Jaylen Eashmond

As a high school teacher, mentor, and coach, Jaylen Eashmond understands the importance of education and the power that comes with learning how to use your voice. With over 10 years of teaching, coaching, and competing experience in the speech and debate activity, Mr. Eashmond has gained an abundance of knowledge that has helped him navigate through each facet of competition. He began his career at Hattiesburg High School. After working with illustrious speech and debate coaches like Scott Waldrop, Demond Wilson and Robert Shepard, Mr. Eashmond became the 1st Duo National Champion in the entire state of Mississippi at the National Individual Tournament of Champions (NIETOC). Mr. Eashmond continued his speech and debate career with scholarship to William Carey University in south Mississippi where he has had over 20 national finals and 2 national championships in his short span of competing and coaching.​


Jaylen will be coaching at the following locations and sessions:
Summer Session
Session 2-Fremont
​Session 3 (Speech will be in the AM)-Owl Academy

Fall Session:
Owl Academy- Monday & Wednesday (4:00-6:00 PM)
Radiant Kidz-Monday & Wednesday (6:30-8:30 PM)
Aborn Institute-Tuesday & Thursday (7:00-9:00 PM)

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​Competitive History & Background

• Hattiesburg High School (Hattiesburg, MS 2009-2011)
• National Speech & Debate Association: Purple Distinction
• William Carey University (Hattiesburg, MS 2012-2016)

Competitive History and Honors

• 2 time Qualifier to MS State Tournament (Duo, DI, Prose, and Poetry 2010, 2011)
• 2nd place Duo @ Emory University Barkley Forum Speech and Debate Tournament
• 1st place Duo @ National Individual Tournament of Champions (NIETOC 2011)
• 1st place Poetry @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Webster Uni. 2013)
• 2nd place Duo @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Webster Uni. 2013)
• 3rd place Prose @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (St. Louis 2014)
• 2nd place Duo @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Bowling Green Uni. 2015)
• 4th place POI @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Bowling Green Uni. 2015)
• 3rd place Info @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Kentucky Uni. 2016)
• 2nd place Poetry @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals (Kentucky Uni. 2016)
• 2 time American Forensics Association POI National Finalist (6th place Lewis and Clark Uni. 2015, 6th place Uni. of Florida 2016)
• 1st place Prose @ American Forensics Association National Tournament  (Uni. Of Florida 2016)
• 5th place Poetry @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Uni. of Florida 2016)
• 3rd place Duo @ National Forensics Association National Tournament (Ball State Uni. 2016)
• 4th place Prose @ National Forensics Association National Tournament (Ball State Uni. 2016)
• 2nd Overall speaker @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Uni. Of Florida 2016)

Coaching History

• Speech and Debate Summer instructor Perfect Performance (Kansas City, MO 2014, Hattiesburg High School 2014, Denver, CO 2015)
• Speech and Debate Summer instructor @ George Mason Institute of Forensics (2016)
• Graduate Assistant/Speech Coach @ Illinois State University (Normal, IL 2016)
• Speech and Debate Coach @ William Carey University (Hattiesburg, MS 2014-2017 - 2018)
• Assistant Speech and Debate Coach @ William Carey University (Hattiesburg, MS 2018-2019)

Coaching Highlights

• Designed Selection Material and Co-Coached Duo NSDA National Runner up “Strands” 2015
• 6th place Duo Designed Selection Material and Co-Coached Duo NSDA finalist “The Other Wes Moore” (Birmingham, AL 2017)
• 1st place Duo (along with Reggie Chapman, Cory Williams, and Scott Waldrop) @ NSDA (Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2018) 
• 1st place POI @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Peoria, IL 2017)
• 4th place Poetry @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Peoria, IL 2017)
• 3rd place Poetry @ National Forensics Association National Tournament (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2017)
• 5th place Prose @ National Forensics Association National Tournament (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2017)
• 2nd place POI @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Colorado Springs, CO 2018)
• 4th place POI @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Colorado Springs, CO 2018)
  
• 5th place DUO @ American Forensics Association National Tournament (Colorado Springs, CO 2018)