School, NE Janet Martin Bowling Green High School, KY Mikendra McCoy Minarets High School, CA Todd Michael Canton McKinley High School, OH Joan Nelson St. Anthony Village High School, MN Danny Nguyen Aurora Central High School, CO Eleanor Nishioka William S. Hart High School, CA 74

Corey Olson Mayo High School - Rochester, MN Amanda Parker Natick High School, MA Payton Polanco Clovis North High School, CA Patrick Pope Harrisburg High School, SD Daniel Porisch Huntley Project High School, MT Jon Price Taravella High School, FL Megan Rea GlenOak High School, OH Jordan Reynolds Blackfoot High School, ID Tea Robinson Odyssey Institute For Advanced &

International Studies, AZ Angelique Ronald California High School Speech Assoc., CA Marylavonne Roseberry USD 439 Sedgwick High School, KS John Russell Navajo Preparatory School, NM John Samqua Hayden High School, KS Jeremy Starkweather Penn High School, IN Hanna Steinker Revere High School, OH Kimberly Stubblefield HM King High School, TX Joseph Tyler Century High School, ID Elizabeth Vieira Lakeville North High School, MN Kelsey Vincent Bushland High School, TX Jim Welty Brophy College Prep, AZ Marna Weston Abraham Lincoln Middle School, FL Nicole Whaley Desert Pines High School, NV Harry Yu Memorial High School, TX DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 1ST HONORS Kevin Burgun Bishop Noll Institute, IN Katie Burke Randolph High School, NJ Stefany Cambra Grapevine High School, TX Caroline Campbell South Medford High School, OR Chad Chenowith Bishop Dwenger High School, IN Nathaniel Council Pampa High School, TX Lori Crews Bishop McGuinness High School, OK Luke Cumbee Roosevelt High School, SD Travis Dahle Sioux Falls Jefferson HS, SD Patrick DeMartine Loveland High School, CO Fred Douse Ben Davis High School, IN Terri Egan Enderlin High School, ND

DON CRABTREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS Kimberly Fradelis Eric Gamble Carol Halbur James Harris Vicky Hyde Nicole Jennison Brett Johnson Josie Johnston

Maryrose Kohan Beth Lamanna Jonathan Lundgreen Eric Mears Karen Minick Jacob Neilson Janet Novack Kathy Patron Rebecca Pierson Noah Recker John Rickert Brian Rohman Raymond Shay Aaron Smith Brock Sondrup Kathy Tobin Marcus Viney William Waddell Sam Zulia

Bentley School, CA Dardanelle High School, AR Punahou School, HI Andover High School, KS Chiawana High School, WA Edison Computech High School, CA Pillager Public Schools, MN Collegiate School Of Medicine & Bioscience, MO George Washington High School, CO Millennium Charter, CA Tooele High School, UT Flower Mound High School, TX Bear Creek High School, CA DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, UT Lexington High School, MA Perry High School, OH Riverton High School, WY La Vernia High School, TX Waterloo High School, IL University High School, IL Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, NJ West Lafayette High School, IN Rigby High School, ID Willard High School, MO Cheyenne East High School, WY Cosby High School, VA Wadsworth City Schools, OH

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 2ND HONORS Ameena Amdahl-Mason Clackamas High School, OR Rob Egan Wichita Collegiate Upper School, KS Christopher Franz Monsignor Farrell High School, NY Lexy Green College Prep, CA Manuel Halkias Canton McKinley High School, OH Lauren Hess Seton La Salle High School, PA Rebecca Hier Bellevue West High School, NE Jeff Kahn Strath Haven High School, PA Xavier Liu Bellarmine College Prep, CA Ashley McCulloch Eaglecrest High School, CO Colleen Mooney William Tennent High School, PA Bill Prater Whitmer High School, OH Michael Robinson Murray High School, KY Julie Roos Northwest Career And Technical Academy, NV

Katy Russell LeAnne Schmidt Rosie Valdez Chase Williams Michael Yeakey

Louisville Senior High School, OH Notre Dame Preparatory School, MI Little Rock Central High School, AR Taipei American School, Taiwan Bethany Christian High School, IN

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 3RD HONORS Perry Beard Cy-Fair High School, TX Ryan Hennessey Jersey Village High School, TX Felisa (Lisa) Honeyman Newton South High School, MA Kirsten Nash Hendrickson High School, TX DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 4TH HONORS Mellessa Denny Amarillo High School, TX Kasey Harrison Edmond Santa Fe High School, OK Jan Heiteen Downers Grove South High School, IL Beth Young North Catholic High School, PA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 5TH HONORS Keith Bistodeau Wayzata High School, MN Jeffrey Miller Marist School, GA Cynthia Timmons Greenhill School, TX DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 6TH HONORS Jesse Meyer John F. Kennedy High School, IA Jay Rye The Montgomery Academy, AL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 7TH HONORS Paul Gaba Wellington Community High School, FL David McKenzie Plymouth High School, IN Rory McKenzie Lindale High School, TX Joseph Vaughan Scarsdale High School, NY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 9TH HONORS Martha Benham Cherry Creek High School, CO Zachary Prax Eastview High School, MN Derek Yuill Gabrielino High School, CA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 14TH HONORS Gail Nicholas Bob Jones Academy, SC DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 21ST HONORS Pam Cady Wycoff Apple Valley High School, MN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 25TH HONORS Donald Crabtree Park Hill High School, MO 75

DISTRICT LE A D ER R ECOG NITION

DISTRICT LEADER LUNCHEON presented by Simpson College

S U N DAY • J U N E 1 6 CLOUD BALLROOM

1 2 : 3 0 - 2 : 0 0 P. M . C T DOWNTOWN HILTON (adjacent to the Iowa Events Center)

