Barkley Forum for High Schools Tournament
The Barkley Forum for High Schools (BFHS) has been firmly committed to supporting high school forensics since it began in 1956 and continues today to provide top-flight national competition at the high school level.
Each year, typically during the last weekend of January, over a thousand students, teachers, school administrators, and college coaches descend on the Emory University campus from 35 states to engage in a variety of forensic events. The BFHS showcases successful high school participants in final rounds packed with large audiences and honors the high school teachers who work hard to provide a forensics education to their students.
The tournament hosts seven Speech events, Congressional Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, and Policy Debate. The Speech events are Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking (foreign and domestic in one division), Original Oratory, Duo Interpretation, Informative Speaking, Oral Interpretation of Literature and Program Oral Interpretation.
Registration opens in mid-October.
BFHS Tournament History
In 1956, the membership of the Barkley Forum decided to host a tournament for high school debaters. Inviting high schools to debate on the Emory campus provided an opportunity for the students of the university to offer excellent debate competition and judging for high school students. The goal of honoring high school students and their teachers for their commitment to forensics achievement remains the defining purpose of the Barkley Forum for High Schools.
Speech and debate have evolved tremendously over the last half-century, and the Barkley Forum acknowledges and welcomes changes. However, some fundamental concepts that support forensic excellence remain constant, and the Barkley Forum seeks to honor these traditions. Commitment to pedagogy, dedication to achievement, and respect for the efforts of others define characteristics of a quality forensics education.
Awards
Melissa Maxcy Wade Social Justice Award
Emory University forensics has a long history of encouraging students to use their forensics skills for the greater good of our society. Both as a collective and as individual members, the Barkley Forum encourages service to others. The Barkley Forum was at the forefront of the urban debate league movement to bring debate to disenfranchised students. When middle school students expressed a desire to debate in Georgia, the Barkley Forum formed partnerships to provide those opportunities to students. The Barkley Forum for High Schools itself was originally founded as a service to the forensics community in Georgia.
While we value and reward competitive success at the Barkley Forum for High Schools, we also value service to others, and we wish to reward and recognize a student competing in our tournament who has a passion for social justice work and a desire to continue to use his or her gifts and skills to serve others in his or her community.
Any forensics competitor who is active on his or her squad and who will be attending the 2024 Barkley Forum for High Schools may be nominated for the award. Nominations can be from coaches, judges, or other members of the forensics community who familiar with the student's work.
Nominations should include:
- The name and school of the nominee
- The reasons for the nomination, preferably including anecdotes and examples of the student's service
- The name and affiliation of the person submitting the nomination
Nominations should be emailed to emorybfhs@gmail.com by January 4, 2024. Finalists for the award will be announced during the week prior to the tournament, and the award will be presented at the Opening Ceremony, which will be released on January 25th.
2024 nomination form.
In addition to a framed award, the award recipient will receive a $250 cash prize to be directed to the charitable organization of the recipient’s choice and a $100 cash prize for the recipient’s/nominator’s debate program.
2024 recipient: Melinda “Michi” Synn – Canyon Crest Academy (California)
Key Societies
The Barkley Forum for High Schools remains one of the most prestigious events in high school forensic competition, annually receiving hundreds more applicants than space allows entry. The last day of the tournament features a series of exhibitions of the various forensic arts performed in packed auditoriums on the Emory campus. This day culminates in the Procession of the Keys, the Hall of Champions Debate, and the Final Awards Assembly.
In 1964, the Barkley Forum, under the direction of Glenn Pelham, former coach of BFHS winner Cairo High School (1959), began to invite successful high school coaches into an honor society known as the Key Society. The most prestigious presentation made by the Barkley Forum is the presentation of the Gold Key. Each year the members of the self-perpetuating Key Society invite a select number of debate teachers from schools across the nation into membership in a ceremony held during the Barkley Forum for High Schools.
