Marshall High School Speech Team State Champions and Medal Winners 1976 – Kristin Olson, CHAMPION, Extemp Reading 1977 – John Reimler, CHAMPION, Serious Poetry 1979 – James Reimler, CHAMPION, Serious Poetry 1979 – Lois Quam, CHAMPION, Discussion 1980 – James Reimler, CHAMPION, Serious Poetry 1980 – Barb Curry, CHAMPION, Extemp Reading 1980 – Kelly Peterson, CHAMPION, Drama 1981 – Kelly Peterson, 5th Drama 1982 – Mark Anderson, 3rd Drama 1982 – Joann Senden, 4th Great Speeches 1983 – Rich Brewers, 3rd Discussion 1984 – Felice Amato, 2nd Prose 1984 – Ted Herzog, 5th Discussion 1984 – Melissa Baartman, 6th Storytelling 1984 – Shawn Labat, 6th Poetry 1984 – Ginger Sturcken, 6th Drama 1985 – Rich Brewers, CHAMPION, Discussion 1985 – Ted Herzog, 2nd Discussion 1985 – Ann Simpson, 5th Poetry 1985 – Melissa Baartman, 5th Storytelling 1985 – Liza Andrews, 6th Original Oratory 1985 – Sandy Thiesse, 6th Prose 1986 – Greg Brewers, 4th Poetry 1986 – Jeff Nelson 5th Prose 1986 – Brian Cole 6th Storytelling 1987 – Brian Cole 2nd Storytelling 1987 – Peggy Claude 5th Great Speeches 1987 – Greg Brewers 5th Poetry 1987 – Lisa Doom 6th Oratory 1988 – Brian Cole, CHAMPION, Storytelling 1988 – Sara Ridley, CHAMPION, Original Oratory 1988 – Jeff Douma, 2nd Humorous 1988 – Stephanie Mitchell 4th Drama 1988 – Jason Douma 5th Extemp Speaking 1988 – Mona Haas 6th Great Speeches 1989 – Jeff Douma, CHAMPION, Humorous 1989 – Stephanie Mitchell 2nd Drama 1989 – Sonja Sletten 2nd Informative 1989 – Scott Branting 2nd Discussion 1989 – Rob Purrington 3rd Great Speeches 1989 – Jeff Van Keulen 5th Poetry 1990 – Jeff Douma 3rd Humorous 1990 – Sara Miller 3rd Extemp Reading 1990 – Sara Runchey 5th Discussion 1990 – Sonja Sletten 5th Informative 1990 – Lori Tanghe 6th Prose 1991 – Terry Warnke, CHAMPION, Creative Expression 1991 – Deb Biggar 3rd Drama 1991 – Rick Purrington, 4th, Humorous 1991 – Jerry Boyer 4th Great Speeches 1991 – Kristine Ridley 4th Original Oratory 1991 – Sara Miller 4th Extemp Reading 1991 – Jeremy Mann 5th, Prose 1991 – Mike Wagner 7th, Extemporaneous Speaking 1991 – Christie Schmugge 8th, Storytelling 1992 – Rick Purrington, CHAMPION, Humorous 1992 – Ryan Holmberg 6th, Great Speeches 1993 – Greg Douma, CHAMPION, Serious Poetry 1993 – Mike Wagner, CHAMPION, Extemporaneous Speaking 1993 – Emily Otto, 2nd Prose 1993 – Chad Soupir, 3rd, Discussion 1993 – Jeff Drown, 6th, Great Speeches 1994 – Greg Douma and Emily Otto, CHAMPION, Dramatic Duo 1994 – Joel Swanson, 2nd, Great Speeches 1994 – Erin Fried, 3rd Extemp Reading 1994 – Mandy Swanson, 4th Extemp Reading 1994 – Sarah Olsen, 5th Storytelling 1994 – Amy Coltart, 5th Original Oratory 1994 – Mike Wagner 7th Extemp Speaking 1994 – Dan Wambeke 8th Great Speeches 1995 – Nicole Schmugge, CHAMPION, Informative 1995 – Tiffany Tillemans 3rd Creative Expression 1995 – Joel Swanson 5th Great Speeches 1995 – Sarah Olsen 6th Storytelling 1995 – Karis Ridley 7th Original Oratory 