FISHING FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPION?
KUDOS TO THESE KENTUCKY AWARD WINNERS AT 2022 NATIONALS!
MAIN EVENTS
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION: Edward Donson, Dunbar, Octofinals
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Alex Minter, Bowling Green, Quarterfinals; Daksha Pillai, Dunbar, Quarterfinals
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION: Jensen Knudsen, Paducah Tilghman, Octofinals
INFORMATIVE SPEAKING: Presley Moore, Knott Central, Octofinals
ORATORY: Shubh Gupta, Manual, Octofinals
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE: Lofwall and Whitley, Henry Clay, 9 Rounds
SENATE: Ayush Tibrewal, Dunbar, Semifinals
UNITED STATES EXTEMPORANEOUS: Caroline Koenig, Murray, Octofinals
SUPPLEMENTAL EVENTS
EXPOSITORY: Stephanie Whiteman, LaRue County, Double Octos
IMPROMPTU: Caroline Koenig, Murray, Quarterfinals
ORIGINAL SPOKEN WORD POETRY: Jack Geruc, Ryle, Semifinals
POETRY: Dalia Basinac, Ryle, Double Octos; Jacob Holbrook, Rowan County, Quarterfinals
PROSE: Dalia Basinac, Ryle, Double Octos
STORYTELLING: Caroline Carlisle, Rowan County, Double Octos; Jackson Greenhill, Rowan County, Double Octos; Joseph O'Hair, Rowan County, Double Octos
KY DISTRICT NATS RESULTS
After being a finalist for Best District Ad several times, Kentucky won the Ad contest!
Hosting the national tournament was quite an adventure! Aloha until next year in Phoenix!
KYNSDA DISTRICT COMMITTEE 2021-2023
Rachel Page, Ryle HS, District Chair
Katy Cecil, LaRue County HS
Neomia Hagans Flores, Dunbar HS
Steve Meadows, NSDA Hall of Fame / Danville HS (retired)
Michael Robinson, Murray HS
The Kentucky District Committee is elected every other year by the member coaches of the District.
The Committee's job is to manage the District tournament as well as to assist new coaches, to help programs grow and prosper, to assist with management of the Tabroom.com website, and to be the shepherds of high school speech and debate in the Commonwealth.
Contact Rachel Page with any questions about KYNSDA. For website concerns, contact Steve Meadows.
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Congratulations to the Kentucky students who have qualified to compete at the National tournament hosted right here in Kentucky! These are the results of the District Tournament. As students sometimes qualify in multiple events and must give up all but one, or as students sometimes have conflicts and give up their National Tournament spots, the students actually competing for Team Kentucky are listed below in italics. Good luck to all these students in Louisville. Team Kentucky is cheering you on!
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
1st Ariel Fader, Ryle HS
1st Jack Geruc, Ryle HS
3rd Dorottya Gal, Henry Clay HS
4th Dhiraj Kanneganti, Manual HS
ORIGINAL ORATORY
1st Shubh Gupta, Manual HS
2nd Hayden Watkins, Rowan County HS
3rd Kelly Helton, Ryle HS
4th Raegan Settle, Murray HS
PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION
1st Wyatt Welte, Rowan County HS
2nd Hayden Watkins, Rowan County HS
3rd Abby Kane, Dixie Heights HS
4th Dalia Basinac, Ryle HS
5th Eliza Eckmann, Henry Clay HS
Alternate 1 Sage Mize-Harper, Murray HS
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
1st Whitley & Lofwall, Henry Clay HS
2nd Watkins & Gollamudi, Manual HS
3rd Reddy & Sanderfer, Manual HS
Alternate 1 Lin & Gundapantula, Manual HS
SENATE
1st Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
2nd Ayush Tibrewal, Dunbar HS
3rd Henry Adams, Henry Clay HS
Alternate 1 Jack Geruc, Ryle HS
Alternate 2 Clint Corkran, Henry Clay HS
UNITED STATES EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
1st Caroline Koenig, Murray HS
2nd Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
3rd Sarah Nath, Ryle HS
Alternate 1 Nick Kahmann, Ryle HS
Alternate 2 Mia Carver, Rowan County HS
KENTUCKY HOST COMMITTEE
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
See Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, the 2020 KYNSDA Communicator of the Year, present the 2021 award to his daily ASL interpreter, Virginia Moore, during the 16 March daily press briefing. Congratulations Ms. Moore! Go Team Kentucky!
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
1st Wyatt Welte, Rowan County HS
2nd Edward Donson, Dunbar HS
3rd Margaret Tiennot, Henry Clay HS
Alternate 1 Caroline Carlisle, Rowan County HS
Alternate 2 Raegan Settle, Murray HS
DUO INTERPRETATION
1st Greenhill & O'Hair, Rowan County HS
2nd Carlisle & Carver, Rowan County HS
Alternate 1 McGaha & Wilson, Dixie Heights HS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Emily Hu, Dunbar HS
2nd Daksha Pillai, Dunbar HS
3rd Dalia Basinac, Ryle HS
4th Alex Minter, Bowling Green HS
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
1st Jensen Knudsen, Paducah Tilghman HS
2nd Jacob Holbrook, Rowan County HS
3rd Amanda Peiffer, Murray HS
Alternate 1 Jackson Greenhill, Rowan County HS
INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
1st Presley Moore, Knott County Central HS
2nd Louis Schlosser, Beechwood HS
3rd Willa Stivers, Manual HS
4th Natalie Freidhof, Rowan County HS
Also advancing to Nationals (from Last Chance Qualifier May 6-7) -- Gokul Achaththekoot, Manual HS
INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
1st Caroline Koenig, Murray HS
2nd Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
3rd Nick Kahmann, Ryle HS
Alternate 1 Bella Galavotti, Henry Clay HS
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TEAM KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK -- UNITED WE STAND, INDEED!
Bardstown HS Concession workers
Dunbar HS Concession workers
Hebron MS Concession workers
LaRue County HS Concession workers
Ryle HS Concession workers
BEECHWOOD: Molly Seifert
BOWLING GREEN: Janet Martin, Michael Minter
DAVIESS COUNTY: Karen Feldhaus
DIXIE HEIGHTS: Jan Kane, Jane Becker, Maureen Gregory
DUNBAR: Connie Hagans, Neomia Hagans Flores
HAZARD: Helen Williams
HEBRON: Woody Zorn
HIGHLANDS: Alyssa Vanderpool
LARUE COUNTY: John Slack, Katy Cecil
KHSSL: Eric Willis, Kasandra Lambert, Steve Meadows, Terri Weaver
KNOTT CENTRAL: Bria Stacy
MANUAL: Kruthi Mangamurthiyagarajan, Lucy Teng, Manjula Paladugu, Muralee Achaththekoot
MURRAY: Madi Vigil, Michael Robinson, Randy Patterson
PADUCAH TILGHMAN: Rachael Castillo
ROWAN COUNTY: Amanda Simmons, Caroline Carlisle, Claire Freidhof, Collin Tuerk, Denise Watkins, Dwayne Adkins, Jackson Greenhill, Jacob Holbrook, Joseph O’Hair, Mia Carver, Natalie Freidhof, Sara Holbrook
RYLE: Alex Reynolds, Carolyn Geruc, Dalia Basinac, Irena Sliskovic-Basinac, Jack Geruc, Kelly Helton, Michelle Kahmann, Nick Kahmann, Rachel Page, Sara Nath
TRINITY: Allie Kerns, Amy Zuccaro, Pedro Sanchez-Villa, Randy Perkins