Cody Morris, Mt. Pleasant High School Speech and Debate coach, has been awarded the National Speech and Debate Association’s Distinguished Service Key.
Morris earned the Key because of his 20 citations reflecting, according to the Association’s Executive Director J. Scott Wunn, “an outstanding commitment to the service of others” and the betterment of the Speech and Debate community.
Bruno E. Jacob, founder of the National Speech and Debate Association, initiated the Distinguished Service Key in 1925. Since that time only 363 coaches have earned this honor.
“Cody joined the district in the fall of 2013,” said Dr. Judi Saxton, MPISD’s Director of Communication. “Since that time he has revitalized the high school debate program. He even recruited two seventh graders to participate in the program, with great success. He is certainly deserving of this honor.”
Pictured: Cody Morris