Extemp Central would like to recognize this year’s extemporaneous speaking state champions. Based on the state championships results that we gathered and that were submitted to us, here is our 2013 extemp state champion roll call.
Note: This is a working document, so if you do not see the champion(s) of your state listed here, contact me at logan.scisco@topper.wku.edu and I will add them here and on our state champions page.
*-Denotes the number of times that a champion successfully defended their title.
Alaska
International Extemp – Zach Minster (South Anchorage High School)
United States Extemp – Sawyer Birnbaum (West Anchorage High School)
Arizona
Division I – Kohinoor Gill (Desert Vista High School)
Division II – Seth Schorr (Sunnyslope High School)
Division III – Joel Guy (Chandler Preparatory Academy)
California
International Extemp – Rohan Dhoopar (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
United States Extemp – Brian Yu (Monte Vista High School)
Colorado
International Extemp – Maheema Haque (Smoky Hill High School)
United States Extemp – Jack Nordell (Canon City High School)*
Florida
International Extemp – Eryn Hughes (St. Thomas Aquinas High School)
United States Extemp – Omer Bensaadon (Cypress Bay High School)
Georgia
Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School)*
Idaho
Truman Whitney (Kimberly High School)
Illinois
Tyler Ross (Normal Community West High School)
Indiana
International Extemp – Eric Ehizokhale (Ben Davis High School)
United States Extemp – Emma Hong (Munster High School)*
Iowa
International Extemp – Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)*
United States Extemp – Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)*
Kansas
International Extemp 6A – Yash Kamath (Wichita East High School)
United States Extemp 6A – Ada Throckmorton (Shawnee Mission East High School)
International Extemp 5A – Lucia Scott (Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel High School)
United States Extemp 5A – Brittany Bodenheimer (Topeka West High School)
Extemp 4A – Allison McKibban (El Dorado High School)**
Extemp 3A – Caleb Kampsen (Silver Lake High School)
Extemp 2A – Sarah Ullom-Minnich (Moundridge High School)
Extemp A – Andrew Flax (Ransom-Western Plains High School)
Kentucky
Brian Anderson (LaRue County High School)
Massachusetts
Ryan Ward (Natick High School)
Michigan
Class A – Andrew Gonynor (Andover High School)
Class BCD – Hirsh Jain (International Academy)
Minnesota
Class 2A – Ashesh Rambachan (Eastview High School)*
Class A – Sydney Erhardt (Cannon Falls High School)
Mississippi
Vineet Aggarwal (St. Andrew’s Episcopal School)*
Missouri
International Extemp – Asha Thanki (Parkway South High School)
United States Extemp – Jessica Pittman (Liberty North High School)
Montana
Class A – Kalen Hance (Sidney High School)
Class 2A – Garrett Hueffed (Hellgate High School)
Class BC – Nick Descamps (Missoula Loyola High School)
Nebraska
Class A – Connor Cejda (Lincoln East High School)
Class B – Jonathan Rehmert (Gothenburg High School)
Class C1 – Bryant Grimminger (Raymond Central High School)
Class C2 – James O’Neil (Lourdes Central Catholic High School)
Class D1 – Jordan Schut (Scribner-Snyder High School)
Class D2 – Rachel Dowling (Hampton High School)
New Jersey
International Extemp – Xena Itzkowitz (Freehold Township High School)
United States Extemp – Nicole Castillo (Ridge High School)
New Mexico
International Extemp – Griffin Merians (Santa Fe Preparatory)
United States Extemp – James Clarke (East Mountain High School)
New York
Gabe Ferrante (Iona Preparatory School)
North Carolina
Mark Cohen (Durham Academy)*
North Dakota
Class A – Sebastian Startz (Fargo Shanley High School)
Class B – Gavin Muscha (Richland High School)
Ohio
International Extemp – Eric Wang (Solon High School)
United States Extemp – Rachel Anderson (The Laurel School)
Oregon
Luke Berdahl (Forest Grove High School)
Pennsylvania
Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Preparatory)
South Carolina
Harrison Stall (Southside High School)
South Dakota
International Extemp 2A – Lily Ren (S.F. Lincoln High School)
United States Extemp 2A – Mason Wenzel (Mitchell High School)*
International Extemp A – Nathaniel Steinlicht (Milbank High School)*
United States Extemp A – Cuchulane Speirs (Spearfish High School)*
Tennessee
Ross Hildabrand (Ravenwood High School)
Texas
International Extemp – Cyrus Ghaznavi (Parish Episcopal School)
United States Extemp – Drew Heugel (Lamar Consolidated High School)
Utah
International Extemp 3A – Joseph Cieslwicz (Wasatch High School)
United States Extemp 3A – Savannah Behrmann (Juab High School)
Virginia
Extemp 3A – Joshua Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School)
Extemp 2A – Owen Cosans (John Handley High School)*
Extemp A – Sierra Weaver (Madison County High School)
Wisconsin
Jon Cook (Sheboygan North High School)
Wyoming
Tiffany Perry (Green River High School)
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