2017-2018 TOURNAMENT RESULts
Plano Sr. High School (September 1-2)
1st Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Policy Debate Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
3rd International Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
6th Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Clark High School (September 1-2)
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was Top Speaker.
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Grapevine High School (September 8-9)
1st Speaker Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Speaker Policy Debate - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
6th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinals Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinals Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Princeton/North Lamar High School (September 9) - 2nd Place Sweepstakes
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
1st Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Impromptu Speaking - Haley Bass ('20)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('20)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('20)
5th Impromptu Speaking - Emma Cook ('20)
5th (Quarterfinals) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Poetry Interpretation - Autumn Ellgass ('20)
7th Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Brownsboro High School Angel (September 30) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Braden Heizer ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Matthew Abrameit ('21); Angel: Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Matthew was top speaker.
1st Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
1st Prose Interpretation - Alison Cheney ('21)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zach Jones ('21); Angel: Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Policy Debate - Kelsey Schwartz ('21) and Wake Thrasher-Evers ('21); Angel: Robert McWhorter ('18)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
3rd Policy Debate - Connor Cockrell ('21) and Abbey Van Andel ('21); Angel: Ronak Desai ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Gavin Drewry ('21)
5th Congressional Debate - Josh Smith ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Brayden Unkenholz ('21); Angel: Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Brock Hines ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
6th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Phoenix Pittman ('21); Angel: Travis Stringer ('18)
7th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Jeffrey Ptak ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
8th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Elizabeth Stone ('21); Angel: Ally Perkins ('19)
St. Mark's School of Texas (October 13) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Evan received the LD Naegelin award for the best overall individual competitor.
North Lamar High School (October 14) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zachary Jones ('21)
Zachary was top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
1st Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was top speaker.
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Braden Heizer ('21)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
4th Original Oratory - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
4th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
4th Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
7th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Plano West Sr. High School (October 20-21) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was the Top Presiding Officer as well.
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
Quarterfinalist (5th) - Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Brayden Unkenholz ('21)
6th Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
7th Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinals Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinals Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Whitehouse (November 11) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Humorous Interpretation - Brina Kuslak ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 1st and 2nd speakers, respectively.
2nd Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
3rd Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19)
6th Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
Semifinalists Extemporaneous Speaking - Ainsley Smith ('21), Carlee Pascual ('20), Brock Hines ('21)
ESC 7 UIL Regional Congressional Debate (November 14)
1st - Evan Bewersdorf ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
2nd - Ronak Desai ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
3rd - Anthony Wyatt ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
4th - Ashlyn Ellgass ('18) STATE ALTERNATE
Athens (November 18) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd (Semifinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
4th Impromptu Speaking - Gavin Drewry ('21)
4th Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
4th Poetry Interpretation - Gavin Drewry ('21)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
5th Dramatic Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19)
5th Program of Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
5th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
6th Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Humorous Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
6th Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
7th Impromptu Speaking - Connor Cockrell ('21)
Finalist Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
Semifinalist Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20), Samantha Rodden ('19), Josh Smith ('21)
University of Texas at Austin (December 1-2)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak was 4th speaker. Anthony was 8th.
8th Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Triple-Octofinalist Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
All Saints (December 2)
1st in Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd in Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd in Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd in Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd in Program Oral Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
4th in Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
4th in Program Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th in Dramatic Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th in Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
5th (Quarterfinalists) in Public Forum Debate - Zachary Jones ('21) and Brayden Unkenholz ('21)
7th in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Phoenix PIttman ('21)
8th in Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Isidore Newman (December 8-9) - 2nd Place Speech Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 4th and 5th speakers.
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
2nd Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Humorous Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19) and Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
NSDA National Qualifier (December 11) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Senate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd House - Ronak Desai ('18)
4th Senate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Finalists House - Josh Smith ('21), Connor Cockrell ('21), Gavin Drewry ('21), Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Winston Churchill Invitational (January 5-6)
1st Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Van Fire and Ice Invitational (January 5-6) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
2nd Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
5th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
6th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Carlee Pascual ('20)
7th Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
UIL Congress State (January 9-10) - First Place Sweepstakes
5th Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Finalist Ronak Desai ('18)
Finalist Anthony Wyatt ('18)
University of Houston Cougar Classic (January 12-13)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 2nd and 3rd speakers respectively.
Whitehouse (January 19-20) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Josh Smith ('21)
Ronak was top speaker.
