2025 Tournament Book by Speech & Debate

100 YEARS OF SPEECH AND DEBATE

WE ARE SPEECH & DEBATE.

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y Go to the app store that corresponds with your device and search for “ Guidebook .”

y Follow the prompts on your screen, and Guidebook will download.

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HIGH SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

CLAIM YOUR SPEECH & DEBATE

Membership

In our centennial year, we are not just celebrating speech and debate. We are honoring 100 years of community and impact.

Find your speech and debate connection to support and inspire future generations of public speakers.

BENEFITS:

SHAPE THE NEXT 100 YEARS

» Contribute to the legacy of speech and debate, ensuring that its benefits continue to influence future generations.

EXCLUSIVE WEBINARS

» Receive invitations to upcoming webinars and access past webinars, including “Transform Your Speaking Skills into a Career.”

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

» Gain access to our Speech & Debate Alumni Community on LinkedIn and to our Community Calls, where alums can share stories, discussions, and professional development opportunities with one another.

GET PAID TO JUDGE

» Sign up for our Judge Board for the opportunity to get hired by schools in your area.

SUPPORT IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR YOU:

SHARE YOUR STORY

Share your story of how speech and debate impacted your life, career, friendships, and opportunities.

ADVOCATE

Help create access to speech and debate education in your community by becoming an Alumni Ambassador

DONATE

Each donation gives speech and debate opportunities to more students and schools. Visit our donation page

“Speech and debate taught me that our greatest achievements are measured not by trophies but by the relationships we build and the communities we nurture.”

— John Otto, Class of 2024

FROM YOUR LOCAL HOSTS

Welcome to Greater Des Moines for the 2025 National Speech & Debate Tournament and Centennial Celebration!

We are honored to have the responsibility of hosting the largest academic competition with a birthday celebration mixed into the event.

Many communities have hosted the National Tournament, and a number of dedicated teams have hosted multiple tournaments. However, hosting back-to-back Nationals is a unique experience for the Iowa Local Host Committee. Doing this work is a labor of love for an activity and community we value. We would not be able to take on this challenge without countless individuals and community partnerships supporting us along the way. Thank you to the coaches, schools, guardians, alumni, business community, and elected officials who have been true partners in this pursuit.

As a school administrator, I’m constantly amazed at the sacrifice of our educators and families who prioritize providing access to this transformative activity and life-changing experience of Nationals. As we embarked on hosting this event the last two years, we have constantly asked ourselves how we can honor your accomplishments as well as your dedication. We believe we’ve improved upon last year’s experience and hope that you feel the love, support, and respect that you deserve while spending time in our home community.

Steven Schappaugh, Chair Local Host Steering Committee

MARISSA KUIKEN

Waukee Northwest High School

JEREMY FITZPATRICK Johnston High School

TUNISIA MAY Liberty High School

STEVEN SCHAPPAUGH Chair • Theodore Roosevelt High School

ABOUT US

The National Speech & Debate Association is the authority on public speaking and debate in the United States. The Association builds the infrastructure for speech and debate competitions around the world by providing topics, educational resources, and training for students and coaches. For 100 years, the National Speech & Debate Association has built a platform for youth voices that culminates in the National Speech & Debate Tournament, the largest academic competition in the world.

MISSION

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

VISION

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.

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.

SAFETY AT THE TOURNAMENT

Safety is our highest priority at the National Speech & Debate Tournament. The NSDA maintains a visitor policy that dictates who is allowed to enter our events beyond attendees, guests, and those attending a school function. Our partner school districts, where a majority of NSDA competition is held, also maintain policies that guide how the NSDA and the school handle visitors who are not part of the event or attending another school-sponsored function. The NSDA will make every effort, with legal guidance, to ensure the safety of its attendees and guests while following school district policies and state and federal laws.

CODE OF HONOR

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.

“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 is committed to processes, practices, and spaces that recognize and empower people from all backgrounds (including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and ability) and establish conditions of fairness in our organization.

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.

VISIT THE HISTORIC CENTENNIAL TIMELINE!

ALL WEEK LONG

Begin the experience in the Hilton Skywalk connected to the Iowa Events Center.

As part of our Centennial Celebration, participants can explore 100 years of speech and debate at the Historic Centennial Timeline. Learn how the organization started, challenges we’ve faced over the years, and how we plan to further our reach over the next 100 years!

Our Vision for the

The world feels more divided than ever. We need a new generation ready to lead. A generation that can think critically, speak with empathy, and solve tough problems together.

As we turn 100, the NSDA plans to partner with the speech and debate community to take on this challenge and continue our work developing better citizens, better thinkers, and better leaders who are equipped to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.

Over the next five years, we have set an ambitious goal to double our impact and ensure there are speech and debate programs in more than 8,000 schools, serving more than 200,000 students across the nation.

The NSDA has the scale, experience, and infrastructure to realize this vision and expand access to speech and debate nationwide.

Here’s how we are going to reach our goals:

1 DEVELOP a dedicated team of experienced coaches and mentors to recruit, train, and support new coaches, ensuring program sustainability and ongoing success.

2 PARTNER directly with school administrators to advocate for the creation and funding of new speech and debate teams, expanding opportunities for students.

3 ESTABLISH and enhance local leagues to make participation in speech and debate more sustainable, accessible, and affordable.

4 INTEGRATE speech and debate into classroom curricula, increasing student access and embedding essential communication skills into everyday learning environments.

5 PROMOTE funding initiatives and policy reforms at the state level to ensure speech and debate becomes a central component of middle and high school education.

6 UTILIZE cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence, to scale speech and debate programs and provide innovative resources for students and educators.

SPEECH AND DEBATE STORIES

Speech and debate has single-handedly been the most influential extracurricular in my life. Speech and debate has equipped me with such an empowering sense of agency. I will forever be grateful for that.

Every day of my life, the skills I learned in speech and debate help me achieve my personal and professional goals. It is the single most important thing a student could do for themselves.”

— THOMAS Woodcreek High School,

I remember being so nervous and scared to perform every weekend in front of new people. I never competed because I wanted to win. I competed because it was fun. I am now an assistant coach for a middle school speech and debate team, and I get to teach these students the joy and fun of tournaments and to celebrate the small victories.”

— CARMELA

Harlingen High School South, TX

I have learned that communicating with others is sometimes the most effective weapon we have against ignorance and darkness. Speech and debate has taught me the power of my own voice to comfort, persuade, and tell important stories, a gift for which I am eternally grateful.

After graduation, I hope to continue participating in and contributing to the community. I want to extend the impact speech and debate has had on me because I know it matters.”

— EMMA

MYA HARRIS Pattonville High School, MO

2021 National Student of the Year Finalist

Taipei European School, Taiwan

SASKIA REFORD

Saint Mary’s Hall, TX

2019 National Student of the Year Finalist

The confidence and friendships I found in speech have propelled me forward in my life, and I’m a huge advocate for getting more kids involved.”

— LAIRA Lockwood High School, MT

Speech and debate inspired me to become a coach!”

— COREY Red Lake County Central, MN

I've learned that you never have to keep to yourself. My advocacy was discovered in this community so I can uplift

—

NEIL Montpelier High School, VT

Speech and debate not only instilled in me the value of storytelling but also the art of listening.

Celebration Ideas

Collect Your Stories

Celebrate in Your State Speech and debate was the best thing that happened to me in high school. It helped me think critically about many different topic areas, understand both sides of arguments, and has inspired me to pursue a degree in political science.”

Speech and debate has surrounded me with a community of passionate changemakers who guide me through challenges and celebrate me in success. This community has given me an outlet to make change on a tangible level, and I’II always be grateful for that.

» Behind every team, champion, and coach, there is a moment, mentor, or story. With your words, photos, and videos, you help demonstrate the lasting impact of speech and debate. Add your legacy at speechanddebate.org/centennial-stories . ADD YOUR LEGACY

Share your speech and debate story as part of our Centennial Celebration, or use the online map to rekindle old friendships and build new connections within our community. ww w.speechanddebate.org/centennial-stories

ESTHER OYETUNJI

Heritage School - Broward, FL

PROCEDURES

For complete National Speech & Debate Tournament procedures, visit www.speechanddebate.org/ nationals. You can also find helpful links to more information via the Nats25 Guidebook app.

STUDENTS AND JUDGES

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

TOURNAMENT SUPPORT

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

• A Tournament Office Manager is someone who, via the Tournament Office, provides important information to attendees and helps 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. (Learn more on page 34.)

• Rules Protest 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.

WE’RE HERE TO HELP!

Volunteers provide support alongside NSDA staff members during the week.

TOURNAMENT OFFICE MANAGERS

Dr. Sandra Berkowitz, MN

Elena Cecil, KY

David Huston, TX

Adam J. Jacobi, WI

Jennifer Jerome, NE

Cherian Koshy, IA

Greg Malis, LA

Randi Oleson, IA

Dr. Anthony Peavy, IA

Natalie Polanco, IA

Zachary Prax, MN

Douglas Roberts, MO

Travis Rother, MN

Dr. Simon Sheaff, IA

Grady Stein, IA

RULES PROTEST PANELISTS

Susan Anderson, ND

Byron Arthur, LA

Martha Benham, CO

Anthony Berryhill, LA

Christy Briggs, NV

Jamelle Brown, MO

Shane Cole, MS

Don Crabtree, MO

Lori Crews, OK

Irlonde Gagnon, WY

Mary Gormley, NJ

Jyleesa Hampton, CA

James Harris, KS

Meg Howell-Haymaker, AZ

David Huston, TX

Adam J. Jacobi, WI

Jennifer Jerome, NE

Kerry Konda, SD

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. CA

Xavier Liu, CA

Renee Motter, CO

Bryce Piotrowski, TX

Fred Robertson, NE

• 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 Rules Protest 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.

Jay Rye, AL

Deborah Simon, WA

Jeffrey Stoppenhagen, ID

George Tennison, TX

Tyler Unsell, MO

Nationals Hub

WHERE DO I GO FOR HELP?

Everyone deserves a tournament environment that is safe, welcoming, and fair. If you need assistance during the tournament, please consider the following support options.

COMPETITION

EXAMPLE AREAS

EXAMPLE CONCERNS

• Rooms

• Scheduling

• Food

• Accessibility Accommodations

• Elevator Access

• Judge Assignments

• Judge Training

• Judge Paradigms

• Time Limits

• Plagiarism/ Cheating

• Rules Clarification

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Find your Supervising Adult (e.g., coach, caregiver, etc.) or go to the Tournament Office and ask a staffer for help.

CONDUCT

EXAMPLE AREAS

• Interpersonal Support

• Inclusion/ Exclusion

• Harassment and Discrimination

EXAMPLE CONCERNS

• A powerful performance triggers an emotional response

• A contestant bullies another contestant

• A judge yells at students and/or coaches

• A student feels alone and wants to withdraw from the tournament

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Find your Supervising Adult (e.g., coach, caregiver, etc.) or go to the Tournament Office and ask to talk with a Belonging and Inclusion Advocate.

NAME BADGES AND RIBBONS

FOR SECURITY, ALL ATTENDEES MUST WEAR IDENTIFYING RIBBONS ON THEIR PERSON AT ALL TIMES AT ALL TOURNAMENT VENUES.

Do not lose them. Replacements are available in the Tournament Office of each competition venue. Identification will be required for a replacement.

FOR SECURITY, ALL ATTENDEES MUST WEAR IDENTIFYING RIBBONS ON THEIR PERSON AT ALL TIMES.

COACHES AND JUDGES

Coaches and judges receive badges with their names and choose either a Coach or Judge ribbon. Judge ribbons should only be selected by judges who are not also coaches. In addition to Coach and Judge ribbons, there are several other identifying and celebratory ribbons adults can choose from, like First Time at Nationals, District Leader, and more! Please attach the ribbons relevant to your role on your badge in the order shown at left.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

There are three types of high school student ribbons: Contestant, Senator, and Representative. In addition to competitor ribbons, students can opt to wear a button sharing their pronouns with other attendees.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

There is one middle school competitor ribbon. In addition to ribbons, students can opt to wear a button sharing their pronouns.

PRONOUN BUTTON

ATTENDEES

All other attendees are required to wear an Attendee ribbon. That includes parents, chaperones, siblings, etc. They may also choose a button to share their pronouns.

For optional use by students and any attendees not issued a Coach or Judge badge. A permanent marker can be used to write and display the wearer's pronouns.

Do not lose them.

NEED ASSISTANCE?

• The Nats25 Guidebook app is your primary source of information during the tournament. Use the QR code to download, then search for “Nats25.” 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.

Nats25 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.)

• Single gender and all gender restrooms are available in all venues.

• If you need medical attention at the tournament, nurses or EMTs are available at each competition venue.

• If you’re feeling overwhelmed, each venue has a quiet room . Visit the Tournament Office for details.

• Our Belonging and Inclusion Advocates are available to offer interpersonal support and care at every venue if you need to talk to someone.

• Coaches and judges can submit reasonable ADA accommodation requests , and coaches can submit requests on behalf of their students, by visiting www.speechanddebate.org/accessibility . After competition starts on Monday, please direct these requests to the Tournament Office. Refer to page 27 for information about limited mobility seating available during finals and awards.

• Stay hydrated! Bring a reusable water bottle and refill it often.

• 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 Memorial Hall at the Iowa Events Center.

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 2025-2026 NSDA membership account or returned in the form of a check. You can log in to Tabroom.com to review your selection, but it cannot be changed at this time. All bonds will be processed and returned after Nationals by July 31, 2025. 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.

Centennial Timeline

Iowa Events Center (IEC)

GRAND BALLROOM

EMC EXPO CENTER

1 IOWA EVENTS CENTER

HS Registration and Expo (Sun)

Senate (Mon-Wed)

House (Mon-Thu)

Extemp Debate (Fri)

Supp Speech (Fri)

HS Main Event Finals/Awards (Thu-Fri)

MS Finals/Awards (Fri) 2

DOWNTOWN HILTON

New Coach Receptions (Sun)

District Leader Luncheon (Sun)

House and Senate (Mon-Tue)

3 IOWA STATE CAPITOL

Senate Final Session (Thu)

House Final Session (Fri)

4 EAST HS

World Schools (Mon-Tue)

Supp Speech—Goldfinch (Wed-Thu)

5 HIATT MS

Big Questions (Mon-Tue)

6 JOHNSTON HS

Policy (Mon-Tue)

Supp Speech—Wildrose (Wed-Thu)

7 TRAILRIDGE SCHOOL

Main Speech: OO, INF (Mon-Tue)

Policy (Wed)

World Schools (Wed) 8 NORTHWEST

HS

Main Speech: USX, IX (Mon-Tue)

Main Speech: ALL EVENTS (Wed)

Big Questions (Wed-Thu)

Lincoln-Douglas (Wed-Thu)

Public Forum (Wed-Thu)

Policy (Thu)

World Schools (Thu)

9 TIMBERLINE SCHOOL

Main Speech: DI, POI (Mon-Tue)

Middle School Debate (Wed-Thu)

10 SOUTH MS

Main Speech: HI, DUO (Mon-Tue)

Middle School Speech (Wed-Thu)

11 VALLEY HS

Lincoln-Douglas (Mon-Tue)

Extemp Debate—Wildrose (Wed)

12 ROOSEVELT HS

Public Forum (Mon-Tue)

Extemp Debate—Goldfinch (Wed)

Extemp Debate—Goldfinch & Wildrose (Thu)

13 BLANK PARK ZOO

NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Tue)

MS Registration and Expo (Tue)

HS Supplemental Only Registration (Tue)

Access building maps and more via the Nats25 Guidebook app!

VENUES

AT THE ZOO

TUESDAY | JUNE 17, 2025

5:30 p . m . to 8:30 p . m . C t

JOIN US for food trucks, a DJ, fun activities, and a chance to see the animals as we celebrate 100 years of speech and debate!

PLUS! From 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Holmes Foster Event Center (left of the main entrance), we will host High School Supplemental Only Registration and the Middle School Registration/Expo .

There, all teams may also pick up pre-ordered shirts , grab speech and debate gear at the NSDA Store , and explore the Custom Apparel Shop !

BLANK PARK ZOO | 7401 SW 9TH STREET | DES MOINES, IA 50315

Find maps in the Nats25 Guidebook app. Parking and entry are free when you reference “NSDA.”

NOTICE OF FILMING: JUNE 15-20, 2025

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 15-20, 2025, means that you release and hold harmless the NSDA from any claims or actions that arise as a result of this production. Recording (audio or visual) of competition rounds at the National Speech & Debate Tournament by attendees is strictly prohibited without the written consent of the NSDA. Violation may result in removal from the venue and disqualification of associated participants.

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LUNCH MENU

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DES MOINES, JOHNSTON, WAUKEE, AND WEST DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICTS

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DES

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

MONDAY

or Cheeseburger

Hamburger or Cheeseburger

Additional veggie and cold options available

French Bread Pizza

Breaded Chicken Sandwich Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza Slices

Additional veggie and cold options available

Additional veggie and cold options available Additional veggie and cold options available

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

ADDITIONAL INFO:

MEALS AT NATIONALS

• LUNCH IS FREE FOR STUDENTS MONDAY-THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

• LUNCH IS FREE FOR STUDENTS MONDAY-THURSDAY.

