COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR (est. 2015)
2015 KY Governor Steve Beshear
2016 Centre College
2017 KY Secretary of State Alison Grimes
2018 Steve Meadows, Danville High School
2019 Chris Chandler, WKU
2020 KY Governor Andy Beshear
2021 Virginia Moore, KY Governor's Office
2022 Tom Lally, WHAS 11 Louisville
2023 Karen Blake, University of Louisville
2024 Katy Cecil, LaRue County HS
ADMINSTRATOR OF THE YEAR (est. 2022)
2022 Paul Little, Henry Clay HS
2023 None awarded
2024 Matthew Turner, Ryle HS
NEW COACH OF THE YEAR (est. 2019)
2019 Kim Reeder, Rowan County
2020 Zachary Bolen, Grant County
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
2021 Brian Anderson, LaRue County
2022 Denise Watkins, Rowan County
2023 Amy Ritchie, duPont Manual
2024 Karen Tompkins, Danville
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR (est. 2019)
2019 Dr. Randy Patterson
2020 John Slack
2021 Selena McPherson
2022 Helen Williams
2023 Dustin Combs
2024 Jean Edwards
ALUMNUS/ALUMNA OF THE YEAR (est. 2015)
2015 Colmon Elridge
2016 Andrew Brennen
2017 Woody Zorn
2018 not awarded
2019 Heyra Avila
2020 Joe Gallenstein
2021 Colene Elridge
2022 Elena Cecil
2023 Erin Edwards Tharpe
2024 Kimberly Reeder
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR (est. 2019)
2019 Dwayne Adkins, Rowan County
2020 Connie Hagans, Dunbar
2021 Pedro Sanchez-Villa, Trinity*
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
2022 Ethan Wallace, Henry Clay
2023 Logan Scisco, Beechwood
2024 Jen Wilder, Boone County
COACH OF THE YEAR (est. 2007)
2007 Ryan Ray, Grant County
2008 Mark Etherton, Rowan County
2009 Joey Mau, East Jessamine
2010 Virginia Etherton, Rowan County
2011 Krista Kohl, Boone County
2012 Christel Belcher and Beth
Marlowe, Danville
2013 Katy Blair Cecil, LaRue County
2014 Martha Emmons, Paducah Tilghman
2015 Bill Thompson, LaRue County
2016 Michael Robinson, Murray
2017 Helen Williams, Hazard
2018 Rachel Page, Ryle
2019 Neomia Hagans Flores, Dunbar
2020 Molly Seifert, Beechwood
2021 Jane Becker, Dixie Heights
2022 Bria Stacy, Knott County Central
2023 Amy Zuccaro, Trinity
2024 Chase Stamper, South Oldham
STUDENT OF THE YEAR (est. 2008)
2008 Sebastian Pyrek, Danville
2009 Jared Rehberg, Danville
2010 Erin Ward, Rowan County
2011 Ian Mather, LaRue County *FINALIST FOR NATIONAL AWARD
2012 Isabelle Ballard, Danville
2013 Cassidy Teager, Rowan County
2014 Megan Armstrong, Rowan County
2015 Brian Anderson, LaRue County
2016 Jorge Rojas-Ortega, Trinity
2017 Corey Newsome, Rowan County
2018 Elena Cecil, LaRue County *
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
2019 Gaige Webb, Rowan County
2020 Santiago O'Neil, Henry Clay
2021 Lindsey Gulford, Henry Clay
2022 Dalia Basinac, Ryle
2023 Raegan Settle, Murray
2024 Hayden Watkins, Rowan County
CHAPTER ACHIEVEMENT
1998 Scott County
1999 Lafayette
2000 Montgomery County
2001 Murray
2002 Calloway County
2003 Rowan County
2004 Danville
2005 Boone County
2006 Graves County
2007 Warren East
2008 Rowan County
2009 Paducah Tilghman
2010 Lafayette
2011 Grant County
2012 Danville
2013 LaRue County
2014 Rowan County
2015 Boone County
2016 Assumption
2017 Henry Clay
2018 Calloway County
2019 Rowan County
2020 Danville
2021 duPont Manual
2022 Henry Clay
2023 Ryle
SUSAN MOORE SCHOLARSHIP (est. 2003)
2003 Josh Brown, Scott County
2004 ?
