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
Oral Interpreation of Poetry Winners
2018 NAUTICA NOLDEN, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
2017 ABIGALE BROWN, Pocono Mountain West, Pocono Summit
2016 JOSEPH ZAMPIRRI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2015 REBECCA PEREZ, Danville Area High School, Danville
2014 SARA PRAGER, Notre Dame High School, Easton
2013 MADISON CHAFIN, Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh
2012 CATHERINE WERTZ, Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh
2011 DAVID REILLY, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2010 SEAN HARDY, Peters Township, McMurray
2009 JOSEPH GEOGHAN, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2008 MICHAEL DAHLGREN, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2007 EMILY MCCORMICK, North Star High School, Boswell
2006 ANTOINE ALBERT, LaSalle College High School, Wyndmoor
2005 JESSE BASTIAENS, Mount Lebanon High, Mount Lebanon
2004 ASHLEY WUTKE, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill
2003 NICK FOX, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2002 JOHN PAUL HARTANOWICZ, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
2001 ADRIENNE LAURY, Allentown Central Catholic, Allentown
2000 JILL BORGES, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills
1999 DAVID DUNDAS, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1998 AARON FALCONE, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1997 JULIO COTTO, J.P. McCaskey High School, Lancaster
1996 MATTHEW PILEGGI, Holy Ghost Preparatory, Bensalem
1995 EMILY BOLAND, Bishop McDevitt, Wyncote
1994 CHARLIE HAGERTY, Bishop McDevitt, Wyncote
1993 JASON GRATKOWSKI, Scranton High School, Scranton
1992 CHRIS EIBACH, Scranton High School, Scranton
1991 KEVIN MCGUIRE, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1990 ERIC HUNT, Shikellamy High School, Sunbury
1989 MICHAEL MALLOY, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Bensalem
1988 CHRIS WHITE, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Bensalem
1987 RACHEL O'DONNELL, Uniontown High School, Uniontown
1986 KEVIN COLLINS, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Bensalem
1985 BRIAN CANIFF, Holy Ghost Prep. School, Bensalem
1984 ANDREA WILLIS, North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1983 KATE SELVERSTONE, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1982 KATE SELVERSTONE, Scranton Central High School, Scranton
1981 JOE MYERS, Radnor High School, Radnor
1980 ERICK IRVIS, Cent. Dist. Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
1979 CYLA ALCANTARA, Vincentian High School, Pittsburgh
1978 ELISEO ROMAN, J.P. McCaskey High School, Lancaster
1977 DONNA CARSON, Altoona Area High School, Altoona
1976 PAUL WORKINGER, Dallastown High School, Dallastown
1975 DANIEL POLSENBURG, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
1975 JAY KELLER, North Hills High School, Pittsburgh
1975 K. COMPERNALLE, Villa Maria Academy, Erie
1974 HEATHER DOUGHERTY, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
1973 WANDA STEPHENS, A.D. Eisenhower High School, Norristown
1972 MARGARET DELMONICO, Mechanicsburg High School, Mechanicsburg
1971 JOHN DAILY, A.D. Eisenhower High School, Norristown
1970 JAMES REILLY, John Harris High School, Harrisburg
1969 CHERRI ACKER, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
1968 CAROL REACH, Marple Newtown High School, Newtown Square
1967 DAN TAGGART, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
1966 BROOKE GAMBLE, Thomas Jefferson High School, Pittsburgh
1965 LINDA SHANK, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg
1964 ROBIN MORRIS, Greensburg Salem High School, Greensburg
1963 LINDA GIRAULO, Saint Joseph's High School, Williamsport
1962 LINDA KURTZ, East Washington High School, Washington