K-State forensics team continues successful season

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News release prepared by: Sara Shellenberger, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

K-STATE FORENSICS TEAM CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL SEASON

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's forensics team, K-State Speech Unlimited, has started off the new year with several successful tournaments.

On Jan. 14 the team won the Northwest Missouri State University/Doane College Swing in Maryville, Mo. The same weekend, Speech Unlimited sent four students to the largest tournament in the country, at the University of Texas at Austin. The team took fourth place out of more than 40 teams at the tournament, the Hell Froze Over Swing, University of Texas at Austin and Bradley University.

The team earned first place overall Jan. 21 at the Concordia College/Wheaton College Swing in Seward, Neb., which was the 10th tournament the team has won this season.

Currently, 13 students are qualified in 40 events for the American Forensics Association national tournament in April. For more information, visit the team's Web site at http://www.k-state.edu/forensics

Students involved in Speech Unlimited include:

Kevin Keatley, senior in political science, Bazine; Ashley Bechard, sophomore in speech, Beloit; Zac Ralston, junior in speech, Great Bend; Julia Debes, senior in agricultural communications and journalism, and Wayne Stoskopf, freshman in agribusiness, both of Hoisington; Clare Feeley, sophomore in speech, Leawood, first place informative speaking and first place poetry interpretation, Northwest Missouri State University, and first place poetry interpretation, second place informative speaking, third place persuasive speaking and third place individual speaker, Doane College; Sam Neal, junior in education-social studies, Linwood, third place extemporaneous speaking, Northwest Missouri State University, and third place extemporaneous speaking, Doane College.

Rebecca Sullivan, freshman in agricultural communications and journalism, Paola; Victoria O'Brien, freshman in theater, St. George, first place communication analysis and first place dramatic interpretation, Northwest Missouri State University; Kevin Phillips, junior in speech, Spring Hill.

From Topeka: Amanda Hoffman, senior in speech; and James Stanfill, sophomore in pre-professional secondary education, first place impromptu speaking and second place prose interpretation, Doane College.

Alex Dryden, sophomore in theater, Wichita.

From out-of-state:

Jessy Ohl, junior in political science, Denison, Iowa, first place after dinner speaking, second place communication analysis and third place individual speaker, University of Texas at Austin; and first place communication analysis, third place impromptu speaking and third place individual speaker, Bradley University.

Alexandria Serra, senior in kinesiology, Joshua, Texas.