This past Saturday, the speech team placed second over-all at the Indiana Forensic Association’s State Tournament and won nine state championships in individual events.
Marian University also won the Quality Award for the highest points scored per number of entries.
Marian University students placed among the top six competitors in all of the 18 events. Complete results appear below.
| Name | Event |
| Michael Baumann | State Champion in Rhetorical Criticism
State Champion in Programmed Oral Interpretation
State Champion in DUO Interpretation
Second Place in in Varsity Informative Speaking
Second Place in Varsity Poetry Interpretation
Sixth in Varsity Impromptu Speaking |
| Amber Ferrari | Third in Varsity Prose Interpretation
Second in After Dinner Speaking
Fifth in DUO Interpretation
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| Dante Fratturo | State Champion in Varisty Poetry Interpretation
Fifth in Varsity Informative Speaking
Sixth in Programmed Oral Interpretation
Sixth in DUO Interpretation |
| Cora Harrison | State Champion in After Dinner Speaking
Second in Varsity Persuasive Speaking
Third Place in Rhetorical Criticism
Fifth in DUO Interpretation |
| Julia Kelb | Fourth in Novice Informative Speaking
Fifth in Novice Prose Interpretation |
| Alecia Kissel | State Champion in Varsity Prose Interpretation
State Champion in DUO Interpretation
Second in Varsity Dramatic Interpretation
Third in Varsity Poetry Interpretation
Fifth in Rhetorical Criticism |
| Michael Kubancsek | Second in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking |
| David Martin | State Champion in Varsity Persuasive Speaking
Third in Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
Fourth in Varsity Prose Interpretation
Fifth in After Dinner Speaking |
| Christina Molinari | Sixth in DUO Interpretation |
| Christian Suau | State Champion in Novice Prose Interpretation
State Champion in Novice Dramatic Interpretation
Second in Novice Impromptu Speaking
Third in Novice Persuasive Speaking
Fifth in Novice Poetry Interpretation |
For more information about Marian University’s Speech Team, please contact Dr. George LaMaster at george@marian.edu or 317.955.6215.