COACH MARJIE RALPH EARNS NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE SCHOLARSHIP

Payson, Ut – April 5, 2012 

Coach Marjie Jo Ralph a speech and debate coach at Payson High School has been awarded a Coach Workshop Scholarship by the National Forensic League to Whitman College. The scholarship, which covers all fees was awarded competitively to outstanding speech and debate coaches based on applications to the program. Coach Ralph is one of just 66 Coach Workshop Scholarship recipients from across the country.  

NFL's Coach Scholarship Program enables NFL coaches to receive training from the nation’s top speech and debate educators during their summer break. Scholarships are available for all areas of forensics, including public speaking and interpretive events, debate, and congress. For more information about the program, as well as a list of participating speech and debate institutes, please visit http://www.nflonline.org/CoachingResources/CoachWorkshops
About the National Forensic League

The National Forensic League (NFL) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit honorary society whose mission is to promote high school and middle school speech and debate activities as a means to develop a student’s essential life skills and values. More than 112,000 high school and middle school students, representing more than 2,900 schools nationwide, are currently building their communication, leadership, cognitive, and presentational skills as members. Since 1925, more than 1.3 million students have found their voice in the NFL. For more information, visit www.nflonline.org.