| Name | Year | School |
| 1. Evelyn Anderson Campbell* | 1964 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 2. Rose B. Johnson* | 1964 | Woodlawn |
| 3. Dorothy McColl Lupold | 1964 | A. C. Flora |
| 4. Harold Donald Phillips* | 1964 | Central Gwinnett |
| 5. Elliot Tourret Schmidt | 1964 | McCallie |
| 6. Elizabeth Hall Vickery* | 1964 | Hart County |
| 7. Peggy Maxwell Childs* | 1965 | Cross Keys |
| 8. Matilou Bolton Duke* | 1965 | BGA |
| 9. Sandra Worthington Silvers* | 1965 | Calhoun |
| 10. Robert H. Woodland | 1965 | Clarkesville |
| 11. Michael James Longsdon* | 1966 | Leon |
| 12. Sister Mary Elaine Ryan* | 1966 | St. Pius X |
| 13. Etta Scarborough* | 1966 | Sarasota |
| 14. Hunter A. Strickland* | 1966 | Putnam County |
| 15. Jane Wright Eldridge* | 1967 | Madison (Hunters Lane) |
| 16. Franklin Dean Grant* | 1967 | Chamblee |
| 17. Hazel Green Gann | 1968 | Unicoi County |
| 18. Eugene C. Loring* | 1968 | Central Gwinnett |
| 19. Anne Douglas White | 1968 | John Overton |
| 20. Robert Dillard Ballentine* | 1969 | Woodward |
| 21. James Lewis Mann II | 1969 | Dreher |
| 22. Linda Whitaker Rothwell | 1969 | Dutch Forte (Irmo) |
| 23. Mary Dean | 1970 | Bluefield |
| 24. Charles Frederick Clark | 1971 | North Springs |
| 25. James Madison Copeland | 1971 | Marquette University HS |
| 26. John Robert Hester* | 1971 | Frayser |
| 27. Selma Earnest Ridgway | 1971 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 28. Kenneth H. Rosenthal | 1972 | Coral Gables |
| 29. Thomas Edward Shoemate* | 1972 | Lakeside |
| 30. David Thomas Mellon Horn, Jr. | 1973 | Bishop McDevitt |
| 31. Harry T. Klugel | 1973 | Wheaton |
| 32. John Sexton | 1973 | St. Brendan |
| 33. Ralph E. Carey* | 1974 | Miami Beach |
| 34. Brother Gregory Rene Sterner* | 1974 | Calvert Hall |
| 35. William Miles Vogel | 1975 | Lakeland |
| 36. Theodore Phillip Wolf* | 1975 | North Springs |
| 37. Phyllis Flory Barton* | 1976 | Princeton |
| 38. Charles Edwin Brower* | 1976 | Dallas-Jesuit |
| 39. Robert Stanley Erwin | 1976 | Virgil T. Grissom (Calhoun) |
| 40. Tony Wayne Anderson | 1977 | Peachtree |
| 41. Charline Ladd Burton | 1977 | Heritage Hall |
| 42. Esther Wolf Kalmbach | 1977 | Whitmer |
| 43. Thomas Glenn Pelham* | 1977 | In honorarium |
| 44. Ted Woodrow Belch | 1978 | Glenbrook South (GBN) |
| 45. Julia Blyton Roberts | 1978 | Paducah-Tilghman |
| 46. Richard B. Sodikow* | 1978 | Bronx Science |
| 47. George King Mengert | 1979 | Pace |
| 48. Rhoda Kirchner Radow* | 1979 | Nova |
| 49. Thomas Wooten Williams | 1979 | Chillicothe |
| 50. Ralph Eugene Bender* | 1980 | Centerville |
| 51. Dale Lauder McCall* | 1980 | Twin Lakes (Wellington) |
| 52. George Henry Stege | 1980 | Glenbrook South |
| 53. Virginia Priest Sutherland | 1980 | Myers Park |
| 54. Melissa Maxcy Wade | 1980 | In honorarium |
| 55. Kenny Dale Barfield | 1981 | Mars Hill |
| 56. Thomas Donald Smith | 1981 | Firestone |
| 57. Barbara Burns Swisher* | 1981 | Charles Henderson |
| 58. Dennis Duane Winfield | 1981 | In honorarium |
| 59. Lanny Dean Naegelin* | 1982 | Winston Churchill |
| 60. Paula Harris Nettles | 1982 | Woodward |
| 61. James John Unger* | 1982 | In honorarium |
| 62. James E. Fleissner | 1983 | Kinkaid |
| 63. Susan Tillman Pelham | 1983 | In honorarium |
| 64. William Woods Tate, Jr.* | 1983 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 65. Daryl J. Fisher | 1984 | Isidore Newman |
| 66. Lois Cromar Hintze* | 1984 | Heritage Hall |
| 67. James Shipp | 1985 | Marysville |
| 68. Charles Spurlock | 1985 | Pace |
| 69. Paul Allen Newman* | 1986 | Kinkaid |
| 70. Leslie Earl Phillips | 1986 | Lexington |
| 71. Rhae Martin Swisher, Jr.* | 1986 | In honorarium |
| 72. Lee James Turner | 1986 | Pine Crest |
| 73. Greg Edward Varley | 1986 | Lakeland |
| 74. Patricia Bailey* | 1987 | Homewood |
| 75. Roberta Daws* | 1987 | Overton |
| 76. Bob Frank | 1987 | Great Bridge |
| 77. Father Raymond Hahn | 1987 | Cathedral Prep |
| 78. Walter Alan Ulrich* | 1987 | In honorarium |
| 79. David Baker | 1988 | St. Mark’s |
| 80. Eric Brannen | 1988 | Westminster |
| 81. Sally Schecter | 1988 | Hendrick Hudson |
| 82. Tim Averill | 1989 | Manchester |
| 83. Dennis DeYoung | 1989 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 84. Fran Berger* | 1989 | Miami Palmetto |
| 85. Eric DiMichele | 1990 | Regis |