1st Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
2nd Policy Debate - Anthony Wyatt ('18) and Alec Morton ('20)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd (Semifinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Zach Jones ('21)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zach Jones ('21)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
7th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
UIL CX District (January 23)
1st Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) - State Qualifier
Ronak was top speaker.
2nd Alec Morton ('20) and Josh Smith ('21) - State Qualifier
3rd Robert McWhorter ('18) and Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Flower Mound Swing 1/2 (January 26-27)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was top speaker. Ronak was 2nd speaker.
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
6th Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Carlee Pascual ('20)
Semifinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinalist Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Flower Mound Swing 2/2 (January 26-27)
1st Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
6th Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinalist Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20), Ally Perkins ('19)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Colleyville Heritage (February 2-3)
9th (Octofinalist) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Robert McWhorter ('18)
Anthony Wyatt ('18) was 5th Speaker. Ronak was 7th speaker.
Royse City (February 3) - 2nd Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was also top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
Harvard (February 17-19)
3rd (Semifinals) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was 2nd speaker and Ronak was 3rd.
Octofinalist Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Octofinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Octofinalist Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Octofinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Double-Octofinalist Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Double-Octofinalist JV Policy Debate - Autumn Ellgass ('20) and Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
NSDA National Qualifiers (February 23-24) - 1st Place Speech, Debate, and Overall Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18) Qualifier
1st Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) Qualifier
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) Qualifier
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19) Qualifier
1st United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18) Qualifier
2nd Duo Interpretation - Kayleigh Melvin ('19) and Maddie Mezzell ('19) Qualifier
2nd Informative Speaking - Brina Kuslak ('19) Qualifier
2nd Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20) Qualifier
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19) Deferred
3rd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18) Deferred
3rd Policy Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18) and Konnor Scott ('18) Alternate
4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19) Alternate
4th Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19) Alternate
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20) Alternate
4th Informative Speaking - Allison Cheney ('21) Alternate
5th Original Oratory - Jeremey Guidotti ('20) Alternate
TFA State (March 1-3)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
5th Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was named Top Presiding Officer in prelims.
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinalist Poetry - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
UIL CX State (March 16-17) - First Place Sweepstakes
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony tied in a true unbreakable tie for top speaker (Gold Gavel).
Octofinalist Policy Debate - Alec Morton ('20) and Josh Smith ('21)
UIL Speech District (March 27) - 1st Place Speech Team
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was also top speaker.
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
2nd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('18)
4th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Zach Jones ('21)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Big Questions Qualifier (April 7)
Semifinalist Big Questions Debate - Phoenix Pittman ('21), Josh Smith ('21)
Quarterfinalist Big Questions Debate - Zach Jones ('21)
UIL 5A, Region 3 (April 14) - 1st Place Speech Team
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
8th Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky (April 28-30)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinals Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinals Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Quarterfinals Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
NIETOC in Denver, Colorado (May 11-12)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Quarterfinalist Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Octofinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
UIL State Speech/LD (May 21-22) - First Place Sweepstakes
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Policy Debate Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
3rd International Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
6th Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Clark High School (September 1-2)
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was Top Speaker.
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Grapevine High School (September 8-9)
1st Speaker Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Speaker Policy Debate - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
6th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinals Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinals Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Princeton/North Lamar High School (September 9) - 2nd Place Sweepstakes
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
1st Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Impromptu Speaking - Haley Bass ('20)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('20)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('20)
5th Impromptu Speaking - Emma Cook ('20)
5th (Quarterfinals) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Poetry Interpretation - Autumn Ellgass ('20)
7th Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Brownsboro High School Angel (September 30) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Braden Heizer ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Matthew Abrameit ('21); Angel: Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Matthew was top speaker.
1st Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
1st Prose Interpretation - Alison Cheney ('21)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zach Jones ('21); Angel: Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Policy Debate - Kelsey Schwartz ('21) and Wake Thrasher-Evers ('21); Angel: Robert McWhorter ('18)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
3rd Policy Debate - Connor Cockrell ('21) and Abbey Van Andel ('21); Angel: Ronak Desai ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Gavin Drewry ('21)
5th Congressional Debate - Josh Smith ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Brayden Unkenholz ('21); Angel: Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Brock Hines ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
6th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Phoenix Pittman ('21); Angel: Travis Stringer ('18)
7th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Jeffrey Ptak ('21); Angel: Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
8th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Elizabeth Stone ('21); Angel: Ally Perkins ('19)
St. Mark's School of Texas (October 13) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Evan received the LD Naegelin award for the best overall individual competitor.