DISTRICT GOLD AWARD Mariel Cruz – California Coast (CA) Holly Custer – Eastern Ohio Jason Habig – North Coast (OH) James Harris – Sunflower (KS) Phillip Helt – Show Me (MO) Ryan Hennessey – East Texas Meg Howell-Haymaker – Arizona Stephanie King – Southern Wisconsin Crawford Leavoy – Carolina East (NC) Zachary Prax – Central Minnesota Michael Shackelford – Great Salt Lake (UT) Kathy Tobin – Ozark (MO)

DISTRICT SILVER AWARD

RALPH E. CAREY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED CAREER SERVICE Jennifer Jerome Nebraska

CHAIR OF THE YEAR Kim Lenger Heart of America (MO)

BEST NEW CHAIR Scott Caron New England (MA & NH)

BEST CHAIR COMMUNICATIONS David Yastremski New Jersey

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DISTRICT CHAIR AWARDS

Toni Heimes – Nebraska Kim Lenger – Heart Of America (MO) John Rademacher – Northern Wisconsin Lori Zyla – West Virginia

DISTRICT BRONZE AWARD Christopher Berdnik – Valley Forge (PA) Cathy Brown – Florida Panther Richard Brynteson – Southern Minnesota Eric Gamble – Arkansas Leilani McHugh – West Los Angeles (CA) Kirsten Nash – Heart Of Texas

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

Laurents Bañuelos – Golden Desert (NV) Brandon Batham – West Los Angeles (CA) Danielle Johnson – Eastern Missouri WK Kay – New York City Jethro Smith – Idaho Mountain River Marna Weston – Florida Panther

High school members work alongside the NSDA to support speech and debate programming around the world.

What did the SLC do this year?

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Wrote for Rostrum magazine.

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Created social media content.

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Developed resources.

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Shared their experience and feedback to shape decisions.

How are students selected?

Each NSDA district can nominate one high school student for consideration.

Nominees then submit a short video in the spring, and the NSDA team reviews the materials to select the SLC members for the following year.

How can I apply?

The nomination form opens in the fall for the 2025-2026 school year.

Students and coaches can work together to submit the form for consideration.

Learn more about the SLC! www.speechanddebate.org/student-leadership-council

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CONGRATULATIONS! Each year, we invite NSDA districts to submit fun,

MOCKINGBIRD

creative tributes honoring their local speech and debate programs. Join us in celebrating this year’s National Tournament attendees on the following pages!

For a full roster of high school student and coach participants, scan the QR code.

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BIG QUESTIONS

• Ella Kate Trundt | Mountain Brook • Christopher Wang | LAMP • Holland Warren | Vestavia Hills

CONGRESS–HOUSE

• Greta Christiansen | Vestavia Hills • Leigh Macon | Auburn • Yash Param | LAMP • Sam Steiner | Mountain Brook

CONGRESS–SENATE

• John Alford | Montgomery Academy • Michael Allen | Spain Park

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

• James Burnette | Mountain Brook • Rik Roy | LAMP

POLICY

• Wells Finch and Jackson Short | Mountain Brook • Johnny Stumpff and Serena Blutter | Altamont

PUBLIC FORUM

• Thomas Bazemore and Patton Hahn | Mountain Brook • Emily Jiang and Lily Tao | Auburn • Adonay Tewelde and Nathan Lee | Northridge

Good luck to all of the qualifiers from Alabama!

WORLD SCHOOLS

Mockingbird Crimson

• Bennett Britt, John Carson Bullard, Andrew Hosein, Mason Kim, and Knox Wingate | Montgomery Academy

Mockingbird Navy

• Sydney An, Kileigh Dickinson, Andrew Gay, and Rhea Rastogi | LAMP • Maggie Parker | Spain Park

DRAMATIC INTERP

• Ellie Hoar | Vestavia Hills • McKenzie Ormond | Vestavia Hills

DUO INTERP

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

• Maryam Khan | LAMP • Zhuzhu Wang | Vestavia Hills

ORIGINAL ORATORY

• Susannah Miller and Mason Stevens | Montgomery Academy • Ethan Schmidt and Anna Kate Bailey | Vestavia Hills

• Jeeah Kim | Alabama School Of Mathematics & Science • Bethany Yin | Mountain Brook

HUMOROUS INTERP

• Rhyana Mahatsente | Northridge • Mere Morrison | Montgomery Academy

• Evelyn Cummings | St. Luke’s Episcopal • Caroline Garrick | LAMP

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

• Tina Lou | Vestavia Hills • Ron Sharma | Montgomery Academy

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

• Nikhil Pochana | LAMP • Cleophus Washington | LAMP

Any field you’ve got. we play to win.

Team Arizona is: Ria Mehta, Vedang Chintalapati, Ashley Clark, Gauri Murkoth, Alex Shin, Divya Natarajan, Emilia Safir, Caden Huckelbridge, Mizuki Yashiro, Alex Brown, Mingyu Kim, Ethan Han, Yug Sonawane, Dione Pahilan, Santiago Paul, Mahima Sanghera, Tim Jiang, Dorie He, Yuvan Senthil, Arnav Nigam, Nathan Shi, Rejul Guru, Sudeep Vattikuti, Lucas Zhou, Ryan Chopra, Sid Kanderi, Angel Wagner, Lukas Fantin, Sruti Peddi, Sumedh Seetharam, Isaac Mottern, Elizabeth Ovelil, Gowri Biju, Aanya Venkat, Samuel Saliba, Zacharaya Khalpey, Aryana Mahimtura, Avni Chidella, Lucas Vargas, Sophia Lin, Michael Tsai, Nishka Bhoite, Hope Smith, Cedar Arevalo, Twyla Morrison, Markus Wolownik, Aarohi Deshmane, Aari Kanderi, Karina Breyer, Tara Ghafouri, Bhavya Makkar, Ria Moharil, Talia Keen, Nina Suberville, Kelly Mitchell, Emily Rios Quinto, Jad Cehajic, Aiden Bryson, Saran Chockalingham, Kellen Jiang, Suhani Karkra, Rafe Orr, Rohan Vallamshetla, Will Covington, Ashton Dolce, Ayaan Panda, Kira Schwimmer, and Abaas Zaffar. Congratulations from the Arizona District Committee.