• 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 the Iowa Events Center may purchase from various food vendors, which will only accept cards.

• GLUTEN-FREE, VEGAN, AND VEGETARIAN SUBSTITUTES available upon request.

FREE LUNCH FOR STUDENTS We are excited to once again offer free lunch for competitors at Nationals! This year, free lunch will be available Monday through Thursday at all competition sites for competitors. All lunches will have gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian substitutes available upon request.

• GLUTEN-FREE, VEGAN, AND VEGETARIAN SUBSTITUTES available upon request.

MEALS FOR ADULTS

• GLUTEN-FREE, VEGAN, AND VEGETARIAN SUBSTITUTES available upon request.

Adults at schools can purchase a meal ticket from the concessions stand for the same meals 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.

Rooted in the values of community, mentorship, and professional growth, these ten groups help address the concerns coaches face related to identity or school type.

Each group in the Coaches’ Network is led by two co-chairs who act as liaisons between the coaches and the national office. Every group meets at least three times a year—twice virtually and once in person at the National Tournament—and uses a variety of strategies to support its members. Group leaders also work closely with the NSDA Director of Belonging and Inclusion to share ideas, raise concerns, and ensure all voices are heard in a collaborative and respectful environment. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coaches-network .

COACHES’ CAUCUSES – presented by Colorado College

COACHES’ INTEREST GROUPS – presented by Colorado College

Small School Coaches’

Katy Russell OHIO Scott Caron MASSACHUSETTS Rural School Coaches’

Justin Cartwright KANSAS

Christine Hubbard IDAHO

Gail Nicholas SOUTH CAROLINA

Michael Yeakey INDIANA

Abilities United Caucus Leaders

Jesse Meyer IOWA

Jan Pizzo OREGON

Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus Leaders

Kris Igawa OREGON

David Long PENNSYLVANIA

Black/African American Caucus Leaders

Jonathan Alston NEW JERSEY

Renea L. Moss FLORIDA

Women’s Caucus Leaders

Jamelle Brown KANSAS

Kim Lenger MISSOURI

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Leaders

WK Kay NEW YORK Heath Martin TEXAS

Indigenous Persons Caucus Leaders

John Samqua KANSAS

John Russell NEW MEXICO

Hispanic/Latine Caucus Leader

Victoria Beard TEXAS

JOIN US! IOWA EVENTS CENTER

(*or Downtown Hilton, where noted)

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Explore the Historic Centennial Timeline ............................ HILTON Skywalk*

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Shop Custom Apparel ................................................................ Near 310 by Escalators

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Shop the NSDA Store Room 308

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. National Tournament Expo ....................................................... Grand Ballroom B

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Pick Up Pre-Ordered T-Shirts Room 401

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Early Registration (tournament officials only, optional) ........... Grand Ballroom A

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Hispanic/Latine Coaches’ Caucus .......................................... Room 301

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Rural Schools Coaches’ Interest Group Room 302

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration .................................................................................... Grand Ballroom A

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Small Schools Coaches’ Interest Group Room 301

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. New Coach Reception (#1) ....................................................... HILTON Cloud Ballroom*

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Tournament Officials Meeting ................................................. Room 101

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SPEAK. Documentary Exclusive Screening and Q+A (#1) ...... Junior Ballroom

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Black/African American Coaches’ Caucus ........................... Room 301

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Indigenous Persons Coaches’ Caucus Room 302

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Tab Meeting Breakouts .............................................................. Various (100 & 300 Level)

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. LGBTQIA+ Coaches’ Caucus Room 301

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Asian/Pacific Islander Coaches’ Caucus ............................... Room 302

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Parliamentarian Meeting (mandatory) ..................................... Room 303

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. District Leader Luncheon presented by Simpson College ........ HILTON Cloud Ballroom*

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Canva Masterclass: Using Design to Enhance Persuasive Presentations with Digital Learning Specialist Jen Hall Junior Ballroom

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Women’s Coaches’ Caucus ........................................................ Room 301

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Independent (Non-Public) Schools Coaches’ Interest Group ............................................................ Room 302

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Speech Judge Training (optional) ............................................... Room 101

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Congress Judge Training (optional) Room 317

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Debate Judge Training (optional) ............................................... Room 319

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. World Schools Debate Judge Training (mandatory) Room 106

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Abilities United Coaches’ Caucus ........................................... Room 302

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. New Coach Reception (#2) ...................................................... HILTON Cloud Ballroom*

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SPEAK. Documentary Exclusive Screening and Q+A (#2) ..... Junior Ballroom

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 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 333.

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

Thank you to the INSTITUTE FOR SPEECH AND DEBATE for their generous support!

MAIN DEBATE

MONDAY, JUNE 16

• Johnston HS (CX) • Valley HS (LD)

• Roosevelt HS (PF)

9:00 a.m. Round 1

11:30 a.m. Round 2

2:15 p.m. Round 3

5:00 p.m. Round 4

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

• Johnston HS (CX) • Valley HS (LD)

• Roosevelt HS (PF)

8:00 a.m. Round 5

10:30 a.m. Round 6

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

2:00 p.m. Round 7

4:30 p.m. 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

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Blank Park Zoo)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Northwest HS (LD, PF) • Trailridge School (CX)

8:00 a.m. Round 9

11:30 a.m. Round 10

3:00 p.m. Round 11

6:00 p.m. Round 12

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Northwest HS (CX, LD, PF)

8:00 a.m. Round 13 (CX, LD, PF)

10:00 a.m. Round 14 (LD, PF)

11:00 a.m. Round 14 (CX)

12:00 p.m. Round 15 (LD, PF)

1:30 p.m. Round 16 (LD, PF) *if needed

2:00 p.m. Round 15 (CX)

5:00 p.m. Round 16 (CX) *if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – EMC Expo Center

9:30 a.m. PF Final

11:00 a.m. LD Final

12:30 p.m. CX Final

all times are shown in Central Time (CT)

MAIN SPEECH

MONDAY, JUNE 16

• Northwest HS (USX, IX) – Extemp Prep: Gym

• Trailridge School (OO, INF) • Timberline School (DI, POI)

• South MS (HI, DUO)

9:00 a.m.

Round 1 (Draw at 8:30 a.m.; be in draw at 7:55 a.m.)

11:30 a.m. Round 2 (Draw at 11:00 a.m.)

2:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Round 3 (Draw at 1:30 p.m.)

Round 4 (Draw at 3:30 p.m.)

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

• Northwest HS (USX, IX) – Extemp Prep: Gym

• Trailridge School (OO, INF) • Timberline School (DI, POI)

• South MS (HI, DUO)

8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Round 5 (Draw at 8:00 a.m.; be in draw at 7:30 a.m.)

Round 6 (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 (OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI)

Round 7 (USX, IX – Draw at 2:00 p.m.)

Round 8 (OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI)

Round 8 (USX, IX – Draw at 4:00 p.m.)

6:30 p.m. Online Postings via Tabroom.com

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

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Blank Park Zoo)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Northwest HS – Extemp Prep: Gym

8:30 a.m. Round 9 (Draw at 8:00 a.m.; be in draw at 7:45 a.m.)

10:30 a.m. Round 10 (Draw at 10:00 a.m.)

2:30 p.m. Round 11 (Draw at 2:00 p.m.)

4:30 p.m. Round 12 (OO, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI)

5:00 p.m. Round 12 (USX, IX – Draw at 4:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Iowa Events Center – EMC Expo Center

8:30 a.m. Speech Finalists’ Sound and Light Check

12:00 p.m. INF Final

1:45 p.m. HI Final

3:15 p.m. DI Final

5:15 p.m. POI Final

8:30 p.m. DUO Final

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – EMC Expo Center

2:30 p.m. USX Final (USX Draw in Room 102 at 2:00 p.m.)

3:45 p.m. IX Final (IX Draw in Room 103 at 3:15 p.m.)

5:00 p.m. OO Final

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

HOUSE/SENATE

MONDAY, JUNE 16

• Iowa Events Center and Downtown Hilton

Note: Contestant chamber assignments will be released on Tabroom.com Monday morning.

8:00 a.m.

Opening Assembly (in person, all Congress competitors, in EMC Expo Center Hall B)

9:00 a.m. Round 1: Elect presiding officer (PO); set agenda; convene

12:45 p.m. Recess for lunch

2:15 p.m. Round 2: Elect PO; convene

5:45 p.m. Recess

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

• Iowa Events Center and Downtown Hilton

8:00 a.m. Round 3: Elect PO; convene

11:30 a.m. 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

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Blank Park Zoo)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Iowa Events Center

8:00 a.m. Elimination Round Opening Assembly (in person, all elim competitors, in Room 303)

8:30 a.m. Senate Semifinal and House Quarterfinal Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene

11:45 a.m. Recess for lunch

1:30 p.m. Senate Semifinal and House Quarterfinal Round 2: Elect PO; convene

4:30 p.m. PO recognition; Leadership Bowl voting; recess

7:00 p.m. Posting of Senate Finalists and House Semifinalists via Tabroom.com

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Iowa Events Center (House) • Iowa State Capitol (Senate)

8:00 a.m. Senate Final/House Semifinal Opening Assembly

8:45 a.m. Senate Final* and House Semifinal Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene

12:00 p.m. Recess for lunch

1:30 p.m. Senate Final* and House Semifinal Round 2: Reconvene

4:45 p.m. PO recognition, Leadership Bowl voting; recess

7:00 p.m. Posting of House Finalists via Tabroom.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

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, students must have completed their junior or senior year of high school and have 250+ Honor Society points.

Students should sign up in advance using the Judge Signup tab at msnats.tabroom.com and arrive at the relevant competition building (Timberline for debate events or South for speech events) by 8:30 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.

• Iowa State Capitol (House) • Iowa Events Center (Awards)

8:15 a.m. House Final* Round 1: Elect PO; set agenda; convene

11:30 a.m. Recess for lunch

12:45 p.m. House Final* Round 2: Reconvene

3:45 p.m. PO recognition; Leadership Bowl voting; recess

*Congress finals will be held in the House of Representatives Chamber at the Iowa State Capitol.

Access links to schedules, maps, and more via the Nats25 Guidebook app! Download the app, then search for “Nats25”

WORLD SCHOOLS

MONDAY, JUNE 16

• East HS

8:15 a.m. World Schools Coach Meeting (Auditorium)

9:00 a.m. Round 1 (Prepared Motion)

9:15 a.m. Make-up World Schools Judge Training for judges unable to attend Sunday (Auditorium)

11:00 a.m. Round 2 (Prepared Motion)

1:45 p.m. Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium)

2:10 p.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

3:15 p.m. Round 3 (Impromptu Motion)

5:15 p.m. Round 4 (Prepared Motion)

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

• East HS

8:15 a.m. Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium)

8:30 a.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

9:30 a.m. Round 5 (Impromptu Motion)

12:30 p.m. Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium)

12:45 p.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

1:45 p.m. Round 6 (Impromptu Motion)

3:45 p.m. Announcement of Advancing Teams

4:15 p.m. Team Roll Call (Gym) and Judge Roll Call (Auditorium)

4:30 p.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

5:30 p.m. First Elimination Round (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

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Blank Park Zoo)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Trailridge School

8:00 a.m. Roll Call for All Teams in the Second Elim (Gym) and Judges (Auditorium)

8:15 a.m. Second Elimination Round (Prepared Motion)

10:30 a.m. Roll Call for All Teams in the Third Elim and Judges

10:45 a.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

11:45 a.m. Third Elimination Round (Impromptu Motion)

2:45 p.m. Roll Call for All Teams in the Fourth Elim and Judges

3:00 p.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

4:00 p.m. Fourth Elimination Round (Impromptu Motion)

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Northwest HS

8:00 a.m. Roll Call for All Teams in the Fifth Elim (Gym) and Judges (Auditorium)

8:15 a.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins

9:15 a.m. Fifth Elimination Round (Impromptu Motion)

10:30 a.m. Roll Call for All Teams in Sixth Elim round and Judges**

10:45 a.m. Impromptu Motion Announced and Prep Begins**

11:45 a.m. Sixth Elimination Round (Impromptu Motion)** **if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – EMC Expo Center

8:00 a.m. WS Final (Prepared Motion)

BIG QUESTIONS

MONDAY, JUNE 16

• Hiatt MS

10:00 a.m. Judge training for all BQ judges (Auditorium)

11:15 a.m. Round 1 1:45 p.m. Round 2 4:30 p.m. Round 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

• Hiatt MS

9:00 a.m. Round 4 11:30 a.m. Round 5

3:00 p.m. 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

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – NSDA 100th Birthday Party (Blank Park Zoo)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Northwest HS

10:00 a.m. Round 7 1:00 p.m. Round 8 3:30 p.m. Round 9

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Northwest HS

10:00 a.m. Round 10**

12:30 p.m. Round 11** 3:30 p.m. Round 12** 5:00 p.m. Round 13** **if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – Grand Ballroom

3:30 p.m. BQ Final

Sparky

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

EXTEMP DEBATE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Roosevelt HS (Goldfinch) or Valley HS (Wildrose)

8:00 a.m.

Mandatory meeting for all XDB judges obligated for Wed (Gym). Please review Tabroom instructions emailed to you Tuesday evening!

8:30 a.m. Round 1 (preset) Topic Release: 8:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. Round 2 (preset) Topic Release: 10:30 a.m.

1:45 p.m. Round 3 (powered) Topic Release: 1:15 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Round 4 (powered) Topic Release: 4:00 p.m.

7:15 p.m. Round 5 Topic Release: 6:45 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 19

• Roosevelt HS (Goldfinch & Wildrose)

7:45 a.m. Mandatory meeting for all XDB judges obligated for Thu who were not obligated for Wed (Room 1410). In other words, no one needs to attend the judge meeting both days. Please review Tabroom instructions emailed to you Tuesday evening!

8:30 a.m. Round 6 Topic Release: 8:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m. Round 7 Topic Release: 9:45 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Round 8 Topic Release: 11:00 a.m.

1:15 p.m. Round 9 Topic Release: 12:45 p.m.

2:30 p.m.. Round 10 Topic Release: 2:00 p.m.

3:45 p.m. Round 11 Topic Release: 3:15 p.m.

5:00 p.m. Round 12 Topic Release: 4:30 p.m.

6:15 p.m. Round 13 Topic Release: 5:45 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• 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

SUPPLEMENTAL RE-REGISTRATION

SUPPLEMENTAL SPEECH

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 †

• East HS (Goldfinch) or Johnston HS (Wildrose)

• Commentary Draw: Gym

8:30 a.m. Round 1A (EXC Draw at 8:00 a.m.)

10:00 a.m. Round 1B

12:30 p.m. Round 2A (EXC Draw at 12:00 p.m.)

2:00 p.m. Round 2B

3:30 p.m. Round 3A (EXC Draw at 3:00 p.m.)

5:00 p.m. Round 3B

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• East HS (Goldfinch) or Johnston HS (Wildrose)

• Commentary Draw: Gym

8:30 a.m. Elim 1A (EXC Draw at 8:00 a.m.)

10:00 a.m. Elim 1B

12:00 p.m. Elim 2A/2B (EXC Draw at 11:30 a.m.)

2:00 p.m. Elim 3A/3B (EXC Draw at 1:30 p.m.)

3:30 p.m. Elim 4A/4B (EXC Draw at 3:00 p.m.)

5:30 p.m. Elim 5A/5B* (EXC Draw at 5:00 p.m.) *if needed

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – Grand Ballroom

8:00 a.m. STO Final

9:00 a.m. EXP Final

10:00 a.m. POE Final

11:00 a.m. IMP Final

12:00 p.m. PRO Final

1:00 p.m. EXC Final (EXC Draw at 12:30 p.m.)

2:00 p.m. SW Final

† Note: Supplemental speech rounds will be double-flighted on Wednesday.

SUPPLEMENTAL EVENT SPLIT

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 17 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.

Each supplemental event was split into two groups: Goldfinch and Wildrose—the state bird and flower of Iowa! Coaches with pre-registered supplemental event entries can find which building their students will compete in by checking the General tab of their school’s registration in Tabroom.com.

SUPPLEMENTAL ONLY REGISTRATION High schools that are ONLY participating in supplemental events should attend the Supplemental Only Registration on Tuesday, June 17 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Blank Park Zoo in the Holmes Foster Event Center.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPEECH EVENTS

PATTERNING

To enable double entry, each event is either Pattern A or Pattern B.

PATTERN A

Extemp Commentary (E XC )

Original Spoken Word Poetry (SW)

Prose (PRO) • Expository (EXP)

PATTERN B

Impromptu (IMP) • Poetry (POE)

Storytelling (STO)

Pattern B rounds cannot start until Pattern A rounds are complete.

FLIGHTING

Each prelim round is split into two flights, or groups of competitors, with one flight of the event performing immediately after the other in the same room with the same judge. Flight 2 starts about 35 min after flight 1.