North Lamar High School (October 14) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zachary Jones ('21)
Zachary was top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
1st Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was top speaker.
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Braden Heizer ('21)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
3rd Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
4th Original Oratory - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
4th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
4th Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
7th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Plano West Sr. High School (October 20-21) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was the Top Presiding Officer as well.
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
Quarterfinalist (5th) - Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Brayden Unkenholz ('21)
6th Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
7th Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinals Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinals Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Whitehouse (November 11) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Humorous Interpretation - Brina Kuslak ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 1st and 2nd speakers, respectively.
2nd Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
3rd Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19)
6th Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
Semifinalists Extemporaneous Speaking - Ainsley Smith ('21), Carlee Pascual ('20), Brock Hines ('21)
ESC 7 UIL Regional Congressional Debate (November 14)
1st - Evan Bewersdorf ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
2nd - Ronak Desai ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
3rd - Anthony Wyatt ('18) STATE QUALIFIER
4th - Ashlyn Ellgass ('18) STATE ALTERNATE
Athens (November 18) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd (Semifinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
4th Impromptu Speaking - Gavin Drewry ('21)
4th Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
4th Poetry Interpretation - Gavin Drewry ('21)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
5th Dramatic Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19)
5th Program of Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
5th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
6th Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
6th Humorous Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
6th Prose Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
7th Impromptu Speaking - Connor Cockrell ('21)
Finalist Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
Semifinalist Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20), Samantha Rodden ('19), Josh Smith ('21)
University of Texas at Austin (December 1-2)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak was 4th speaker. Anthony was 8th.
8th Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Triple-Octofinalist Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
All Saints (December 2)
1st in Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd in Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
2nd in Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd in Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd in Program Oral Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
4th in Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
4th in Program Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
4th in Dramatic Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th in Poetry Interpretation - Ainsley Smith ('21)
5th (Quarterfinalists) in Public Forum Debate - Zachary Jones ('21) and Brayden Unkenholz ('21)
7th in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Phoenix PIttman ('21)
8th in Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
Isidore Newman (December 8-9) - 2nd Place Speech Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 4th and 5th speakers.
1st Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
2nd Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
5th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Humorous Interpretation - Haley Bass ('20)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19) and Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
NSDA National Qualifier (December 11) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Senate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd House - Ronak Desai ('18)
4th Senate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Finalists House - Josh Smith ('21), Connor Cockrell ('21), Gavin Drewry ('21), Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Winston Churchill Invitational (January 5-6)
1st Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18)
Semifinalist Oral Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Van Fire and Ice Invitational (January 5-6) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
2nd Congressional Debate - Peyton Pascual ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19)
5th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
6th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Carlee Pascual ('20)
7th Prose Interpretation - Josh Smith ('21)
UIL Congress State (January 9-10) - First Place Sweepstakes
5th Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Finalist Ronak Desai ('18)
Finalist Anthony Wyatt ('18)
University of Houston Cougar Classic (January 12-13)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony were 2nd and 3rd speakers respectively.
Whitehouse (January 19-20) - 1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Josh Smith ('21)
Ronak was top speaker.
1st Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
2nd Policy Debate - Anthony Wyatt ('18) and Alec Morton ('20)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
3rd (Semifinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
3rd Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Zach Jones ('21)
5th (Quarterfinalist) Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Zach Jones ('21)
5th Original Oratory - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
7th Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
UIL CX District (January 23)
1st Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) - State Qualifier
Ronak was top speaker.
2nd Alec Morton ('20) and Josh Smith ('21) - State Qualifier
3rd Robert McWhorter ('18) and Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Flower Mound Swing 1/2 (January 26-27)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was top speaker. Ronak was 2nd speaker.
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
6th Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Carlee Pascual ('20)
Semifinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinalist Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Flower Mound Swing 2/2 (January 26-27)
1st Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
4th Original Oratory - Samantha Rodden ('19)
6th Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Semifinalist Humorous Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20), Ally Perkins ('19)
Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19), Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Semifinalist Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
Colleyville Heritage (February 2-3)
9th (Octofinalist) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Robert McWhorter ('18)
Anthony Wyatt ('18) was 5th Speaker. Ronak was 7th speaker.
