After a long season of competition, we congratulate the participants and winners at this year’s American Forensic Association National Debate Tournament and National Speech Tournament championships.

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2024 AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION 78^th ANNUAL NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT

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PRE-TOURNAMENT AWARDS

The Laurence H. Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award

John Patrick Dolan

Dean and Founder of the California Desert Trial Academy College of Law

President and CEO, LawTalk MCLE, Inc.

founder and Partner, Dolan Law Offices

The Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service

Sherry Hall

Director, University of Houston Honors Debate Workshop

Assistant Coach, University of Houston Debate

The George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education

Edward Panetta

Emeritus Professor at the University of Georgia

Former Director of the Georgia Debate Union

The Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award

Deven Cooper

Director of Debate, California Statue University at Long Beach

Rex Copeland Award for Best Season-long Performance

Emory Kessler & Rajagopal

TOURNAMENT FINAL PLACES

Final Places

1st                    Phil & Dombcik                       Michigan

2nd                  Soper & Revare                         Kansas KS

SEMIS             Kessler & Rajagopal                 Emory

SEMIS             Gallagher & Hecht                   Emory

QTRS               Mitchell & Piekut                     Emory

QTRS               Park & Marshall                       Kansas

QTRS               Flores & Ortega                         CSU Long Beach

QTRS               Cho & Puerto                           Wake Forest

OCTAS             Di & Griffith                            Kentucky

OCTAS             Bald & Cai                               Dartmouth

OCTAS             Chuang & Deo                         Northwestern

OCTAS             Desai & Kashyap                     Texas

OCTAS             Lawless & Wang                      Georgetown

OCTAS             Zaidi & Zinober                       Georgetown

OCTAS             T. Louis & Choudhury              Binghamton

OCTAS             Babcock & Babcock                 Wichita State

DBLS               Dua & Luckett                         Wake Forest

DBLS               Gusis & Miklovis                     Michigan State

DBLS               Ogbogu & Gines                      Harvard

DBLS               Gao & Shih                              Michigan

DBLS               Cowan & White                         Georgetown

DBLS               Koster & Lewis                         Michigan State

DBLS               Bressler & Mojica                    Wake Forest

DBLS               El-Sharif & Yarlagadda             Pennsylvania

DBLS               Souchet & Stamenkovic Diez    Northwestern

DBLS               Khan & Traxler                         Houston

DBLS               Fleming & Tsan                         UC Berkeley

DBLS               Reichel & Menotti                    UC Berkeley

DBLS               Price & Kochel                         Macalester

 Final Speakers

1          Grace   Kessler             Emory KR                    712.68 652.60

2          Shreyas Rajagopal         Emory KR                    710.51 650.80

3          Kelly    Phil                  Michigan PD                709.54 650.40

4          Jay-Z   Flores               CSU Long Beach OF    709.37 649.50

5          Het       Desai               Texas DK                     708.13 648.40

6          Zidao   Wang               Georgetown LW           708.09 647.50

7          Kieran  Lawless            Georgetown LW           708.08 648.00

8          Graham Revare             Kansas RS                    707.76 648.00

9          William Soper               Kansas RS                    707.67 648.20

10        Arnav  Kashyap           Texas DK                     707.63 648.00

11        Curtis   Ortega              CSU Long Beach OF    707.46 647.90

12        Kumail Zaidi                Georgetown ZZ             707.04 647.00

13        David   Griffith             Kentucky GD               706.88 646.70

14        Henry  Mitchell           Emory MP                    706.54 646.80

15        Oge      Ogbogu          Harvard OG                 705.69 646.70

16        Eli        T. Louis            Binghamton TC            705.56 645.30

17        Ryan    Cavanaugh       Iowa AC                       705.30 646.70

18        John     Marshall           Kansas MP                   705.18 645.60

19        Maya   El-Sharif          Pennsylvania EY          705.06 645.60

20        Bennett Dombcik          Michigan PD                704.83 645.60

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2024 AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION 67^th ANNUAL NATIONAL SPEECH TOURNAMENT

