2026 Gorlok Gala --- Top 50% Novice IPDA Speaker Awards
| # | School | Speaker | High Low Points | Total Points | Two High Low Points | Z Score | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowder College | Seth Russell | 115 | 191 | 38 | 197.56 | 6 |
| 2 | Southwest Baptist University | Ethan Beary | 113 | 186 | 38 | 168.72 | 8 |
| 3 | McKendree University | Dawid Boles | 113 | 185 | 38 | 182.11 | 7 |
| 4 | Simpson College | Henry Godar | 112 | 188 | 36 | 183 | 7 |
| 5 | McKendree University | El Gray | 112 | 185 | 37 | 177.22 | 7 |
| 6 | Newberry College | Wilfredo Lopez-Perez | 112 | 182 | 38 | 165.63 | 7 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | Turner Day | 112 | 174 | 38 | 185.72 | 6 |
| 8 | Simpson College | Dillon Sullivan | 111 | 186 | 37 | 193.09 | 6 |
| 9 | Murray State University | Coleton Boyd | 111 | 174 | 39 | 192.84 | 6 |
| 10 | Newberry College | Riley Lobash | 110 | 184 | 36 | 170.34 | 8 |
| 11 | Newberry College | Ashley Peterson | 109 | 184 | 36 | 170.71 | 8 |
| 12 | Southwest Baptist University | Hunter Whitecotton | 109 | 168 | 37 | 162.38 | 9 |
| 13 | The University of Central Missouri | Charlie Vitale | 108 | 173 | 36 | 188.39 | 7 |
| 14 | Sterling College | Bailey Allen | 107 | 176 | 35 | 176.01 | 7 |
| 15 | Lafayette College | Alexis Mellett | 107 | 170 | 36 | 179.31 | 5 |
| 16 | Simpson College | Selena Constanza-Chavez (she/her) | 106 | 180 | 35 | 177.55 | 7 |