The 2020 state high school oral interpretation festival took place virtually this past week, with participants submitting their performances online. Here are all of the superior award recipients from the event.
Team Excellence Awards
| Class | School | Coach(es) | # of Superior Entries |
| AA | Brandon Valley | Gina Koehn | 6 |
| AA | Brookings | Carrie Oorlog | 4 |
| AA | O'Gorman | Teresa Fester | 7 |
| AA | Sioux Falls Roosevelt | Virginia Colgan | 5 |
| AA | Sioux Falls Washington | Michelle McIntyre | 5 |
| AA | Watertown | Michael Jacobsen | 4 |
| A | Aberdeen Roncalli | Cherie Shishnia | 2 |
| A | Flandreau | Kristi Fischer | 4 |
| A | Lennox | Michael Larson | 4 |
| A | Madison | Matt Groce | 4 |
| A | Milbank | Natasha Karels | 4 |
| A | Miller | Kristina Luczak | 3 |
| A | Rapid City Christian | Sue Larson | 2 |
| A | Sioux Falls Christian | Alecia Juelfs | 4 |
| A | Sioux Valley | Cheryl Honomichl | 6 |
| A | St. Thomas More | Anthony Flores | 2 |
| A | Wagner | Mieke Slaba | 2 |
| A | West Central | Kim Schmidt/Cindy Schumacher | 4 |
| B | Arlington | Tammy Holzer | 2 |
| B | Avon | Sara Hento | 2 |
| B | Britton-Hecla | Christina Bosse | 3 |
| B | Chester Area | Christina Moyer | 2 |
| B | Colman-Egan | Haley Zacharias | 3 |
| B | De Smet | Jennifer Rudebusch | 4 |
| B | Deubrook Area | Susan Kranz | 2 |
| B | Faulkton Area | Holly Demery | 2 |
| B | Freeman Academy | Michelle Fink | 5 |
| B | Great Plains Lutheran | Eric Martens | 5 |
| B | Gregory | Ronda Graber | 3 |
| B | James Valley Christian | Jill Mendel | 3 |
| B | Mitchell Christian | Jill Nydam | 3 |
| B | Wilmot | Danielle DeGreef | 2 |
Individual Superior Award Recipients
| Class AA Humorous Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Harrisburg | Ryan Corcoran |
| Watertown | Noelle Dunn |
| Brookings | Joseph Cassady |
| O'Gorman | Chancellor Haber |
| Brandon Valley | Katherine Watkins |
| Sioux Falls Roosevelt | Gracelyn Johnson |
| Class AA Poetry Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Yankton | Anna Carda |
| Rapid City Stevens | Melinda Darnell |
| Sturgis Brown | Carlie Johnson |
| Sioux Falls Roosevelt | Angeth Mayen |
| Brandon Valley | Ellen Joseph |
| Sioux Falls Washington | Rahele Megosha |
| O'Gorman | Sanjana Chandran |
| Class AA Duet Interpretation | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Sioux Falls Roosevelt 2 | Laina Juergens, Hailey Tarnowski |
| Sioux Falls Washington 2 | Sage Clark, Duyen Nguyen |
| Watertown 2 | Erin Hertel, Gerrit VonEye |
| O'Gorman 2 | Samantha Staehling, Jenna Stein |
| Class AA Readers Theatre | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Watertown 6 | Noelle Dunn, Carter Canfield, Erin Hertel, Gerrit VonEye, Megan Outland, Andrew Dalke |
| Brandon Valley 6 | Ellen Joseph, Rachael Spencer, Tara Rolph, Izzie Stone, Jack Murray, Ian Candy |
| Harrisburg 5 | Angelo Ceretto, Ryan Corcoran, Parker Fitzgerald, Logan Hammer, Eli Schipper, |
| O'Gorman 4 | Maria Evans, Katie Lewison, Suzanna Sejnoha, McCabe Wenande, , |
| Class AA Storytelling | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Watertown | Brittany Briggs |
| Brookings | Olivia Anderson |
| Sioux Falls Washington | Rahele Megosha |
| Brandon Valley | Tara Rolph |
| O'Gorman | Sanjana Chandran |
| Class AA Non-Original Oratory | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Brookings | Tyler Livermont |
| Sioux Falls Roosevelt | Tiffany Kruse |
| Brandon Valley | Grace Lamberty |
| Sioux Falls Washington | Jack Hinrichs |
| O'Gorman | Lyla Mattu |
| Class AA Serious Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Pierre T.F. Riggs | Levi McKinley |
| Brookings | Grace Davis |
| Harrisburg | Ryan Corcoran |
| Mitchell | Isabella Lambert |
| Aberdeen Central | Sadie Raap |
| Sioux Falls Roosevelt | Tiffany Kruse |
| Sioux Falls Lincoln | Isaac Smith |
| Sioux Falls Washington | Meara McIntyre |
| Brandon Valley | Ellen Joseph |
| O'Gorman | McCabe Wenande |
| Class A Humorous Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| McLaughlin | Victoria Sanquist |
| Madison | Hannah Aldridge |
| Milbank | Jacquie Wold |
| Lennox | Xavier Larson |
| Vermillion | Suki Ford |
| Sioux Valley | Brayden Squires |
| West Central | Emily Hofer |
| Class A Non-Original Oratory | |
| School | Student(s) |
| St. Thomas More | Charli Stamper |
| Miller | Sara Jessen |
| Lennox | Kaylee Bosma |
| Madison | Kate Comes |
| Milbank | Peyten Wiese |
| Sioux Falls Christian | Grace Leonard |
| Rapid City Christian | Alli Causey |
| Sioux Valley | Meaghan Steege |
