Congratulations to all who competed at this year's State Championship tournament. It's been a great year of speech and debate! A few final notes:

1) Survey: Please complete this survey regarding the State Championship tournaments. The feedback you provide helps the Executive Committee design the State Championships. The survey includes questions for 1st/2nd Year State AND Varsity State, so please fill out the section(s) applicable to your school.

You can complete the survey at https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ2MKCc4H3

The survey also includes a question regarding dates for the Spring Meeting. At the very least, please fill out that section.

2) Sweepstakes and President's Cup Winners: 

Congratulations to our winners in Debate, Speech, and Overall Sweepstakes!

Debate Sweepstakes:

1st - Marist School

2nd - Henry W. Grady High School

3rd - Woodward Academy

Speech Sweepstakes:

1st - Henry W. Grady High School

2nd - Dunwoody High School

3rd - Alpharetta High School

Overall Sweepstakes:

1st - Henry W. Grady High School

2nd - Marist School

3rd - Woodward Academy

3) State Champions: Congratulations - with some more fun facts! - to each of our 2017 Varsity State Champions!

• Congressional Debate (Senate): Gregory Federov, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. This is Grady High School's third consecutive state title in the Senate.
• Congressional Debate (House): Morgan Pace, Columbus High School, coached by Lyndsey Hinckley. This is Columbus High School's first state title in Congressional Debate.
• Extemporaneous Speaking: Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. This is the eighth consecutive state title in Extemporaneous Speaking for Grady High School 
• Impromptu Speaking: Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by Mario Herrera. Grady has won six state titles in Impromptu Speaking.
• Original Oratory: Katie Krantz, Lovett School, coached by Mary Kay Waterman. Lovett is the fifth school to win Original Oratory in the past five years. This is Lovett's first state title in Original Oratory.
• Dramatic Interpretation: Maya Nnaeto, Alpharetta High School, coached by Sarah Stoffle. Alpharetta has won back-to-back state titles in Dramatic Interpretation.
• Humorous Interpretation: Patrick Clinch, Dunwoody High School, coached by David Gay. Dunwoody has won back-to-back state titles in Humorous Interpretation, and David Gay has coached nine of the past ten state champions in this event.
• Duo Interpretation: Christina Nguyen & Karthik Ramaswami, Alpharetta High School, coached by Sarah Stoffle. Alpharetta has won five of the last six state championships in Duo Interpretation.
• Program of Oral Interpretation: Kailyn Gibson, Lovett School, coached by Mary Kay Waterman. Lovett is only the third school in state history to win state championships in two or more speech events in the same season.
• Policy Debate: Tripp Haskins & Max Abramson and Arjun Srinivasan & Alanna Pearson, Woodward Academy (close-out), coached by Maggie Berthiaume and Bill Batterman. Woodward has won back-to-back state titles in policy debate.
• Public Forum Debate: Mason Bussey & Craig Cronin, Marist School, coached by Jeffrey Miller and Abby Schirmer. Marist has won three state champions in the past six years in Public Forum.
• Lincoln Douglas Debate: Liam Mullican, Marist School, coached by Jeffrey Miller, Abby Schirmer, and Jonathan Waters. This is Marist's first state championship in Lincoln Douglas. Marist becomes the third school school to win a state championship in more than one debate event in the same season.