Improv Sucks

So today was the first day for ceremonial speeches in speech class. At the beginning of the semester we were given the name of a random classmate and at the end of the semester we're supposed to give a ceremonial speech that presents an award to that random person. Then the person who gets called up has to improvise an impromptu acceptance speech. I intentionally set myself to go second on all the speech dates so I could use all the students who went first as reference, so my turn to give a speech isn't until Thursday. Unfortunately for me, I was given an award TODAY and I didn't know what to say!!! I was supposed to give a 60 second acceptance speech, and it sounded super easy at first, but once I got up there I swear everything in my mind went blank. It's usually pretty easy for me to talk, but when it comes to improvising on the spot, I crumble. Literally. The second person to go up today was going off about his "High-Spirits" award, and I wasn't really paying super close attention, but then once he started listing that his particular person had done all the things that I had done, I thought "OH SHIT" and immediately started trying to think of things to say. Unfortunately, the guy's speech ran short so I was up front and center almost instantly. When I got up there I blew off the usual, "I would like to thank my parents and the guy who gave this to me blah blah blah" That covered about 15 seconds... Then I looked at the floor and subconsciously let out a big "UUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH" and randomly said, "...and my friends and family..." but then I thought, 'Wait.. I already said my parents... whatever.." Everyone was chuckling knowing that I didn't know what to say, I tried to play along the best I could, but I couldn't think of anything to say! After that I looked up , bit my lip and said, "uuuhh.. YEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH...................... THANKS!" and sat down... Hopefully 5 points doesn't impact my grade... I hope I at least got a 1 on it..