Georgetown won the Kentucky Round Robin!!
Connelly was also the second speaker!
The competition had the top 7 teams in the country debating at an invite-only tournament.
Next stop: the Kentucky tournament tomorrow, where we have 4 teams competing.
Hoya saxa!
MPHS senior, Anthony Orellana, has been chosen as a University of Texas at Austin Impact Scholar. Of the over 66,000 students who applied, just over 18,000 were admitted. And of those, only 72 students in the entire state of Texas were selected to receive Impact Scholarships.
🧑⚖️Congratulations to #UILState Conference 5A Golden Gavel winner Anthony Orellana of @mount_school!
Top 6 list of Speaker Awards from UIL CX Debate State Meet available at ➡️ https://t.co/7fhXY1dLu6
Anthony Orellana is the UIL 5A State TOP SPEAKER for the second year in a row!!! AND the 5A State Top Speaker has been from Mount Pleasant for FOUR YEARS IN A ROW! Yay Anthony!!!
The incredible Anthony Orellana ends TFA State by bringing home one of the most prestigious prizes given…a TFA State scholarship, one of only 6 awarded!
And with that, Anthony’s TFA journey comes to an end. Thank you @txfa_ for the memories! Until we meet again…
Congrats to Georgetown CS for qualifying to the National Debate Tournament as the top seed out of D7 as FROSH!
GW finished as the third seed! Adam and Ethan were also the 2nd & 3rd speakers and will be applying for a second round at-large bid to the NDT!
HOYA SAXA 💙🏆
For the 7th year in a row, MP Speech & Debate will send a team to the UIL Cross Examination Debate State tournament.
The team of seniors Anthony Orellana & Eli Rider took 2nd place at the District meet on January 26 in Longview, qualifying them for the State meet in March!
After being home for just 1 day from Congress State, Anthony & Eli shifted gears to CX. In an online meet hosted by Salado HS, they went 4-0 defeating teams from College Station, West Brook Senior High, Grand Saline, & Hutto in preparation for the District meet on January 26.