| 86. Marilee Dukes | 1990 | Vestavia |
| 87. Glenda Ferguson* | 1990 | Heritage Hall |
| 88. Alex Pritchard | 1991 | Greenhill (Westwood) |
| 89. Randy Shaver | 1991 | Thomas Wingate Andrews |
| 90. Jeffrey Wortman | 1991 | Glenbrook North |
| 91. Byron Arthur | 1992 | Jesuit – New Orleans (Holy Cross) |
| 92. Brent Farrand | 1992 | Newark Science |
| 93. David Richardson | 1993 | Omaha Westside |
| 94. Merle Ulery | 1993 | North Miami Beach |
| 95. James Paul Hunter | 1994 | Oak Park-River Forest |
| 96. Gloria Robison-Robinson | 1994 | St. James (Ronald Reagan) |
| 97. Paul Slappey* | 1994 | In honorarium |
| 98. Chris Wheatley | 1994 | Pace |
| 99. Marie Dzuris | 1995 | Centerville |
| 100. Rich Edwards | 1995 | In honorarium |
| 101. Julie Sheinman | 1995 | Stuyvesant |
| 102. John Woollen* | 1995 | Enloe |
| 103. Richard Bracknell | 1996 | Carrollton |
| 104. Randy McCutcheon* | 1996 | Albuquerque Academy |
| 105. Bruce Rogers | 1996 | Northside |
| 106. Ed Williams | 1996 | Charlotte-Latin (Woodward) |
| 107. Sandra Davis* | 1997 | Battle Ground Academy |
| 108. Rose Joyce | 1997 | Monticello |
| 109. Michele Coody* | 1997 | St. James |
| 110. Tom Sullivan* | 1998 | In honorarium |
| 111. David Glass | 1998 | Edgemont |
| 112. Sheryl Kaczmarek | 1998 | Newburgh Free Academy |
| 113. Matthew Whipple | 1998 | Glenbrook South |
| 114. Alan Coverstone | 1999 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 115. Aaron Timmons | 1999 | Greenhill |
| 116. David Cheshier | 2000 | In honorarium |
| 117. Betty Maddox | 2000 | In honorarium |
| 118. Greg Myrberg* | 2000 | Iowa City West |
| 119. (vacated) | 2000 | |
| 120. J.W. Patterson* | 2000 | In honorarium |
| 121. Kandi King | 2001 | Winston Churchill |
| 122. Michael Jablonski | 2001 | In honorarium |
| 123. Dan Lingel | 2002 | Dallas-Jesuit |
| 124. Jim Wade | 2002 | Milton |
| 125. Jane Boyd | 2003 | Grapevine |
| 126. Frank Seaver | 2003 | Woodward Academy |
| 127. Tommie Lindsey | 2004 | James Logan |
| 128. Lisa Miller | 2004 | Nova |
| 129. Bill Newnam | 2004 | Emory University |
| 130. David Huston | 2005 | Highland Park |
| 131. Linda Oddo | 2005 | New Trier |
| 132. Warren Sprouse | 2005 | Cedar Rapids Washington |
| 133. Jonathan Alston | 2006 | Newark Science |
| 134. Sharon Semmens | 2006 | In honorarium |
| 135. Doug Springer | 2006 | New Trier |
| 136. Tara Tate | 2006 | Glenbrook South |
| 137. Scott Wunn | 2006 | National Forensics League |
| 138. Eric Emerson | 2007 | Kinkaid |
| 139. Lexy Green | 2007 | College Preparatory |
| 140. Jenny Heidt | 2007 | Westminster |
| 141. Jay Rye | 2007 | Montgomery Academy |
| 142. Pam Cady Wycoff | 2007 | Apple Valley |
| 143. Michael Bacon* | 2008 | Newburgh Free Academy, In honorarium |
| 144. Allan Louden | 2008 | In honorarium |
| 145. Tracy McFarland | 2008 | Dallas Jesuit |
| 146. Jim Wakefield* | 2008 | Ft. Lauderdale |
| 147. (vacated) | 2009 | |
| 148. Shuntá Jordan | 2009 | Pace Academy |
| 149. Andrew West | 2009 | Myers Park |
| 150. Tony Figliola | 2010 | Holy Ghost Prep |
| 151. Bruce Miller | 2010 | Bishop Guertin |
| 152. Wayne Tang | 2010 | Maine East |
| 153. Lisa Willoughby | 2010 | Henry W. Grady |
| 154. Stefan Bauschard | 2011 | Lakeland |
| 155. Tim Mahoney | 2011 | St. Mark’s |
| 156. Randy Patterson | 2011 | St. Andrew’s Episcopal |
| 157. Ross Smith* | 2011 | In honorarium |
| 158. Maggie Berthiaume | 2012 | Woodward |
| 159. Kevin Hamrick | 2012 | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| 160. Steve Stein | 2012 | In honorarium |
| 161. Mike Edmonds | 2012 | In honorarium |
| 162. Greg Malis | 2013 | Isidore Newman |
| 163. (vacated) | 2013 | |
| 164. Sara Sanchez | 2013 | Lexington |
| 165. Daryl Burch | 2014 | In honorarium |
| 166. Michael Greenstein | 2014 | Glenbrook North |
| 167. James Herndon | 2014 | In honorarium |
| 168. Dana Randall | 2014 | Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart |
| 169. Father Michael Tidd, OSB | 2014 | Delbarton |
| 170. Mario Herrera | 2015 | Henry W. Grady High School |
| 171. Mike Janas | 2015 | In honorarium |
| 172. Shane Stafford | 2015 | The Blake School |
| 173. Lane Bearden | 2016 | Calhoun High School |
| 174. Kara Grant | 2016 | In honorarium |
| 175. Alfred "Tuna" Snider* | 2016 | In honorarium, in memoriam |
| 176. Christina Tallungan | 2016 | Notre Dame High School |