2005 Stephen Lewis, Scott County
2006 Melinda Bluell, Scott County
2007 Jordan Delaney, Boone County
2008 Sebastian Pyrek, Danville
2009 Jared Rehberg, Danville
2010 James Mohan, Danville
2011 none awarded
2012 Nate Johnson, Danville
2013 Kristin Busby, Rowan County
2014 Josi Stidham, Hazard
2015 Brian Anderson, LaRue County
2016 Zane Arnold, Danville
2017 Billy Critchfield, Danville
2018 Jack White, North Oldham
2019 Katie Critchfield, Danville
2020 Walker Evans, Trinity
2021 Samantha Latham, Ryle
2022 Ayush Tibrewal, Dunbar
2023 Daksha Pillai, Dunbar
2024 Natalie Freidhof, Rowan County
HARLEN HAMM SCHOLARSHIP
1998 Phillip Wininger, Warren East
1999 John Pollom, Danville
2000 Adam Haigh, Danville
2001 Simon Willett, Scott County
2002 Jennifer Sansfacon, Boone Co.
2003 Sarah Newton, Rowan County
2004 Logan Scisco, Danville
2005 Chad Reese, Scott County
2006 Mason Scisco, Danville
2007 Ashley Adkins, Rowan County
2008 Leann Kenney, Grant County
2009 Parker Collins, East Jessamine
2010 Erin Ward, Rowan County
2011 Ian Mather, LaRue County
2012 Anne Patrick, Rowan County
2013 Sarabeth Marlowe, Danville
2014 Elijah Thomas, LaRue County
2015 Casey Child, Scott
2016 Makda Mehari, Rowan County
2017 Grace Sheene, Danville
2018 Spencer Schumacher,
North Oldham
2019 Gaige Webb, Rowan County
2020 Stefani Giles, LaRue County
2021 Lindsey Guilford, Henry Clay
2022 Kelly Helton & Jack Geruc, Ryle
2023 Presley Moore, Knott Central
2024 Rahim Kahloon, Manual
TRAVELING TROPHY
1998 Boone County
1999 Murray
2000 Rowan County
2001 Warren East
2002 Danville
2003 Lafayette
2004 Calloway County
2005 Rowan County
2006 Boone County
2007 Danville
2008 Scott County
2009 Rowan County
2010 Grant County
2011 Danville
2012 LaRue County
2013 Rowan County
2014 Boone County
2015 Calloway County
2016 Ryle
2017 Danville
2018 Henry Clay
2019 Rowan County
2020 Not Awarded
2021 DuPont Manual
2022 Dunbar
2023 Beechwood
TEAM TROPHY
1998 Rowan County Plaque
1999 Danville Plaque
2000 Danville Plaque
2001 Danville Plaque
2002 Rowan County Plaque
2002 Rowan County Plaque
2003 Danville and Rowan County (tie), Plaque
2004 Rowan County Plaque
2005 Rowan County Plaque
2006 Rowan County Plaque
2007 Danville and Rowan County (tie), Plaque
2008 Danville Plaque
2009 Rowan County Plaque
2010 Rowan County Plaque
2011 Danville Plaque
In 2012, the national office instructed districts to begin awarding sweepstakes trophies in Speech, Debate, and Congress. A District Plaque was still given, but generally only one or two Kentucky schools is eligible for this award due to national requirements that omit Congress and require minimum numbers of speech and debate entries. All are listed here.
2012 Danville Speech
2012 Dunbar Debate
2012 Danville Congress
2012 Rowan County Plaque
2013 Rowan County Speech
2013 Rowan County Debate
2013 Hazard Congress
2013 Rowan County Plaque
2014 Rowan County Speech
2014 Highlands Latin Debate
2014 Danville Congress
2014 Rowan County Plaque
2015 Danville Speech
2015 DuPont Manual Debate
2015 Danville Congress
2015 Ryle Plaque
2016 Rowan County Speech
2016 DuPont Manual Debate
2016 Danville Congress
2016 Beechwood Plaque
2017 Danville Speech
2017 Henry Clay Debate
2017 Trinity Congress
2017 Henry Clay Plaque
2018 Rowan County Speech
2018 Henry Clay Debate
2018 Henry Clay Congress
2018 Henry Clay Plaque
2019 Danville Speech
2019 Henry Clay Debate
2019 Trinity Congress
2019 Henry Clay Plaque
2020 None Awarded
2021 Knott Central Speech
2021 Henry Clay Debate
2021 Lafayette Congress
2021 Henry Clay Plaque
2022 Rowan County Speech
2022 Henry Clay Debate
2022 Dunbar Congress
2022 Ryle Plaque
2023 Knott Central Speech
2023 duPont Manual Debate
2023 Beechwood & Congress
Trinity (tie)
2023 duPont Manual Plaque
2024 Rowan County Speech
2024 duPont Manual Debate
2024 Dunbar Congress
2024 duPont Manual Plaque