Royse City (February 3) - 2nd Place Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was also top speaker.
1st Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
2nd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Prose Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Emma Cook ('20)
Harvard (February 17-19)
3rd (Semifinals) Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Anthony was 2nd speaker and Ronak was 3rd.
Octofinalist Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Octofinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Octofinalist Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Octofinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Double-Octofinalist Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Double-Octofinalist JV Policy Debate - Autumn Ellgass ('20) and Kelsey Schwartz ('21)
NSDA National Qualifiers (February 23-24) - 1st Place Speech, Debate, and Overall Sweepstakes
1st Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18) Qualifier
1st Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) Qualifier
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) Qualifier
1st Program of Oral Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19) Qualifier
1st United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18) Qualifier
2nd Duo Interpretation - Kayleigh Melvin ('19) and Maddie Mezzell ('19) Qualifier
2nd Informative Speaking - Brina Kuslak ('19) Qualifier
2nd Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20) Qualifier
3rd Dramatic Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19) Deferred
3rd Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18) Deferred
3rd Policy Debate - Robert McWhorter ('18) and Konnor Scott ('18) Alternate
4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('19) Alternate
4th Original Oratory - Ally Perkins ('19) Alternate
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Nalany Hernandez ('20) Alternate
4th Informative Speaking - Allison Cheney ('21) Alternate
5th Original Oratory - Jeremey Guidotti ('20) Alternate
TFA State (March 1-3)
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
5th Informative Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Semifinalist Congressional Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was named Top Presiding Officer in prelims.
Semifinalist Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Semifinalist Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinalist Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinalist Poetry - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
UIL CX State (March 16-17) - First Place Sweepstakes
1st Policy Debate - Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18)
Ronak and Anthony tied in a true unbreakable tie for top speaker (Gold Gavel).
Octofinalist Policy Debate - Alec Morton ('20) and Josh Smith ('21)
UIL Speech District (March 27) - 1st Place Speech Team
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
Evan was also top speaker.
1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Ronak Desai ('18)
2nd Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
3rd Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ally Perkins ('18)
4th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Zach Jones ('21)
4th Prose Interpretation - Jeremy Guidotti ('20)
5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Big Questions Qualifier (April 7)
Semifinalist Big Questions Debate - Phoenix Pittman ('21), Josh Smith ('21)
Quarterfinalist Big Questions Debate - Zach Jones ('21)
UIL 5A, Region 3 (April 14) - 1st Place Speech Team
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
1st Poetry Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
1st Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
2nd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
5th Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking - Anthony Wyatt ('18)
8th Poetry Interpretation - Samantha Rodden ('19)
Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky (April 28-30)
4th Program of Oral Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Semifinals Original Oratory - Haley Bass ('20)
Quarterfinals Informative - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
Quarterfinals Oral Interpretation - Emma Cook ('20)
NIETOC in Denver, Colorado (May 11-12)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
Quarterfinalist Original Oratory - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
Octofinalist Dramatic Interpretation - Elizabeth Tagg ('18)
UIL State Speech/LD (May 21-22) - First Place Sweepstakes
1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Evan Bewersdorf ('18)
2nd Prose Interpretation - Maddie Mezzell ('19)
3rd Informative Extemporaneous Speaking - Ashlyn Ellgass ('19)
2017-2018 Qualifiers
Each circuit has different qualification rules and requirements. Students listed have either fully qualified or started the qualification process. When students are fully qualified, they will be bold and italicized (unless just being on the list makes you a qualifier).
