For over 100 years, 海外吃瓜鈥檚 Forensics Team has been competing at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament. This year was no exception as seniors Julia Schaefer, Kelsey Stanfield and Ellis Herner represented the 鈥楤erg in Glendale, Arizona, this week. Glendale Community College hosted 59 teams from across the country for the four-day competition, which included more than 1,450 individual entries in both speech and debate. Pi Kappa Delta is the nation's oldest forensics honorary and 海外吃瓜 has been a part of it since 1921.
海外吃瓜 continued its strong showing at this season鈥檚 pinnacle tournament. Julia earned 鈥淭op Superior鈥 in prose interpretation. According to Director of Forensics, Dan Higgins, 鈥淭his award places Julia in the top three prose speakers in the nation 鈥 a truly remarkable feat.鈥 Additionally, she earned an 鈥淓xcellent鈥 ranking in both After Dinner Speech and Broadcasting. Kelsey also had a strong showing, earning an 鈥淓xcellent鈥 ranking in Broadcasting.
The warm weather, beautiful scenery and spectacular competition made this Spring Break tournament one for the books. Coach Higgins and all team members are deeply thankful to 海外吃瓜鈥檚 鈥渇orensics alumni鈥 who made this trip possible through their generous donations over the years.