On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.
Oscar Wilde
Pennsylvania High School Speech League
Extemporaneous Speaking Winners
2018 MEHUL GUPTA, Cumberland Valley, Mechanicsburg
2017 JACK ODOM, Unionville, Kennett Square
2016 NOAH LEE, Cumberland Valley, Mechanicsburg
2015 SECKIN KARA, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
2014 NOAH KATCHER, Altoona Area High School, Altoona
2013 ROBERT MCDONOUGH, Holy Ghost Prep, Bensalem
2012 MATT RAUEN, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
2011 SAM REYNOLDS, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2010 SAM REYNOLDS, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2009 JOHN LISMAN, E. L. Myers High School, Wilkes-Barre
2008 STACEY CHEN, North Allegheny High School, Wexford
2007 LUKE REILLY, St. Joseph's Preparatory, Philadelphia
2006 HARTFORD HODGES, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2005 BEN MOORE, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2004 PAUL KATZ, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2003 BRYAN REINHOLT, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2002 ED SHEPPARD, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2001 GREG WAGMAN, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
2000 MATTHEW POSIVAK, St. Joseph's Preparatory, Philadelphia
1999 STEPHEN CHRIST, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
1998 SCOTT POLLACK, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1997 MATT CORNELL, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
1996 TARA BORGHARD, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1995 ANDREW SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore
1994 ANDREW SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore
1993 DEBRA SHULMAN, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore
1992 VIVEK MOITRA, Somerset High School, Somerset --- LEIGH HOUSEHOLDER, Riverside High School, Ellwood City
1993 PATRICK PETRELLI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem --- KELLY COOPER, Oakland Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1994 BRIAN BEDONT, Peters Township High School, McMurray --- JEAN RHEE, Gateway High School, Monroeville
1995 JOHN GOTASKIE, Shikellamy High School, Sunbury --- JEAN RHEE, Gateway High School, Monroeville
1996 MICHAEL TIDD, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- HEATHER KNOUSE, Danville High School, Danville
1997 MICHAEL TIDD, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- KATHERINE SITES, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1998 BRIAN REGLI, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwell Heights --- ELLEN CHUBIN, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1999 AARON SOBEL, Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg --- ARLEYN ZUHOSKY, Mercer Area High School, Mercer
1984 MICHAEL KELLY, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- INDIRA LAKSHMANAN, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
1983 PASQUALE ROCCO, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem --- ANDREA KUPFER, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
1982 JAMES BASILE, LaSalle College High School, Philadelphia --- BETH DOUGHERTY, Seton LaSalle High School, Pittsburgh
1981 GREGORY BURTON, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwells Heights --- INDIRA LAKSHMANAN, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
1980 BRIAN VANNORDEN, Greater Latrobe High School, Latrobe --- PAM MILLER, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
1979 GREGORY BURTON, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Cornwells Heights --- MARY PETERS, Forest Hills High School, Sidman
1978 JOHN SULLIVAN, Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield --- CAROL SCHUTZBANK, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1977 THOMAS RODDEN, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Cornwells Heights --- SUE HUTCHINSON, Woodrow Wilson High School, Levittown
1976 RICHARD ARNOLD, Keystone Oaks High School, Pittsburgh --- ALLISON LUNG, Delhaas High School, Bristol
1975 THOMAS RUNZO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- HELEN WITT, Canevin High School, Pittsburgh
1974 ED RODDEN, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Cornwells Heights --- ANNE WEISS, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1973 LARRY BYRNES, St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia --- KATHLEEN BUECHEL, Sacred Heart High School, Pittsburgh
1972 PHILLIP KELLMAN, Charleroi Area High School, Charleroi --- KATHY RUFFING, Fontbonne Academy, Bethel Park
1971 THOMAS HOPKINS, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- JEANETTE SEYBOLD, Cardinal Dougherty High School, Philadelphia
1970 ANTHONY CRISAFIO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- DEBBIE EDWARDS, Moon High School, Coraopolis
1969 LAWRENCE RANALLO, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- ABBY SNIDERMAN, Peabody High School, Pittsburgh
1968 FRANK DEMMY, Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg --- MARY HUBER, Sacred Heart High School, Pittsburgh
1967 CHIP BELL, Tarentum High School, Tarentum --- MARY WILEY, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
1966 MARK MANCINE, Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie --- EMILY SAMUELS, Thomas Jefferson High School, Pittsburgh
1965 JAY REICH, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh --- JANICE ZARNIC, Thomas Jefferson High School, Pittsburgh
1964 JAMES WISNIEWSKI, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh --- DOROTHY REDDINGTON, Marywood Seminary, Scranton
1963 ROBERT SINGLEY, Hempfleld Area High School, Greensburg --- SEVERINE BROCKI, Villa Marla Academy, Erie
1962 RODNEY JONES, Eisenhower High School, Norristown --- CAROLE PRENTOCK, Central Catholic High School, Dubois