Debate: trophies to the top 5 schools
based on the points earned by the school's top three
entries in Team Debate and/or Lincoln-Douglas Debate and/or
Public Forum Debate and/or Student Congress. These trophies
shall be named the Eleanor E. Wright Awards of
Excellence in Debate.
Speech: trophies to the top 5 schools
based on the points earned by the school's top three Speech
entrants. These trophies shall be named The
Founders Awards of Excellence in Speech.
Student Congress: one rotating trophy
shall be awarded to the first place school. The award shall
be named the Dr. Paul E. Ward Memorial
Trophy. A permanent award shall also be given to
the school which wins this rotating trophy.
Overall: trophies to the top 5 schools
based on points earned by the school's top three entrants
as follows:
1) Best Debate entry (Team, Public Forum, or
Lincoln-Douglas) or Student Congress entry
2) Best rhetorical entry (Extemporaneous or Original
Oratory)
3) Best interpretive entry (Declamation, Oral
Interpretation of Literature, Dramatic Performance, or Duo
Interpretation of Literature)
These trophies shall be named the Daniel S.
Masterson, Jr. Awards of Excellence in Forensics.
The Cardinal Wright Memorial Diocesan
Award shall be presented to the diocese whose top
ten entries accumulate the most sweepstakes points at the
National Tournament that year.
The Cardinal Cooke Memorial Diocesan Award
shall also be based on the top ten entries from a diocese,
but it shall be a cumulative total award. Each year, the
recipient will return to a total of zero and begin to
accumulate points again. All other dioceses will carry
their totals forward to the following year.