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AGERTY HS • SOUTH SUMTER HS • TIMBER CREEK HS • TRINITY PREP • WILDWOOD HS • WINDERMER E H S

A POPKA HS • BISHOP MOORE CATHOLIC HS • COLONIAL HS • EASTSIDE H S •

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2024 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

Hawai'i District lawe i ka ma‘alea n ku‘ono‘ono Aquire skill and make it deep Lincoln-Douglas Debate Oscar Amos

International Extemp Kainalu Miskella

Parker School

Kamehameha Schools

Punahou School

Kamehameha Schools

Duo Interp Mia Cepeda & Ceana Liquorish

Dramatic Interp Kahiilani Zoller

Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Penelope Perrine

Alicia Pearson

Hunter Lau & Asaeli Hikila Kamehameha Schools

Original Oratory Lilinoe Stupplebeen University Laboratory School

Chin Chi

Punahou School

Lehua Harris

Kamehameha Schools

Informative Speaking Keilani Kajiyama Moses Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Kahiau Takahashi

Kamehameha Schools

House Sophia Victorino Iolani School

Kingsten Cambra

Kahuku High & Intermediate School Aiea High School

Humorous Interp Kainoa Kelly Iolani School

Isaiah Lau

Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Program Oral Interp Angelina Woo Kamehameha Schools

2024 National Speech & Debate Association National Tournament

June 16-21, 2024 Des Moines, Iowa

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L EY HS • LAKE HIGHLAND PREP • LAKE MARY PREP • LAKE NONA HS • PA U L

GOOD LUCK to the qualifiers from the Greater Illinois NSDA District!

DRAMATIC INTERP Sophia Vansaghi | Pekin Ellis Zimmerman | University DUO INTERP

Natalie Hall & Ryann Gordon | Belleville West Eleanor Schmitz & Eric Perschbacher | Belleville West

HUMOROUS INTERP Michael Bagby | Olympia Audrey Davis | Waterloo INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Julia Collins | Olympia Pearl McDade | University INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Anna Forbes | Granite City Ana Swaner | Glenwood ORIGINAL ORATORY Sofi Benitez | Normal West Shreya Nallamothu | University

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP Theo Rickert | Belleville West Eesha Yadav | University

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS Bryce Kurfman | Belleville West Henry Shang | University

UNITED STATES EXTEMP Maxwell Miller | University Alina Vang | Pekin

PUBLIC FORUM

CONGRESS-HOUSE

Jacquiline Benson |

Bloomington

Angel Garcia |

University Abhinav Kumar | Bloomington Mae Petersen | University

CONGRESS-SENATE Marshall Pruitt | Pekin

Oliver Wood-Morris |

Glenwood

Benjamin Brown & Vivaan Bommareddi | University Daniel Zhang & Yajath Narra | University

WORLD SCHOOLS Greater Illinois Gold

Victoria Adewole | Belleville East Ryan Franklin | Belleville East Aryamun Kalra | Belleville East Hui Xin Luo | Belleville East

Greater Illinois Red Rachel Filarski | Pekin Comm Abigail Frye | Pekin Comm Zachary Webb | Pekin Comm Bug Wise | Granite City

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NSDA NORTHERN ILLINOIS DISTRICT International Extemp

CORN-GRATS to all qualifiers!

Gabriel Blumenfeld, Glenbrook South Charlie Hale, DePaul College Prep

Lincoln-Douglas

Congress – House

Eli Coustan, Evanston Alandee Patil, Schaumburg

Dramatic Interp

Sage Gilliland, Prospect Amy Xu, Prospect

Duo Interp

Charlotte Fomin, Glenbrook North Isa Gaby, Prospect

Jim Shivak, Highland Park Callie Wu, Highland Park Emily Caravello, Prospect Rosemary Heckard, Prospect Anna Parisi & Dylan Maye, Prospect Abby Saffar & Lincoln Brown, Glenbrook North

Humorous Interp

Kelly Jordan, Prospect Emma Kattookaran, Glenbrook North

Informative Speaking

Mya Gerstein, Glenbrook North Claire Wynkoop, Prospect

Original Oratory

Program Oral Interp

Public Forum

Ella Beutel & Gabriel Kroepel, Belvidere North Keely Richardson & Jillian Gilbertson, Belvidere North

U.S. Extemp

Viktoria Gavrilyuk, Glenbrook North Chiara Stathakis, Prospect

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Congratulations Northeast Indiana Qualifiers

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Andrew Newman

International Extemp Lincoln-Douglas Debate Anna Halstead Emron Streeman Siyani Scroggins

Caylen McCoy Patrick Fu

Charles White

Original Oratory

Cameron Williams Kyle Draeger

Jamen Trojcak Ziona Jackson

Congressional Debate-House

Program Oral Interpretation

Congressional Debate-Senate

United States Extemp Dalton Parson Kylie Weir

Jaxon Carey

Dramatic Interpretation Mallory Over Sydney Rivera

Cade Nelson

Duo Interpretation

World Schools Debate Chase Moffet Nicole Miller Abigail Ekart

Allie Cloyd & Andrew Hutchinson Vivien Williams & Anja Lampe-Martinez Keara Martin & Anna Sage

