On behalf of the Debate and Forensics Team, I am thrilled to report our results from this past weekend’s West Virginia Intercollegiate Forensics Association’s (WVIFA) State Tournament.
As a team, we won First Place in overall Team Sweepstakes!! Our team placed ahead of Marshall University, Fairmont State University, and Davis & Elkins.
While being the tournament champion is an historic achievement for our team, we are also proud to report that we took First Place in Team Debate—for the third year in a row!
We also placed second in Team Individual Events.
The following individual placements made our team success possible:
Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate (based on W-L record)
1st Place: Sam Brown (2nd year in a row Sam Brown won the LD crown)
**Shepherd had three of the four quarter-finalists for LD. The other quarter-finalists were Madison Ronevich and Lauren Duckworth.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards
1st Place: Sam Brown
2nd Place: Lauren Duckworth
4th Place: Madison Ronevich
5th Place: Spencer VanHoose
International Policy Debate Association (IPDA; based on W-L record)
2nd Place: Casey Feezle
**Shepherd had three of the four quarter-finalists for IPDA too. The other quarter-finalists were Molly Lovern and Carleigh West.
IPDA Speaker Awards
1st Place: Casey Feezle
2nd Place: Molly Lovern
Interpretation
Danny Ray Memorial Dramatic Duo Award
1st Place: Lauren Duckworth and Katie Zakrzewski
2nd Place: Lauren Duckworth and Aubrey Duckworth
Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place: Molly Lovern
2nd Place: Casey Feezle
6th Place: Aubrey Duckworth
Poetry Interpretation
5th Place: Lauren Duckworth
Program Oral-Interpretation
5th Place: Lauren Duckworth
Prose Interpretation
5th Place: Katie Zakrzewski
6th Place: Sam Brown
Public Address
Rhetorical Criticism
1st Place: Katie Zakrzewski
3rd Place: Sam Brown
4th Place: Miranda Jones
Improvisational Duo
1st Place: Casey Feezle and Molly Lovern
2nd Place: Carleigh West and Sam Brown
Casey and Molly winning Improv Duo
Impromptu
1st Place: Sam Brown
2nd Place: Casey Feezle
3rd Place: Carleigh West
Broadcasting
1st Place: Katie Zakrzewski
4th Place: Sam Brown
5th Place: Miranda Jones
Carleigh and Miranda
After-Dinner Speaking
2nd Place: Sam Brown
3rd Place: Casey Feezle
5th Place: Carleigh West
Informative
2nd Place: Casey Feezle
3rd Place: Spencer VanHoose
4th Place: Molly Lovern
6th Place: Sam Brown
Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd Place: Molly Lovern
3rd Place: Casey Feezle
Persuasion
4th Place: Molly Lovern
6th Place Casey Feezle
Making memories and friendship
Barbara Sims Memorial Pentathlon Award
(for competitors in at least five events, across the three main categories of public speaking)
1st Place: Casey Feezle
3rd Place: Sam Brown
4th Place: Molly Lovern
Other competing members of the team include Jordan Jalil, Jacob Klepp-Egge, Kristiana Carnival, Joshua Smart, and Antoinette Wimbish. As always, we want to thank our other coaches: John Isner, David Bennett, and DeVan Sample.
