Foley Special Awards (Anyone May Nominate)

Special Awards

Thomas S. Foley Speaker’s Award:  Presented to the best individual speaker in the tournament on the basis of the student’s overall performance in all of his/her events.  To be eligible for consideration for this award, a competitor’s coach must register the student as competing for the award on the registration website (so that we may “track” the applicable student), and the competitor must meet the following criteria:

1. The competitor must compete at the open/varsity or champ level of all events;
2. The competitor must compete in Student Congress; and
3. The competitor must compete in another form of debate in addition to Student Congress/Legislative Debate; and
4. The competitor must compete in at least one individual event in both Pattern A and Pattern B.

Note:  Out-rounds do not count toward the Speaker’s Award. SPAR does not count toward the speaker’s award.                  

Thomas S. Foley Ambassador’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Forensics Education:  Throughout his many years of service, Tom Foley was a steadfast supporter of education.  It is, therefore, only fitting that this award be presented in his name to an adult who has made outstanding contributions to the field of forensics education.  Please nominate a person who you believe is deserving of this award.  Nominations should be submitted in writing and explain why your nominee should be selected to receive this honor.  All submissions will be judged by an independent panel of community leaders.  Note:  This trophy may only be awarded to a person once in a lifetime.  Previous nominees who have not received the award are eligible to be re-nominated. Nominations may be made by any appropriate person including teachers, administrators, coaches, parents, students, former students etc.

Please email your nominations to Mr. Tyler Ormsby, Foley Forensics Tournament Committee Chair, at tyler.ormsby@yahoo.com Nominations must be received by the regular registration deadline.

The Anita Sue Spirit of Debate Award:

Anita was a student who loved her debate team and her interschool debate community. Although she did not always win, she was always steadfast about attending practice and doing her best at tournaments. Perhaps most importantly, she was known as a “good sport” Anita would happily walk out of a round with her former competitors/new friends irrespective of whether she had won or lost the round. Anita was instrumental in helping to encourage and train new novice debaters and for adding fun and smiles to any debate outing. We are asking coaches to nominate seniors for this award.

Please email a letter nomination to the Foley Forensics Tournament Committee Chair, Mr. Tyler Ormsby at tyler.ormsby@yahoo.com The letter should include why your nominee reflects the positive spirit of debate. His or her debate and speech win loss record is not necessary. This award is to be presented to the person who best represents the comradery, sportsmanship, and pure joy of forensic competition irrespective of one’s win/loss record. 

Nominations must be received by the registration deadline.