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KNOTT COUNTY CENTRAL

Angelina Naseem Drake Sexton

Ashlyn Dobson

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Kate Eckert Helinna Bontrager Abigail Buckhalter Tarrence Byrd Savannah Harvey Allie Sexton Allina Dougherty Kennedy Crabtree

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Public Forum Debate Rebecca Reed & Aryan Verma Harris Chaudhry & Campbell Hight Gopikaashri Chidambaranathan

ROWAN COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Miriam Smith

MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL

Palmer Heskett Griffin Reiff

HIGH SCHOOL

Humorous Interpretation

BARDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BEECHWOOD HIGH SCHO

DUPONT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL Henry Clay High SChool

Kavinayashri Chidambaranthan & Aditi Nimishikavi Chase Blazer & Reagan Huscher Jace Raines & Carson Bath

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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE - HOUSE

Hiba Rahman (Eagan) Saanvi Seth (Eagan) Nabiha Kashif (Eagan) Pranika Kumar (Edina) Nithin Palani (Eden Prairie) Brady Sternberg (Eagan) Alison Wandmacher (Robbinsdale Armstrong) Hannah Hein (Edina)

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE - SENATE Jacob Braginsky (Eagan) Addison Wendt (Bloomington Kennedy)

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

Lucy Dreyer (Robbinsdale Armstrong) Jack Timm (Lakeville North) Alice Yi (Lakeville South)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

Zellie Olson & Eva Redmond (Blake School) Kaylee Chen & Ruhi Kurdikar (Blake School) Devin Lester & Yezul Maharjan (Lakeville North)

POLICY DEBATE

Mia Werden & Karyn Wochnick (Eagan) Param Thakkar & Tristin Nguyen (Eagan) Talha Ahmad & Dylan Tate (Rosemount)

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE - TEAM 1 Tony Liu (Blake School) Krisha Pillai (Blake School) Shoumili Tarafder (Blake School) Raiden Chen (Blake School) Shruti Balachander (Blake School)

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE - TEAM 2

Anh Do (Lakeville North) Austin Siefken (Lakeville North) Ezana Haile (Lakeville South) Lily Plahn (Robbinsdale Cooper) Raina Nehreen (Robbinsdale Armstrong)

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP SPEAKING Mina Bhargava (Edina) Louise Nguyen (Lakeville North) Siona Kaura (Eden Prairie) Anokhi Shah (Eagan) Dominick Lund-May (Fairmont)

UNITED STATES EXTEMP SPEAKING

Keerthik Muruganandam (Edina) Devarsh Borah (Edina) Tavishi Chakraborty (Eden Prairie) Brynja Lockman (Benilde-St. Margaret’s)

DUO INTERPRETATION

Jada Lapastora & Julia Koudelka (Eagan) Adelyn Frost & Meredith Leo (Lakeville North) Grace Simpson & Oliver Thedens (Fairmont) Ajira Pandey & Vandana Ramanathan (Eden Prairie) Joelle Sihombing & Gracie Lougheed (Chaska)

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION

Leon Yang (Fairmont) Maizie Moe (Lakeville North) River Repinski (Cotter) Angelica Mey (Bloomington Kennedy) Avery Bartlett (Lakeville North)

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

Halle Browning (Chaska) Mason Hoekenga (Eagan) Ella Raiche (Lakeville North) Claire Nelson (Rochester Mayo)

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Diya Kayaleh (Wayzata) Charese Mutebi (Lakeville North) Frantz (Eden Prairie) Snigdha Yamajala (Eden Prairie)

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Sherry Muthiga (Eagan) JJ Evangeline Johnson (Lakeville North) Kailey Tan (Bloomington Jefferson) Kayleigh Taylor (Cotter)

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IX: Mary Sharp Blake Shellhorn Phoenix Gresham

OO: Madeline Frandsen Mikayla Hammer Margaret Duff

POI: Nico Jenkins Corbin Fowler Reagan Thomas

DUO: Stanley & Dickerson Windmiller & Eaton Callen & Shelton

BQ: Phillip Harris Alyviah Terry Matteo Francis

USX: Levi DeAngelis Corisa Tapp Grant Hudson Hannah Fortin

INF: Brali Taylor Malcolm Forrester Youngha Rissler Laila Ozturk

DI: Mya Doty Adalea Vaughn Alia Barker Pasha Brady

HI: Abbey Ball Zachary Jenkins Kaeden Abraham Emery McEvoy

LD: Isaac Brooks Lillian Carlson Beau Hesse Robert Lewis

WS: Gold Team Garrison Taylor Eli Moody Abby Stowe Pyrson Houzenga Kayla Sardina

WS: Silver Team Delaney Vote Bly Sublett Kerrigan Galindo Carter Davenport Lillian Macdonald

WS: Pink Team Hailey Hakan Charlie Beyer Arianna Williams Clara Poppen Alexis Welch

WS: Red Team August Kleiboeker Quinn Smith Trisha Tewari Kwaku Asare-Bawuah Imani Lwali

HSE: Jackson Hemphill John Otto Evan Siever Sasha Williams Jachin Hodson Alec Rosa Makaylyn Barnard

CX: Rogers & Smith Riemenschneider & Griffith Gabriel & Khoshyomn PF: Ellis & Maggard Dua & Ondetti Green & Loughridge

SEN: Gagandeep Hundal Jacob Morgan

WE ARE

ONE OZARK MONTANA WEST 2024

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NEBRASKA SOUTH QUALIFIERS POLICY