ROUND START TIMES FOR COMPETITORS

ROUND 1 PATTERN B 10:00 a.m. 10:35 a.m.

ROUND 2 PATTERN A 12:30 p.m. 1:05 p.m.

ROUND 2 PATTERN B 2:00 p.m. 2:35 p.m.

ROUND 3 PATTERN A 3:30 p.m. 4:05 p.m.

ROUND 3 PATTERN B 5:00 p.m. 5:35 p.m.

JUDGES

You will see two ballots for each round— one for flight 1, and one for flight 2. Judge your flight 1 round first and submit your ballot. Then immediately invite your flight 2 competitors to begin!

COMPETITORS

Tabroom will show you whether you are in flight 1 or 2. Your Tabroom dashboard will show you the time that your FLIGHT is scheduled to begin.

2025 MAIN EVENT FINALS AND AWARDS

THURSDAY, JUNE 19 — EMC Expo Center in the Iowa Events Center unless otherwise noted*

8:00 a.m. Sen. Richard Lugar Congressional Debate – Senate Final Session*

EMC EXPO CENTER DOORS OPEN AT 11:15 A.M.

12:00 p.m. Informative Speaking

1:45 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Humorous Interpretation presented by Quaker Bakery

Lanny D. and B. J. Naegelin Dramatic Interpretation presented by Simpson College

New First and Second Diamond Recognition presented by Colorado College

Program Oral Interpretation presented by Advantage Communications

Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly presented by Colorado College

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 — EMC Expo Center in the Iowa Events Center unless otherwise noted*

8:00 a.m. Rep. Barbara Jordan Congressional Debate – House Final Session*

EMC EXPO CENTER DOORS OPEN AT 7:15 A.M.

8:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

World Schools Debate presented by Simpson College

Public Forum Debate presented by Whitman College

Lincoln-Douglas Debate presented by Truman State University

12:30 p.m. Richard B. Sodikow Policy Debate

2:30 p.m. Carmendale Fernandes United States Extemporaneous Speaking

3:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

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

Joe and Pam Wycoff Original Oratory presented by Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Auxiliary

6:30 p.m. High School National Awards Assembly

2025 SUPPLEMENTAL EVENT

FINALS AND AWARDS

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 — Grand Ballroom in the Iowa Events Center

GRAND BALLROOM DOORS OPEN AT 7:15 A.M.

8:00 a.m. Storytelling presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Expository presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

Poetry Reading presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

11:00 a.m. Impromptu presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Prose Reading presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

Brother René Sterner Commentary presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

Original Spoken Word Poetry presented by Always Writing 4 U

Extemporaneous Debate presented by Colorado College

Big Questions Debate presented by the John Templeton Foundation

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 — EMC Expo Center in the Iowa Events Center

6:30 p.m. High School National Awards Assembly

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 the EMC Expo Center. 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 the EMC Expo Center on Thursday and Friday during the evening awards assemblies.

AWARDS EMCEE

Emmy Award-winning storyteller David Begnaud of CBS Mornings returns as emcee for the 2025 National Tournament! Join us in the EMC Expo Center Thursday and Friday as we honor our coaches and crown this year’s national champions.

2025 LIVESTREAM COVERAGE

presented by the Institute for Speech and Debate

Invite friends, family, and other supporters to tune in to the Nats25 Livestream starting Thursday, June 19! live.speechanddebate.org

MIDDLE SCHOOL

You can find middle school info and schedules starting on page 108.

Every high school champion receives a traditional Hawaiian lei!

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS REMINDERS

AWARDING OF TROPHIES

Top Policy Speakers, Top LincolnDouglas Speakers, Debaters Placing 7-14

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 on Friday.

Debaters Placing 1-6

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

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

The top 14 Congressional debaters in the House and the Senate should attend the National Awards Assembly on Friday to receive their award on stage.

Top Worlds Speakers, Worlds Teams Placing 5-8

Top Worlds speakers 1-14 and Worlds teams 5-8 will be awarded trophies on stage after the World Schools Debate final round on Friday morning.

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

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.

Four-Time Competitors

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 Checkout (refer to opposite page for details).

Speech Semifinalists

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

Speech Finalists

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

NATIONAL SPEECH FINALISTS’ SOUND AND LIGHT CHECK

All main speech finalists (OO, USX, IX, INF, HI, DI, DUO, POI) must attend the National Speech Finalists’ Sound and Light Check at 8:30 a.m. CT on Thursday, June 19 in the EMC Expo Center of the Iowa Events Center. 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.

AWARDS CHECKOUT

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT — ROOM 307 —

IOWA EVENTS CENTER

AWARDS 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 participants who placed 7-14

• Four-Time Competitor awards

MORE ELIM AWARDS

Congress Gavels and Lewis Medallions

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

World Schools Triple Octafinalist Medals

Non-advancing Worlds triple octafinalists will receive medals after the conclusion of the round.

SCHOOL AWARDS

A list of teams that have qualified for one of the School Awards (School of Outstanding Distinction, Speech School of Excellence, Debate School of Excellence, Speech School of Honor, or Debate School of Honor) will be announced via the Nats25 Guidebook app during the afternoon on Friday, June 20.

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 during the times allotted! Lost and found items may be claimed by visiting the Tournament Office.

RESULTS

Find who advanced to the next round by visiting nationals.tabroom.com and selecting the Pairings tab— or use the QR code at left.

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

BALLOT COMMENTS

Coaches have the option to review ballot comments in Tabroom.com before releasing them to students. Find the setting to approve ballots and comments under the Settings tab of your school account. Learn more at tinyurl.com/y8d9bez4

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Huston TEXAS

Byron R. Arthur LOUISIANA

Jay Rye ALABAMA

Holly Williams ARIZONA

Sara Gibson WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jamelle M. Brown KANSAS

Dr. Alan H. Coverstone VIRGINIA

Adam J. Jacobi WISCONSIN

Erez Kalir CALIFORNIA

Renee C. Motter COLORADO

Anoop Mishra ALABAMA

Wendy Orthman MICHIGAN

OFFICE STAFF

Amy Seidelman Assistant Executive Director

J. Scott Wunn Executive Director

Nicole WanzerSerrano Chief Advancement Officer

Steve Stein Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Lisa Vossekuil Operations Coordinator Stephanie VanderBruggen Business and Finance Manager

Annie Reisener Director of Membership

Alyssa Rivera Director of Marketing and Communication

Susan Rhoades Mail Assistant

Laura Stein Finance Consultant

Kara Smith Competition and Events Manager

Travis Rother Membership Coordinator

Chris Palmer Tabroom.com Lead Developer

Deano Pape Competition and Events Specialist

Tova Prax Development Manager

Leela Ortiz Administrative Specialist

Dr. Paul Porter Director of Belonging and Inclusion

Lauren McCool Education and Leadership Specialist

Vicki Joss Content and Publications Manager

Amber Gracia Alumni Engagement Specialist

Aaron Hardy Director of Technology

Karen Jansen Business and Finance Assistant

Shunta Jordan Tournament Services Manager -

Sabir Muhammad Campaign Director

Athena Murray Professional Learning Design Manager

Emily Bratton Graphic Designer and Publications Assistant

Walker Desing Video Production Specialist

Lauren Burdt Director of Competition and Events

Erik Altman Website Content Specialist

Matt Bopes Membership and Resources Coordinator

Callie Anderson Development Coordinator

Jennifer Borman Competition and Events Coordinator

Amanda Wagner Trophy Shop Assistant

Becky Wagner Trophy Shop Assistant

Chad Wagner Trophy Shop Manager

Megan Wunn Merchandise Coordinator

Tanya Weir Trophy Shop Assistant

Shelby Young Communications Specialist

EVENT CHAIRS SPECIAL THANKS

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

ASSISTANT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

Amy Seidelman, NSDA

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – COMPETITION

Lauren Burdt, NSDA

ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – OPERATIONS

Annie Reisener, NSDA

CO-CHAIRS OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS

Aaron Hardy, NSDA

Chris Palmer, NSDA

OPERATIONS

Elena Cecil, KY

Noah Chao-Detiveaux, TX

Theodore Dounias, CA

Jack Good, MO

Beneyam Hassen, SD

Matt Huber, IL

David Huston, TX

Cherian Koshy, IA

Brian Manuel, NY

Lavontae Morrow, IL

Randi Oleson, IA

Esther Oyetunji, GA

Dr. Anthony Peavy, IA

Natalie Polanco, IA

Zachary Prax, MN

Sara Sanchez, IL

Mirabel Seidelman, IA

Oliver Sheaff, IA

Dr. Simon Sheaff, IA

Charles Sloat, NY

Grady Stein, IA

Darrell Vossekuil, IA

Jim Walker, IA

Jaden Wunn, IA

MARKETING AND VIDEO TEAM

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!

Mfaz Mohamad Ali, IL

Jeff Bell, IN

Wynter Byrd, AL

Kai Fitzpatrick, IA

Erika Fontana, IA

Emily Frachtling, NC

Dellara Gorjian, CA

Josh Noll, CA

Grace Rogers, KS

Emily Seidelman, MO

Michael Villalobos, IL

Chase Williams World Schools Tab Co-Chair

Kimberly Bayan-Berlat Congressional Debate Tab Co-Chair

Kevin Berlat Congressional Debate Tab Co-Chair

Julie Roos World Schools Tab Co-Chair

Matt Good Speech Tab Chair

Jeff Stutzman Policy Tab Chair

Hanh Do Big Questions Tab Chair

Ameena Amdahl-Mason Lincoln-Douglas Tab Co-Chair

Jonathan Alston Lincoln-Douglas Tab Co-Chair

Alma Nicholson Public Forum Tab Co-Chair

Nicole Dalton Public Forum Tab Co-Chair

Jo Ball Extemp Prep Co-Chair

Megan Hagaman Supplemental Speech Tab Co-Chair

Marc Rischitelli Supplemental Speech Tab Co-Chair

Pam McComas Extemp & Commentary Prep Co-Chair

Yatesh Singh Extemp Prep Co-Chair

Greg Malis Extemp Debate Tab Chair

Denise Raeder Johnson Commentary Prep Co-Chair

HIGH SCHOOL TAB STAFF

Policy Debate

Jeff Stutzman, IN (chair)

Rachel Baumann, MN

Xavier Liu, CA

Darin Maier, MS

Larrisha McDonnough, TX

Nick Panopoulos, CO

Dustin Rimmey, KS

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Jonathan Alston, NJ (co-chair)

Ameena Amdahl-Mason, OR (co-chair)

Courtney Coffman, TX

Crawford Leavoy, NC

Elise Matton, NM

Michael Patterson, OK (chair emeritus)

Russ Tidwell, KS

Bryan Whyte, MO

Public Forum Debate

Nicole Dalton, CA (co-chair)

Alma Nicholson, LA (co-chair)

David Abel, KS

Chris Berdnik, PA

A. Jane Berry-Eddings, OR

Noah Chao-Detiveaux, TX

Tiffany Dunia, CA

Martin Glendinning, OK

Rachel Mauchline, NC

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, Jr., MA

Martene Campbell, AR

Clifton Davis, ID

Rosalyn Foster, CA

Gayle Hyde, ND

David Long, PA

Keith Pittman, NC

Josh Swartsel, DC

(updated June 9, 2025)

World Schools Debate

Julie Roos, NV (co-chair)

Chase Williams, Taiwan (co-chair)

Sandra Berkowitz, MN

Mike Bietz, CA

Katie Burke, NJ

Megan Butt, NC

Main Speech

Matt Good, MO (chair)

Kim Lenger, MO (assoc. chair)

Steve Meadows, KY (assoc. chair)

Gail Nicholas, SC (assoc. chair)

Lillian Adeyemi, TX

Stan Austin, IL

Shiela Berselli, NV

Eloise Blair, TX

Carolyn Cook, KS

Amanda Dolinger, MO

Cheryl Frazier, IL

Wyatt Freeman, OK

Mary Fridh, IN

Alexa Glendinning, OK

Richard Glover, AZ

Mario Herrera, GA

Shelia Holt, MO

Vicky Hyde, WA

Kris Igawa, OR

Larissa Maranell, KS

Extemp and Commentary Prep

Pam McComas, MN (co-chair)

Jo Ball, KS (co-chair)

Yatesh Singh, MN (co-chair)

Denise Raeder Johnson, ND (co-chair)

Robin Christensen, ID

Cienna Collicott, AZ

Lexy Green, CA

Ishmael Kissinger, OK

Julie Laflen, KS

Kelley Kirkpatrick, WA

Katie Klahman, ID

Jesse Meyer, IA

Gary Peters, IN

Shane Stafford, MN

Supplemental Speech

Megan Hagaman, KS (co-chair)

Marc Rischitelli, MA (co-chair)

Kayla Benson, KS

Ken Carter, IL

Marco Dominguez, AZ

Johnny Dunlap, KS

Bill Fleming, IL

JP Fugler, TX

Paul Gaba, FL

Deborah Garoui, TX

Taryn Gonzalez, TX

Manuel Halkias, OH

Mary Hoard, TX

Zach McGee, MO

Chuck Nicholas, SC

Shannon O’Donnell, MT

Rachel Page, KY

Bill Prater, OH

Michael Robinson, KY

Robert Shepard, TX

Jimmy Smith, TX

Betty Stanton, OK

Karissa Talty, MO

Tom Tobin, MO

Megan Troutman, WA

Mick Turpin, MO

Mark Urban, IL

Courtney Walsh, OR

William Warren, NC

Rachel Wilczewski, HI

Brian Winckler, MO

Trey Witt, KS

David Yastremski, NJ

Adam Jenkins, IL

Ryan Julian, MA

Tiana Marion, KS

Mary Roseberry, KS

William Waddell, VA

Dakota Yates, KS

Extemp Debate

Greg Malis, LA (chair)

Lori Crews, OK (assoc. chair)

Scott Johnstone, LA (assoc. chair)

Joel Brown, AR

Heather Brown-Cook, SC

Katrina Brownsberger, FL

Rachel Clapper, MS

Nate Conoly, AL

Pete Martin, SC

Rory McKenzie, TX

Gregg Osborn, CA

Frank Riccobono, NY

Maggie Rietz, IA

Jessica Skordal, AR

John Mast, TX

Michelle McIntyre, SD

Jeri Neidhard, OH

Jeffrey Robbins, TN

Tyler Slinkard, KS

Salli Stockton, CA

Jay Stubbs, MO

David Weatherly, TN

Big Questions Debate

Hanh Do, TX (chair)

LaMonde Howard, TX

Sheryl Kaczmarek, MA

Colleen Mooney, PA

Adesuwa Omoruyi, TX

Joe Vaughan, NY

Ballot Review

Angelique Ronald, CA (chair)

Nicholas Aranda, CO

Brandon Batham, CA

Stef Cambra, TX

Rich Kawolics, OH

Talia Powell, TX

Kristy Thomas, TX

BELONGING AND INCLUSION ADVOCATES

The Belonging and Inclusion Station (BIS) is a resource that supports participants who may feel excluded during the tournament. It also helps safeguard against potential violations of the NSDA Harassment and Discrimination Policy. Any person wishing to report a concern may seek assistance from the BIS. Report to your building’s Tournament Office to complete a form sharing your information and describe the concern. You will then share your concerns with a Belonging and Inclusion Advocate, who will help resolve any issues. You can find more information about tournament procedures and where to find assistance starting on page 10.

BELONGING AND INCLUSION STATION TEAM

Kate Sundeen PENNSYLANIA

Dr. Paul Porter NSDA

Liz Vieira MINNESOTA

Dr. Scott Baker MINNESOTA

Reggie Chapman TEXAS

Scott Caron MASSACHUSETTS

Jacci Langston MISSOURI

Dr. Ed Lee GEORGIA

Heath Martin TEXAS

Radeyah Muhammad NORTH CAROLINA

Andie Peterson-Longmore WISCONSIN

Angelica Mercado-Ford SOUTH DAKOTA

Lavontae Morrow ILLINOIS

Mariel Cruz CALIFORNIA

Dana Facer IDAHO

Jennifer Hermanson MONTANA WK Kay NEW YORK

I decided to include the NSDA in my estate plans because speech and debate is an activity that teaches everything from argumentation and speaking skills to humility and gracefully losing. This activity made me a different and better person, and I want to make sure that students well into the future are afforded the opportunities I was.”

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The National Speech & Debate Association is grateful to acknowledge the following 1925 Society members for pledging a generous planned gift contribution.

Susan Anderson Anonymous

Byron Arthur

Phyllis Flory Barton

Jane Boyd

James Copeland

Don and Ann Crabtree

Rob Dekoven

Dr. Mike Edmonds

A. C. Eley

Vickie and Joe Fellers

Aaron Hardy

Bill and Charlotte Hicks

David and Judy Huston

Jennifer Jerome

Harold Keller

Kandi King

Cherian and Betsy Koshy

Paige Lalicker

Crawford Leavoy and Clayton Alfonso

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

Aarzu Maknojia

Pam and Ray McComas

H. B. Mitchell

Lanny and B. J. Naegelin

Khang Minh Ngo

Albert Odom, Jr.

