Updated as of Nov 5, 2023
Includes:

1. 2023 MHSAA State tournament (auto-qualifiers)
2. 2023 Crusader Classic at William Carey
3. 2023 University of Mississippi
4. 2023 Warrior Invitational at Oak Grove HS

Debate Events

Congress

• There is no qualifying process for Congress.
• Every MHSAA school may enter up to 10 students in Congress at the state tournament.

Lincoln-Douglas
Jordan Pitchford - Germantown
Austin Sanders - Germantown
Malcolm Butler - Jim Hill

• Ruth Albright - MSMS

Logan Lechner - MSMS
Clarissa Coleman - Murrah
Madison Cormack - Murrah
Hart Jefferson - Murrah
Nicholas McGlorthan - Murrah
Kadin Collier - Oak Grove
Isabella Garrard - Oak Grove
Mary Xie - Oak Grove

• Alexander Abadie - Oxford
  
• Caroline Berry - Oxford
  
• Sneha Majumdar - Oxford

Phoenix Cao - Petal
Courtney West - Petal
Makayla Wrenn - Petal
Eric Hall - Purvis
John Ainsworth - Purvis
Henry Cooper - St. Andrew's
Lauren Tatum - St. Andrew's
Joshua Thorne - St. Andrew's
Adelaide Stephens - Starkville

Policy
Aalekh Arapalli & Lucas Wang - Madison Central
Nicolas Kalichka-Paiva & Jackson Rippel - Madison Central
LaBrenda Bell & Sylvia Kassoff - Murrah
Bill Bao & Camron Kapinski - Oak Grove
David Bai & Tyree Eddings-Monk - Oak Grove
David Bai & Connor Chisolm - Oak Grove
Oliver Carballo & Nathanael Hom - Oxford
Juneau Claassen & Megan Colley - Oxford

• Sophia Brown & Christopher Jackson - Petal

Alice Astarlioglu & Melissa Khadivi - St. Andrew's
Henry Cooper & Pranav Reddy - St. Andrew's

Public Forum
Sara Abdrabbo & Loria Williams - Madison Central
Aalekh Arapalli & Sanika Janorkar - Madison Central
Ashlyn Ghotra & Sicily Jamileh - Madison Central
Sonali Kher & River Washington - Madison Central
Sara Sinha & Loria Williams - Madison Central
Lucianna Marquez & Mariane Powell - MSMS
Samuel Eubanks & Kameron Wilson - Murrah
Miles Hansen & Roscoe Levanway - Murrah

• DaKota Haynes & Zeniah McElroy - Murrah

Adam Blalock & Hayden Caulfield - Oak Grove
Sohan Hait & Kelvin Nguyen - Oak Grove
Amarie Moffett & Kallen Zhou - Oak Grove
Kelvin Nguyen & Danny Sun - Oak Grove
William Hill & Jun Jang - Oxford
Nathanael Hom & Riddhi Nautiyal - Oxford
Alexandria McGinness & Renad Radwan - Oxford
Lillian Schornhorst & Eleanor King - Oxford

• Aubrey Wigginton & Yewon Woo - Oxford
• Phoenix Cao & Jon Freeman - Petal
  

Abigail Courtney & Katelin Crawford - Petal
Daniel Evans & Christopher Jackson - Petal

• Daniel Evans & Emily Smith - Petal

Amelia Hutchinson & Evangeline Jones - Petal

Flight A Events

Dramatic Interpretation
Gabby Cox - Hattiesburg

• Allyson Cole - Madison Central

Kara Mattingly - Madison Central
Alex McGougal - Madison Central
Walker Scott - Madison Central
Price Denham - Oak Grove
Melany Carrasco - Pascagoula

• Sky Finn - Pascagoula
  
• Kaydence Atkins - Petal
  
• Meredith Hylender - Purvis
  
• Kelby Wingo - Purvis
• Lauryn Chambers - St. Andrew's
  
• Hannah Moore - St. Andrew's
  

Jasleen Rekhi - St. Andrew's

Duet Acting ​
Audrey Houston & Walker Scott - Madison Central
Kara Mattingly & Alex McDougal - Madison Central
Laila Barney & Tyree Eddings-Monk - Oak Grove
Sohan Hait & Kelly Zhou - Oak Grove
Zachary Rifkin & Kailee Wells - Oak Grove

• Susan Crotwell & Jayna Cummins - Petal
• Jazzmyn Anderson & Natalie George - Purvis
  

Graehme Bunnell & Alexander Randall - Purvis

• Eric Hall & Alexander Randall - Purvis

Graehme Bunnell & Brandon Thomas - Purvis

Expository Speaking

• ​There is no qualifying process for Expository.
• Every MHSAA school may enter up to 4 students from the 9th or 10th grades into Expository at the state tournament. 11th and 12th grade students are not eligible to compete in Expository Speaking at the state tournament.

