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
Impromptu Speaking Winners
2018 MASON BLACKBURN, North Allegheny, Wexford
2017 DANIEL LEONARD, St. Joseph's Prep, Doylestown
2016 KATE SHAFFER, Mercer Area High School, Mercer
2015 NAOMI LI, Southern Lehigh High School, Center Valley
2014 DEREK JONES, McDowell High School, Erie
2013 CAITLIN SMITH, Mercyhurst Perparatory School, Erie
2012 ANGELINA CIOCCO, Oakland Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
2011 SEAN HARDY, Peters Township High School, McMurray
2010 FRANCESCA MACERA, Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown
2009 DAN REIS, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
2008 LINDSAY YOUNG, McDowell High School, Erie
2007 JONATHAN KATZ, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2006 RAVI MEHTA, Upper Saint Clair, Pittsburgh
2005 LEE FOLK, Lakeview Christian High School
2004 ERIN ONADY, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
2003 PAUL KATZ, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
2002 BRYAN REINHOLT, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2001 EMILY MENTZER, Keystone Oaks, Pittsburgh
2000 JESSICA JOSEPH, Pine Richland High School, Gibsonia
1999 JOHN SCOTT, Bishop McDevitt High School, Wyncote
1998 MELANIE LOEHWING, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
1997 MICHAEL ZIMMER, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1996 CHRISTINE GRANCATRIANNO, St. Pius X, Pottstown
1995 D. SCOTT RICHARDS, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1996 AMY GROSS, Keystone Oaks High School, Pittsburgh
1997 JOSEPH GOLDERER, LaSalle College High School, Wyndmoor