ELAINE SUH &

SARAH CAI

LINCOLN EAST

ELAINE YU &

EMMA YIN LINCOLN EAST

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

BENJAMIN HOOVER - L. EAST HUDSON WITTE - L. SOUTHEAST

WORLD SCHOOLS CHERYL ZANG - L. EAST

JASON GRANQUIST - L. EAST

JEFF SHEN - L. EAST

BRAD BOBARU - L. EAST LUCAS NEAMU - L. EAST

HOUSE

LEXI VELGERSDYK - L. SOUTHEAST YAKUB ISLAMOV - L. EAST MADDIE HUGGARD - L. EAST ALEX HAMRIC - L. EAST

US EXTEMP

AARJ PATEL - B. WEST

JOSHUA MAMMEN - C. PREP

ISABELLA RAZDAN - L. EAST

PUBLIC FORUM

ARNAV AGARWAL & RONAV GANESH

LINCOLN EAST

DUO INTERP

JACK WELSTEAD

SUKRUTH JANGALA & SHRIISH SATHISH

& CLAIRE ROONEY

LILLIAS MCKILLIP - L. SOUTHEAST

XANDER SHIELD - NORRIS

DRAMATIC INTERP

& ABENA BONSU

LINCOLN EAST LINCOLN EAST

LINCOLN EAST

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

KORBEN OCKANDER

SENATE

KASHISH NANGIA - L. EAST HENRY CLINE - L. SOUTHEAST

INFORMATIVE

NUSRAT AMIN - L. EAST HARPER SCHUPBACH - L. EAST JULIA JOHNSON - L. SOUTHEAST NITYA HARIDAS - L. EAST

HUMOROUS INTERP

MAX APEL - L. EAST ANDREW HEDIN - B. WEST OLIVIA NELSON - L. SOUTHEAST

ORIGINAL ORATORY CARTER HAMBLIN - B. WEST DAZAYAH HARTSHORN-HARVEY

- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST ELLIE HISER - L. EAST

POI

KILEE WILKINSON - B. WEST SHAYLEE HOBBS - B. WEST BRANDON GROTH - NORRIS LUKE NASH - L. EAST

GOOD LUCK AT

NATIONALS!

Golden Desert Celebrates its Qualifiers to the 2024 National Tournament in Des Moines!

Celine Chang, IX Amplus: Brayson Holmes, USX Zoe Boyarski, LD Unnatee Kumar, Senate ClarenzEthan Castaneda, LD Krish Sharma, USX A-TECH: Yashesvi Sharma, WSD Olivia Gnakadja, Policy CASLV: Gwen Elizabeth Lay, Policy Ken Bhardwaj, PF Camryn Scanson, WSD Lemon Doroshow, PF Bishop Gorman: Jonathan Adler, WSD Anna Kim, HI Zoe Kristosik, WSD Milan Prete, House Coronado: Canyon Springs: Mia Tschan, Oratory Tyler Breeden, USX Katherine Vega Mendez, IX Christopher Dorta, House Desert Oasis: Clark: Nianella Sando, DI Jackson Liang, PF Desert Pines: Anirudh Polagani, PF Laura Mankowski-De Veaux, Duo Aleczander Rakban, WSD Foothill: Amanda Mallous, Duo Sean Leung, IX Dillon Sullivan, HI Green Valley: Amy Liu, Policy Troy Liu, Policy

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Alaina Michaelson, Duo Liv Michaelson, Duo Miguel Flores, POI Las Vega HS: Olivia York, Informative Northwest Career & Techinal Academy: Aurora Bonvicin, DI Danny Rodriguez, WSD Palo Verde: Grey Anderson, House Kevin Cisneros, Informative Isabelle Hatch, Senate (LCQ) Mckenna Jost, WSD Sophia Manuel, House Angelina Ruggeroli, Senate Nola Zeppenfeld, WSD Southwest Career & Technical Academy: Angeline Roldan, Oratory Loralei Smith-Xiong, Oratory The Meadows School: Teighlor Bloyd, LD West Career & Technical Academy: Sabdy Cordon, WSD Milla Santos, WSD

Lincoln-Douglas Dramatic Humorous Debate Interpretation Interpretation Anna Li Anusha Naik Brett Schneider

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World Schools Debate

Sam Chen Wilbur Moffitt Sarah Mukkuzhi Annaka Schmults Tinghan Wang

RED

Lily Allen Micah Byron-Smarra Neil Jin

Congressional Debate

HOUSE Rhys Adams Pranav Krishnan Emilia Raviola Roan Wilcox

SENATE Zachary Chen Suner Chopra

WHITE

Christa Belev Jasper He Amethyst Stencik Jeremy Tsung Felicity Zhang

Program Oral Interpretation Patrick Blomberg Jada Boadu Marcus Myers

Andrew Byron Adele Fuzaylov Amna Siddiqui

Informative Speaking Shamini Biju Shayna Jain Sophia Roy

Duo Interpretation

Christopher Boensel & Alexander Pappas Aditri Balaji Owen Galvin & Brendan Jolley Alexa Burton Vivian McManus & Helen Taylor Samson Persson Abigail Rochelle

International Extemporaneous Speaking

United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Big Questions Debate

Original Oratory

Anthony Babu Advait Bhowmik Dhruv Satanur Siri Ural

Noah Arthur Talia Askenazi Spencer Carman Samuel Gonser

Vishnu Angiras Samantha Berk Vasu Lakshmanan

Ishani Deshpande Rajit Naik Maria Udalova

Public Forum Debate Jack Bradner & Simon Picotte Tesu Ham & Farhan Khan Tony Liu & Alice Ma Felicity Wong & HT Xue

Congratulations to Team New England!!

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CONGRATULATIONS and GOOD LUCK!

