2022-2023 Season Awards
Blue Springs Varsity
2nd Info Jaeda Roth
4th LD Elandrea Baker
4th PF Alden Dougherty/Hank Word
Blue Springs South Novice
2nd PO Hugo Hamilton
6th ST Hugo Hamilton
Park Hill Novice
3rd Duo Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
3rd PO Hugo Hamilton
Staley 1st and Second Year IE
1st POI McKenna Dau
5th ST Hugo Hamilton
Maryville
1st OO & 2nd LD: Elandrea Baker
2nd USX: DJ Morris
3rd Duo: Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
4th CX: Jackson Davis/Grady Leip
4th POI: IImari Olson
5th POI: Gracie Macedoine
5th LD: Harvey Pollock
6th CX: Angela Sepulveda/Athraa Abbas
Lee’s Summit West Novice
4th IX: Grady Leip
4th Policy: Athraa Abbas/Angela Sepulveda
Lee’s Summit North Varsity
4th Duo: Harper Word/Mariah Durgan
4th Champ PF: Alen Kovac/Lily Aktaa & Jaeda Roth/Alden Dougherty
5th IX: Jaeda Roth
Ray Pec Varsity
2nd Duo-Harper Word/Mariah Durgan
4th DI- Audrey Schloss
4th LD- Harvey Pollock
UCM
Top speaker Champ PF: Harvey Pollock
2nd radio: Alen Kovac
2nd Champ PF: Alden Dougherty/Harvey Pollock
4th Champ PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
4th JV LD: Jamie Comer
5th Info: Jaeda Roth
Raytown Varsity
2nd Champ PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
2nd Info- Jaeda Roth
2nd congress- Aurora Nicol
4th Reg LD-Fejiro Egbedeju
4th Champ PF-Hank Word/Alden Dougherty
4th info- Alden Dougherty
4th Champ LD-DJ Morris & Elandrea Baker
5th USX-DJ Morris
6th IX-Elandrea Baker
Raytown South Novice
2nd IX Grady Leip
4th Policy: Melissa Small/Grady Leip, Gerald Lewis/Kayyvonn Larabee,
Kenetia Johnson /Elena Carlos
Second Semester
Van Horn Novice
3rd CX: Gerald Lewis/Grady Leip
4th Congress: Gerald Lewis
Fort Osage Varsity
Co Champions 1st Champ LD Harvey Pollock & DJ Morris
1st USX: DJ Morris
3rd IX: Elandrea Baker
4th Champ LD: Elandrea Baker
4th Champ PF: Hank Word/Alden Dougherty
Liberty North Novice
2nd DI-Audrey Schloss
4th Policy- Gerald Lewis/Grady Leip
6th SC- Gerald Lewis
Liberty Varsity
4th Champ LD- Harvey Pollock & DJ Morris
St. Joe Lafayette
1st DI: Audrey Schloss
1st Prose/Poetry: Hugo Hamilton
2nd Prose/Poetry: Conner Babbitt
2nd Duo: Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
2nd POI: Gracie Macedoine
2nd HI: Harper Word
3rd LD: Gracie Anderson
3rd SC: Gerald Lewis
3rd CX: Gerald Lewis/Angela Sepulveda
4th Info: Gracie Anderson
4th CX: Kenetia Johnson/Elena Carlos
5th POI: Moon Cook
5th OO: Gracie Macedoine
6th POI: Sophia McAtee
Springfield Central
Semi finalist Champ LD: Harvey Pollock
4th Champ PF: Alden Dougherty/Jaeda Roth
4th OO: Gracie Macedoine
6th IX: Alden Dougherty
6th POI: Moon Cook
Conference
IE Conference Champions (2017-2023)
Debate Conference Champions (2018-2020,2022-23)
All Around Conference Champion (2018-2023)
1st Team All Conference
1st PF: Jaeda Roth & Aurora Nicol
1st LD: DJ Morris
1st Info: Jaeda Roth
1st USX: DJ Morris
1st SC: Alen Kovac
1st ST: Hugo Hamilton
2nd IX: Jaeda Roth
2nd PF: Alen Kovac & Lily Aktaa
2nd LD: Elandrea Baker
2nd CX: Athraa Abbas & Grady Leip
2nd HI: Sophia McAtee
2nd OO: Elandrea Baker
2nd Duo: Sophia McAtee/Moon Cook
2nd Team All Conference
3rd HI: Cayvaughn Larabee
3rd POI: Moon Cook
3rd IX: Elandrea Baker
4th DI: Audrey Schloss
4th USX: Harvey Pollock
5th Duo: Audrey Schloss/Hugo Hamilton
5th PF: Alden Dougherty & Harvey Pollock
6th LD: Gracie Anderson
6th DI: Conner Babbitt
6th Info: Gracie Anderson
7th OO: Gracie Macedoine
8th POI: Gracie Macedoine
