[citation needed] The following year Impromptu was made an official OHSSL event.
[citation needed] Following the 2013-2014 season, Impromptu was removed as an OHSSL event.
[citation needed] The OHSSL was founded as the Ohio High School Debating League in fall 1927 by the public speaking division of the English Department of Ohio State University.
The original membership was composed of 25 high schools, entered by the first director, Glenn Ross.
[1] In 1935, Donald Riley became the director of the League, 88 schools in number at that time.