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Elizabeth Hiller, ABQ Academy Grace Wei, Cottonwood Classical LINCOLN-DOUGLAS Uxue Sansinena, Los Alamos Faith Young, V. Sue Cleveland BIG QUESTIONS Isabell Herman, V. Sue Cleveland Maya Walz-Burkett, La Cueva CONGRESS – HOUSE Zoe Bent, Los Alamos Marcus Nahalea, Navajo Prep Maximus Posada, Los Alamos Huckleberry Walsh-Dilley, Cottonwood Classical CONGRESS – SENATE Luke Favorite, Los Alamos James Padilla, East Mountain DRAMATIC INTERP Zoe Lamb, La Cueva DUO INTERP Jackson O’Brien & Miller Millea, East Mountain HUMOROUS INTERP Thomas Wray, ABQ Academy Emily Xu, Los Alamos INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Kyla Reno, V. Sue Cleveland Sulamit Shin, Cottonwood Classical

ORIGINAL ORATORY Stacey Asonganyi, V. Sue Cleveland Heyab Tekle, Hope Christian PROGRAM ORAL INTERP Natashia Anderson, Navajo Prep Lin Wolf, Los Alamos POLICY Addison Epps and Eliana Merhege, Cottonwood Classical PUBLIC FORUM Jaycee Sanchez and Anagha Devarakonda, ABQ Academy Darian Kapelianis-Donado and Marin Grover, Cottonwood Classical UNITED STATES EXTEMP Andrew Curtice, Cottonwood Classical Andrew Procter, East Mountain WORLD SCHOOLS NM Violet NM Periwinkle Minhtet Htoon Sophia Arghavani Carina Lanier Jordan Cantrell Isabella Lobaina Daniel Di Palma Braeden Prunier Ishya Guha Haylei Redhouse Ashna Singh

and good luck NEW MEXICO Congratulations at the National Tournament!

Northern Ohio NATIONAL QUALIFIERS representing the following schools Austintown Fitch Boardman Canfield Cardinal Mooney Columbiana Howland

John F. Kennedy Catholic Niles McKinley Poland Seminary South Range Ursuline

The Carolina East District wishes it’s Iowa-bound kernels the best of luck at NSDA Nationals 2024!

Cary Academy Isabel Chang (OO) Yul Choi (OO) Chelsea Cui (POI) Asha Gupta (DI) Derek Han (LD) Victor He (USX) Allen Huang (LD) Patrick Liu (WSD) Rebecca Liu (LD) Akash Mani (HSE) Simren Mehta (WSD) Kainda Nzinga (POI) Kajal Parmar (IX) Pranav Ravulapati (HSE) Hailey Zhang (INF) Cumberland International Early College HS Jackson Bryant (POI) Launa Draughon (DI) Mariana McCottry (DI) Brianna Reyes (DUO) Kayla Soto-Veltri (DUO)

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Durham Academy Priya Aggarwal (WSD) Ethan Asnani (DUO) William Brown (PF) Lulu Burnside (SEN) Caleb Chen (PF) Emily Chui (CX) Shriya Dharmapurikar (IX) Connor Ennis (USX) Kai Forbach (USX) Zihan Gao (HSE) Emma Guo (HSE) Kiersten Hackman (INF) Michael Hansen (PF) Ben Hodges (PF) Alex Huang (PF) Ama Mensah-Boone (WSD) Sarah Muir (WSD) Justin Spitzer (CX) Meena Surakanti (DUO) Max Tendler (OO) Jack Vail (PF) Andrew Ye (WSD)

Cumberland Polytechnic HS Kristen Hurtado (WSD) Madison Pharris (HI) Grace Stevenson (HI) Jackson Woodward (INF) East Chapel Hill HS Nick Cheng (WSD) Jack Britt HS Joanna Lin (SEN) Israel Mattocks (WSD) Massey Hill Classical HS Anna Caswell (IX) Joseph Cole (HSE) Research Triangle HS Cora McCracken (HI) William G Enloe HS Phillip Dai (CX) Claire Ding (HSE) Rishil Nettam (CX) Elise Snider (WSD)

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DREAMS

It’s where dreams rAPID rAPID CITY CITY STEVENS STEVENS Is this come true.

Iowa. heaven? brandon brandon valley valley Sf Sf WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Sf Sf ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT SF SF JEFFERSON JEFFERSON SF SF LINCOLN LINCOLN O'Gorman O'Gorman haRRISBURG haRRISBURG Ears to a memorable week at nationals!

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CHANNELVIEW KINKAID CYPRESS CREEK MONTGOMERY CYPRESS PARK NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN CYPRESS SPRINGS PAETOW GRAND OAKS SPRING J. FRANK DOBIE TOMBALL MEMORIAL JAMES E. TAYLOR WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JERSEY VILLAGE WOODLANDS COLLEGE PARK JORDAN WOODLANDS KINGWOOD

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR NATIONAL QUALIFIERS! DRAMATIC INTERP Abigail Egbujor - Alief Elsik Elianna Grinberg - Seven Lakes Sanvi Kumpatla - Cy-Fair HUMOROUS INTERP Caleb Anstee - Village School Tahseen Islam - Tompkins Ryan Revilla - Spring Woods Joaquin Silva - Spring Woods PROGRAM ORAL INTERP Victory Okoroji - Hastings Adeline Mai - Village School Julette Miranda - Cypress Ridge Kaden Sanders - Alief Elsik INFORMATIVE SPEAKING Mandy Huang - Tompkins Ryan Mustafa - Tompkins Lily Nipper - Spring Woods ORIGINAL ORATORY Sophie Myers - Stratford Kate Njeru - Seven Lakes Solemei Scamaroni Village School

DUO INTERP Emma Kay & Kolade Feyisitan Village School Alyssa Maldanado & Briana Garcia - Spring Woods Roger Shen & Jaidan Doshi Village School