| Class A Readers Theatre | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Rapid City Christian 4 | Katrina Gilson, Alli Causey, Broc Kilber, Jonathan Dobbs, , |
| Elk Point-Jefferson 4 | Abigael Olson, Jacob Peirce, Anne Quam, Caleb Niles, , |
| Flandreau 5 | Brooklyn Roozen, James Drietz, Lyla Thompson, Liam Streitz, Austin Kulm, |
| West Central 5 | Emily Hofer, Kendra Johnson, Audree Prostollo, Blake Stark, Connor Matthies, |
| Sioux Valley 6 | Faith Lembcke, Kyan Overbo, Cassie Richarz, Hudsyn Ruesink, Brayden Squires, Julia Steffensen |
| Class A Duet Interpretation | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Milbank 2 | Hailey Hupke, Peyten Wiese |
| Madison 2 | Sydney Beznek, Morgan Callies |
| Miller 2 | Sara Jessen, Aaron Castonguay |
| Sioux Valley 2 | Haylee Bohnet, Devin Thielen |
| Class A Storytelling | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Aberdeen Roncalli | Madison Ritter |
| Little Wound | Antonio Rojas |
| Sioux Falls Christian | Ellie Lems |
| Flandreau | Liam Streitz |
| Milbank | Hailey Hupke |
| Class A Poetry Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Wagner | Jennifer Barnett |
| West Central | Keira Heider |
| Lennox | Xavier Larson |
| Bon Homme | Elijah Eastman |
| Flandreau | Austin Kulm |
| Sioux Valley | Cassie Richarz |
| Sioux Falls Christian | Paige Hoffman |
| Madison | Lillie Tolley |
| Class A Serious Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Miller | Aaron Castonguay |
| Sioux Valley | Haylee Bohnet |
| Aberdeen Roncalli | Elizabeth Russell |
| Flandreau | Brooklyn Roozen |
| Redfield | Breanna Roth |
| St. Thomas More | Malia Flores |
| West Central | Kendra Johnson |
| Stanley County | Mia Fernandez |
| Wagner | Kallen Kafka |
| Lennox | Andrew Calhoon |
| Custer | Timothy Johnson |
| Sioux Falls Christian | Grace Leonard |
| Class B Readers Theatre | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Scotland | Makayla Friederich, Nora Winckler, Joslyn Walloch, , , |
| Great Plains Lutheran | Lydia Kratz, Norah Kratz, Bailey Wolff, , , |
| De Smet | Aria Gruenhagen, Willem Lim, Matthew Rusche, Carly Wiese, , |
| James Valley Christian | Julia Blom, Jordyn Cutshaw, McKenzie Hofer, Seth Mendel, Melissa Thompson, |
| Colman-Egan | Amanda Lee, Karisma Rennich, Faith Taggart, Daniela Lee, , |
| Freeman Academy | Ben Anderson, Tyler Brockmueller, Gabe Miller, , , |
| Class B Duet Interpretation | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Wilmot | Madison Hulscher, Hailey Madsen |
| Gregory | Keeley Klein, Christian Spann |
| Henry | Collin Fuller, Chase Kelly |
| Mitchell Christian | Nathanael Anderberg, Maggie Reynen |
| Arlington | Caden Letsche, Grace Parry |
| Avon | Reese Powers, Makayla Kopp |
| Great Plains Lutheran | Lydia Kratz, Norah Kratz |
| Chester Area | Raegan Hoff, Emily Brown |
| Class B Storytelling | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Corsica-Stickney | Jacob Woerner |
| Castlewood | Jakeb Hunter |
| De Smet | Aria Gruenhagen |
| Freeman Academy | Alyssa Fink |
| Great Plains Lutheran | Maria Gabel |
| Avon | Sarah Swier |
| James Valley Christian | McKenzie Hofer |
| Class B Humorous Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Chester Area | Hannah Nelson |
| Gregory | Samantha Timanus |
| Deubrook Area | Ava Leen |
| Mitchell Christian | Nathanael Anderberg |
| Britton-Hecla | William Schuller |
| Mt. Vernon | Christa Glanzer |
| Wilmot | Madison Hulscher |
| Great Plains Lutheran | Norah Kratz |
| Class B Non-Original Oratory | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Kimball | Hannah Havlik |
| Oldham-Ramona | Kylee Misar |
| Deubrook Area | Rudy Gallegos |
| Irene-Wakonda | Isabell Sees |
| Britton-Hecla | Regan Ringkob |
| Mitchell Christian | Jocelyn Baas |
| De Smet | Aria Gruenhagen |
| Ethan | Claire Mellegaard |
| Freeman Academy | Samuela Ndongosieme |
| Rosholt | Vanessa Klein |
| Class B Poetry Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Alcester-Hudson | Jade Owings |
| Britton-Hecla | Ashlyn Casey |
| Colman-Egan | Emily Williams |
| Gregory | Kodi Timanus |
| Arlington | Lorena Misar |
| Faulkton Area | Haley Sprenger |
| Freeman Academy | Emberlyn Niemann |
| De Smet | Willem Lim |
| Great Plains Lutheran | Olivia Zanto |
| Class B Serious Reading | |
| School | Student(s) |
| Colman-Egan | Bridgette Baumberger |
| Lemmon | Alyssa Dix |
| Freeman Academy | Laura Ilunga |
| Faulkton Area | Abigail Wittmeier |
| Wolsey-Wessington | Shiara Noyes |
| James Valley Christian | McKenzie Hofer |
