Forensics Earns Nine New Qualifications to Nationals
Students from Truman’s speech and debate team attended the Missouri Mule Tournament at University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, and earned nine new qualifications to nationals. The team finished second in individual events sweepstakes and overall sweepstakes out of 30 schools.
The individual awards from the competition include:
Debate
• Junior Alicia Stout was awarded eighth speaker and was a quarterfinalist in NFA-LD.
• Sophomore Eli Bartz was an octofinalist in NFA-LD and earned his qualification to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Daniel Nzoiwu was awarded sixth speaker in novice NFA-LD.
Speech
• Senior Maya Krump was the tournament champion in informative speaking and finished third in persuasive speaking where she earned her NFA qualification.
• Junior Ella Schnake was the tournament champion in prose, runner up in impromptu speaking and finished third in dramatic interpretation. She earned an NFA qualification in all three events.
• Junior Megan Ford finished third in after dinner speaking.
• Junior Jillian Humke finished fifth in after dinner speaking and qualified to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Alex Peterson was the tournament champion in after dinner speaking and persuasive speaking.
• Freshman Anna Hans finished seventh in persuasive speaking and earned her qualification to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Briggs Maynor finished sixth in poetry and earned his qualification to NFA nationals.
The individual awards from the competition include:
Debate
• Junior Alicia Stout was awarded eighth speaker and was a quarterfinalist in NFA-LD.
• Sophomore Eli Bartz was an octofinalist in NFA-LD and earned his qualification to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Daniel Nzoiwu was awarded sixth speaker in novice NFA-LD.
Speech
• Senior Maya Krump was the tournament champion in informative speaking and finished third in persuasive speaking where she earned her NFA qualification.
• Junior Ella Schnake was the tournament champion in prose, runner up in impromptu speaking and finished third in dramatic interpretation. She earned an NFA qualification in all three events.
• Junior Megan Ford finished third in after dinner speaking.
• Junior Jillian Humke finished fifth in after dinner speaking and qualified to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Alex Peterson was the tournament champion in after dinner speaking and persuasive speaking.
• Freshman Anna Hans finished seventh in persuasive speaking and earned her qualification to NFA nationals.
• Freshman Briggs Maynor finished sixth in poetry and earned his qualification to NFA nationals.
Also present were freshmen Aiden Breesawitz, Brynna Seim and Jessie Phillips. The speech team will compete next at Bradley University and the debate team will participate in its next tournament at Illinois State University. Any students interested in joining the Forensics Union or alumni interested in judging should contact Ben Davis, director of forensics, at bdavis@truman.edu.