| 177. David Heidt | 2017 | Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart |
| 178. Larry Moss | 2017 | In honorarium |
| 179. Chris Palmer | 2017 | Lexington |
| 180. Jordana Sternberg | 2017 | Westminster |
| 181. Nicole Wanzer-Serrano | 2017 | In honorarium |
| 182. Sandra Berkowitz | 2018 | The Blake School |
| 183. Dean Rhoads | 2018 | Trinity Preparatory |
| 184. James Roland | 2018 | In honorarium |
| 185. Cindi Timmons | 2018 | In honorarium |
| 186. Scott Waldrop | 2018 | Hattiesburg |
| 187. Josh Clark | 2019 | Montgomery Bell |
| 188. Adam Jacobi | 2019 | In honorarium |
| 189. Roger León | 2019 | In honorarium |
| 190. Harriet Medlin | 2019 | Brentwood |
| 191. Bob Shurtz | 2019 | Hawken |
| 192. Bill Batterman | 2020 | Woodward |
| 193. Brian Manuel | 2020 | Edgemont |
| 194. Alma Nicholson | 2020 | Isidore Newman |
| 195. Jon Sharp | 2020 | Georgetown Day |
| 196. Suzanne Terry | 2020 | Morristown West |
| 197. Don Crabtree | 2021 | In honorarium |
| 198. David Gay | 2021 | Dunwoody |
| 199. Crawford Leavoy | 2021 | Durham Academy |
| 200. Rosie Valdez-Block | 2021 | Little Rock Central |
| 201. Elizabeth Wood-Weas | 2021 | Mountain Brook |
| 202. Mike Bietz | 2022 | Harvard-Westlake |
| 203. Kirby Chin | 2022 | In honorarium |
| 204. Adam Smiley | 2022 | Alpharetta |
| 205. Greg Achten | 2023 | The Harker School |
| 206. Alyssa Lucas-Bolin | 2023 | Glenbrook South |
| 207. Aaron Hardy | 2023 | In honorarium |
| 208. Phyllis Hirth* | 2023 | Bronx Science - in memoriam |
| 209. Steve Meadows | 2023 | In honorarium |
| 210. Christy Bradley | 2024 | In honorarium |
| 211. Kate Hamm | 2024 | Ransom Everglades |
| 212. Christopher Vincent | 2024 | Isidore Newman |
| 213. Willie Warren | 2024 | East Chapel Hill |
*Deceased
In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Barkley Forum for High Schools in 1980, the Forum began to award the prestigious Silver Key to first place winners in all events at the BFHS. The Silver Key is a small sterling silver emblem duplicating the design of the prestigious Gold Key award to the coaches of the Gold Key Society. The silver key has no engraving representing its timeless respect for forensics winners past, present, and future.
2024 Silver Key Award Recipients:
Pelham Debates Champions: Eleanor Barrett and Jack Dollinger, Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy
Pelham Debates Speaker: Eleanor Barrett, Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy
Congressional Debate Champion: Fadhil Lawal, Seven Lakes
Lincoln Douglas Champion: Harris Layson, Lake Highland Preparatory
Public Forum Champions: Zellie Olson & Eva Redmond, The Blake School
Public Forum Speaker: Jason Zhao, Strake Jesuit
Dramatic Interpretation: Jaimee Canalejo, American Heritage Broward
Duo Interpretation: Arkhya Arikkath & Maxwell Espena, Eastview
Extemporaneous Speaking: Katherine Lee, Plano West
Humorous Interpretation: Kennedy Hack-Juman, American Heritage Broward
Impromptu Speaking: Charlotte Reitman, NSU University School
Informative Speaking: Veer Roy, American Heritage Broward
Original Oratory: Esther Oyetunji, American Heritage Broward
Program Oral Interpretation: Mariam Kolley, Western
The Barkley Forum awards keys as trophies as part of a unique tradition passed down by former Director Glenn Pelham. The Barkley Forum Trophy is a larger key cast from an antique brass key hidden in Georgia before Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864. The original key was found and donated to Emory University's Barkley Forum by Susan and Thomas Glenn Pelham. Nashville attorney Larry David Woods, a distinguished alumnus of Emory and former President of the Forum and of the national forensics fraternity Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha gave a grant to have Keys cast each year from the original key.
BFHS Member Schools
1963 marked the first year that the Barkley Forum awarded memberships, also known as chairs, to high schools, and since then, two hundred seventy-eight schools have been awarded membership. Memberships are another way of honoring quality performance. Schools are considered for membership after at least two years of better than average performance. Schools maintain active membership by not missing more than three consecutive BFHS tournament and by not having more than one year in a row of substandard performance.
