2026 Michigan Speech Coaches, Inc.
Guest of Honor
Ken Weinstein
This year, MSCI honors Ken Weinstein for his dedication, engagement, and service to the speech community.
With a career spanning multiple decades, Ken Weinstein has not only earned a place in Leslie Public Schools history as a forensic coach but also throughout the Michigan speech community at large. After serving for three years as an assistant IE coach, Ken served as the Leslie High School and Middle School Head Coach for 20 years. Over those years, he deeply enjoyed helping students find their voice and develop as performers and public speakers. Coaching students to many levels of success throughout the state. His influence extends far beyond the classroom through his extensive leadership, including a decade as a MIFA IE Committee Representative, six years on the Region 2 Middle School Committee, and two years as the MSCI Class BCD Representative. Always an advocate for young speakers, Ken was honored as the 2019 MSCI Middle School Coach of the Year and reached the pinnacle of professional recognition with his 2020 induction into the MSCI Hall of Fame.
Please join us in honoring Ken Weinstein at the 2026 MSCI Spring Conference on May 15-17, 2026 at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
The Guest of Honor is selected by the President and approved by the Board of Directors for recognition
at the MSCI Spring Conference at Mackinac Island.
at the MSCI Spring Conference at Mackinac Island.
Past Guests of Honor
2025:Debora Marsh, Dexter High School
2024: Theresa Mills, Portage Central High School
(pictured with her Tyler Baas-Peterson)
(pictured with her Tyler Baas-Peterson)
2023: Barb Ebeling, Greenhills School
2020: Dave Bassett, Dakota High School (honored in 2022)
2019: Thomas V. Lietz, Utica High School 
2018: Carole Bennett, Oakland Community College
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2017: Ray Quiel, Eastern Michigan University
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