Randi Oleson

J. W. Patterson

Capt. Joseph L. and Jan Pizzo

David Price

Dr. Polly and Bruce Reikowski

Donus and Lovila Roberts

James Rye, III

Steve and Anna Schappaugh

David Seikel

Michael Shapiro

Sandra Silvers

Yatesh Singh and Liz Vieira

Thadeus Hagan Smith

Richard Sodikow

William Woods Tate, Jr.

Scott and Chan Waldrop

Nicole and Darrel Wanzer-Serrano

Cheryl Watkins

Dr. Sue Wenzlaff

Abigail Wichlacz

Chase Williams

J. Scott and Megan Wunn

Joe and Pam Wycoff

David and Tatiana Yastremski

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WHAT IS BIG QUESTIONS?

Big Questions is a debate format designed to open students’ minds and encourage them to engage in life discussion that may not align with their previously held beliefs. Whether or not students change their opinion, the rich experience of this debate event will advance their knowledge, comfort, and interest in learning more about the subject matter based on the intersection of science and philosophy.

RESOURCES

f Big Questions Final Rounds Archive

f Big Questions Judge Training

f Big Questions Round Introduction

f Topic Resources

f Community-Provided Resources

Big Questions debate is a structured format for debating philosophical questions or issues of ethical significance. It encourages participants to engage in critical thinking, articulate arguments clearly, and defend their positions using evidence and reasoning. Overall, it fosters intellectual exploration and helps develop communication and analytical skills.

www.speechanddebate.org/big-questions

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To advance the values President Coolidge championed, we provide high-quality speech and debate experiences for middle and high school students nationwide. We advocate for traditional, logical, and evidence-based debate, with volunteer citizen judges providing a check on undesirable practices all too common today All our resources are free, and our tournaments have no entry fees

Competition Education

Our National Tournament Series provides competition opportunities around the country

Our Coolidge Cup National Championship each July brings qualifiers to President Coolidge’s Vermont hometown

Our Presidents’ Cup in Washington, DC, each fall provides another signature event open to all

Our events offer more than $40,000 in combined scholarship prizes

Our content-rich evidence briefs for each debate topic jumpstart students’ preparation

Our tournaments feature seminars delivered by leading topic experts

Our frequent webinars and resource library support students’ learning

Council on Foreign Relations

Connecting students and educators to free resources for teaching and learning about the role of the United States in the world and analysis on pressing global issues.

Email outreach@cfr.org to learn more about our online programming and resources.

The mission of the Council on Foreign Relations is to inform U.S. engagement with the world. Founded in 1921, CFR is a nonpartisan, independent national membership organization, think tank, educator, and publisher, including of Foreign Affairs. It generates policy-relevant ideas and analysis, convenes experts and policymakers, and promotes informed public discussion—all to have impact on the most consequential issues facing the United States and the world.

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I’m so glad I went to ISD. It is truly one of the best decisions I could have made for my speech career.

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RONALD REAGAN DEBATE SERIES

Our series emulates the style of historic presidential debates, focusing on practical and essential communication skills such as civility, personality, humor, and storytelling.

Next year the Ronald Reagan Debate Series will be held at venues across the country, making it easily accessible for your team. Don’t miss this chance to prepare the leaders of tomorrow with skills that will last a lifetime and their chance at $50,000 in scholarship money! www.reaganfoundation.org/debate

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For the first time since 2005, the National Speech & Debate Tournament will be hosted in the midAtlantic. It's time to welcome you back!

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

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

The William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year award is presented by Richard Bitner in memory of Bob Stockton.

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

presented by Richard Bitner in memory of Bob Stockton

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 2025 National Student of the Year will be announced Friday, June 20 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.

Dariel Herrera

Plymouth High School — Indiana — Northeast Indiana District

Taite Kirkpatrick

Mount Vernon High School — Washington — Puget Sound District

Jordan Melamed

American Heritage Palm Beach High School — Florida — Florida Oceanfront District

NATIONAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Bohan Pan

Ladue Horton Watkins High School — Missouri — Eastern Missouri District

Layla Riggs

Helena High School — Montana — Montana West District

Edna Yeghnanyan Burbank High School — California— West Los Angeles District

DARIEL TAITE JORDAN BOHAN LAYLA EDNA

DISTRICT STUDENTS OF THE YEAR

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

John Alford

The Montgomery Academy, AL

ARIZONA

Sudeep Vattikuti

BASIS Peoria HS, AZ

ARKANSAS

Samuel Myers

Har-Ber HS, AR

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Tatiana Eden Ochoa

Cajon HS, CA

WEST LOS ANGELES

Edna Yeghnanyan

Burbank HS, CA

COLORADO GRANDE

Anna Hacker

Lewis Palmer HS, CO

ROCKY MOUNTAIN -

NORTH

Aaliyah Lucero

University Schools, CO

ROCKY MOUNTAINSOUTH

Rayan Khaleq

RISE HS, CO

FLORIDA MANATEE

Skylar Hunter

FLORIDA PANTHER

Katarina Klinkhammer Colonial HS, FL

FLORIDA SUNSHINE

Sophia Pergola

Newsome HS, FL

GEORGIA SOUTHERN PEACH

Audrey Browning Carrollton HS, GA

HAWAII

Kingsten Cambra

Aiea HS, HI

IDAHO GEM OF THE MOUNTAIN

Seddi Momenpour

Skyview HS, ID

IDAHO MOUNTAIN

RIVER

Michael Bahe

Highland HS, ID

GREATER ILLINOIS

Shreya Nallamothu

University HS, IL

ILLINI

Sebastian Blanco

Downers Grove

South HS, IL

HOOSIER CROSSROADS

NORTHEAST INDIANA

Dariel Herrera

Plymouth HS, IN

NORTHWEST INDIANA

Addison Ellis Munster HS, IN

EAST IOWA

Janie Antoine

Clarke Community HS, IA

WEST IOWA

Alix Nath Atlantic HS, IA

EAST KANSAS

Lachlan Smith

Shawnee Mission

West HS, KS

SOUTH KANSAS

Caroline Barnes

Fort Scott HS, KS

SUNFLOWER

Katelyn Lasater

Maize South HS, KS

THREE TRAILS

Iman Suleman

Blue Valley North HS, KS

WEST KANSAS

Savemore Nyamakope

Clay Center

Community HS, KS

Everglades HS, FL

Sophia Beeson

FLORIDA OCEANFRONT

Jordan Melamed

American Heritage Palm Beach HS, FL

Cathedral HS, IN

HOOSIER HEARTLAND

Mayah Lopez

Westfield HS, IN

KENTUCKY

Elena Gartner

Boone County HS, KY

LOUISIANA

Aria Jolly

Isidore Newman School, LA

MICHIGAN

Ori Shi

Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, MI

CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Sahiti Atluri

Eastview HS, MN

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Samantha McMahon

Pequot Lakes HS, MN

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

Shade Knapp

Rosemount Sr. HS, MN

MAGNOLIA

Nicholas Madison

Pascagoula HS, MS

CARVER-TRUMAN

Gavin Collyott

Republic HS, MO

EASTERN MISSOURI

Bohan Pan

Ladue Horton

Watkins HS, MO

HEART OF AMERICA

Jaden Tyra

Independence Chrisman HS, MO

OZARK

Makaylyn Barnard

Bolivar HS, MO

SHOW ME

Garrett Flack

Blue Springs South HS, MO

MONTANA WEST

Layla Riggs

Helena HS, MT

NEBRASKA

Lillian Bittle

Lincoln Southwest HS, NE

NEBRASKA SOUTH

Max Apel

Lincoln East HS, NE

GOLDEN DESERT

Kevin Cisneros Palo Verde HS, NV

SAGEBRUSH

Ryan Rushton Elko HS, NV

NEW JERSEY

Subhash Durbha

Hunterdon Central Regional HS, NJ

NEW MEXICO

Uxue Sansinena Los Alamos HS, NM

CAROLINA EAST

Rebecca Liu

Cary Academy, NC

CAROLINA WEST

Anish Thota

Charlotte Latin School, NC

NORTH DAKOTA

ROUGHRIDER

Reagan Koppelman West Fargo Sheyenne HS, ND

NORTH COAST

Ava Lyczkowski Vermilion HS, OH

NORTHERN OHIO

Brian Jones

Niles McKinley HS, OH

EAST OKLAHOMA

Jackson Baker Riverfield Country Day School, OK

WEST OKLAHOMA

Ephraim Bowling

Mount St. Mary Catholic HS, OK

NORTH OREGON

Sana Hokawala

Lake Oswego HS, OR

SOUTH OREGON

Findley Howard Crater HS, OR

VALLEY FORGE

Jason Jiang La Salle College HS, PA

SOUTH CAROLINA

Gagnado Diedhiou Eastside HS, SC

NORTHERN

SOUTH DAKOTA

Max Schuelke

Milbank HS, SD

RUSHMORE

Aadil Ali Harrisburg HS, SD

CENTRAL TEXAS

Cooper Purcell

Sandra Day

O’Connor HS, TX

EAST TEXAS

Anderson Hendrix

Northland Christian School, TX

GULF COAST

Adrianna Rodriguez

Harlingen HS South, TX

NORTH TEXAS

LONGHORNS

Jesus Rodriguez

North Mesquite HS, TX

SOUTH TEXAS

Symphanie Williams

Clear Creek HS, TX

SPACE CITY

Victory Okoroji

Hastings HS, TX

TALL COTTON

Drew Lockhart

Sudan HS, TX

UIL

Flor Mendez

Lindale HS, TX

WEST TEXAS

Ezekiel Mena

Del Valle HS, TX

YELLOW ROSE

Tyler Phillips

Princeton HS, TX

VIRGINIA

Aurora Brown

Cosby HS, VA

PUGET SOUND

Taite Kirkpatrick

Mount Vernon HS, WA

WESTERN WASHINGTON

Amy-Lynn Clark

Puyallup HS, WA

NORTHERN WISCONSIN

Derek Sheehan

Sheboygan South HS, WI

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

Dakota Gunnare

West Bend East HS, WI

HOLE IN THE WALL

Rosie Zubrod

Cheyenne East HS, WY

WIND RIVER

Oscar Andersen

Jackson Hole HS, WY

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 (not on stage) during the High School Awards Assembly Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. CT in the EMC Expo Center of the Iowa Events Center. Eligible students receive a special award, which is available at Awards Checkout in Room 307 Thursday and Friday (refer to page 29 for times). The following students are listed alphabetically by last name.

Kaeden Abraham Willard HS, MO

Jonathan Adler

Coral Academy Of Science Las Vegas, NV

Ingrid Alg

Theodore Roosevelt HS, IA

Zaki Ali Pennsbury HS, PA

Grey Anderson Palo Verde HS, NV

Madelyn Armitage Parsons HS, KS

Ariel Bahn

Fargo Davies HS, ND

Rishabh Barve

Blue Valley West HS, KS

Audrey Baughman

Mullen HS, CO

Lauren Beesley

Idaho Falls HS, ID

Alex Beveridge East HS, IA

Akul Bhambhani Penn HS, IN

Mina Bhargava

Edina HS, MN

Jaden Bills

Rigby HS, ID

Silas Bloch

Collegiate School Of Medicine & Bioscience, MO

Swathi Bodduluri Pennsbury HS, PA

Olivia Boerger

Stevens HS, SD

Devarsh Borah

Edina HS, MN

Andrew Brandt

Jaimee Canalejo

American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Mia Carver

Rowan County Senior HS, KY

Noelle Caylor Ponderosa HS, CA

Francesca Chaffee-McClure

Bishop Miege HS, KS

Connor Chaffin

Olathe Northwest HS, KS

Anish Chandran

Revere HS, OH

Harris Chaudhry Washburn Rural HS, KS

Kavinayashri

Chidambaranathan

Washburn Rural HS, KS

Kevin Cisneros Palo Verde HS, NV

Abby Conner University Schools, CO

Henry Cooper

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, MS

Thomas Copher

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, IN

Kennedy Crabtree

Manhattan HS, KS

Samara Cuaresma

Jackson-Reed HS, DC

Kylie Daum

Tuscarawas Valley HS, OH

Hosna Dawlaty

West Fargo

Sheyenne HS, ND

Valeria De la Llave

Amanda Rose DeStefano

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Henry Dieringer

L. C. Anderson HS, TX

Evelyn Ding Plano West Sr. HS, TX

Jonah Downs

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Trinity Dugar

David Thibodaux STEM

Magnet Academy, LA

Addison Ellis Munster HS, IN

Hunter Ellis Bullard HS, CA

Matthew Evans

Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS, PA

Gilly Falin

Lawrence Free State HS, KS

Lillian Farrer Tooele HS, UT

Ava Fefferman Munster HS, IN

Darcy Feist

Great Bend HS, KS

Garrett Flack

Blue Springs

South HS, MO

Jonah Follingstad West Fargo Sheyenne HS, ND

Patrick Fu

Manhattan HS, KS

Adele Fuzaylov Shrewsbury HS, MA

Sebastian Gardner

The Potomac School, VA

Burke Gehret Alta HS, UT

Juliet Geilen

Hellgate HS, MT

Levi Gorden

West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Madeline Gottemoller

W. B. Ray HS, TX

Jordan Graves

West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Ashtin Griffin Crew Riverton HS, WY

Dakota Gunnare

West Bend East HS, WI

Shravya Gupta Tahoma HS, WA

Mariska Haddock Cabot HS, AR

Meridian Hailu

Sioux Falls Jefferson HS, SD

Claire Han Munster HS, IN

Rebecca Han

Riverside HS, SC

Anderson Hendrix

Northland Christian School, TX

Dariel Herrera

Plymouth HS, IN

Sullivan Ho

Norman HS, OK

Cat-Tam Huynh Redlands HS, CA

Canna Hyde

Chiawana HS, WA

Anabelle Janak

Isidore Newman School, LA

Riverside HS, SC

Venkata Danush Gade

Tuloso Midway HS, TX

Isabella Browne

Maize HS, KS

Ayden Calvert Watertown HS, SD

Hannah De Souza

The Potomac School, VA

Levi DeAngelis

Camdenton HS, MO

Rock Hill HS, TX

Suriya Gadh

American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Please email info@speechanddebate.org if you feel someone is missing • Updated June 16, 2025

Esther Jesse

Plano Sr. HS, TX

Angela Jia

Archbishop Riordan HS, CA

Madison Johnson Washington HS, SD

Aria Jolly

Isidore Newman School, LA

Lily Jones McDowell HS, PA

Margaret Kalashian Kerman HS, CA

Lilie Kamakele Loveland HS, CO

Arrman Kapoor Plano West Sr. HS, TX

Ella Kasatkin Pennsbury HS, PA

Norah Kermashek Pittsburg HS, KS

Faiza Khaled Marist School, GA

Noah Kim

A & M Consolidated HS, TX

Tae Hee Kim Grace Christian Academy, MP

Kaylen King Liberty HS, MO

Taite Kirkpatrick Mount Vernon HS, WA

Reagan Koppelman West Fargo Sheyenne HS, ND

Carolina Kortan Harlingen HS, TX

Vaden Kumar Newton HS, KS

John Lee Pittsburg HS, KS

Sophia Leonard Shawnee Mission East HS, KS

Timothy Leung Saratoga HS, CA

Eli Levy

American Heritage Palm Beach HS, FL

Jordan Lewin Collierville HS, TN

John-austin Little Norman North HS, OK

Mia Liu

McDowell HS, PA

Anuj Lohtia

Plano West Sr. HS, TX

Cevan Louie Coral Academy Of Science Las Vegas, NV

Julia Low James Bowie HS, TX

Aaliyah Lucero University Schools, CO

Clarine Luzmoor

Rock Springs HS, WY

Brayden Lyday Cheyenne East HS, WY

Ethan Maher

The Potomac School, VA

Peter Mandacina Rockhurst HS, MO

Homa Masood

Skyview HS, MT

Katharine Matthews

Lee’s Summit West HS, MO

Abby McDonald Lakeville South HS, MN

Haley McGill Nickerson HS, KS

Avery McSwain Cy-Fair HS, TX

Avery Meissner Bob Jones Academy, SC

Jordan Melamed

American Heritage Palm Beach HS, FL

Ezekiel Mena Del Valle HS, TX

James Miller Westlake HS, CA

Maxwell Miller University HS, IL

Rowan Milton-Benoit James River HS, VA

Solomon Naraine Rockhurst HS, MO

Riley Ney Newton HS, KS

Hudson Nguyen Isidore Newman School, LA

Tommy Nichol Oxford HS, MS

Aditi Nimishakavi Washburn Rural HS, KS

Savemore Nyamakope

Clay Center Community HS, KS

Victory Okoroji Hastings HS, TX

Rafe Orr

Mountain View HS, AZ

Nicholas Ostheimer FAU HS, FL

Justin Palazzolo

A & M Consolidated HS, TX

Alexander Papavassiliou Norman North HS, OK

Bakhtawar Parvez Amarillo HS, TX

Luke Peterson Gilmour Academy, OH

Tyler Phillips Princeton HS, TX

Teonna Randle

Sioux Falls Jefferson HS, SD

Pasha Raoufi Redlands HS, CA

Charlotte Reitman

NSU University School, FL

Mason Renner Pembroke Hill School, MO

Nick Rezza Isidore Newman School, LA

Christopher Rhodes New Philadelphia HS, OH

Reece Richard West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Layla Riggs Helena HS, MT

