Past National Tournament Top Speakers

1986 Allison Holdorff University of California, Los Angeles

1987 Paul Benson Macalester College

1988 Mark West Southern Illinois University

1989 Mark West Southern Illinois University

1990 David Israelite William Jewell College

1991 Todd McGowan Southwest Missouri University

1992 Jim Haefele Emporia State University

1993 Jay Connell Florida State University

1994 Dave Devereaux Kansas State University

1995 Blake Diaz Gonzaga University

1996 Elizabeth Repko Michigan State University

1997 Brandon Fletcher Northwestern University

1998 Hajir Ardebili University of Kansas

1999 George Kouros Emory University

2000 Nathan Kirk Evans (policy) University of Texas

2000 Timothy Dale (non-policy) Marquette University

2001 Josh Martin (policy) Arkansas State University

2001 Michael Sawyer (non-policy) Pennsylvania State University

2002 John Rains III Emory University

2003 Calum Matheson Michigan State University

2004 Elizabeth Jones University of Louisville

2005 Elliott Tarloff Harvard University

2006 Michael Klinger Harvard University

2007 Malcolm Gordon University of Missouri Kansas City

2008 Martin Osborn Missouri State University

2009 Davyon Love Towson University

2010

2011

2012 Brian Box Wichita State University

2013 Ryan Wash Emporia State University