Communication department instructor Heather Walters was presented two awards at the 2015 National Speech and Debate Association Leadership Awards Banquet in Dallas, Texas, last June, for her coaching efforts with the Greenwood Laboratory School debate team.
Awards earned for successful leadership, recruitment efforts
Walters, also assistant director of MSU’s debate team, received the Ralph E. Carey Bronze Award, a distinguished service award for successful district leadership, and the 2015 District Retention Award, for recruitment and retention of member schools and student participation in district tournaments.
Greenwood’s district, the Ozark District, had its largest district tournament in at least five years in 2015, with nearly 375 entries.