Speech Team Wins National Forensic Contest
April 23, 2019
They have done it again. This week, Bradley University Speech Team won the National Forensic Association (NFA) contest held in California.
This championship brings Bradley's total to 42 team national championships and 160 individual national titles. The top five teams at NFA were 5) 298.5 -- Northwestern, 4) 410.5 -- Ball State, 3) 736 -- UT-Austin , 2) 782.5 -- Western Kentucky and 1) 863 -- Bradley University.
According to the Associated Press, the Bradley Speech Team is the most successful collegiate forensics program in the country as well as the most successful collegiate team in any capacity, including sports. The Chicago Sun-Times calls the team "an intercollegiate legacy with more championship team titles than the Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, UCLA, and Indiana basketball teams combined."
The University will be celebrating the team's national win on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the Caterpillar Global Communications Center on campus. The community and the media are invited to attend.
Learn more about the program's history.
Here are the individual team member awards:
This championship brings Bradley's total to 42 team national championships and 160 individual national titles. The top five teams at NFA were 5) 298.5 -- Northwestern, 4) 410.5 -- Ball State, 3) 736 -- UT-Austin , 2) 782.5 -- Western Kentucky and 1) 863 -- Bradley University.
According to the Associated Press, the Bradley Speech Team is the most successful collegiate forensics program in the country as well as the most successful collegiate team in any capacity, including sports. The Chicago Sun-Times calls the team "an intercollegiate legacy with more championship team titles than the Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, UCLA, and Indiana basketball teams combined."
The University will be celebrating the team's national win on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the Caterpillar Global Communications Center on campus. The community and the media are invited to attend.
Learn more about the program's history.
Here are the individual team member awards:
Joshua | Beckles | 1st in Duo Interpretation (with Trijae Johnson); 2nd in Duo Interpretation (with Cassie Edlund); 4th in Poetry Interpretation | Political Science | Sophomore |
Cassie | Edlund | 4th in Individual Sweepstakes; 2nd in Duo Interpretation (with Joshua Beckles) | Community Wellness | Junior |
Jack | Ellis | 6th in After Dinner Speaking; 12th in Individual Sweepstakes; | Management and Leadership | Sennior |
Melissa | Fuentes | 13th in Individual Sweepstakes; 3rd in Impromptu Speaking | Political Science | Junior |
Brenna | Fuhr | 8th in Individual Sweepstakes; 4th in Persuasive Speaking | Creative Writing | Senior |
Trijae | Johnson | 1st in Program Oral Interpretation; and 1st in Duo Interpretation (with Joshua Beckles); 3rd in Poetry Interpretation; 6th in Dramatic Interpretation | Public Relations | Junior |
Megan | Magee | 3rd in Individual Sweepstakes; 4th in Program Oral Interpretation; 5th in Poetry Interpretation; 3rd in Prose Interpretation | Television Arts | Senior |
Emily | Trader | 3rd in Persuasive Speaking; 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation | World Languages and Cultures |
Sophomore |
The following students also competed at the NFA event:
Natalie | Aiken | COM - Public Relations | Junior |
Jessica | Archambeau | Political Science | First-year |
Laura | Belec | Political Science | Junior |
Chelsea | Cabanada | Psychology | Junior |
Shaun | Cesario | Mathematics | Junior |
Thomas | Duerr | Marketing | Sophomore |
Alexandra | Fosburgh | Political Science | First-year |
Matt | Friedhoff | Senior | |
Rachel | Greene | Graphic Design | Sophomore |
Lance | Heffner | English | Junior |
Greg | Huber | Human Resource Management | Senior |
Carly | Huff | Political Science | Sophomore |
Matthew | Johnson | Organizational Communication | Junior |
Alexis | Johnson | Studio Art - Drawing | First-year |
Jordan | Killion | Actuarial Science - Business | Sophomore |
Jahne | Manifold | Chemistry | First-year |
John | Marsh | Advertising | First-year |
Haleemah | Na'Allah | Political Science | Sophomore |
Tasneem | Naffakh | Accounting | Sophomore |
Ryan | O'Connor | Chemistry | First-year |
Alejandro | Perez | Organizational Communication | Junior |
Lily | Pieper | Literary Studies | First-year |
Kyle | Powers | Senior | |
Jacob | Quirk | Organizational Communication | Junior |
Jacob | Sanders | Organizational Communication | Junior |
Connor | Sears | Political Science | First-year |
Bobby | Smid | Psychology | First-year |
Caroline | Todd | Journalism | Sophomore |
Danielle | Watson | Pre-Business | First-year |
Daniel | Zawadzki | International Studies | Sophomore |