MHSAA State Championships
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Oak Grove High School
2009 Team State Champions
Individual
Awards '08-'09
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Kristen Greer, 2nd Place

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Brennan Krieger & William Ross, Semifinalists
Will Bedwell & Steven Wild, Quarterfinalists
Kaya Massey & Zach Shurden, Quarterfinalists
Emily Bustin & Blakely Owens, Quarterfinalists

POLICY DEBATE
Alex Parker & Jessica Whalen, Quarterfinalists

PROSE INTERPRETATION
Austin Seeley, 3rd Place
Christian Green, 5th Place
Ashley Kinney, Semifinalist

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
BLAKELY OWENS, 1ST PLACE
William Wild, 2nd Place
Will Bedwell, Semifinalist
Kaya Massey, Semifinalist

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
CHRISTIAN GREEN, 1ST PLACE
Zach Shurden, 3rd Place
Kelly Barker, 6th Place
Emily Bustin, Semifinalist
Hope Hathorn, Semifinalist

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
William Wild, 3rd Place
Kaya Massey, 4th Place
Zach Shurden, 6th Place

EXPOSITORY SPEAKING
BLAKELY OWENS, 1ST PLACE
Kristen Greer, 2nd Place
Kent McCarty, Semifinalist

STORYTELLING
GUNNAR THORDERSON, 1ST PLACE
Kelly Barker, 2nd Place
Austin Seeley, 3rd Place
Hope Hathorn, Semifinalist

DECLAMATION
STEVEN WILD, 1ST PLACE
Dru Mozingo, 4th Place

TELEVISION COMMENTARY
WILLIAM WILD, 1ST PLACE
Steven Wild, 2nd Place
Zach Shurden, 3rd Place
Ashley Grantham, Semifinalist

POETRY INTERPRETATION
Kristen Greer, 6th Place
Taylor Herring, Semifinalist

ORIGINAL ORATORY
BLAKELY OWENS, 1ST PLACE
Kristen Greer, 3rd Place
Daniel Rigel, 5th Place

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
Will Bedwell, 2nd Place
Gunnar Thorderson, 5th Place
Austin Seeley, 6th Place
Christian Green, Semifinalist
Ashley Kinney, Semifinalist
Brennan Krieger, Semifinalist

DUO INTERPRETATION
Christian Green & Kelly Barker, 3rd Place
Ashley Kinney & Daniel Rigel, 4th Place
Emily Bustin & Blakely Owens, 5th Place
Morgan Mabry & William Ross, Semifinalists
Katelyn O'Quinn & Amber Taylor, Semifinalists
BLAKELY OWENS
INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND STATE
CHAMPION

Extemporaneous Speaking State Champion

Original Oratory State Champion

Expository Speaking State Champion
KRISTEN GREER
MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT
STUDENT OF THE YEAR

4th Place in the Individual
All-Around Competition
WILLIAM WILD

Television Commentary State Champion

6th Place in the Individual All-Around
Competition
CHRISTIAN GREEN

Dramatic Interpretation
State Champion
STEVEN WILD

Declamation State Champion
GUNNAR THORDERSON

Storytelling State Champion