Breshad Robinson Caney Creek HS, TX

Adrianna Rodriguez

Harlingen HS South, TX

Alora Rude West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Ryan Rushton Elko HS, NV

Somie Sablan Saipan International School, MP

Uxue Sansinena Los Alamos HS, NM

Sophia Santos O’Gorman HS, SD

Camryn Scanson Advanced Technologies Academy, NV

Madalynn Shelton

Gloria Deo Academy, MO

Jiya Shetty Rock Bridge HS, MO

Brayden Simmons Beaver HS, UT

Nikoo Tahmasebi Blue Valley HS, KS

Paige Tang South Pasadena HS, CA

Corisa Tapp

Lebanon HS, MO

Audrey Tatro Eagle Valley HS, CO

Lynx Taylor Lansing HS, KS

Jaxson Terreros

Shawnee Mission East HS, KS

Kylie Thorpe

W. B. Ray HS, TX

Anish Thota

Charlotte Latin School, NC

Sahara Torres

Del Valle HS, TX

Joe Travis

McMinnville HS, OR

Tyler Travis

Plymouth HS, IN

Alana Trevino

Earl Warren HS, TX

Jamen Trojcak

Manhattan HS, KS

Kai Tucker

Riverside HS, SC

Marzell Usher

Valdosta HS, GA

Pegah Vasighi-Ansarifar

St. Andrew’s

Episcopal School, MS

Lexi Velgersdyk

Lincoln Southeast HS, NE

Ben Vito

Eagle Valley HS, CO

Veda Voegele

West Fargo Horace HS, ND

Jingyi Wang

Millard North HS, NE

Nathaniel Watkins

L. C. Anderson HS, TX

Anwen Williams

Lawrence Free State HS, KS

Roscoe Williams

Butte HS, MT

Symphanie Williams

Clear Creek HS, TX

Isabella Windmiller

Willard HS, MO

Patrick Wong

Lansing HS, KS

Kenedy Wood

W. B. Ray HS, TX

Rachel Wood

Jack C. Hays HS, TX

Jayden Yu

Lambert HS, GA

Nola Zeppenfeld

Palo Verde HS, NV

Tori Zerkus

Clear Falls HS, TX

Fiona Zhou

Westridge School, CA

Hall of FameRECOGNITION

DONUS D. ROBERTS DIAMOND ASSEMBLY

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • EMC EXPO CENTER

THURSDAY • JUNE 19, 2025 • 7:00 P.M – 8:30 P.M. CT

SUSAN L. ANDERSON • NORTH DAKOTA

LEONARD AUGUSTINE JR . • LOUISIANA

DR. SANDRA BERKOWITZ • MINNESOTA

JANICE CALDWELL • TEXAS

LOIS GORNE • WASHINGTON

CHUCK NICHOLAS • SOUTH CAROLINA

SHANE STAFFORD • MINNESOTA

SUZANNE TERRY • TENNESSEE

DOUGLAS “DOUG” TSCHETTER • SOUTH DAKOTA

JAMES “JIM” WAKEFIELD • FLORIDA

DEREK YUILL • CALIFORNIA

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

1978

Bruno E. Jacob, Founder

James M. Copeland, AZ

John Davies, WI

Carmendale Fernandes, CA

L. Day Hanks, CA

James F. Hawker, IN

R. Paul Hibbs, IL

Albert James, CO

J. Edmund Mayer, CA

Vernon W. Metz, PA

H. B. Mitchell, OK

Karl E. Mundt, SD

1979

Charline Burton, OK

ZaZelle Gifford, OK

Ruby Krider, TN

Etta Scarborough, FL

1980

Esther Kalmbach, OH

Helen Malseed, PA

Margaret L. Meredith, MO

Rev. John J. Miday, OH

Dennis Winfield, WI

1981

Novalyn P. Ellis, LA

Lenabell Sloan Martin, CO

Lester M. Tucker, WI

1982

Mary Blackburn, IL

C. Edwin Brower, TX

Leah Funck, OH

1983

Louis Banker, MO

Jean Boles, TX

Bill Henderson, IA

J. W. Patterson, KY

Maurice Swanson, KS

1984

Mable Hale, MO

Albert S. Odom, WI

Anne D. White, TN

1985

Frances F. Ferris, WY

Lois Sackman, WY

Ronald Shafer, MO

1986

Karl Boyle, OH

Ralph E. Carey, FL

Ronald Last, UT

Cecil J. Pickett, TX

1987

Arlene Akerman, OH

Phyllis Barton, OH

David Kanellis, IA

Glenn Pelham, GA

Donus Roberts, SD

Frank Sferra, CO

Bro. Gregory “René” Sterner, FSC, MD

1988

Donovan Cummings, CA

Dr. Jane Eldridge, TN

Marilyn Hageman, WI

Art McMillion, WI

Lanny D. Naegelin, TX

1989

Ralph Bender, OH

Bob Bilyeu, MO

Rex Fleming, TX

Natalie Weber, CA

1990

Roger Brannan, KS

Opal Hall, TX

Harold Carl Keller, IA

Grace Walsh, WI

1991

David Dansky, CA

Larry Highbaugh, IN

Misao Kubota, HI

Tedd D. Woods, CA

1992

David Johnson, TX

Ron Underwood, CA

Joseph Wycoff, IN

1993

Ray Cecil Carter, NY

Peggy Ann Madden, PA

Dale McCall, FL

Donald Lee Smith, UT

Virginia Sutherland, NC

1994

Wayne Brown, MO

A. C. Eley, KS

William “Bill” Hicks, IN

“Louie” Mattachione, OH

Sandra Silvers, GA

1995

Helen Engstrom, IN

Dr. Richard Hunsaker, IL

Edwin Kelly, PA

Richard B. Sodikow, NY

1996

C. E. “Pop” Grady, OK

Shirley Keller-Firestone, CA

Karen Miyakado, HI

Lowell Sharp, CO

Larry L. Smith, CA

1997

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

2002

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

HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

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

2010

Rosella “Rosie” Blunk, SD

Pauline Carochi, CO

Dale Deletis, MA

Cat Horner-Bennett, NM

Cathy Wood, KS

2011

Joni Anker, MN

James Harville, CA

Meg Howell-Haymaker, AZ

Judy Kroll, SD

James Menchinger, MI

2012

David Huston, TX

Gail M. Naylor, KS

Cynthia Timmons, TX

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

2018

Anita Boyd, MS

Mary Gormley, NJ

Mario Herrera, GA

Greg Malis, LA

Jack Tuckness, MO

2019

Georgia Brady, MO

Cynthia Burgett, KS

Dr. Mike Edmonds, CO

Steve Meadows, KY

Timothy Sheaff, IA

2020

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

2025

Susan L. Anderson, ND

Leonard Augustine Jr., LA

Dr. Sandra Berkowitz, MN

Janice Caldwell, TX

Lois Gorne, WA

Chuck Nicholas, SC

Shane Stafford, MN

Suzanne Terry, TN

Douglas “Doug” Tschetter, SD

James “Jim” Wakefield, FL

Steven Wood, KS

Derek Yuill, CA Find photos and bios of each inductee on our website: www.speechanddebate.org/hall-of-fame

Learn more about these honors on our website: www.speechanddebate.org/coach-recognition | www.speechanddebate.org/school-recognition

FIRST AND SECOND DIAMOND RECOGNITION

presented by Colorado College

EMC EXPO CENTER AT THE IOWA EVENTS CENTER • THURSDAY, JUNE 19 • 4:45 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 3:15 p.m., and we will call new first and second diamond recipients to be recognized when the round ends around 4:45 p.m. Please be in the EMC Expo Center by the end of the DI round and wait for a call to the stage.

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

NEW FIRST DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Nine Abad, TX

Marisol Aguilar-Fernandez, MI

Taylor Ambrosi, MO

Kathryn Anders-Hess, IN

Eric Belcik, OH

Michael Biddick, VA

Catherine Blair, OK

Sasha Boheme, IL

Cynthia Browneller, ID

Brigette Bucholz, IL

Mary Burnham, CO

Luke Calhoun, AZ

Tammy Carter, IL

Justin Cartwright, KS

Victoria Castro-Henriquez, CA

Jessica Cerchiaro, PA

Alexandria Chase, MO

Jaclyn Clark, VA

Michael Cole, SD

El Contreras, TX

Madelyn Cook, MN

Sarah Culpepper, MA

Jennifer Dailey, FL

Ben Denton, NC

Baine Dikeman, KS

Lindsay Donovan, MA

Natasha Doski, NJ

Charalet Dunnigan, SD

Jacob East, MD

William Egan, ND

Selena Epley, CA

Kami Faldyn, TX

Brooke Feldman-Cryan, AZ

Elaine Fippin, OH

Jeff Flores, TX

Wyatt Freeman, OK

James Froelich, FL

Benjamin Gaddis, FL

John Garofalo, UT

Benjamin Geiger, MN

Lee Graves, CA

Saul Grullon, NJ

Liangyi Gu, CA

Amanda Ayala Guffey, NV

Erin Guiney, AZ

Jyleesa Hampton, CA

Greg Hansen, CO

Tanya Headrick, OH

Daniel Hearn, NV

Seaghan Herron, MT

Aimee Hirten, FL

Janelle Hoeksema, IL

Valerie Howard, OK

Cassidy Hughes, ND

Krista Hulderman, ND

Dustin Jackson, AR

JD Jacob, CO

Kanza Jafri, TX

Nicholas Jennings, IL

Corey Jensen, UT

Kelley Johnson, KS

Josie Johnston, MO

Karlie Jordan, UT

Ezra Joseph, KS

Alex Kalmar, OH

Jinsoo Kim, SC

Janice Kuntz, PA

Marcel Lachenmann, MA

Jesse Laitman, PA

Christopher Larcade, OK

Natalie Leavitt, UT

Lauryn Lee, CN

Jeremy Lin, IL

Sean Liston, IL

Pearlin Liu, CA

Laura Loudenslager, MO

Prince Lowe, IL

Sheelagh Lucas, NE

Londa Madron, OK

Bruce Mann, OH

Frankie Marchi, AZ

Cooper McIntyre, MN

James Miscavish, MO

Robin Monteith, WA

Jason Moore, KS

Katherine Mozynski, OH

Tony Mraz, SD

Meggie Nguyen, CA

Fredrick Ni, CN

Aaron Nichols, CA

Neill Normand, LA

Daniel Norris, NJ

Jacob Palmer, NC

Mit Patel, SC

Rachael Phipps, CA

Kapualani Reeves, HI

Christopher Rhodes, OH

Matt Riggins, TX

Erin Ritchie, CA

Katie Roberts, WY

Anthony Rock, NJ

Hannah Rodriguez, TX

Kevin Rogers, TN

Robert Root, TX

John Russell, NM

Elizabeth Schwartz, MT

Brianna Scoleri, CO

Cody Scott, UT

Gavin Serr, UT

Robin Setzer, NC

Bryce Sheffield, TX

Pam Sheldon, MA

Brian Shouse, MD

Cara Sizemore, SC

Jessica Skordal, AR

Tyler Slinkard, KS

John Sloyan, NV

Marilyn Smilow, NV

Thadeus Smith, FL

Heather Soltero, TX

Will Soper, KS

Ken Stocks, CA

Nicholas Strom, ND

Debnil Sur, CA

Evan Svetlak, KS

Sam Timinsky, CA

Hannah Townsend, MO

Erika Trahan, LA

Joseph Tyler, ID

Branden Vance, ID

Joe Walberg, KS

Ben Wilkinson, OH

Shana Williams, IL

Zachary Willingham, KS

Katelynn Wilson, MO

Joshua Wimberley, TX

Vanessa Wimberley, TX

Nathan Wodarz, MN

Frances Wong, HI

Richard Woods, OH

Emily Wooten, MO

Michael Wu, CA

YuYu Yuan, CA

Shelby Zarro, TX

NEW SECOND DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Andrew Barrett, TX

Mike Bausch, CO

Sarah Beauchamp, FL

Derick Blankenship, MO

Jennifer Borman, ID

Stephanie Brotherton, MO

Anthony Brown, TX

Joel Brown, AR

Christopher Bryant, MI

Maryjane Burton, OK

Bilal Butt, NC

David Camous, FL

Chad Chenowith, IN

Nate Conoly, AL

Tim Cook, TX

Mariel Cruz, CA

Kathrine Dannemiller, OH

Chris Delay, KS

Sean Duff, KS

Evan Feldman, CA

Ashley Freeman, TX

Casey Griffith, AR

Kari Hagman, CO

Chasity Hance, MO

Phillip Helt, MO

Julie Herman, CA

Franz Hill, TX

John Holen, NE

Heather Huffman, TX

Amanda Hurd, UT

Nicholas Ingles, MN

David Jung, CN

Joseph Kalka, MN

Dustin Kay, TX

Marissa Kuiken, IA

Joel Kuper, WY

Justin Kurup, CA

Mike Kyle, CA

Deserea Lampe-McCoy, MN

Adam Leonard, NJ

Kathryn Lipka, KS

Sergio Martinez, CA

Meaghan McDowell, CO

Zachary McGee, MO

Michelle McIntyre, SD

Sara Menssen, MT

Michael Miller, IA

Aly Mithani, TX

Ashley Murphy, PA

Lyndsey Oliver, GA

Adesuwa Omoruyi, TX

Linda Outhier, OK

Nicole Papa-Fryfogle, OH

Gary Peters, IN

Bryce Piotrowski, TX

Melanie Popovich, MO

Amy Roediger, OH

Ryan Roseen, MN

Michael Shelton, KS

Lesley Sluyter, CA

Caleb Smith, CA

Levi Smith, CO

Nicholas Smith, MN

Beth Steinleitner, MN

Kathryn Stone, OH

Heather Stringer, TX

Karissa Talty, MO

Christopher Thiele, CA

Kathleen Uhnavy, CO

Ricardo Velasquez, CA

Marcus Viney, WY

Diane Wagener, CO

Charles Walts, TX

Rachel Warnecke, OH

Elizabeth Weas, AL

Bryan Winn, TX

Harry Yu, TX

Amy Zuccaro, KY

NEW THIRD DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Clint Adams, TX

Jennifer Adams, TX

Byron Arthur, LA

Jody Batie, OK

James Briski, PA

Yao Yao Chen, TX

Gavin Couvelha, KS

Patrick Daniels, MD

David Dejesa, SC

Andrew Dennis, NV

Melissa Donahue, OH

Irlonde Gagnon, WY

Stacy Goddard, KS

Michael Hachmeister, MO

Daryl Hall, FL

Jeffrey Haney, MO

Jeff Kahn, PA

Ishmael Kissinger, OK

Julie Laflen, KS

Ryan Levesque, VA

Gregory McGee, TX

Rory McKenzie, TX

Jason Meyer, MN

Lynn Miller, KS

Shannon O’Donnell, MT

Bobby Phelps, MO

Robert Prichard, CA

John Rademacher, WI

Stacy Thomas-McGee, TX

Adam Torson, CA

Chase Williams, TW

Edward Workman, KS

Darrell Yarbrough, TX

NEW FOURTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Jamelle Brown, MO

Sabrina Denney Bull, NE

Robert Clayton, ID

Lynne Coyne, NC

Holly Custer, OH

Mellessa Denny, TX

Robert Hutchings, FL

Victor Jih, CA

Denise Raeder Johnson, ND

Jordan Mayer, IN

Kelly McCracken, OK

Matthew Prevedel, WY

Ryan Ray, KY

Katie Rucinski, MO

PJ Samorian, FL

Michael Shackelford, UT

Sarah Sherry, WA

Nate Smith, MO

Dr. Jason Sykes, TX

Adam Thane, MT

Joseph Uhler, TX

Willie Warren, NC

Trey Witt, KS

Paul Woods, IL

NEW FIFTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Tommy Bender, NE

Margaret Gagnon, WY

Kathleen Hamm, FL

Matt Heimes, NE

Toni Heimes, NE

Benjamin Jewell, MO

Ken King, KS

Mikendra McCoy, CA

Cheryl Potts, TX

Rachel Wilczewski, HI

NEW SIXTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Bruce Benson, ID

Paulette Manville, KS

Kathy Martin, MN

Doug McConnaha, MT

Rebecca Meyer-Larson, MN

Sean Nicewaner, MO

Jimmy Smith, TX

Russ Tidwell, KS

David Williams, KS

NEW SEVENTH DIAMOND COACHES

(In alphabetical order as of May 15, 2025)

Christine Adams, MO

Mary Gormley, NJ

Lexy Green, CA

David Matley, CA

Nick Panopoulos, CO

Suzanne Terry, TN

NEW NINTH DIAMOND COACH

(As of May 15, 2025)

Paul Gieringer, MO

THIRD AND HIGHER DIAMOND RECOGNITION

presented by Colorado College

EMC EXPO CENTER AT THE IOWA EVENTS CENTER • THURSDAY, JUNE 19 • 7:00 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 of the EMC Expo Center before the 7:00 p.m. start time.

