Eastern Zone 2022 Preston Johnson Speech Contest

Conducted March 26 at the Bridge Center on St. Simons Island - Jim Kielt Organizer
Photos by Pam Hamilton

 
   

 

!4 Student Contestants from 8 Rotary Clubs in the Eastern Zone
L to R
: Clint Strickland; Tyson Driggers - Tattnall County HS; Cassidy Smiley - Tattnall County HS; Ali Murphy - Glynn Acad;
Griffin Lee - Glynn Acad; Benjamin Edwards - South Effingham HS; Arthur Kallay - Ware County HS; Rebekah McKinnon - Glynn Acad;
Nathan Hayes - Effingham County HS; Hunter Welch - South Effingham HS; Sonia Bernacki - Effingham County HS; Katelyn Pittman -
Brunswick HS; Kayla Lathan - Woodville-Tompkins Inst; Katerina Lee - Woodville-Thompson Inst.

 
   

 
L-R: Jan Horadan (District Chair for speech contest) Griffin Lee 1st Place, Nathan Hayes 2nd Place,
Ali Murphy 3rd Place, Jim Kielt (Organizer, St. Simons Rotary)
 
  

 SPEECH CONTESTANTS

Last Name First Name School Rotary Club 
Strickland Clint Pinewood Christian Academy Claxton
Edwards Benjamin South Effingham HS Effingham 
Welch Hunter South Effingham HS Effingham 
Bernacki Sonja Effingham County HS Effingham Sunrise
Hayes Nathan Effingham County HS Effingham Sunrise
Smiley Cassidy Tattnall County HS Glennville
Driggers Tyson Tattnall County HS Glennville
Lee Griffin Glynn Academy Golden Isles
Murphy Alexandra (Ali) Glynn Academy Golden Isles
Lee Katerina Woodville-Tompkins Inst Metro Savannah
Lathan Kayla Woodville-Tompkins Inst Metro Savannah
Pittman Katelyn Brunswick HS St. Simons
McKinnon Rebekah Glynn Academy St. Simons
Kallay Arthur Ware County HS Waycross