National Winner Results from 2007 and 2008
Congratulations to the following Gilmour Orators 2007
Ben Harper was the State Champion in the Sons of the American Revolution Oratorical Contest.
Nathan Blevins was a finalist at the Tournament of Champions in Student Congress.
Andrew Pike was a semi finalist at the National Catholic Forensic League National Tournament.
The following students went to the National Forensic League National Tournament in Kansas
Ben Harper Foreign Extemporaneous Speech
Mara Wilbur and Libby Treu Policy Debate
Carolyn Baumgarten Lincoln Douglas Debate
Nathan Blevins and Andrew Pike in Student Congress
Jennifer Zivkovic and Kate Masetta in Dramatic Interpretation
Rachel Kenney in Humorous Interpretation.
Tom Reynolds and Grace O'Rourke in Duo Interpretation.
At the National Forensic League National Tournament
Ben Harper won the Washington Bowl for being one of the top 24 students in the nation in foreign extemporaneous speech.
Ben was also fourth in the nation in the Sons of the American Revolution Oratorical Competition.
Nathan Blevins was a finalist in Student Congress and won the coveted Senator Stennis Medallion for excellence in congressional debate
Rachel Kenney was an octa finalist in poetry
Carolyn Baumgarten advanced in expository speech.
Kate Maseta advanced to octa finals in prose.
2008
Nathan Blevins, Alexis Antunez and Andrew Pike were all national qualifiers in Student Congress
Taylor Seay and Brooke Jarvis, Tom Reynolds and Grace O'Rourke were duo interpretation qualifiers
Rachel Kenney was a qualifier in Humorous Inerpretation
Nathan Blevins and Andrew Pike additionally qualifed n United States Extemporaneous Speech
At the National Forensic League National Tournament
Nathan Blevins was the National Winner from the House in Student Congress
Andrew Pike and Lexi Antunez were Senator Mundt Medallion Winners having qualified for the semi final round.
Rachel Kenney was the National Champion in Prose Interpretation. She was also a Jefferson Cup winner in Humorous Interpretation.