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. Learn more at www.speechanddebate.org/coach-recognition

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY

Terence Abad Lowell High School, CA

Matthew Baer Topeka West High School, KS

Alan Bates Princeton High School, OH

Thomas Beck Pelham Memorial High School, NY

Paul Beer Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, PA

Richard Belske Olathe North High School, KS

Robert Biemesderfer BASIS Independent McLean, VA

Megan Blackburn Clay Center Community High School, KS

Lisa Bompiani-Smith Greater Latrobe High School, PA

Bonnie Bonnette Elkins High School, TX

Brian Box Blue Valley North High School, KS

Christy Briggs Reno High School, NV

Katrina Brownsberger Fort Walton Beach High School, FL

Megan Butt Charlotte Latin School, NC

Martene Campbell Episcopal Collegiate School, AR

Scott Caron Milton Academy, MA

Victoria Castro-Henriquez Bear Creek High School, CA

Shannon Chamberlain Northridge High School, UT

Daniel Christie Bellevue West High School, NE

Courtney Coffman Northland Christian School, TX

Terry Colvin Arroyo High School, CA

Nate Conoly Vestavia Hills High School, AL

Nicole Cooney Lake High School, OH

Nicole Cornish Athens High School, TX

Jacqueline Croswhite Alta High School, UT

Shane Cunningham Cookeville High School, TN

Kyle Daniels Cyprus High School, UT

David Dempsey Liberty High School, MO

Joele Denis American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Ben Denton Pinecrest High School, NC

Eric DiMichele Regis High School, NY

Donnie Drobny Borah High School, ID

Isabella Droginske Wheeling Park High School, WV

Brock Dyer Ponderosa High School, CA

Karen Feldhaus Daviess County High School, KY

Cathleen Ferose Round Rock Christian Academy, TX

Neomia Hagans Flores Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY

Amy French Cotter High School, MN

Robert French Cotter High School, MN

Asim Gaffar College Preparatory School Of America, IL

Jimmy Garcia El Dorado High School, TX

Deborah Garoui Post High School, TX

Nyssa Gatcombe Yarouth High School, ME

Andrew Gibson The Woodlands College Park High School, TX

Hunter Graybeal Science Hill High School, TN

Amanda Ayala Guffey McQueen High School, NV

Jason Habig Hathaway Brown School, OH

Erin Harbaugh-Clark Bishop Kelley High School, OK

Allison Harmer Elk River Sr. High School, MN

Elsha Harris-Yolanda Ed W. Clark High School, NV

Tanya Headrick Highland High School, OH

Timothy Henry Skyline High School, UT

Bob Hinshaw Shenandoah High School, IN

Talana Hinson Cassville High School, MO

Rebekah Hoffman University High School, IL

John Hollihan Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, PA

Krista Hulderman West Fargo Sheyenne High School, ND

Laura Humphrey Dobyns Bennett High School, TN

Adam Jensen Viewmont High School, UT

Samuel Juhl East High School, IA

Parker Klyn Theodore Roosevelt High School, IA

Trisha Koenig Atlantic High School, IA

Tanner Latham Herriman High School, UT

Natalie Leavitt Davis High School, UT

Mackenzie Lementino V. Sue Cleveland High School, NM

Kim Lenger Liberty North High School, MO

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. James Logan High School, CA

Laura Loudenslager

Muriel W. Battle High School, MO

Eric Luchs Foothill High School, NV

Colton Major Cherokee High School, GA

Greg Malis Isidore Newman School, LA

DON CRABTREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

Sherif Mansour Hudson High School, OH

Zachary McGee Liberty North High School, MO

Kristina McGee Big Sky High School, MT

Michelle McIntyre Washington High School, SD

Melonie Menefee Buffalo High School, TX

Patrick Mobley Carson High School, NV

Jennifer Moore New Albany High School, OH

Jimi Morales Mt Pleasant High School - San Jose, CA

Renee Motter Air Academy High School, CO

Dolores Muller Wauseon High School, OH

Kayla Nelson Wheeling Park High School, WV

Sara Nichols Edmond Memorial High School, OK

Marilyn Ocker Spring High School, TX

Mikayla Ohannesian Notre Dame Preparatory School, MI

Gregg Osborn Helix Charter High School, CA

Mark Otte Waupaca High School, WI

Khristian Owens Hunter High School, UT

Terry Pack Niles McKinley High School, OH

Jennifer Pecasting La Cueva High School, NM

Robert Prichard Granite Bay High School, CA

Kimberly Reiner Columbus Academy, OH

Erin Ritchie Palo Alto Senior High School, CA

Tammie Ruda Walpole High School, MA

Cody Scott Ridgeline High School, UT

Sarah Sherry Puyallup High School, WA

Stephen Singleton South Sumter High School, FL

Jessica Skordal Bentonville West High School, AR

Sarah Stewart Arbor View High School, NV

Peter Susko Calvert Hall College High School, MD

Carla Swenson Glasgow High School, MT

Tom Tafoya Smoky Hill High School, CO

Wanda Teddy Antioch Community High School, IL

Maureen Thomas Raytown South High School, MO

Andrea Thompson Sky View High School, UT

Brandon Thornton Bloomington High School, IL

Joseph Ugalde Valencia High School, CA

Trisch Vessar Platte County High School, MO

Daniel Waks BASIS Scottsdale High School, AZ

Aaron West Graves County High School, KY

Catherine Wetmore Skyview High School, MT

Tyler Will Cheyenne South High School, WY

Jamie Wills Cherokee High School, GA

Paul Woods Hinsdale Central High School, IL

Edward Workman Parsons High School, KS

Susan Worst Wood River High School, ID

Gary Yablon Hudson Arts & Science Charter School, NJ

Dakota Yates Buhler High School, KS

Lori Zyla Parkersburg High School, WV

DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE PLAQUE 1ST HONORS

Jacob Abraham Stoneman Douglas High School, FL

Brian Alford A & M Consolidated High School, TX

Nathan Amberg Heritage Middle School, ND

Elle Barts Lincoln East High School, NE

Kimberly Bayan-Berlat Mesa High School, AZ

Christine Beard Cypress Ridge High School, TX

Shiela Berselli Palo Verde High School, NV

DJ Brynteson Robbinsdale Cooper High School, MN

Chris Coovert Gig Harbor High School, WA

Lynne Coyne Myers Park High School, NC

Kayla Crook Marshfield High School, OR

Nicole Dalton Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Brian Darby Clear Creek High School, TX

Robert Duncan Alliance High School, OH

Ian Etheridge Jersey Village High School, TX

Toni Heimes Lincoln Southwest High School, NE

Phillip Helt Rockhurst High School, MO

Jennifer Kirby Hermanson Helena High School, MT

Sara Hyde Chiawana High School, WA

Stevan Jechura Maumee High School, OH

Daniel Johnson Laurel High School, MT

Kirk Kelloway CAM High School, IA

Kelley Kirkpatrick Mount Vernon High School, WA

Kerry Konda Aberdeen Central High School, SD

Mike Kyle Nova 42 Academy, CA

Bo Lint

American Heritage Palm Beach High School, FL

Justin Matkovich Downers Grove South High School, IL

Doug McConnaha Corvallis High School, MT

Leilani McHugh Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, CA

Adesuwa Omoruyi Alief Taylor High School, TX

Nicole Papa-Fryfogle South Range High School, OH

Anthony Paridon Norton High School, OH

Tricia Pletcher Norton High School, OH

Stephen Porter Providence Hall High School, UT

DON CRABTREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

John Rademacher Madison West High School, WI

Aaron Schopper McPherson High School, KS

Katrese Skinner El Campo High School, TX

Terri St. John Sarasota High School, FL

Anna Steed RISE High School, CO

Christopher Thiele The Quarry Lane School, CA

Manda Thomas CAM High School, IA

Andrew Tichy Moorhead High School, MN

Kevin Tong Alhambra High School, CA

William Torres Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School, NM

Joseph Tyler Century High School, ID

Louis Uribe University Schools, CO

Steven Wang North Hall High School, GA

Lyle Wiley Hot Springs Co. High School, WY

Jessica Wilkinson Pascagoula High School, MS

Seth Willden-Patel Durham Academy, NC

Richard Woods Northwest High School, OH

David Yastremski Ridge High School, NJ

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 2ND HONORS

Jennifer Adams Big Spring High School, TX

Linda Alt Canterbury High School, IN

Jessica Cerchiaro Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, PA

Robin Christensen Idaho Falls High School, ID

David Dejesa Riverside High School, SC

Michael Greenstein Glenbrook North High School, IL

James Harris Andover High School, KS

Kelsey Johnson West Fargo Sheyenne High School, ND

Sohail Jouya Poly Prep Country Day School, NY

John Knetzger West Bend East High School, WI

Ryan Lovell Tascosa High School, TX

Jordan Mayer Munster High School, IN

Karen Miyakado Punahou School, HI

Ashley Murphy La Salle College High School, PA

Rachel Page Larry A Ryle High School, KY

Charles Schletzbaum Milpitas High School, CA

Yatesh Singh Edina High School, MN

Devon Snook Vermilion High School, OH

Betty Stanton Jenks High School, OK

Jeff Stutzman Concord High School, IN

Grant Thomas Denver East High School, CO

Jason Warren The Parish Episcopal School, TX

Joshua Wimberley Midland Legacy High School, TX

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 3RD HONORS

Shawn Briscoe A. J. Dimond High School, AK

Candace Cain Burwell Jr.-Sr. High School, NE

Rob Egan Newton High School, KS

David Huston Jasper High School, TX

Nathan Johnston Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL

Xavier Liu Bellarmine College Prep, CA

Rachel Mauchline Durham Academy, NC

Steve Meadows Danville High School, KY

Russ Tidwell Garden City High School, KS

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 4TH HONORS

Tommy Bender Lincoln Southeast High School, NE

Christopher Berdnik Pennsbury High School, PA

Jeremy Hamilton Canfield High School, OH

Ryan Hennessey Cypress Ranch High School, TX

Gayle Hyde Fargo South High School, ND

Jennifer Jerome Millard West High School, NE

Keith Pittman Asheville High School, NC

Jake Swede Central High School, MN

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 5TH HONORS

Kevin Berlat Mesa High School, AZ

Crawford Leavoy Durham Academy, NC

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 6TH HONORS

Keith Bistodeau St. Andrew Catholic School, MN

Jimmy Smith Aspermont High School, TX

Cynthia Timmons Greenhill School, TX

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 7TH HONORS

Jesse Meyer John F. Kennedy High School, IA

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 10TH HONORS

Zachary Prax Eastview High School, MN

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 11TH HONORS

Chuck Nicholas Bob Jones Academy, SC

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE 15TH HONORS

Gail Nicholas Bob Jones Academy, SC

DISTRICT LEADER LUNCHEON

presented by Simpson College

S UNDAY • JUNE 15

CLOUD BALLROOM

12:30-2:00 P.M. CT

DOWNTOWN HILTON

(adjacent to the Iowa Events Center)

RALPH E. CAREY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED CAREER SERVICE

Jeff Stutzman Northeast Indiana

CHAIR OF THE YEAR

Leilani McHugh

West Los Angeles (CA)

BEST NEW CHAIR

Victoria Castro-Henriquez Big Valley (CA)

BEST CHAIR COMMUNICATIONS

Phillip Helt Show Me (MO)

DISTRICT LEADER COMMENDATIONS

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

DISTRICT CHAIR AWARDS

DISTRICT GOLD AWARD

Michael Bassett – Northern Ohio

Alan Bates – Western Ohio

DJ Brynteson – Southern Minnesota

Mariel Cruz – California Coast

Irlonde Gagnon – Wind River (WY)

Adam Jenkins – Greater Illinois

Kim Lenger – Heart Of America (MO)

Tanya Roundy – Sundance (UT)

James Rye – Mockingbird (AL)

Joseph Ugalde – East Los Angeles (CA)

DISTRICT SILVER AWARD

Perry Beard – Space City (TX)

Shannon Chamberlain – Utah-Wasatch

Micah Everson – Magnolia (MS)

Hannah Flake – New Mexico

Vicky Hyde – Inland Empire (WA)

Julie Laflen – South Kansas

Shannon O’Donnell – Montana West

Rachel Page – Kentucky

Maggie Rietz – East Iowa

Julie Roos – Golden Desert (NV)

Andrew Tichy – Northern Lights (MN)

Marcus Viney – Hole In The Wall (WY)

DISTRICT BRONZE AWARD

Ameena Amdahl-Mason – North Oregon

Lisa Bompiani-Smith – Pennsylvania

Scott Caron – New England (MA & NH)

Pamela Childress – Georgia Southern Peach

Carolyn Cook – East Kansas

Chris Coovert – Western Washington

Patrick Daniels – Chesapeake (MD)

Donnie Drobny – Idaho Gem of the Mountain

Kathleen Hamm – Florida Flamingo

Talana Hinson – Carver-Truman (MO)

Kelley Kirkpatrick – Puget Sound (WA)

Chris Mosmeyer – Yellow Rose (TX)

Noah Recker – Gulf Coast (TX)

LeAnne Schmidt – Michigan

Jeremy Starkweather – Northwest Indiana

Adam Thane – Montana East

Grant Thomas – Rocky Mountain-South (CO)

David Yastremski – New Jersey

Shiela Berselli – Golden Desert (NV)

Katie Burke – New Jersey

Elise Matton – New Mexico

Megan Troutman – Puget Sound (WA)

Tyler Will – Hole in the Wall (WY)

CONGRATULATIONS! E ach year, we invite NSDA District Committees to submit 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.

BIG QUESTIONS

• Riley Godwin | LAMP

• Elliot Pitner | Mountain Brook

CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Haarika Kasukurthi | Hoover

• Arhaan Lalani | Vestavia Hills

• Kaamil Meghani | Hoover

• Vivian Shi | Vestavia Hills

CONGRESS – SENATE

• Bhavesh Garlapati | Hoover

• Addison Pledger | Spain Park

DRAMATIC INTERP

• Avery Brooks | Vestavia Hills

• Evelyn Cummings | St. Luke’s Episcopal

DUO INTERP

• Mary Beth Arrington and Mason Stevens | Montgomery Academy

• Abigail Wang and Kaylee Zhao | Vestavia Hills

HUMOROUS INTERP

• Yifei Chen | LAMP

• Caroline Garrick | LAMP

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

• Advitiya Kana | Hoover

• Cole Steuer | Hewitt-Trussville

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

• Maryam Khan | LAMP

• Veronica Zhang | Vestavia Hills

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

• Kylie Crosby | Hoover

• Caleb Johnston | Mountain Brook

ORIGINAL ORATORY

• Shresta Majeti | Northridge

• Bethany Yin | Mountain Brook

POLICY

• James Burnette and Winston Rocque | Mountain Brook

• Sisi Holden and William Long | Mountain Brook

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

• Tina Lou | Vestavia Hills

• Rhyana Mahatsente | Northridge

PUBLIC FORUM

• Adi Gupta and Maddie Lee | Northridge

• Adonay Tewelde and Nathan Lee | Northridge

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

• Tina Gao | Vestavia Hills

• Aryan Singh | LAMP

MOCKINGBIRD DISTRICT

CELEBRATING

WORLD SCHOOLS

Mockingbird Periwinkle

• Madelyn Hyde | Mountain Brook

• Katelyn James | Spain Park

• Aayush Nayak | Hoover

• Maggie Parker | Spain Park

• Srihitha Vem | Hoover

Mockingbird Purple

• John Alford | Montgomery Academy

• Andrew Hosein | Montgomery Academy

• Duncan McInnes | Montgomery Academy

• Price McLemore | Montgomery Academy

• Knox Wingate | Montgomery Academy

SUPPLEMENTALS

• John Carson Bullard | Montgomery Academy

• Isabelle Dionne | Mountain Brook

• Prabhas Garlapati | Hoover

• Maitreyi Harsh | Mountain Brook

• Emón Jackson | Montgomery Academy

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW TWO-DIAMOND COACHES!