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PRE-TOURNAMENT AWARDS

ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
Cornell University, Margot Treadwell
James Madison University, Lexie Burns
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Eliana Siebe-Walles
Eastern Michigan University, Cedrick Charles
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, A.J. Siegel
University of Akron, Karissa Chin
Hastings College, Ally Banks
Truman State University, Ella Schnake
University of Texas at Austin, Fernando Cereceres
Cornell University, Asha Prabhat
University of Akron, Cecilia Mainzer
James Madison University, Arina Drovetskaya
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Janana Khattack
Hastings College, Citlaly Quiroz
Lewis & Clark College, Syl Knauss
Belmont University, Alisa Gabrielle Osborne

COACHNG AWARDS
Dr. Kelsey Abele (West Texas A&M University) – Carroll & Barbara Hickey Service Award
Brent Mitchell (University of Alabama) – Outstanding New Forensics Coach Award
Cassidy Emmerich (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) – Outstanding New Forensics Coach Award

TEAM SWEEPSTAKES

1	University of Texas at Austin	538
2	George Mason University	356
3	Bradley University	320.5
4	Eastern Michigan University	306.5
5	University of Illinois at Chicago	281
6	Cornell University	262

 

AFTER DINNER SPEAKING FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Casey Buisson	University of Alabama
2	Henry Davenport	Illinois State University
3	Michelle Ryan	Illinois State University
4	Joseph Cyrus	Bradley University
5	Asha Prabhat	Cornell University
6	Gavin Millard	Eastern Michigan University

 

COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Prem Ganesan	George Mason University
2	Janana Khattak	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3	Isaac Doty	West Texas A&M
4	Asha Prabhat	Cornell University
5	Austyn Clemen	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
6	JR Saling	Lewis & Clark College

 

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	David Jacobson	University of Minnesota
2	Kaylee Frazier	University of Texas at Austin
3	Carli Hall	University of Texas at Austin
4	Danae Jackson	Tennessee State University
5	Alisa Osborne	Belmont University
6	Meghan Huelsman	Eastern Michigan University

 

DUO INTERPRETATION FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Fernando Cereceres and Valeria Najera	University of Texas at Austin
2	Eleni Mercer and Prem Ganesan	George Mason University
3	Carli Hall and Kevin Ahern	University of Texas at Austin
4	Joseph Cyrus and Joshua Timmons	Bradley University
5	Darrow Richmond and Lavontae Morrow	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Asha Prabhat and Jaliah Smith	Cornell University

 

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Gustavo Lanz	George Mason University
2	Gursimrat Dahry	University of Minnesota
3	Hiba Faruqi	University of Texas at Austin
4	Henry Davenport	Illinois State University
5	Serena Ahmad	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Ian Gilenson	Cornell University

 

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Margot Treadwell	Cornell University
2	Gursimrat Dahry	University of Minnesota
3	Gavin Millard	Eastern Michigan University
4	David Jacobson	University of Minnesota
5	Rodrigo Trujillo	Bradley University
6	Vacated Entry	Hired Judges

 

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Molly Izer	George Mason University
2	Louise Engohang	Eastern Michigan University
3	Asha Prabhat	Cornell University
4	Fernando Cereceres	University of Texas at Austin
5	Lavontae Morrow	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Krystal Perez	University of Texas at Austin

 

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Asha Prabhat	Cornell University
2	Carli Hall	University of Texas at Austin
3	Tomi Sewell	Bradley University
4	Kate Inman	Eastern Michigan University
5	Rodrigo Trujillo	Bradley University
6	Mercer Schulte	University of Texas at Austin

 

POETRY INTERPRETATION FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Molly Izer	George Mason University
2	Aaron Anderson	Tennessee State University
3	Joseph Cyrus	Bradley University
4	Jennifer Gonzalez	University of Texas at Austin
5	Darrow Richmond	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Joshua Timmons	Bradley University

 

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Aaron Anderson	Tennessee State University
2	Eleni Mercer	George Mason University
3	Fernando Cereceres	University of Texas at Austin
4	Ally Banks	Hastings College
5	Darrow Richmond	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Victoria Thomas	University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

PROSE INTERPRETATION FINAL RESULTS

Place	Competitor(s)	Team
1	Fernando Cereceres	University of Texas at Austin
2	Darrow Richmond	University of Illinois at Chicago
3	Kevin Ahern	University of Texas at Austin
4	Jaliah Smith	Cornell University
5	Lavontae Morrow	University of Illinois at Chicago
6	Prem Ganesan	George Mason University