POLICY Jason Chen & Henry Su - Memorial David Lu & Vishal Surya - Seven Lakes Amanda Zhang & Esther Han - Cypress Woods

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP Pranav Kothur - Tompkins Tanmay Rai - Village School Daniel Rupawalla - Tompkins

PUBLIC FORUM Anshika Agrawal & Siri Reminni - Seven Lakes Luis Carvjal Picott & Khoa Le - Seven Lakes Andres Mendoza Casas & Judijoy Jeter - Seven Lakes

UNITED STATES EXTEMP Tyler Crivella - Seven Lakes Juan Pablo Garcia - Cypress Ranch Jaylon Ma - Tompkins Meghana Kunapareddy Tompkins BIG QUESTIONS Maya Kapoor - Seven Lakes John Lutterman - Seven Lakes LINCOLN-DOUGLAS Max Gu - Memorial Erin Jia - Memorial David Xu - Memorial

HOUSE Colin Blakeslee - Memorial Juliana Franco - Seven Lakes Fadhil Lawal - Seven Lakes Aaron Piehl - Tompkins Ishaan Quazi - Seven Lakes Nyla Whiteside - Alief Kerr Andrew Xiao - Memorial

WORLD SCHOOLS Cy-Fair Alief Early College Cassidy Childress Oyindamola Akintola Maria Fai Deborah Akpeki Avery McSwain Nans Marvellous Kelsey Mosely Tompkins Janaki Sankar Alief Elsik Edgar Euceda Westchester Nhung Huynh Tej Aliota Alief Kerr Taha Asghar-Ali Shalom Akinkunmi Jonathan Barnes Syed Ali Sofia Barrera Chikanyima BrownEvan Danek Nkemdirim Irath Habani Gerardo Diaz Andres Henriquez Victoria Pacheco Preston Hershkwoitz

SPACE CITY DISTRICT — TEXAS —

SENATE Rohan Kathuria - Seven Lakes Christopher Melendez - Spring Woods

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BREAK LEGS, TALL COTTON! Sarah Abeykoon • Lubbock • DI Ahmed Al Nuaimi • Tascosa • BQ Gianluca Amico • Midland Legacy • WS Aiden Anderson • Amarillo • HSE Emma Armstrong • Sudan • CX Apollo Banks • Borger • OO Maleena Barrientos • Canyon • WS Ashlyn Baum • Canyon • POI Aly Bice • Canyon • DI Hayden Brillhart • Amarillo • WS Aubrey Brown • Seminole • POI Jacob Burton • Bushland • BQ Kobe Cabello • Seminole • DUO Lydia Campbell • Tascosa • OO Durand Carson • Randall • HI Viviana Castilleja • San Angelo Central • HSE Jeremiah Castillo • Sudan • IX Chase Caswell • Sudan • DUO Eli Cochrane • Canyon • CX Sinthia Cope • Odessa Permian • PF

CONGRESS – SENATE

Joshua Corrigan • Abilene Wylie • HSE Maddox Dowling • Borger • WS Ashton Droll • San Angelo Central • LD Thailia Fernandez • San Angelo Central • DI Ruth Gaite • Pampa • SEN Amulya Ganta • Midland Legacy • IX Noor Garoui • Brownfield • OO Denise Gonzalez • Sudan • CX Tyler Grove • Big Spring • LD Javen Gutierrez • Seminole • HI Talon Hawk • Lubbock • IX Kyla Holt • Borger • WS Zoie Holtman • Tascosa • WS Grace Howard • Seminole • USX Gabriel Hunt • Canyon • CX Auburn Jameson • San Angelo Central • HI Ian Jeffreys • Lubbock • DUO Lucas Kim • Trinty School of Midland • HSE Jonathan Koutrelakos • Lubbock • WS Samuel Kuykendall • San Angelo Central • IX Daniel Lapusan • Seminole • DUO Elizabeth Lewis • Amarillo • WS Drew Lockhart • Sudan • DUO Heidi Martin • Canyon • CX

ORIGINAL ORATORY

Dahlia Ornelas – Ysleta Dafne Yanez – Horizon

Davion Dunn – Eastwood

CONGRESS – HOUSE

Sahara Torres and Carolyn Rodarte – Del Valle

DUO INTERP

Gabriella Thompson – Franklin

DRAMATIC INTERP

Alejandro Martinez-Diaz and Emily McGinnis – Coronado

Gladys Garcia – Horizon Mia McSwain – Horizon

Carlos Castro and Ezekial Mena – Del Valle

Matthew Spencer – Horizon

HUMOROUS INTERP

Felix Castanon – Horizon

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

Camila Galindo – Ysleta

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

Michaelangelo Grado – Cathedral Lorelai Sassenfeld – Franklin

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

Miley Pinon – El Dorado

POLICY

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP PUBLIC FORUM

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

Kenneth Ochoa – Horizon Sebastian Perez-Navarro – Eastwood

WORLD SCHOOLS

Atziri Bermudez – Ysleta Kate Chavez – Parkland Mabel Calleros – Del Valle Aruja Misra – Coronado Isaac Nevarez – Ysleta Azra Rios-Carroll – Parkland Angela Rivas – Chapin Maya Rivera – Del Valle Jordyn Villarreal – Ysleta

WEST TEXAS Congratulations to all of the students representing El Paso at Nationals!