ELIZABETH WOOD-WEAS

Mountain Brook High School

100

Congratulations on a Century of Excellence - From Team Arizona

Team AZ is: Caden Huckelbridge, Sameer Khan, Charles Nelles, Nathan Conley, Mingyu Kim, Divya Natarajan, Ria Venkatarajan, Vedang Chinakapati, Emilio Saenz, Dione Pahilan, Santiago Paul, Ethan Han, Yug Sonawane, Aadit Garg, Aditya Jain, Shreyansh Lalan, Raghav Senthil-Kumar, Dorie He, Vismay Avad- hani, Samyak Duggirala, Sara Salehi-Rad, Alyssa Shen, Saanvi Sudhakar, Aaditya Mishra, Rejul Guru, Sudeep Vattikuti, Chase Phua, Tanvi Nadella, Annie Chen, Lucas Vargas, Joseph Badalamenti, Aanya Venkat, Noah Schenkman, Anagha Gupta, Milo Coleman, Samuel Saliba, William Covington, Zayna Khan, Maddie Tung, Allison Yuan, Sophia Lin, Nitya Potukuchi, Sai Patro, Amisha Kalmat, Phuong Nguyen, Mihika Marwaha, Aarini Kanderi, Tara Ghafouri, Karina Breyer, Daniela Serna, Jad Cehajic, Aiden Bryson, Grace Chang, Lucas Williams, Aaryan Wadwekar, Siddharth Vadnerkar, Shreya Raman, Nyle Rizvi, Ishaan Ranjan, Pratham Sreekantan, Harini Arun, Ariam Ateshim, Jack Batsell, Sasha Chhabra, Noah Nicholson, Rakshana Suresh, Jeel Changela, Sid Kanderi, Ved Vashist, Aneesh Velicheti, Aarya Venkat, Rafe Orr, Kira Schwimmer Jad Vicente

Congrats from the Arizona District Committee

Program

Elham/Perry

Micah Zinn/Darien Van Winkle

Leilehua High School

Lincoln-Douglas

Alohi Broad-Gisa

Kamehameha Schools Kapālama

United

Extemp

Dramatic Interp

Samuelu Morgan Kahuku High School

Humorous Interp

Kainoa

Naka‘ahiki-

Informative

Kamehameha

–Brandy Nālani McDougall

Shreya Nallamothu

Dunnebacke,

Aidan Babaran

Max Benitez

Sebastian Blanco

Carly Bleau

Cristin Bowie

Maddison Brennan

Aditya Byju

Jada Cherry

Charlotte Clinnin

Debabandya Dash

Eshan Doshi

Jaylen Doshi

Laila Dyer

Isreal Falana

Gemma Flaming

Carla Fonseca

Cathryn Gorman

Sophia Gulmatovas

Sonia Gupta

Sara Han

Nicholas Harrison

Alia Islam

Rohan Jain

Lois Kusi

Illini District

“If

Congratulations

Illini District Student of the Year

Chloe Masood

Michael McGowan

Morelia Medina

Ben Mosshamer

London Muscolino

Jillian Myers

Seanmichael Opoku-Agyemang

Nina Rao

Kaiden Rice

Finn Schmeltz

Zavier Scott

Zoya Siddiqui

Jacob Smith

Jeremiah Smith Albin Stromberg

Zainab Syed

Kaan Turkyilmaz

Everett Van Til

Sabrina Tse

Sohan Whittier

Lily Wiedholz

Jackson Willis

Ernest Zhang

“We put the “We put the

Qualifiers Qualifiers

Abigail Buksa

Jolette Luna

Kimberly Padilla

Kolvin Dade

Isabel Durkin

Pat Hansen

Milena Letic

Maddi Morton

Carmen Thomas

Mason Erbini

Sean Morris

Cesar Querimit

Nathan Udal

Srilaya Baskaran

Rhea Bathla

Garrett Bottiger

Addison Ellis

Ava Fefferman

Claire Han

Jawad Siddique

Mira Yaradi

Jeffrey Harle

Animesh Kar

Derek Kenning

Niah Maduakolam

Meghan Mulcahy

Nicole Odegaard

Krish Patel

Brandon Walker

Grace Wang

Charlotte Wells

Jocelyn Brennan

Kolvin Dade

Isabel Durkin

Pat Hansen

Milena Letic

Maddi Morton

Carmen Thomas

Akul Bhambhani

Rebecca Wolter

Sarah Ahmed

Raghu Subramanian

Selin Bilgicer

Chris Chen

Bray Councell

Sobrin FitwiI

Roman Gargis

Ella Glassburn

David Ha

Jaanavi Kaushik

Stanley Liew

Alina Luck

Hannah Luck

Sohan Patel

Sarah Rooney

Noah Shafer

Manny Singleton

Grant Spadafore

Amina Spahic

Ranveer Verma

Autumn Weimer

Victoria Sanchez

K�n�ucky

Good luck to our New Mexico qualifiers and competitors!

CONGRESS (HOUSE)

• Zoe Bent — Los Alamos

• Kiona Denny — Navajo Prep

• Rosa Duvall — ABQ Academy

• Jacob Malagon — Cottonwood

CONGRESS (SENATE)

• Dara Vilay — Amy Biehl

• Huckleberry Walsh-Dilley — Cottonwood

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

• Aanya Asoori — La Cueva

• Sulamit Shin — Cottonwood

POLICY

• Jackson Hogans and Daniel Di Palma — La Cueva

PUBLIC FORUM

• Anagha Devarakonda and Jaycee Marquez ABQ Academy

• Kyuryeon Kim and Tanay Tarikere La Cueva

BIG QUESTIONS

• Sophia Arghavani — La Cueva

• Aditi Ganti — La Cueva

• Riya Tarikere — La Cueva

• Maya Walz-Burkett — La Cueva

WORLDS — NM CRIMSON

• Aspyn Kaskalla — Navajo Prep

• William Landahl — ABQ Academy

• Liam Pereira — East Mountain

• Vincent Walters — ABQ Academy

• Faith Young — V. Sue Cleveland

WORLDS — NM MAGENTA

• Kumail Askari — La Cueva

• Erin Brodnax — Los Alamos

• Ishya Guha — La Cueva

• Uxue Sansinena — Los Alamos

• Nora Sharp — La Cueva

DRAMATIC INTERP

• Zoe Lamb — La Cueva

DUO INTERP

• Suchir Jha and Emily Xu Los Alamos

HUMOROUS INTERP

• Lin Wolf — Los Alamos

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

• Natashia Anderson — Navajo Prep

• Tevita Funaki — Los Alamos

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

• Grayson Oakleaf — East Mountain

• Kyla Reno — V. Sue Cleveland

ORIGINAL ORATORY

• Meryem Anderoglu — ABQ Academy

• Stacey Asonganyi — V. Sue Cleveland

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

• Aarush Tutiki — ABQ Academy

• Ayla Zomermaand — ABQ Academy

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

• Andrew Procter — East Mountain

• Zoya Jehanzeb — ABQ Academy

Native Louisianan and Awards Emcee David Begnaud celebrates students from:

Ascension Episcopal School

Caddo Magnet High School

David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

Episcopal School of Acadiana

Isidore Newman School

Kaplan High School

Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts

New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School

Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy

Peabody Magnet High School

Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence

St. Thomas More High School

Teurlings Catholic High School

Timothy E. Sheaff National Awards Stage

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

Sheymaa Nur, Shakopee

Katie Weaver, Prior Lake

Issac Stokes, Anoka

Leo Choi, Prior Lake

Ugbad Weli, Apple Valley

Yahir Rodriguez, Apple Valley

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION

Tess Douma, Eastview

Mason Baas, Prior Lake

Elsa Dungan-Hawks, St. Anthony Village

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

Emmet Carlson, Chanhassen

Maab Mohamed Ali, Apple Valley

Kenza Benlamlih, Apple Valley

Bryan Phan, Shakopee

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP SPEAKING

Amal Sastry, Mounds Park Academy

Sophia Amundgaard, Stillwater Area

Ella Venzke, Stillwater Area

Nayomi Paul, East Ridge

DUO INTERPRETATION

Maxwell Espena & Nina Galindez, Eastview

Chloe Erickson & Jayden Nelson, Prior Lake

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

Sahiti Atluri, Eastview

McKenna Monger, Orono

Caroline Williams, Chanhassen

Aniya Bostick, Apple Valley

Hanna Husen, Apple Valley

Makenzie Bounds, Prior Lake

Praise Oyekunle, White Bear Lake

UNITED STATES EXTEMP SPEAKING

Nicholas Zylstra, Eastview

Paul Fertig, Mounds Park Academy

Annika Binstadt, Mounds Park Academy

Hayden Johnson & Brandon Vergara Villalobos, Apple Valley

ORIGINAL ORATORY

Isaiah Craig, Apple Valley

Isra Yasin, Apple Valley

Ash Klann, Mounds Park Academy

Teodor Pollock, Apple Valley

Iman Mohamed, Apple Valley

BIG QUESTIONS DEBATE

Demir Augustine, Minnetonka

Rishi Raichur, East Ridge

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

Annie Tan, Minnetonka

Jackson Hildreth, Apple Valley

Joshua Bonilla Rivera, Apple Valley

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

Aanya Mohta & Anuraa Venkat, East Ridge

Yashas Singh & Jiseung Jung, East Ridge

Herawie Kebede & Abby Tranter, Eastview

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE - HOUSE

Justin Abraham, Minnetonka Bersy Yonas, East Ridge

Angie Huang, East Ridge

Saahithi Maddukuri, East Ridge

Joann Kariapuram, Eastview

Chloe Zhao, Minnetonka

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE - SENATE

Daniel Song, East Ridge

Ebrahim Mohamed, Eastview

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE

Ivy Lin, East Ridge

Arjun Mahajan, East Ridge

Vincent Nguyen, East Ridge

Ahiljeevan Senthilnathan, East Ridge

Jacob Tamrat, East Ridge

Zebulon Taylor, East Ridge

Coolsjes Singhvi, Stillwater Area

Andre Carreras, Two Rivers

McKinley Cherrier, Two Rivers

Thomas Larsen, Two Rivers

POLICY DEBATE

Max Ulven & Kiernan Baxter-Kauf, St. Paul Central

Elliot Miller & Nathan Clark, St. Paul Central

Abe Mulrooney & Ben Berger, St. Paul Central

CENTRAL MINN SOTA

Duo Interp

Susan Crotwell & Christopher Jackson

Joseph Belser & Morgan Trusty

Dramatic Interp

Evan Arthur White

Dylan Tobias

Humorous Interp

Connor Chisolm

Price Denham

Program Oral Interp

Nicholas Madison

Emily Reynolds

Original Oratory

Pegah Vasighi-Ansarifar

Ariel Morris

James Kessl

Informative

Macon Harrell

Sophia Brown

Internat’l Extemp

James Sakalarios

Noah Ingram

US Extemp

Edmond Wei

Leyton Jackson

Senate

Gage Carlisle

Adam Blalock

Policy

Alice Astarlioglu & Melissa Khadivi

Jasper Parsons & Max Milinovich

Lincoln-Douglas

Clarissa Coleman

Aalekh Arapalli

Big Questions

Sasha McGinness

Fisher Spring

House

Tommy Nichol

Evangeline Jones

Teshy Jalf

Jon Freeman

Nilay Ingle

Public Forum

Miles Hansen & Roscoe Levanway

Max Hill & Jun Jang

Team Magnolia

One District, One State, One Team!

World Schools

Magnolia Silver

Sohan Hait

Lauren Tatum

Johnny Han

Jackson Rippel

Raine Moncrief

Magnolia Green

Olivia Harvey

Henry Cooper

Noah Clapper

Sara Sinha

Violet Daniels

CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Emma Brill - Neosho

• Gabe Dyer - Carthage

• Caleb Fenske - Neosho

• Jackie Gonzalez - Neosho

CONGRESS – SENATE

• Austin Dye - Webb City

• Valeria Garcia - Neosho

DRAMATIC INTERP

• Olivia Leonard - Seneca

• Leila McClendon - Neosho

• Alex Tyndall - Webb City

DUO INTERP

• Katie Chew & William Coats - Neosho

• Leela Commons & Quinn Singleton - Seneca

HUMOROUS INTERP

• Sienna BlankenshipRepublic

• Cade Sinclair - Joplin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NSDA!

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

• Hannah Brake - Republic

• John Satterfield - Carthage

• Jaxon Wyrick - Carthage

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

• Arvin Arora - Neosho

• John Morris - Neosho

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

• Pierce Newcomb - Neosho

• Seth Russell - Neosho

• Anie Spiering - Joplin

•

• Kyree Basnight & Hailey Brake - Republic

• Gavin Hagerman & Xander Hoyt - Monett

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

• Yasmine Paul - Neosho

• Abby Philliber - Neosho

• Felicity PlosserJoplin Gloria Deo

PUBLIC FORUM

• Christian Cavener & Ty Matthiesen - Joplin

• Gavin Collyott & Haley Edwards - Republic

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

• Jonah Barrett - Carthage

• Maddux SteinmannJoplin Gloria Deo

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS!

CARVER-TRUMAN Congrats TO THE 2025

Urmil

Anagha

Tessa

Thurlo

HOUSE

Daiyan

SENATE

NEBRASKA SOUTH QUALIFIERS

MCKENNA WHEELER & ESTHER ALLEN-PICKETT HASTINGS GABE WICK & LORELEI JOBST LINCOLN EAST

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS POLICY

KRITHIK PONDICHERRY - L. EAST

NOAH HOOVER - L. EAST

CORA JONES - L. EAST

WASSAN AHMED - L. NORTHWEST

ELLA RECKER - L. EAST

BRAD BOBARU - L. EAST

JASON GRANQUIST - L. EAST

LUCAS NEAMU - L. EAST

ERIN SUH - L. EAST

NADINE WALY - L. EAST

ALEX HAMRIC - L. EAST

LEXI VELGERSDYK - L. SOUTHEAST

ANNA ROGERS - HASTINGS

CHERYL ZENG - L. EAST

ARNAV AGARWAL & RONAV GANESH LINCOLN EAST

SUKRUTH JANGALA & SHRIISH SATHISH LINCOLN EAST

ANISH KODURI - L. EAST

GIDEON TERWILLEGER - L. SOUTHEAST

BRAYDEN SPILKER - NORRIS

MAGGIE LAMMIE - L. EAST

SOPHIA WANG - L. EAST

MAX APEL - L. EAST

GAVIN FAUST - L. EAST

HAVEN UNGER - NORRIS

JACK WELSTEAD - L. EAST

AOLANI WILSON - L. SOUTHEAST

AARJ PATEL - B. WEST

SARAH SHU - ELKHORN SOUTH

INTERP

SLOAN DONAHOO & CINAE SCHNEIDER LINCOLN EAST

ABENA BONSU & ZACH JOHANNES LINCOLN EAST

CHARLIE SANCHEZ-MASI & WADE COMBS LINCOLN EAST

EMERSON TROMPKE - L. EAST

MARIN WEISSER - L. SOUTHEAST

CLAIRE ROONEY - L. EAST

BELINDA QIAO - L. EAST

BRANDON GROTH - NORRIS

NUSRAT AMIN - L. EAST

DAZAYAH HARTSHORN-HARVEYLINCOLN SOUTHEAST

EMILIA FREY - NORRIS

Golden Desert Congratulates its Centennial National Qualifiers! us November 14-15 in Las Vegas for the Golden Desert NIETOC Qualifier!

The Carolina East

District wishes its Iowa-bound kernels the best of luck at the Centennial!

CarY.AcademY.

Anna Benjamin (USX)

Yul Choi (00)

Daphne DiFrancesco (PF)

Derek Han (LD)

Victor He (HSE)

Raya Jung (PF)

Holden Lim (00)

Chloe Lin (PF)

Alex Liu (LD)

Patrick Liu (LD)

Rebecca Liu (LD)

Sherry Liu (POI)

Rehan Mahmood (WSD)

Akash Mani (WSD)

Anjali Narahari (WSD)

Kaja! Parmar (IX)

Riley Ro (LD)

Aviva Wang (PF)

Hailey Zhang (INF)

Cumberland International EarlY. College HS

Aubrey Legros (DI)

Gabriela Wilson (HI)

Cumberland Poly_!echnic HS

Jahnesha Felix (POI)

Kelsey Johnson (INF)

Jasmine Lee (DI)

Jackson Woodward (USX)

Durham AcademY.

Ethan Asnani (DUO)

Shriya Dharmapurikar (IX)

Kai Forbach (IX)

Scarlett Gao (WSD)

Emma Guo (HSE)

Kwame Mensah-Boone (WSD)

Justin Spitzer (WSD)

Meena Surakanti (DUO)

Gabriel Whangbo-0lvera (LD)

Lingaa Venkataraja (WSD)

Andrew Ye (SEN)

NC School of Science & Math

Sneha Khetan (SEN)

MasseY. Hill Classical HS

Griffin Hire (WSD)

Research Triangle HS

Cora McCracken (HI)

Owen King (DUO)

Tianyu Zhu (DUO)

William G Enloe HS

Claire Ding (HSE)

Adithi Prasanna (HSE)

Elise Snider (WSD)

Aniruddh Sajan (HSE)

2025 CAROLINA WEST

NSDA QUALIFIERS

BIG QUESTIONS

Nandhana Ramesh | Ballantyne Ridge HS

Isabella Lore | Myers Park HS

POLICY DEBATE

Ginevra Voltolina | Myers Park HS

Joseph Holland | Myers Park HS

Fisher Armstrong | TC Roberson HS

Christina Haynes | TC Roberson HS

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

Kaitlyn Rice | Cuthbertson HS

Tessa Fulcher | Myers Park HS

DUO INTERPRETATION

Naaisha Mishra | Ballantyne Ridge HS

Arnima Joshi | Ballantyne Ridge HS

Eleri Pratiknjo | Marvin Ridge HS

Ria Vaishnav | Marvin Ridge HS

HOUSE

Sachi Sharma | Ardrey Kell HS

Angelina Yang | Charlotte Latin School

Dimitri Katsanos | Myers Park HS

Zain Al-Safadi | Myers Park HS

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

Janani Nallasura | Ballantyne Ridge HS

On the Road Again...