8th ST: Cayvaughn Larabee
8th SC: Lily Aktaa
Staley IE
1st HI Harper Word
2nd USX DJ Morris
2nd POI Moon Cook
2nd PO Hugo Hamilton
4th POI McKenna Dau
Park Hill Varsity
2nd team sweeps
1st OO: Elandrea Baker
2nd LD: Harvey Pollock
3rd Radio- Alen Kovac
4th Info: Jaeda Roth
4th PF: Alen Kovac/Lily Aktaa
4th POI: Gracie Macedoine
MSHSAA Districts
State qualifiers:
District Champ OO-Elandrea Baker
District champs PF- Alden Dougherty/DJ Morris
3rd DI-Audrey Schloss
Semi finalist PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
Additional awards:
Quarter finalist LD: Elandrea Baker
4th USX-DJ Morris
4th IX-Alden Dougherty
5th PO-Gracie Macedoine
5th HI-Harper Word
6th Info-Jaeda Roth
7th ST- Hugo Hamilton
Speech and debate NSDA Districts
Traveling Trophy Point District Award
1st debate sweeps
2nd overall debate/IE sweeps
2nd congress sweeps
3rd Speech Sweeps
*National Qualifiers
*1st (District Champ) OO: Gracie Macedoine
*2nd LD: Jamie Comer
*3rd OO: Elandrea Baker
*3rd Info: Jaeda Roth
*3rd USX: DJ Morris
*3rd CX- Melissa Small/Grady Leip
*3rd Congress: Alen Kovac
*5th Congress: Harvey Pollock
World Schools- Alden Dougherty, Lily Aktaa, Jaeda Roth
ST, Expos- Harper Word
OSW, Poetry- Moon Cook
3rd LD- Elandrea Baker
2nd Alt USX Harvey Pollock
2nd Alt POI: Moon Cook
2nd Alt PF: Alden Dougherty/DJ Morris
3rd Alt DI: Conner Babbit
Nationals
Oratory Quarterfinalist (Top 30) - Elandrea Baker
Expository Quarterfinalist (Top 30)- Harper Word
USX Octafinalist (Top 60)- DJ Morris
Storytelling Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) - Harper Word
Poetry Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) - Gracie Macedoine
Extemp Debate Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) Jamie Comer
Extemp Debate Triple-Octafinalist (Top 200) Harvey Pollock
2nd Info Jaeda Roth
4th LD Elandrea Baker
4th PF Alden Dougherty/Hank Word
Blue Springs South Novice
2nd PO Hugo Hamilton
6th ST Hugo Hamilton
Park Hill Novice
3rd Duo Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
3rd PO Hugo Hamilton
Staley 1st and Second Year IE
1st POI McKenna Dau
5th ST Hugo Hamilton
Maryville
1st OO & 2nd LD: Elandrea Baker
2nd USX: DJ Morris
3rd Duo: Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
4th CX: Jackson Davis/Grady Leip
4th POI: IImari Olson
5th POI: Gracie Macedoine
5th LD: Harvey Pollock
6th CX: Angela Sepulveda/Athraa Abbas
Lee’s Summit West Novice
4th IX: Grady Leip
4th Policy: Athraa Abbas/Angela Sepulveda
Lee’s Summit North Varsity
4th Duo: Harper Word/Mariah Durgan
4th Champ PF: Alen Kovac/Lily Aktaa & Jaeda Roth/Alden Dougherty
5th IX: Jaeda Roth
Ray Pec Varsity
2nd Duo-Harper Word/Mariah Durgan
4th DI- Audrey Schloss
4th LD- Harvey Pollock
UCM
Top speaker Champ PF: Harvey Pollock
2nd radio: Alen Kovac
2nd Champ PF: Alden Dougherty/Harvey Pollock
4th Champ PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
4th JV LD: Jamie Comer
5th Info: Jaeda Roth
Raytown Varsity
2nd Champ PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
2nd Info- Jaeda Roth
2nd congress- Aurora Nicol
4th Reg LD-Fejiro Egbedeju
4th Champ PF-Hank Word/Alden Dougherty
4th info- Alden Dougherty
4th Champ LD-DJ Morris & Elandrea Baker
5th USX-DJ Morris
6th IX-Elandrea Baker
Raytown South Novice
2nd IX Grady Leip
4th Policy: Melissa Small/Grady Leip, Gerald Lewis/Kayyvonn Larabee,
Kenetia Johnson /Elena Carlos
Second Semester
Van Horn Novice
3rd CX: Gerald Lewis/Grady Leip
4th Congress: Gerald Lewis
Fort Osage Varsity