NTDA: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
TFA:
NIETOC:
TOC (UK):
Extemp TOC (Northwestern):
UIL Region: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
UIL State: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
NSDA Nationals: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
NTDA: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
- Haley Bass ('20) - Prose Interpretation
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Congressional Debate, Informative Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Autumn Ellgass ('20) - Poetry Interpretation
- Jeremy Guidotti ('20) - Poetry Interpretation, Prose Interpretation
- Nalany Hernandez ('20) - Prose Interpretation
- Zach Jones ('21) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Maddie Mezzell ('20) - Poetry Interpretation, Prose Interpretation
- Alec Morton ('20) - Cross-Examination Debate
- Carlee Pascual ('20) - Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- Peyton Pascual ('18) - Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking, Congressional Debate
- Phoenix Pittman ('21) - Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- Kelsey Schwartz ('21) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking
- Ainsley Smith ('21) - Poetry Interpretation
- Josh Smith ('21) - Cross-Examination Debate, Prose Interpretation
TFA:
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Dramatic Interpretation - 43 Points - Fully Qualified
- Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) - Policy Debate - 34 Points - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Original Oratory - 36 Points - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 35 Points - Fully Qualified
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 21 Points - Fully Qualified
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative - 17 Points - Fully Qualified
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking - 16 Points - Fully Qualified
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Congressional Debate - 16 Points - Fully Qualified
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Dramatic Interpretation - 15 Points - Fully Qualified
- Haley Bass ('20) - Original Oratory - 15 Points - Fully Qualified
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 13 Points - Fully Qualified
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 13 Points - Fully Qualified
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 8 Points
- Emma Cook ('20) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 7 Points
- Emma Cook ('20) - Original Oratory - 6 Points
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Humorous Interpretation - 6 Points
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Original Oratory - 6 Points
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 5 Points
- Jeremy Guidotti ('20) - Original Oratory - 5 Points
- Jeremy Guidotti ('20) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 4 Points
- Robert McWhorter ('18) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 4 Points
- Ally Perkins ('19) - Original Oratory - 3 Points
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 2 Points
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Dramatic Interpretation - 2 Points
- Ally Perkins ('19) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 2 Points
- Jeremy Guidotti ('20) - Dramatic Interpretation - 2 Points
- Ronak Desai ('18) and Robert McWhorter ('18) - 2 Points
- Haley Bass ('20) - Humorous Interpretation - 1 Point
- Carlee Pascual ('20) - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 1 Point
- Zachary Jones ('21) and Brayden Unkenholz ('21) - Public Forum Debate - 1 Point
NIETOC:
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Dramatic Interpretation - 3 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Original Oratory - 3 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Dramatic Interpretation - 2 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Haley Bass ('20) - Original Oratory - 1 Bid
TOC (UK):
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Extemporaneous Speaking - 6 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Ronak Desai ('18) and Anthony Wyatt ('18) - Policy Debate - 5 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Dramatic Interpretation - 4 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Original Oratory - 4 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 4 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Program of Oral Interpretation - 3 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Jeremy Guidotti ('20) - Oral Interpretation - 2 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Oral Interpretation - 2 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Haley Bass ('20) - Original Oratory - 2 Bids - Fully Qualified
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Dramatic Interpretation - 1 Bid - Fully Qualified
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative - 1 Bid - Fully Qualified
- Emma Cook ('20) - Oral Interpretation - 1 Bid - Fully Qualified
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Oral Interpretation - 1 Bid - Fully Qualified
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Oral Interpretation - 1 Bid - Fully Qualified
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Congressional Debate - 1 Bid
Extemp TOC (Northwestern):
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - 6 Bids - Fully Qualified
UIL Region: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Ronak Desai ('18) - Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Prose Interpretation
- Samantha Rodden ('19) - Poetry Interpretation
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Poetry Interpretation
- Anthony Wyatt ('18) - Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
UIL State: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Congressional Debate (5th)
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking (1st)
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - Lincoln-Douglas Debate (2nd)
- Ronak Desai ('18) - Congressional Debate (Finals)
- Ronak Desai ('18) - Policy Debate (1st Place; Top Speaker)
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative Extemporaneous Speaking (3rd)
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Prose Interpretation (2nd)
- Alec Morton ('20) - Policy Debate (Octofinals)
- Josh Smith ('21) - Policy Debate (Octofinals)
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Poetry Interpretation
- Anthony Wyatt ('18) - Congressional Debate (Finals)
- Anthony Wyatt ('18) - Policy Debate (1st Place, Top Speaker)
NSDA Nationals: (Everyone listed is fully qualified.)
- Haley Bass ('20) - Original Oratory
- Evan Bewersdorf ('18) - United States Extemporaneous Speaking
- Ashlyn Ellgass ('19) - Informative Speaking
- Autumn Ellgass ('20) - World Schools Debate
- Brina Kuslak ('19) - Informative Speaking
- Kayleigh Melvin ('19) - Duo Interp
- Maddie Mezzell ('19) - Duo Interp
- Elizabeth Tagg ('18) - Dramatic Interpretation
