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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 2014 extemp state champion roll call.
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 – Kari Marie Jahnsen (South Anchorage High School)
United States Extemp – Skyler Hektner (South Anchorage High School)
Arizona
Division I – Joe Russell (Brophy College Preparatory)
Division II – Nick Billings (Thunderbird High School)
California
International Extemp – Rohan Deshmukh (Carlsbad High School)
United States Extemp – Brian Yu (Monte Vista High School)*
Colorado
International Extemp – Gabe Slater (Denver East High School)
United States Extemp – Evan Segal (Denver East High School)
Florida
International Extemp – Cameron James Bonnewell (Lake Highland Preparatory)
United States Extemp – Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School)
Georgia
Ben Simonds-Malamud (Henry W. Grady High School)
Idaho
Josh Mansfield (Highland High School)
Illinois
Saumya Jain (Neuqua Valley High School)
Vinesh Kannan (Illinois Math and Science Academy)
Parth Patel (Huntley High School)
Indiana
International Extemp – Sidarth Singh (Munster High School)
United States Extemp – Jane Tullis (Valparaiso High School)
Iowa
International Extemp – Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
United States Extemp – Maxwell Pilcher (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
Kansas
International Extemp 6A – Peter Sang (Manhattan High School)
United States Extemp 6A – Robert Kobza (Manhattan High School)
International Extemp 5A – Drayton Willey (Salina-Central High School)
United States Extemp 5A – James Davis (Newton High School)
Extemp 4A – Austin Harris (Tonganoxie High School)
Extemp 3A – Caleb Kampsen (Silver Lake High School)*
Extemp 2A – Rebecca Ullom-Minnich (Moundridge High School)
Extemp A – Andrew Flax (Ransom-Western Plains High School)*
Kentucky
Brian Anderson (LaRue County High School)*
Louisiana
Matthew Meyer (Isidore Newman School)
Massachusetts
Marshall Sloane (Milton Academy)
Michigan
Class A – Matt Greydanus (Grand Rapids Christian High School)
Class BCD – Jason Michevich (Mason County Central High School)
Minnesota
Class 2A – Dylan Adelman (Lakeville South High School)
Class A – Sydney Erhardt (Cannon Falls High School)*
Mississippi
Elizabeth Liu (Madison Central High School)
Missouri
International Extemp – Brandon Splitter (Carthage High School)
United States Extemp – Michael Menkhus (Oakville High School)
Montana
Class A – Sharidan Russell (Polson High School)
Class 2A – Siriana Lundgren (Skyview High School)
Class BC – Ian Descamps (Loyola Sacred Heart High School)
Nebraska
Class A – Walter Paul (Creighton Preparatory School)
Class B – Katlyn Martin (Omaha Marian High School)
Class C1 – Abhinav Suresh (Omaha Brownell-Talbot High School)
Class C2 – Scott Smith (Nebraska Christian School)
Class D1 – Matthew Martin (Lourdes Central Catholic School)
Class D2 – Isaiah Miller (Leigh High School)
Nevada
International Extemp – Omar Queshi (Green Valley High School)
United States Extemp – Shane Cashin (Ed W. Clark High School)
New Jersey
International Extemp – Vaikunth Balaji (Ridge High School)
United States Extemp – Chase Harrison (Millburn High School)
New York
Graham Piro (Iona Preparatory School)
North Carolina
Jacob McHugh (Ardrey Kell High School)
North Dakota
Class A – Thomas Startz (Fargo Shanley High School)
Class B – Gavin Muscha (Richland High School)*
Ohio
International Extemp – Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School)
United States Extemp – James Gao (Mason High School)
Oklahoma
International Extemp 6A – Patrick Wilson (Booker T. Washington High School)
United States Extemp 6A – Arel Rende (Booker T. Washington High School)**
International Extemp 5A – Josh Yoo (Metro Christian Academy)
United States Extemp 5A – Peter Simmons (Bishop Kelley High School)
International Extemp 4A – Taylor Putman (Muldrow High School)
United States Extemp 4A – Jessie Hearn (Muldrow High School)
International Extemp 3A – Eli Hobbs (Haskell High School)*
United States Extemp 3A – Tom Crews (Okarche High School)
Oregon
Suyash Sharma (Westview High School)
Pennsylvania
Noah Katcher (Altoona Area High School)
South Carolina
Nida Ansari (Riverside High School)
South Dakota
International Extemp 2A – Shyanne Redlin (Watertown High School)
United States Extemp 2A – Mason Wenzel (Mitchell High School)**
International Extemp A – Robert Erikson (Vermillion High School)
United States Extemp A – Seth Miller (Vermillion High School)
Tennessee
Neil Shimer (Merrol Hyde Magnet School)
Texas
International Extemp – Abhinav Sridharan (Plano Senior High School)
United States Extemp – Ash Malhotra (Plano Senior High School)
Utah
International Extemp 5A – Danielle Parker (Cottonwood High School)
United States Extemp 5A – Mohan Sudabattula (Bingham High School)
International Extemp 4A – Brayden Davis (Roy High School)
United States Extemp 4A – Sasha Espirit Sloan (Woods Cross High School)
International Extemp 3A – Alex Barrett (Juan Diego High School)
United States Extemp 3A – Savannah Behrmann (Juab High School)*
Extemp 2A – Sean Robinson (Measer Preparatory)
Extemp A – Katherine Brown (Intermountain Christian School)
Virginia
Extemp 6A – Josh Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School)*
Extemp 5A – Sean Wells (Warwick High School)
Extemp 4A – Akash Raje (Midlothian High School)
Extemp 3A – Tanya Hoatson (Lafayette High School)
Extemp 2A – Sierra Weaver (Madison County High School)*
Extemp A – Stephen Woolwine (Bland/Rocky Gap High School)
Washington
Extemp 4A – Alex Sapadin (Snohomish High School)**
Extemp 3A – Calvin Clark (Mountain View High School)
Wisconsin
Alekh Kale (James Madison Memorial High School)
Wyoming
Jacob Coleman (Natrona County High School)