Extemporaneous Speaking Champions
1978 Butch Malby, Wheaton
1979 Dwight Rabuse, Macalester College
1980 Tim Sanders, Odessa College
1981 Dave Martin, George Mason
1982 Andy Heaton, Bradley
1983 Sam Marcosson, Bradley
1984 Douglas McNary, US Airforce Academy
1985 Marle Chanley, Southern Utah State
1986 David Bickford, Brown University
1987 Tom Doyle, Bradley
1988 Andrew Jacobs, U of Illinois
1989 Larry Rosenberg, Cornell
1990 Kim Fisher, Arizona State
1991 Scott Cummings, U of Texas Austin
1992 Rita Rahoi, U of Wisconsin Eau Claire
1993 Mark Price, U of Colorado Boulder
1994 Tim Schultz, Kansas State
1995 Jeff Archibald, Cornell
1996 Ted Scutti, Southern Colorado
1997 Matthew Whitley, U of Texas Austin
1998 Nance Riffe, George Mason
1999 Chris Kristofco, St. Joseph's
2000 Hiren Patel, Rice
2001 John Parsi, Arizona State
2002 Audrey Mink, California State, Long Beach
2003 Jason Warren, Northwestern University
2004 Audrey Mink, California State University, Long Beach
2005 Stephanie Cagniart, University of Texas at Austin
2006 Liz Coleman, New York University
2007 Jessy Ohl, Kansas State University
2008 Jessy Ohl, Kansas State University
2009 David Kumbroch, University of Alabama
2010 Will Bellows, George Mason University
2011 David Kumbroch, University of Alabama
2012 Christy Liu, University of Texas at Austin
2013 Michael Scott, George Mason University
2014 Colin Metcalf, University if Alabama
2015 Farrah Bara, University of Texas at Austin
2016 Carolyn Evans, Western Kentucky University
2017 Nathan Leys, George Mason University
2018 Justin Cooper, Northwestern University
2019 Becca Human, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2020 No Champion. NST cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Jacob Thompson, George Mason University