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Leah Martin • Seminole • HI Marcus Martinez • Borger • WS Gage McGuffin • San Angelo Central • LD Haylee Moreno • Canyon • CX Asher Norris • Hereford • WS Paula Padron • Young Women’s Leadership • HSE Bakhtawar Parvez • Amarillo • HSE Nicole Patel • Midland Legacy • USX Lauren Ramos • Young Women’s Leadership • PF Cora Retzer • Young Women’s Leadership • PF Isabella Royer • San Angelo Central • POI Jenna Sales • Seminole • POI Chloe Sanchez • Big Spring • HSE Ashley Sisneros • Odessa Permian • PF Liam Stayton • Canyon • BQ Hudson Turman • Tascosa • INF Braeden Tydeman • Lubbock • USX Anjali Vadlapatla • Young Women’s Leadership • PF Sanjana Vadlapatla • Young Women’s Leadership • PF Isabelle Valdez • San Angelo Central • SEN Jeffrey Veazey • Tascosa • INF August Vinson • Bushland • INF Amrita Vukoti • San Angelo Central • USX Mason Wittie • Lubbock • DUO

VIRGINIA

Congratulations to this year’s qualifying students!

Clover Hill HS

Fresta Valley Christian

Jax Bulbrook Julia Herald Matthew Wang

Alayna Gray

James Madison HS

The Potomac School

Collegiate School

Julia Hosage Maya Hutchins Calvin Kaplan Austin Pemble

Avi Agrawal Alexander Bauer Taylor Burris Graeme Evans Cabot Fisher Sebastian Gardner Aaliyah Haque Kasim Khapra Ethan Maher Armaan Sethi Meredith Vorndran

Hollyn Borich Justinas Petkauskas Alex Reavey-Cantwell Jai Spicer Maytal Zasler

Colonial Forge HS Sebastian Rao

Cosby HS

James River HS Emily Acuto Lilli Brown Kennedy Coffin Evelyn Gayle Emelia Gotovac Abigail Rusz

Thomas Jefferson HS of Science & Technology Ansh Malhortra Ella Zhang

Trinity Christian School Daisy Jenkins Elevyn Turner

Kezra Adonis Alexander Doggett Majestic Henderson Ellora Houchins

L.C. Bird HS

We’ll see you in 2026!

Kylie Springfield

The 2026 National Speech & Debate Tournament will take place in Richmond.

Dominion HS

Amelia Basile Taylor Thomas

Devin Fuller Daniel Salamat Ravandi

Petersburg HS

We can’t wait for you to visit Virginia’s beautiful and historic capital city.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 18 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT — GRAND BALLROOM A —

IOWA EVENTS CENTER

SPECIAL THANKS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT MANAGER Deano Pape, NSDA

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAB STAFF Jeffrey Miller, GA (co-chair)

WELCOME The Middle School National Tournament is an open invitational, and all middle school NSDA members are welcome to compete for a chance to be named a middle school national champion! The online registration deadline was May 15, 2024.

JOIN US An adult from each middle school team should stop by in-person registration to pick up your school’s materials and ask any questions! Teams arriving early in the week should consider checking out some high school rounds as a learning experience. We recommend teams drive to the competition venue before competition begins to become familiar with the daily route and expected travel times.

MIDDLE SCH OOL R ECOG NITION

MIDDLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION AND EXPO

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAB CHAIRS

Deborah Simon, WA (co-chair) David Dejesa, SC PJ Samorian, FL Abby Schirmer, GA Cory Shay, NJ Raymond Shay, NJ William Warren, NC David Weatherly, TN

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Jeffrey Miller Middle School Tab Co-Chair

Deborah Simon Middle School Tab Co-Chair

The Middle School National Tournament is presented by

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MIDDLE SCHOOL SCH ED ULE OVERVIEW

MS DEBATE

MS WORLD SCHOOLS

EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19

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

• Northwest HS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • Northwest 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 20 • Northwest 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* *if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

9:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

2:20 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Required Judge Training (Auditorium) Students Report to the Prep Room (Gym) Round 1 (Prepared Motion) Round 2 (Prepared Motion) Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins Round 3 (Impromptu Motion)

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Northwest HS 8:20 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

11:20 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

2:50 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) Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins** Semifinal Round (Impromptu Motion)**

**if needed; the final round may be held on Thursday in place of the semifinal round, depending on entry numbers.

• Iowa Events Center – Room 103

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

11:15 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

• Iowa Events Center – Room 104

Policy Final Lincoln-Douglas Final Public Forum Final

8:00 a.m.

World Schools Final (Prepared Motion)

MS CONGRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 • Northwest HS all times are shown in Central Time (CT)

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS PICKUP FRIDAY, JUNE 21 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT — ROOM 309 —

IOWA EVENTS CENTER

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Northwest HS 8:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Session 3 Session 4 Semifinal Session

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 • Iowa Events Center – Room 103 8:00 a.m.

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Congress Final Session

MS FINALS

EVENTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

PATTERN A

• Iowa Events Center – Room 101

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

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

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 19 • Northwest 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 20 • Northwest 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

5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Semis A Semis B

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

Poetry Final Humorous Interp Final Duo Interp Final

• Iowa Events Center – Room 102 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 Speaking Final Declamation Final Storytelling Final Original Spoken Word Poetry Final Prose Final Dramatic Interp Final Program Oral Interp Final

• Iowa Events Center – Room 103 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

• Iowa Events Center – Room 104 8:00 a.m.

World Schools Final (Prepared Motion)**

**The final round may be held on Thursday in place of the semifinal round at Northwest HS, depending on entry numbers.

• Iowa Events Center – Grand Ballroom A 4:30 p.m.

Middle School Awards Assembly

RESULTS AND AWARDS

• Iowa Events Center

Results of all middle school 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 above.

Final rounds will be held throughout the day on Friday and culminate in the Middle School Awards Assembly, starting around 4:30 p.m. in Grand Ballroom A. The Middle School Awards Assembly should conclude by 6:00 p.m. Afterward, the middle school champions will be recognized on stage during the High School Awards Assembly, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in HyVee Hall.

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

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCH ED ULE OVERVIEW

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