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE Jackson Willis | Marvin Ridge HS

Bhaskar | Marvin Ridge HS

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

Anay Hapani | Marvin Ridge HS

George Johnson | SILSA

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE

Lilly Berkovich | Charlotte Latin School

Anish Thota | Charlotte Latin School

Isabel Yang | Charlotte Latin School

Mason Csantaveri | Marvin Ridge HS

Aiden Wang | Marvin Ridge HS

Charlie Price | Myers Park HS

Cameron Williams | Myers Park HS

Austin She | Ardrey Kell HS

Ray Sun | Ardrey Kell HS

Julianna Taylor | Charlotte Catholic School

Hadley Lord | NCSSM - Morganton SENATE

Virginia Bouknight | Myers Park HS ORIGINAL ORATORY

U S EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

Shelly Wang | Ardrey Kell HS

Zachary Richman | Myers Park HS

Amelia Lopez | Carolina Day School INT'L EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Fernando Montoya | Ardrey Kell HS James McClanahan | Myers Park HS

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION

Manderson Asheville HS

Gopinath N. Mecklenburg HS

Catu | Cuthbertson HS Evie Salam | NCSSM - Morganton

Palikouskaya

Mecklenburg HS PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

Iniyan Gokulkumar | Ardrey Kell HS

Krishna Vallabhajosyula | Ardrey Kell HS

Anisha Chandra | Charlotte Latin School

Divija Rao | Charlotte Latin School

Natalie Berman | Charlotte Latin School Nicholas Willett | Charlotte Latin School

Congratulations to the South Carolina team!

Bob

Jones ACADEMY

Eastside HIGH SCHOOL

Greenville Senior ACADEMY

Riverside HIGH SCHOOL

Western Washington congratulates our qualifiers!

Jack Petrie

Aarush Vegulla

Jiadong Gu

Nate Chiang-Lin

Timothy Slota

Autumn Coovert

Calista Martin

James Sun

Filipe Botelho

Yash Kothari

Saveer Sidhu

Ethan Kuruvilla

Hailey Samuel

Brooke Beede

Meriel Su

Alaia Washington

Paige Neil

Lawand Muhsen

Isaac Gerstner

Amy-Lynn Clark

Harry Zhao

Talyah King

Tanya Goel

Jenny Zhong

Alyssa Robinson

Madelyne Masters

Alex Sprague

Shravya Gupta

Eliana Nan

Jacqueline Hsiao

Mingze Shi

Mia Colombo

Elise Hill

Katie Warwick

Angela Zou

Maricella Gonzalez

Kendra Smith

Mars Burton

Zia Shaikh

Mithran Sarana

Graysen Davis

Karenna Wheaton

Vargam Mirzoyan

Ananya Kunnath

Stacey Gupta

GULF COAST DISTRICT

Bandera HS

Collegiate HS

Corpus Christi Carroll HS

Gregory-Portland HS

Harlingen HS

Harlingen HS South

La Vernia HS

McAllen HS

Pharr San Juan Alamo Southwest HS

Richard King HS

Tuloso Midway HS

Veterans Memorial HS

Victoria East HS

W. B. Ray HS

Good luck to all schools competing at NSDA Nationals for the Centennial Celebration!

Happy Birthday NSDA!

BIG QUESTIONS

• Eshaan Chachad | Plano West

• Peyton Squires | Grapevine

CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Riya Dutta | Southlake Carroll

• Tara Erry | Plano West

Congratulations! Lone Star District

HUMOROUS INTERP

• Catherine Cockrell | Plano West

• Paige Webber | Garland

• Peter Yoon | Plano West

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

• Timothy Mei | Prestonwood Christian

• Connor Moffitt | Prestonwood Christian

CONGRESS – SENATE

• Evelyn Ding | Plano West

• Amber Lin | Southlake Carroll

DRAMATIC INTERP

• Gabriel Aina | Garland

• Ayesha Baishya | Plano Senior

• Shiloh Wilson | Plano West

DUO INTERP

• Ayokanmi Adenle and Ayokunnumi Adenle | Prestonwood Christian

• Davis Marino and Pepper Sychitkokhong | Grapevine

• Cooper Medlock and Jacen Pigmon | Garland

• Annie Chen | Plano Senior

• Jasmine John | Garland

• Sahith Reddy | Plano Senior

• Farrah Zein | Plano Senior

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP

• Katherine Liu | Plano West

• Eric Qian | Plano West

• Ryan Xu | Plano West

• Lindsey Zhao | Plano Senior

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

• Sarah Koshy | Greenhill

• Aaron Kuang | Greenhill

• Angel Ribo | Plano West

ORIGINAL ORATORY

• Arya Ajith | Episcopal School of Dallas

• Collin Thomas | Garland

• Toby Sychitkokhong | Grapevine

POLICY

• Iliyan Ali and Yichen

Shi | Greenhill

• Rory Liu and Dhiya Hemchand | Greenhill

• Valentina Rojas and Savanna Smith | Greenhill

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

• Manar Elmahi | Grapevine

• Carrington Haynes | Garland

• Esther Jesse | Plano Senior

PUBLIC FORUM

• Aayush Appan and Yang Bai | Plano West

• Arrman Kapoor and Anuj Lohtia | Plano West

• Crystal Wong and Jenna Lee | Plano West

UNITED STATES EXTEMP

• Rehan Buvvaji | Plano West

• Anshul Khandekar | Plano West

• Sasha Morel | Plano West

• Roshan Shivnani | Plano West

Farida Anbar, Village

Hastings

Trinity Kuissi, Hastings

Victory Okoroji, Hastings

WORLD SCHOOLS

Lone Star Black

• Anyssa Alcala | JBS Law Magnet

• Thomas Baughman | JBS Law Magnet

• Mason Klein | JBS Law Magnet

• Nathan Webber | JBS Law Magnet

Lone Star Crimson

• Arhaan Iyer | Greenhill

• Meenakshi Mandalapu | Greenhill

• Aditi Nagunoori | Southlake Carroll

• Sia Sankaran | Greenhill

• Anushka Velala | Southlake Carroll

Lone Star Gold

• Carys Diamond | Greenhill

• Marleigh Massoud | Greenhill

• Vijay Naidu | Greenhill

• Josephina Qiu | Greenhill

Lone Star Silver

• Terrion Morrow | TAG

• Sonali Sevak | TAG

• Avni Verma | TAG

• Jimin Yoo | TAG

Tharoon Eswar & Rayaan

Meghani, Seven Lakes

Bella Jackson & Katherine

Wu, Seven Lakes

Andres Mendoza Casas & Andy Chen, Seven Lakes

SEN

Faaris Asad, Seven Lakes

Ishaan Singh, Seven Lakes

Andrew Xiao, Memorial

USX

Faaris Asad, Seven Lakes

Ishaan Singh, Seven Lakes

Andrew Xiao, Memorial

Alief Early

Oyindamola Akintola

Deborah Akpeki

Hidayah Habeeb Nans Marvellous

Alief Elsik

Edgar Euceda

Alief Kerr

Sarah Abi Saab

Syed Ali

Erica Carranza

Gerardo Diaz

Leah Ghebrelul

Abigail Nguyen

Victoria Pacheco

Cy-Fair

Avery McSwain

Seven Lakes

Anshika Agrawal

Tompkins

Grace Ding

Janaki Sankar

Westchester

Tej Aliota

Preston Hershkwoitz

LD DEBATE:

Breshad Robinson

Will E. Spencer

BQ DEBATE:

Kelly Ding

Megan Schreck

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING:

Kaylen Sanchez

Roqib Bello

ORIGINAL ORATORY

Nicolas Shipley

Anjana Arvind

PROGRAM ORAL INTERP

Genevieve Arabie

Andie Kilgore

DRAMATIC INTERP:

Abigail Henson

Braiden Bartley

HUMOROUS INTERP:

Abbie Toce

Victoria Mosmeyer

DUO INTERP:

Anya Silva & Colin Russell

Edwin Eben-Baffour & Timmy Aluko

POLICY D EBATE:

Tyler Phillips & Emma Parker

Pedro Arroyo & Hiba Fatima

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:

Ayman Veerani & Jack Zhou

Addison Wolf & Andrew Lu

US EXTEMP: •

Noah Kim

Yunah Kim

Medha Jana

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP:

Rowan Seipp

Bradley Chesson

HOUSE:

Chloe Choi

David Zhang

Ronit Sasane

Ethan Wang

SENATE:

Tanisha Kumar

Ajay Gundanna

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE

Team Red:

Allegra-Zoe Aubrey

Ava Aldridge

Joselin Guazozon

Claire Garcia

Grace Clark

Team Blue:

Malaikah Ali

Jaden Zarate

Jaylen Johnson

Ryan Schreck

VIRGINIA

MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOGNITION

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, 2025.

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 SCHOOL TAB CHAIRS

MIDDLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION AND EXPO

T UESDAY, JUNE 17

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT

— B LANK PARK ZOO —

I N THE HOLMES FOSTER EVENT CENTER

SPECIAL THANKS

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

J. Scott Wunn, NSDA

MIDDLE SCHOOL TAB STAFF

Jeffrey Miller, GA (co-chair)

Deano Pape, NSDA (co-chair)

Katy Cecil, KY

Ryan Curran, NY

Anoushka Dubey, OH

Shania Hunt, CA

Abby Schirmer, GA

Deborah Simon, WA

Tim Stroud, VA

Tiffany Tucker, AR

William Warren, NC

Elizabeth Weas, AL

The Middle School National Tournament is presented by

Jeffrey Miller Middle School

Co-Chair

Deano Pape

School

2025 MIDDLE SCHOOL FINALS AND AWARDS

• FRIDAY, JUNE 20

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • Room 105

8:00 a.m. Informative Speaking Final

9:15 a.m. Original Oratory Final

10:30 a.m. Policy Debate Final

12:45 p.m. Lincoln-Douglas Debate Final

1:45 p.m. Public Forum Debate Final

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • Room 106

8:00 a.m. Program Oral Interp Final

9:15 a.m. Declamation Final

10:30 a.m. Dramatic Interp Final

11:45 a.m. Humorous Interp Final

1:00 p.m. Duo Interp Final

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • Room 107

8:00 a.m.

World Schools Debate Final* (Prepared Motion) *Note: The WS final round may be held on Thursday in place of the semifinal round, depending on entry numbers.

11:00 a.m. Congress Final Session

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • Room 108

8:00 a.m. Impromptu Final

9:15 a.m. Prose Final

10:30 a.m. Extemporaneous Speaking Final Finalists Arrive in Draw (Room 107) by 9:45 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Poetry Final

12:30 p.m. Original Spoken Word Poetry Final

1:30 p.m. Storytelling Final

IOWA EVENTS CENTER • Grand Ballroom (400 Level)

4:30 p.m. Middle School Awards Assembly

The Middle School Awards Assembly should conclude by 6:00 p.m. Afterward, the middle school champions will be taken directly to the High School Awards Assembly, which begins at 6:30 p.m., to be recognized on stage in the EMC Expo Center.

AWARDS REMINDERS

The following students will be recognized on stage at the Middle School National Tournament Awards Assembly starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom.

• Speech events: Students who reached semifinals and finals will be recognized on stage.

• World Schools: Semifinalists and finalists will be recognized on stage. The top 10 speakers will also be recognized on stage.

• Public Forum: Quarterfinalists, semifinalists, and finalists will be recognized on stage. The top 10 speakers will also be recognized on stage.

• Policy: Quarterfinalists, semifinalists, and finalists will be recognized on stage. The top 10 speakers will also be recognized on stage.

• Lincoln-Douglas: Quarterfinalists, semifinalists, and finalists will be recognized on stage.

• Congress: Semifinalists and finalists will be recognized on stage.

School of Excellence Awards

• Debate: Presented to the top five point earning schools with at least one entry in debate and/or Congressional Debate.

• Speech: Presented to the top five point earning schools with at least one entry in a speech event.

• Overall: Presented to the top three point earning schools with at least one entry in both debate and speech. The winners of the overall School of Excellence Awards will not also be eligible to win the Speech and Debate School of Excellence Awards.

The following middle school awards are not presented on stage and may be picked up from Awards Checkout in Room 307 of the Iowa Events Center on Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Note: These awards will not be shipped without prior arrangement. Be sure to pick up all items during the time allotted.

• Speech events: Octafinalists and quarterfinalists can pick up their plaques from Awards Checkout by 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

• Public Forum: Double-octafinalists and octafinalists can collect their plaques from Awards Checkout by 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

• Lincoln-Douglas: Double-octafinalists and octafinalists can pick up their plaques from Awards Checkout by 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

MIDDLE SCHOOL FINALS AND AWARDS

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

MS DEBATE

DEBATE EVENTS

• Policy (CX)

• Lincoln-Douglas (LD)

• Public Forum (PF)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Timberline School

9:00 a.m. Required Judge Training (Big Gym)

10:00 a.m. Round 1

12:30 p.m. Round 2

3:30 p.m. Round 3

6:00 p.m. Round 4

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Timberline School

8:00 a.m. Round 5

10:30 a.m. Round 6

1:00 p.m. Elim Round 1

3:30 p.m. Elim Round 2 (if needed)

5:30 p.m. Elim Round 3 (if needed)

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center

8:30 a.m. LD Elim Round 4 (if needed)

10:30 a.m. PF Elim Round 4 (if needed)

• Iowa Events Center – Room 105

10:30 a.m. Policy Final

12:45 p.m. Lincoln-Douglas Final 1:45 p.m. Public Forum Final

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY, NSDA!

MS WORLD SCHOOLS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Timberline School

9:00 a.m. Required Judge Training (Big Gym)

9:30 a.m. Students Report to Prep Room

10:00 a.m. Round 1 (Prepared Motion)

12:00 p.m. Round 2 (Prepared Motion)

2:20 p.m. Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins

3:30 p.m. Round 3 (Impromptu Motion)

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Timberline School

8:20 a.m. Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins

9:30 a.m. Round 4 (Impromptu Motion)

11:20 a.m. Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion Announced/Prep Begins

12:30 p.m. Round 5 (Impromptu Motion)

2:50 p.m. Team Roll Call/Impromptu Motion

Announced/Prep Begins** 4:00 p.m. Semifinal Round (Impromptu Motion)*

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – Room 107

8:00 a.m. World Schools Final (Prepared Motion)

MS CONGRESS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• Timberline School

9:00 a.m. Required Judge Training (Big Gym)

9:30 a.m. Session 1 2:00 p.m. Session 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• Timberline School

all times are shown in Central Time (CT)

8:00 a.m. Session 3 12:00 p.m. Session 4 4:00 p.m. Semifinal Session

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center – Room 107 11:00 a.m. Congress Final Session

SPEECH EVENTS

To enable multiple entry, each speech event is either Pattern A or Pattern B .

PATTERN A

• Duo Interp (DUO)

• Humorous Interp (HI)

• Extemporaneous Speaking (EXT)

• Original Oratory (OO)

• Poetry (POE)

• Storytelling (STO)

PATTERN B

• Declamation (DEC)

• Dramatic Interp (DI)

• Impromptu (IMP)

• Informative Speaking (INF)

• Program Oral Interp (POI)

• Prose (PRO)

• Original Spoken Word Poetry (SW)

MIDDLE SCHO OL RESULTS AND AWARDS

Find who advanced to the next round by visiting msnats.tabroom.com and selecting the Pairings tab—or use the QR code at left.

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

BALLOT COMMENTS

MS SPEECH

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

• South MS

9:00 a.m. Required Judge Training (Big Gym)

10:00 a.m. Round 1A (Extemp Draw: 9:30 a.m.)

11:30 a.m. Round 1B

1:00 p.m. Round 2A (Extemp Draw: 12:30 p.m.)

2:30 p.m. Round 2B

4:00 p.m. Round 3A (Extemp Draw: 3:30 p.m.)

5:30 p.m. Round 3B

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

• South MS

8:30 a.m. Round 4A (Extemp Draw: 8:00 a.m.)

10:00 a.m. Round 4B

11:30 a.m. Round 5A (Extemp Draw: 11:00 a.m.)

1:00 p.m. Round 5B

2:30 p.m. Quarters A (Extemp Draw: 2:00 p.m.)

4:00 p.m. Quarters B

5:30 p.m. Semis A (Extemp Draw: 5:00 p.m.)

6:30 p.m. Semis B

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

• Iowa Events Center

Final rounds will be held throughout the day on Friday and culminate in the Middle School Awards Assembly, starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom. Find the complete final round schedule on page 109.