Benefits of Membership: The school is automatically allowed to enter the maximum number of entries per school per event as long as they register by the deadline. The coach of the school can be considered for membership in the Gold Key Society (i.e. to be "a Key coach"), and the school receives an engraved plaque in recognition of
(v) indicates vacated chair/inactive membership
Member Schools
| 1963 | Chair 1 | Hart County (v) | Hartwell, Georgia |
| Chair 2 | Montgomery Bell Academy | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 3 | Woodward Academy | College Park, Georgia | |
| Chair 4 | Clarksville (v) | Clarksville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 5 | Sarasota (v) | Sarasota, Florida | |
| Chair 6 | St. Pius X | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 7 | Cross Keys (v) | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 8 | A.C. Flora (v) | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Chair 9 | Battle Ground Academy (v) | Franklin, Tennessee | |
| Chair 10 | Leon (v) | Tallahassee, Florida | |
| Chair 11 | Dreher (v) | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Chair 12 | Central Gwinnett (v) | Lawrenceville, Georgia | |
| Chair 13 | Shades Valley (v) | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Chair 14 | E.W. Grove (v) | Paris, Tennessee | |
| Chair 15 | Cohn (v) | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 16 | Clarkston (v) | Clarkston, Georgia | |
| Chair 17 | Jonesboro (v) | Jonesboro, Georgia | |
| Chair 18 | Science Hill (v) | Johnson City, Tennessee | |
| Chair 19 | Unicoi County (v) | Erwin, Alabama | |
| Chair 20 | Indian Springs | Helena, Alabama | |
| Chair 21 | Woodlawn (v) | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Chair 22 | Central (v) | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 23 | Sylacauga (v) | Sylacauga, Alabama | |
| Chair 24 | Gainesville (v) | Gainesville, Georgia | |
| Chair 25 | McCallie (v) | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Chair 26 | Calhoun | Calhoun, Georgia | |
| Chair 27 | Westminster Schools | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 28 | Sewanee Military Academy (v) | Sewanee, Tennessee | |
| Chair 29 | Putnam County (v) | Eatonton, Georgia | |
| Chair 30 | Spring Valley (v) | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| 1964 | Chair 31 | Hunter’s Lane (Madison) (v) | Madison, Tennessee |
| Chair 32 | Baker (v) | Columbus, Georgia | |
| 1965 | Chair 33 | Commerce (v) | Commerce, Georgia |
| Chair 34 | Chamblee (v) | Chamblee, Georgia | |
| Chair 35 | High Point Central (v) | High Point, North Carolina | |
| Chair 36 | W.P. Davidson (v) | Mobile, Alabama | |
| Chair 37 | Mary Persons (v) | Forsyth, Georgia | |
| 1966 | Chair 38 | John Overton (v) | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Chair 39 | Asheville (Lee H. Edwards) (v) | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| Chair 40 | Avondale (v) | Avondale Estates, Georgia | |
| 1967 | Chair 41 | Dalton (v) | Dalton, Georgia |
| 1968 | Chair 42 | Coral Gables (v) | Coral Gables, Florida |
| Chair 43 | Clarke Central (v) | Athens, Georgia | |
| Chair 44 | McGill Institute (v) | Mobile, Alabama | |
| 1969 | Chair 45 | Marquette UHS (v) | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Chair 46 | Enterprise (v) | Enterprise, Alabama | |
| Chair 47 | Central Catholic | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Chair 48 | Lakeside (v) | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 49 | Bluefield (v) | Bluefield, West Virginia | |
| Chair 50 | North Springs (v) | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 1970 | Chair 51 | Northside (v) | Warner Robins, Georgia |
| Chair 52 | Frayser (v) | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Chair 53 | St. Brendan (v) | Brooklyn, New York | |
| Chair 54 | Bishop McDevitt (v) | Wyncote, Pennsylvania | |
| 1971 | Chair 55 | R.J. Reynolds (v) | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Chair 56 | Wheaton (v) | Wheaton, Maryland | |
| 1972 | Chair 57 | T. Wingate Andrews (v) | High Point, North Carolina |
| Chair 58 | Boston College HS (v) | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Chair 59 | Miami Beach (v) | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Chair 60 | Ursuline Academy (v) | Bethesda, Maryland | |
| 1973 | Chair 61 | Baldwin (v) | Milledgeville, Georgia |
| Chair 62 | Bronx Science | Bronx, New York | |
| Chair 63 | Peachtree (v) | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 64 | West Springfield (v) | Springfield, Virginia | |
| Chair 65 | Whitmer (v) | Toledo, Ohio | |
| 1974 | Chair 66 | Dallas-Jesuit | Dallas, Texas |
| Chair 67 | Lakeland (v) | Shrub Oak, New York | |
| Chair 68 | Pace Academy | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 69 | Upper Arlington (v) | Columbus, Ohio | |