Impromptu Speaking
Kara Mattingly - Madison Central
Alex McDougal - Madison Central

• Sneha Vuyyuru - Madison Central

Hart Jefferson - Murrah
Tommy Nichol - Oxford

• Lauren Smith - Petal

Samuel Harvey - Starkville

Original Oratory
Julia Lever - Germantown
Sara Sinha - Madison Central
Asia Anderson - Oak Grove
David Bai - Oak Grove
Amarie Moffett - Oak Grove
Kelvin Nguyen - Oak Grove
Anushka Singh - Oak Grove
Mary Xie - Oak Grove
Kamron Hitson - Petal
Emily Smith - Petal

• Pegah Vasighi - St. Andrew's

Program of Oral Interpretation
Raine Moncrief - Madison Central
Walker Scott - Madison Central

• Sylvia Kassoff - Murrah

Asia Anderson - Oak Grove

• Kallie Bosarge - Pascagoula

Saabria Prater - Pascagoula

• Presleigh McLemore - Petal
• Alex Foster - St. Andrew's
  
• Brooks Maier - St. Andrew's
  

Prose Interpretation
Kara Mattingly - Madison Central

• Morgan Trusty - Madison Central

Theo Milnor - Murrah
Price Denham - Oak Grove
Addison Guidry - Oak Grove
Zachary Rifkin - Oak Grove
Arron Yang - Oak Grove
Melany Carrasco - Pascagoula

• Nicholas Madison - Pascagoula
• Susan Crotwell - Petal
• Jayna Cummins - Petal
  
• Makenna McElroy - Petal
  

Presleigh McLemore - Petal
Hex Patrick - Petal

• Meredith Hylender - Purvis

Lauryn Chambers - St. Andrew's
Emily Reynolds - St. Andrew's

Flight B Events

Declamation (open to 9th & 10th grade only)

• Jordan Pitchford - Germantown

Leah Daniels - Madison Central
Sanika Janorkar - Madison Central
Simranjit Kaur - Madison Central
Hannah Travis - Madison Central
Morgan Trusty - Madison Central
Laila Barney - Oak Grove
Michelle Xie - Oak Grove
Arian Lee Adams - St. Andrew's

Duo Interpretation
Audrey Houston & Walker Scott - Madison Central
Kara Mattingly & Alex McDougal - Madison Central
Steffan Ardis & Zachary Rifkin - Oak Grove
Isabella Garrard & Addison Guidry - Oak Grove
Sohan Hait & Kallen Zhou - Oak Grove

• Susan Crotwell & Jayna Cummins - Petal

Jayna Cummins & Gabby Garner - Petal

• Gabby Garner & Kamron Hitson - Petal
• William Andrews & Tyler Nguyen - Purvis
  
• Graehme Bunnell & Eric Hall - Purvis
  
• Meredith Hylender & Kelby Wingo - Purvis
  

Extemporaneous Speaking

• Austin Sanders - Germantown

Aalekh Arapalli - Madison Central
Sneha Vuyyuru - Madison Central
Lucas Wang - Madison Central

• Clarissa Coleman - Murrah
• Miles Hansen - Murrah
  

Hart Jefferson - Murrah

• William Hill - Oxford
• Daniel Evans - Petal
  
• Jon Freeman - Petal
• Kamron Hitson - Petal
  
• Emily Smith - Petal
• Lauren Smith - Petal

Melissa Khadivi - St. Andrew's
Samuel Harvey - Starkville

Humorous Interpretation
Joseph Belser - Madison Central
Allyson Cole - Madison Central
Katherine Jasper - Madison Central
Kara Mattingly - Madison Central
Kadin Collier - Oak Grove

• Susan Crotwell - Petal

Mia Denner - Petal
Camdyn Hathorn - Petal
Presleigh McLemore - Petal

• Hex Patrick - Petal
• Nicholas Bonner - Petal
  

Graehme Bunnell - Purvis
Eric Hall - Purvis
Alexander Randall - Purvis

Informative Speaking
Sneha Vuyyuru - Madison Central

• River Washington - Madison Central

Loria Williams - Madison Central
Amarie Moffett - Oak Grove
James Sakalarios - Oak Grove
Kallen Zhou - Oak Grove

• Alexandra Ritchie - Oxford
• Kaydence Atkins - Petal
• Emily Smith - Petal
  
• Lauren Smith - Petal
  

​Poetry Interpretation
Andria Feraci - Germantown
Allyson Cole - Madison Central
Mia Reed - Madison Central
Walker Scott - Madison Central
Laila Barney - Oak Grove
​Melany Carrasco - Pascagoula
Nicholas Madison - Pascagoula
Gabby Garner - Petal

• Christopher Jackson - Petal

Hannah Moore - St. Andrew's
Jasleen Rekhi - St. Andrew's
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​Storytelling

• ​There is no qualifying process for Storytelling.
• Every MHSAA school may enter up to 4 students from the 9th or 10th grades into Storytelling at the state tournament. 11th and 12th grade students are not eligible to compete in Storytelling at the state tournament.