State Speech Awards
Congrats, MPA Speech Team!
The MPA Speech Team has wrapped up their season with an excellent performance at the MSHSL state competition at Eastview High School. Congratulations to the team as they finished in second place overall! Congrats to State Champions, Zaara Nayak & Akshay Somayajula, for also receiving the Wells Fargo Award of Excellence.
Below are the rest of the individual placements. A huge thank you and congrats also goes out to the amazing speech team coaches, Tanner Sundermann, Zach Brown, and Marce Gangl!
Max O’ Connor: 10th place in Extemporaneous Reading
Rohit Iyer: 9th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Meiran Carlson: 7th place in Poetry
Charlotte Bergh/Ruby Schwieger: 4th place in Duos
Pahwa Yang: 2nd place in Prose
Frances Martin: 2nd place in Extemporaneous Speaking

Akshay Somayajula: State Champion in Great Speeches
Zaara Nayak: State Champion in Original Oratory

Go Panthers!
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