| 1975 | Chair 70 | Bremen (v) | Bremen, Georgia |
| Chair 71 | Grissom (v) | ||
| Chair 72 | Paducah-Tilghman (v) | Paducah, Kentucky | |
| Chair 73 | Princeton (v) | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Chair 74 | Walter Panas (v) | Peekskill, New York | |
| 1976 | Chair 75 | Heritage Hall (v) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Chair 76 | Norland (v) | Miami, Florida | |
| Chair 77 | North Miami Beach | North Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Chair 78 | Nova | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Chair 79 | St. Frances de Sales (v) | Toledo, Ohio | |
| 1977 | Chair 80 | Chillicothe (v) | Chillicothe, Ohio |
| Chair 81 | Charles Henderson (v) | Troy, Alabama | |
| Chair 82 | La Rue County | LaRue, Kentucky | |
| Chair 83 | Mars Hill (v) | Mars Hill, Alabama | |
| Chair 84 | Oviedo (v) | Orlando, Florida | |
| 1978 | Chair 85 | Jesuit (v) | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Chair 86 | Myers Park | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Chair 87 | Rockland (v) | Rockland, Massachusetts | |
| 1979 | Chair 88 | Centerville (v) | Centerville, Ohio |
| Chair 89 | Firestone (v) | Firestone, Ohio | |
| Chair 90 | Glenbrook North | Northbrook, Illinois | |
| Chair 91 | Glenbrook South | Glenview, Illinois | |
| Chair 92 | Marysville (v) | Marysville, Ohio | |
| Chair 93 | Newark Academy (v) | South Orange, New Jersey | |
| Chair 94 | Parkview (v) | Lilburn, Georgia | |
| Chair 95 | Palm Beach (Twin) Lakes (v) | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Chair 96 | Vero Beach (v) | Vero Beach, Florida | |
| 1980 | Chair 97 | Kinkaid | Houston, Texas |
| Chair 98 | Savannah Country Day (v) | Savannah, Georgia | |
| Chair 99 | Terry Parker (v) | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| 1981 | Chair 100 | Winston Churchill | San Antonio, Texas |
| Chair 101 | LaSalle | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Chair 102 | Isidore Newman | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Chair 103 | Pine Crest | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Chair 104 | Pius XI (v) | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Chair 105 | Selma (v) | Selma, Alabama | |
| 1982 | Chair 106 | Irmo (v) | Irmo, South Carolina |
| 1983 | Chair 107 | Putnam City (v) | Putnam City, Oklahoma |
| Chair 108 | Valley | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| 1984 | Chair 109 | Americus (v) | Americus, Georgia |
| Chair 110 | Caddo Magnet | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Chair 111 | Cathedral Prep (v) | Erie, Pennsylvania | |
| Chair 112 | Detroit-Catholic Central (v) | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Chair 113 | Palmetto (v) | Miami, Florida | |
| 1985 | Chair 114 | Hendrick Hudson | New York, New York |
| Chair 115 | Hillsboro (v) | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 116 | Lexington | Lexington, Massachusetts | |
| Chair 117 | St. Mark’s | Dallas, Texas | |
| 1986 | Chair 118 | Great Bridge (v) | Chesapeake, Virginia |
| Chair 119 | Homewood (v) | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Chair 120 | Mauldin | Mauldin, South Carolina | |
| Chair 121 | Southridge (v) | Miami, Florida | |
| Chair 122 | Stuyvesant | New York, New York | |
| Chair 123 | George Washington (v) | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |
| 1987 | Chair 124 | Greenhill | Dallas, Texas |
| Chair 125 | Loyola Academy (v) | Wilmette, Illinois | |
| Chair 126 | Manchester (v) | Manchester, Massachusetts | |
| 1988 | Chair 127 | Edgemont | Scarsdale, New York |
| 1989 | Chair 128 | Carrollton | |
| Chair 129 | Mountain Brook | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Chair 130 | Oak Park-River Forest (v) | Oak Park, Illinois | |
| Chair 131 | Prince Edward (Fuqua) (v) | Farmville, Virginia | |
| Chair 132 | Regis | New York, New York | |
| Chair 133 | Vestavia | Vestavia Hills, Alabama | |
| 1990 | Chair 134 | Athens College (v) | Athens, Greece |
| Chair 135 | Bishop O’Dea (v) | Seattle, Washington | |
| Chair 136 | Henry Clay (v) | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Chair 137 | Newark Science | Newark, New Jersey | |
| 1991 | Chair 138 | Enloe (v) | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Chair 139 | Hume Fogg (v) | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 140 | Jesuit (v) | Tampa, Florida | |
| Chair 141 | Monticello | Monticello, New York | |
| Chair 142 | Thomas Jefferson | Alexandria, Virginia | |
| Chair 143 | Westside (v) | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| 1992 | Chair 144 | Head Royce (v) | Oakland, California |
| Chair 145 | New Trier | Winnetka, Illinois | |
| Chair 146 | Providence (v) | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Chair 147 | Wheaton North (v) | Wheaton, Illinois | |