Co Champions 1st Champ LD Harvey Pollock & DJ Morris
1st USX: DJ Morris
3rd IX: Elandrea Baker
4th Champ LD: Elandrea Baker
4th Champ PF: Hank Word/Alden Dougherty
Liberty North Novice
2nd DI-Audrey Schloss
4th Policy- Gerald Lewis/Grady Leip
6th SC- Gerald Lewis
Liberty Varsity
4th Champ LD- Harvey Pollock & DJ Morris
St. Joe Lafayette
1st DI: Audrey Schloss
1st Prose/Poetry: Hugo Hamilton
2nd Prose/Poetry: Conner Babbitt
2nd Duo: Mariah Durgan/Harper Word
2nd POI: Gracie Macedoine
2nd HI: Harper Word
3rd LD: Gracie Anderson
3rd SC: Gerald Lewis
3rd CX: Gerald Lewis/Angela Sepulveda
4th Info: Gracie Anderson
4th CX: Kenetia Johnson/Elena Carlos
5th POI: Moon Cook
5th OO: Gracie Macedoine
6th POI: Sophia McAtee
Springfield Central
Semi finalist Champ LD: Harvey Pollock
4th Champ PF: Alden Dougherty/Jaeda Roth
4th OO: Gracie Macedoine
6th IX: Alden Dougherty
6th POI: Moon Cook
Conference
IE Conference Champions (2017-2023)
Debate Conference Champions (2018-2020,2022-23)
All Around Conference Champion (2018-2023)
1st Team All Conference
1st PF: Jaeda Roth & Aurora Nicol
1st LD: DJ Morris
1st Info: Jaeda Roth
1st USX: DJ Morris
1st SC: Alen Kovac
1st ST: Hugo Hamilton
2nd IX: Jaeda Roth
2nd PF: Alen Kovac & Lily Aktaa
2nd LD: Elandrea Baker
2nd CX: Athraa Abbas & Grady Leip
2nd HI: Sophia McAtee
2nd OO: Elandrea Baker
2nd Duo: Sophia McAtee/Moon Cook
2nd Team All Conference
3rd HI: Cayvaughn Larabee
3rd POI: Moon Cook
3rd IX: Elandrea Baker
4th DI: Audrey Schloss
4th USX: Harvey Pollock
5th Duo: Audrey Schloss/Hugo Hamilton
5th PF: Alden Dougherty & Harvey Pollock
6th LD: Gracie Anderson
6th DI: Conner Babbitt
6th Info: Gracie Anderson
7th OO: Gracie Macedoine
8th POI: Gracie Macedoine
8th ST: Cayvaughn Larabee
8th SC: Lily Aktaa
Staley IE
1st HI Harper Word
2nd USX DJ Morris
2nd POI Moon Cook
2nd PO Hugo Hamilton
4th POI McKenna Dau
Park Hill Varsity
2nd team sweeps
1st OO: Elandrea Baker
2nd LD: Harvey Pollock
3rd Radio- Alen Kovac
4th Info: Jaeda Roth
4th PF: Alen Kovac/Lily Aktaa
4th POI: Gracie Macedoine
MSHSAA Districts
State qualifiers:
District Champ OO-Elandrea Baker
District champs PF- Alden Dougherty/DJ Morris
3rd DI-Audrey Schloss
Semi finalist PF: Jaeda Roth/Aurora Nicol
Additional awards:
Quarter finalist LD: Elandrea Baker
4th USX-DJ Morris
4th IX-Alden Dougherty
5th PO-Gracie Macedoine
5th HI-Harper Word
6th Info-Jaeda Roth
7th ST- Hugo Hamilton
Speech and debate NSDA Districts
Traveling Trophy Point District Award
1st debate sweeps
2nd overall debate/IE sweeps
2nd congress sweeps
3rd Speech Sweeps
*National Qualifiers
*1st (District Champ) OO: Gracie Macedoine
*2nd LD: Jamie Comer
*3rd OO: Elandrea Baker
*3rd Info: Jaeda Roth
*3rd USX: DJ Morris
*3rd CX- Melissa Small/Grady Leip
*3rd Congress: Alen Kovac
*5th Congress: Harvey Pollock
World Schools- Alden Dougherty, Lily Aktaa, Jaeda Roth
ST, Expos- Harper Word
OSW, Poetry- Moon Cook
3rd LD- Elandrea Baker
2nd Alt USX Harvey Pollock
2nd Alt POI: Moon Cook
2nd Alt PF: Alden Dougherty/DJ Morris
3rd Alt DI: Conner Babbit
Nationals
Oratory Quarterfinalist (Top 30) - Elandrea Baker
Expository Quarterfinalist (Top 30)- Harper Word
USX Octafinalist (Top 60)- DJ Morris
Storytelling Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) - Harper Word
Poetry Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) - Gracie Macedoine
Extemp Debate Double-Octafinalist (Top 120) Jamie Comer
Extemp Debate Triple-Octafinalist (Top 200) Harvey Pollock