Mallory Belcher is a STOA alumni. She competed in Stoa speech and debate for 5 years. She qualified for NITOC in 2020 but did not attend due to COVID, and attended NITOC in Team Policy debate, Parliamentary debate, and numerous speeches from 2021-2023. She received the Founder’s Award in both 2022 and 2023, and finished 15th nationally in Team Policy debate with her partner, Sophia Weaver. She also was first in the nation in TP speaker for the majority of the 2023 season. Additionally, in 2024, she coached two NITOC qualifying teams from Interritus. Mallory is attending Toccoa Falls College, a small Christian college in north GA, in the Fall. She is pursuing a double major in Communications and Theology, in which she intends to utilize the skills God has given her to influence governmental policy with Christian values.