| 1993 | Chair 148 | Albuquerque Academy (v) | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Chair 149 | Brookwood (v) | Snellville, Georgia | |
| Chair 150 | Decatur (v) | Decatur, Alabama | |
| Chair 151 | St. James School | Montgomery, Alabama | |
| 1994 | Chair 152 | Charlotte Latin School | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Chair 153 | Martin Luther King (v) | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chair 154 | Shenendehowa (v) | Clifton Park, New York | |
| Chair 155 | Wellington | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| 1995 | Chair 156 | Bellaire | Bellaire, Texas |
| Chair 157 | Buchholz (v) | Gainesville, Florida | |
| Chair 158 | Collegiate School | New York, New York | |
| Chair 159 | MacArthur (v) | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Chair 160 | T.A. Edison (v) | Alexandria, Virginia | |
| 1996 | Chair 161 | Georgetown Day | Washington, D.C. |
| Chair 162 | Grapevine | Grapevine, Texas | |
| Chair 163 | Iowa City West | Iowa City, Iowa | |
| Chair 164 | Newburgh Free Academy | Newburgh, New York | |
| Chair 165 | South Plantation (v) | Plantation, Florida | |
| 1998 | Chair 166 | East Grand Rapids (v) | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Chair 167 | Elk Grove (v) | Elk Grove Village, Illinois | |
| Chair 168 | Highland Park | Dallas, Texas | |
| Chair 169 | Memorial | Houston, Texas | |
| Chair 170 | Taylor | Katy, Texas | |
| Chair 171 | University School (NSU University) | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
| 1999 | Chair 172 | El Cerrito (v) | El Cerrito, California |
| Chair 173 | Robert E. Lee (v) | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 2000 | Chair 174 | College Preparatory | Oakland, California |
| Chair 175 | Maine Township East | Park Ridge, Illinois | |
| 2001 | Chair 176 | Auburn Senior (v) | Auburn, Washington |
| Chair 177 | Bergenfield (v) | Bergenfield, New Jersey | |
| Chair 178 | Christopher Columbus | Miami, Florida | |
| Chair 179 | Ft. Lauderdale | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Chair 180 | Hunter College | New York, New York | |
| Chair 181 | Millard West (v) | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Chair 182 | Milton | Alpharetta, Georgia | |
| Chair 183 | Trinity Preparatory School | Winter Park, Florida | |
| Chair 184 | Westwood (v) | Austin, Texas | |
| 2002 | Chair 185 | Benjamin E. Mays | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Chair 186 | James Logan (v) | Union City, California | |
| Chair 187 | Leland (v) | San Jose, California | |
| 2003 | Chair 188 | Brentwood Academy | Brentwood, Tennessee |
| Chair 189 | Chattahoochee High School | Alpharetta, Georgia | |
| Chair 190 | Dupont Manual | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Chair 191 | Grady High School | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Chair 192 | Harker Upper School | San Jose, California | |
| Chair 193 | Holy Ghost Preparatory | Bensalem, Pennsylvania | |
| Chair 194 | St. Andrews Episcopal | Ridgeland, Mississippi | |
| Chair 195 | Tampa Preparatory (v) | Tampa, Florida | |
| 2004 | Chair 196 | Apple Valley | Apple Valley, MN |
| Chair 197 | Colleyville Heritage | Colleyville, TX | |
| Chair 198 | Morristown West | Morristown, TN | |
| Chair 199 | Pennsbury | Fairless Hills, PA | |
| 2005 | Chair 200 | Celebration (v) | Celebration, FL |
| Chair 201 | Clear Lake (v) | Houston, TX | |
| Chair 202 | Niceville | Niceville, FL | |
| 2006 | Chair 203 | Carrollton Sch. of the Sacred Heart | Miami, FL |
| Chair 204 | Dulles High School (v) | Sugar Land, TX | |
| Chair 205 | Lake Highland Preparatory | Orlando, FL | |
| Chair 206 | Royal Palm Beach High School | Royal Palm Beach, FL | |
| Chair 207 | The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL | |
| 2007 | Chair 208 | Bishop Guertin High School (v) | Nashua, NH |
| Chair 209 | Gulliver Preparatory | Miami, FL | |
| Chair 210 | Lynbrook High School (v) | San Jose, CA | |
| Chair 211 | Oak Mountain High School (v) | Birmingham, AL | |
| Chair 212 | Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY | |
| Chair 213 | Southern Lehigh High School (v) | Center Valley, PA | |
| 2008 | Chair 214 | Danville High School | Danville, KY |
| Chair 215 | Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Chair 216 | Hockaday School (v) | Dallas, TX | |
| Chair 217 | Marjory Stoneman Douglas (v) | Parkland, FL | |
| Chair 218 | Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL | |
| 2009 | Chair 219 | Academic Magnet (v) | North Charleston, SC |
| Chair 220 | Ashland (v) | Ashland, OR | |
| Chair 221 | Collierville | Collierville, TN | |
| Chair 222 | Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| Chair 223 | Oak Grove | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| Chair 224 | Strake Jesuit College | Houston, TX | |
| Chair 225 | Suncoast | Riviera Beach, FL | |
| Chair 226 | Whitney M. Young Magnet (v) | Chicago, IL | |