1996 – Joel Swanson, 2nd Great Speeches 1996 – Mandi Watkins 5th Original Oratory 1996 – Angie Reinhart 6th Prose 1996 – Court Anderson 6th, Extemporaneous Speaking 1997 – Andy Mulder 3rd, Humorous 1997 – Krista Poplau 6th, Extemporaneous Reading 1997 – Court Anderson 6th, Extemporaneous Speaking 1997 – Meghan Harney 7th, Discussion 1997 – Chrissy Bendel 8th, Creative Expression 1998 – Meghan Harney, CHAMPION, Discussion 1998 – Krista Poplau, CHAMPION, Extemporaneous Reading 1998 – Lindsay Anderson, CHAMPION, Informative 1998 – Chrissy Bendel, 4th, Creative Expression 1998 – Amber Mann, 5th, Original Oratory 1998 – Court Anderson 5th, Extemporaneous Speaking 1998 – Nikki Stores and Nicole Erickson, 6th, Dramatic Duo 1999 – Joe Reynolds, 3rd, Poetry 1999 – Jemima King, 5th Storytelling 1999 – Amy Suby, 7th Original Oratory 2000 – Jacob Swanson, CHAMPION, Great Speeches 2000 – Eric Eichenlaub and Matt Mulder, 4th, Duo 2000 – Stephanie Meyer, 4th Extemp Reading 2001 – Matt Van Keulen, 3rd, Poetry 2001 – Matt Mulder, 4th, Prose 2001 – Jared Summers, 5th Humorous 2001 – Jeff Bakke, 6th Great Speeches 2001 – Jody Roers and Drew Weilage, 6th Duo 2001 – Maria Verly 7th Extemp Reading 2002 – Nick Untiedt, 3rd, Humorous 2002 – Sara Honetschlager, 4th, Extemporaneous Reading 2003 – Ashley Frerich, CHAMPION, Discussion 2003 – Nick Untiedt, 4th, Humorous 2003 – Lydia Oglesby, 7th, Original Oratory 2004 – Lydia Oglesby, 4th, Original Oratory 2004 – Lisa Noyes, 6th, Great Speeches 2005 -- Lydia Oglesby, 3rd, Original Oratory 2005 – Catherine Hansen, 5th, Informative 2006 – Angela Tate, CHAMPION, Great Speeches 2008 – Alex MacArthur, 5th, Drama 2008 – Kirby Schmidt, 7th, Humorous 2009 – Kirby Schmidt, 4th, Drama 2009 – Olivia Bennett and Charles Hulsizer, 7th, Duo 2009 – Joe Paskach, 7th, Humorous 2010 – Eric Deutz, CHAMPION, Creative Expression 2010 – Jeff Paskach, 7th, Humorous 2010 – Emily Jensen, 7th, Original Oratory 2010 – Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe, 8th, Original Oratory 2010 – Courtney Otto, 8th, Prose 2012 – Abby Surprenant, 2nd, Original Oratory 2012 – Bo Erickson, 5th, Drama 2012 – Billy Miller and Luke Schroeder, 7th, Duo 2012 – Aletta Arndt, 7th, Prose 2013 - Jessica Oaxaca, CHAMPION, Extemporaneous Reading 2013 – Jeff Paskach, 5th, Creative Expression 2013 – Abby Surprenant, 6th, Original Oratory 2014 – Malak Shahin, 5th, Great Speeches 2014 – Jessica Oaxaca, 8th, Drama 138 medals in MSHSL book, but 142 here? National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament Qualifiers 1994 – Greg Douma, Drama; Mike Wagner, Extemporaneous Speaking 1996 – April Hanson, Humorous 1997 – Travis Henspeter and Jim Sustacek, Duo 1998 – Andy Mulder, Humorous 1999 – Kyle Johnson, Humorous 2001 – Matt Mulder and Jared Summers, Duo 2003 – Nick Untiedt, Humorous 2005 – Lydia Oglesby, Original Oratory 2009 – Kirby Schmidt, Drama 2013 – Bo Erickson, Original Oratory 2014 – Jessica Oaxaca, Drama