Awards & Honors
Speech & Debate Team finishes another successful season

The MSU Speech and Debate Council, led by communication faculty member Cheryl Chambers and Brett Harvey, MSU’s Title IX/EEO director, garnered 209 awards this year, and 52 individual event (speech) honors, both annual record highs.

The team finished strong at the IPDA National Championship Tournament, hosted by Boise State University, taking home several sweepstakes awards, including third place season long sweeps and third place national tournament sweeps.

Rank

Division

Name &  Hometown

Classification

2nd place

 

Novice

debate

Brittin Perdue,
Tuscaloosa, AL

Freshman mechanical engineering major

3rd place

JV

debate

Lindsay Culpepper,
Birmingham, AL

Junior wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture major

2rd place

 

JV

speech

Tanner Marlow,
Corinth, MS

Senior communication major

2nd place

Pro

speech

Devin Hutchins,
Hernando

Sophomore philosophy/economics major

3rd place

Pro

debate

Luke Chaney,
Greenwood, MS

Junior political science major

1st place

 

Varsity

debate and also speech

Mia Robertson

*team president, winner of 10 team championships at MSU, Starkville, MS

Senior political science/philosophy major

The Speech Team this season earned 52 awards, including 14 first place awards, and earned seven invitations to the national tournament, a record for MSU. 

The following students qualified at the AFA National Speech Tournament, hosted by Santa Ana College.

Division

Name &  Hometown

Classification

Program of Oral Interpretation

Alysia Moore,
 Petal, MS

Freshman communication major

Program of Oral Interpretation

Amari Cooper,
Madison, MS

Junior social work major

After Dinner Speaking

Matteo Mauro,
Gulf Breeze, FL

Junior communication major

Extemporaneous Speaking

Vineeth Vanga,
Madison, MS

Freshman biochemistry major

Extemporaneous Speaking

Kyla Hunter,
Memphis, TN

Freshman aerospace engineering major

Poetry Interpretation

Nyla Jones,
Bartlett, TN

Freshman natural resources and environmental conservation major

Poetry Interpretation

Alysia Moore,
Petal, MS

Freshman communication major