| 2010 | Chair 227 | Rowan County Senior (v) | Morehead, KY |
| Chair 228 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | |
| Chair 229 | Southside School of Inter. Studies | Greenville, SC | |
| Chair 230 | University High School (v) | Newark, NJ | |
| Chair 231 | Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD | |
| 2011 | Chair 232 | American Heritage at Boca Delray | Delray Beach, FL |
| Chair 233 | American Heritage at Plantation | Plantation, FL | |
| Chair 234 | The Beacon School (v) | New York, NY | |
| Chair 235 | Southlake Carroll Senior High | Southlake, TX | |
| 2012 | Chair 236 | Delbarton School | Morristown, NJ |
| Chair 237 | Dunwoody High School | Dunwoody, GA | |
| Chair 238 | Stratford Academy | Macon, GA | |
| Chair 239 | Western High School | Davie, FL | |
| 2013 | Chair 240 | The Blake School | Minneapolis, MN |
| Chair 241 | Alpharetta High School | Alpharetta, GA | |
| Chair 242 | Baltimore City College | Baltimore, MD | |
| Chair 243 | Centennial High School | Ellicott City, MD | |
| Chair 244 | Cypress Bay | Weston, FL | |
| 2014 | Chair 245 | Ardrey Kell High School | Charlotte, NC |
| Chair 246 | Hawken School | Gates Mill, OH | |
| Chair 247 | Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | |
| 2015 | Chair 248 | Holy Cross School | New Orleans, LA |
| Chair 249 | Jefferson County High School | Dandridge, TN | |
| Chair 250 | Marist School | Atlanta, GA | |
| Chair 251 | McDonogh School | Owings Mill, MD | |
| Chair 252 | Niles West High School | Skokie, IL | |
| Chair 253 | Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA | |
| Chair 254 | Riverside High School | Greer, SC | |
| 2016 | Chair 255 | Boca Raton Community High School | Boca Raton, FL |
| Chair 256 | Brentwood High School | Brentwood, TN | |
| Chair 257 | East Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| Chair 258 | G. Holmes Braddock High School | Miami, FL | |
| Chair 259 | Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami, FL | |
| 2017 | Chair 260 | Charlotte Catholic High School | Charlotte, NC |
| Chair 261 | Harvard-Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chair 262 | Oxbridge Acad. of the Palm Beaches | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Chair 263 | Pinecrest (v) | Southern Pines, NC | |
| 2018 | Chair 264 | Charles W. Flanagan | Pembroke Pines, FL |
| Chair 265 | Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ | |
| Chair 266 | Poly Prep Country Day | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Chair 267 | Sacred Heart Catholic School | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| Chair 268 | Seven Lakes High School | Katy, TX | |
| 2019 | Chair 269 | Achievement First Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY |
| Chair 270 | Berkeley Carroll | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Chair 271 | Ovey Comeaux High School | Lafayette, LA | |
| Chair 272 | Durham Academy | Durham, NC | |
| Chair 273 | Laurel Christian School | Laurel, MS | |
| Chair 274 | Niles North High School | Skokie, IL | |
| Chair 275 | North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek, FL | |
| Chair 276 | Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX | |
| Chair 277 | Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA | |
| Chair 278 | Success Academy High School | New York, NY | |
| 2020 | Chair 279 | Adlai E. Stevenson | Lincolnshire, IL |
| Chair 280 | Evanston Township | Evanston, IL | |
| Chair 281 | FAU High School | Boca Raton, FL | |
| Chair 282 | Greenville Technical Charter | Greenville, SC | |
| Chair 283 | J. Frank Dobie | Houston, TX | |
| Chair 284 | Little Rock Central | Little Rock, AR | |
| Chair 285 | Madison Central | Madison, MS | |
| Chair 286 | North Mecklenburg | Huntersville, NC | |
| Chair 287 | Pine View | Osprey, FL | |
| Chair 288 | The Quarry Lane School | Dublin, CA | |
| Chair 289 | Unionville | Kennett Square, PA | |
| Chair 290 | West Broward | Pembroke Pines, FL | |
| Chair 291 | White House | White House, TN | |
| 2021 | Chair 292 | Coppell High School | Coppell, TX |
| Chair 138 | William G. Enloe (reinstated) | Raleigh, NC | |
| Chair 293 | Milton Academy | Milton, MA | |
| Chair 294 | Richard Montgomery | Rockville, MD | |
| 2022 | Chair 295 | Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy | Austin, TX |
| 2023 | Chair 296 | Harrison High School | Harrison, NY |
| Chair 297 | Immaculate Heart High School | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chair 298 | Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA | |
| Chair 299 | The Village High School | Houston, TX | |
| Chair 300 | Westlake High School | Austin, TX | |
| Chair 301 | Westwood High School | Austin, TX | |
| 2024 | Chair 302 | CR North | Newtown, PA |
| Chair 303 | Jordan High School | Fulshear, TX | |
| Chair 304 | Plano West | Plano, TX |