WINTER 2023
Our showcase went online again this semester. Thank you to all the students and faculty who worked through the pandemic circumstances by following the guidelines for our in-person campus classes and online. Thank you to our incredible donors, Donald Sloan, J. LaVar Bateman, and Kevin Jones, who believe in our students and make this showcase possible with a cash scholarship for each participant. We invite you to listen to their incredible stories here:
This semester’s showcase highlights the top finalist speakers chosen by our faculty judges from among all the public speaking sections. You can watch the entire playlist of our nine finalist speakersor choose individual speeches below:
Congratulations to both the speech finalists and semifinalist!
Introducing our finalists:
Eliza Stapley

1st Place - Awarded a Marie Clegg Jones Scholarship, $1000.
Tanner Reeve

2nd Place - Awarded a Marie Clegg Jones Scholarship, $800.
Mikaela Ahlstrom
3rd Place - Awarded a Marie Clegg Jones Scholarship, $500.
Haley Elizabeth Jensen

Awarded a Bateman Scholarship, $350.
Rylee Katherine Johnson-Jacobson

Awarded a Bateman Scholarship, $350.
Grace Patey

Awarded a Sloan Scholarship, $350.
Elizabeth Dearden

Awarded a Sloan Scholarship, $350.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SEMIFINALISTS:

Nathan Hill

Mara Lambert

Paul Crenshaw

Michele Sorenson

Nolan Porras

Craig Kendall

Seth Sudweeks
