The Tall Cotton District - National Speech and Debate Association district is huge. It includes 1A through 6A and private schools spanning from San Angelo and Abilene in the east to Odessa/Midland in the south and all the way to the top of the panhandle. It includes about a thousand high school competitors.
On Saturday, February 22, 2025 at the district tournament, Drew Lockhart, of Sudan High School, was awarded the NSDA Tall Cotton 2024-25 Student of the Year Award. Drew received this award to a thunderous applause in the 3,000 seat Monterey High School Auditorium.
Congratulations Drew. It’s good to be a well-spoken Hornet.