MANY OF OUR 2021 QUALIFIERS SMILING AFTER AWARDS ON ZOOM!
DISTRICT COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
Virginia Moore, Kentucky Governor's Office
DISTRICT STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Lindsey Guilford, Henry Clay HS
DISTRICT COACH OF THE YEAR
Jane Becker, Dixie Heights HS
DISTRICT ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Pedro Sanchez-Villa, Trinity HS
DISTRICT ALUMNA OF THE YEAR
Colene Elridge,
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Harrison County HS class of 2001
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Dustin Combs, Knott County Schools
DISTRICT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Selena McPherson, Murray/Marshall Co. HS
DISTRICT NEW COACH OF THE YEAR
Brian Anderson, LaRue County HS
HARLEN HAMM SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Lindsey Guilford, Henry Clay HS
SUSAN MOORE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Samantha Latham, Ryle HS
DISTRICT PLAQUE
Henry Clay HS
CONGRESS SWEEPSTAKES
Lafayette HS
DEBATE SWEEPSTAKES
Henry Clay HS
SPEECH SWEEPSTAKES
Knott County Central HS
SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE TROPHY
CHAPTER ACHIEVEMENT PLAQUE
duPont Manual HS
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!
FISHING FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPION?
KYNSDA DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS 2021
KYNSDA DISTRICT COMMITTEE 2019-2021
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)
Amy Zuccaro, Trinity 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.
CONGRATS TO OUR NATIONAL QUALIFIERS!
As some students qualified for more than one event (but students can only compete in one event at Nationals), the students listed in ITALICS below are the Kentucky delegation to Nationals 2021. Good Luck!!!
Senate
1st - Ayush Tibrewal, Dunbar HS
2nd - Julianne Sharpe, Lafayette HS
3rd - Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
4th - Logan Ward, Lafayette HS
5th - Caroline Koenig, Murray HS
House
1st - Jack Geruc, Ryle
2nd - Alex Minter, Bowling Green
3rd - Cayla Barreiro, Henry Clay
4th - Sawyer Noe, Knott County Central HS
5th - Seth Dossa, Dixie Heights HS
Dramatic Interpretation
1st - Lindsey Guilford, Henry Clay HS
2nd - Collin Tuerk, Rowan County HS
3rd - Dalia Basinac, Ryle HS
4th - Ella Brown-Terry, Murray HS
5th - Nicholas Hardin, LaRue Couty HS
Duo Interpretation
1st - Combs & Smith, Knott Country Central HS
2nd - Liu & Donson, Dunbar HS
3rd - Perry & Tuerk, Rowan County HS
4th - Adams & Crass, Murray HS
5th - Dossa & Duke, Dixie Heights HS
Humorous Interpretation
1st - Ethan Jenkins, Rowan County HS
2nd - Dakota Perry, Rowan County HS
3rd - Robert Grigsby, Knott County Central HS
4th - Jensen Knudsen, Paducah Tilghman HS
5th - Cameron Combs, Knott County Central HS
US Extemporaneous Speaking
1st - Kyra Shutt, Murray HS
2nd - Sawyer Noe, Knott County Central HS
3rd - Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
4th - Nick Kahmann, Ryle HS
5th - Maya Nair, Ryle HS
International Extemporaneous Speaking
1st - Sawyer Noe, Knott County Central HS
2nd - Kyra Shutt, Murray HS
3rd - Kole Ingram, Knott County Central HS
4th - Maya Nair, Ryle HS
5th - Sara Nath, Ryle HS
Original Oratory
1st - Justin Witt, Hazard HS
2nd - Alex Caudill, Rowan County HS
3rd - Shubh Gupta, duPont Manual HS
4th - Katie Gartner, Boone County HS
5th - Raegan Settle, Murray HS
Informative Speaking
1st - Shubh Gupta, duPont Manual HS
2nd - Katelynn Stanczyk, Murray HS
3rd - Rohin Dutt, duPont Manual HS
4th - Abby Kane, Dixie Heights HS
5th - Hayden Watkins, Rowan County HS
Program Oral Interpretation
1st - Abby Kane, Dixie Heights HS
2nd - Robert Saner, Boone County HS
3rd - Edward Donson, Dunbar HS
4th - Grace Welte, Rowan County HS
5th - Sophia Zhou, Dunbar HS
Public Forum Debate Qualifiers
Whitlock & Zhu, Henry Clay HS
Whitney & Lofwall, Henry Clay HS
Howard & Rahman, Henry Clay HS
Elkinson & Deep, Henry Clay HS
Alternates - Eng & McBride, Trinity HS
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Qualifiers
Kelly Helton, Ryle HS
Ariel Fader, Ryle HS
Jack Geruc, Ryle HS
Cayla Barreiro, Henry Clay HS
Alternate - Bella Galavotti, Henry Clay HS