College of Communication News & Events

March 19th, 2007

American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament Results UA won the National Championship for the second year in a row, and five individual national championships at the Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha Forensic Honorary National Tournament.

Below are the specific results.

National Champion Team Award - University of Alabama
2nd place school - University of Florida
3rd place school - University of Mississippi
(other SEC schools competing were LSU, and Florida State)

National Champion Pentathlon - Sonequa Martin
3rd Pentathlon - Blake Wiliams
5th Pentathlon - Jenny Wells

National Champion Informative Speaking - Jenny Wells
3rd Michelle Howard
4th Emily Hopper
6th Alyssa Reinecker

National Champion Prose Interpretation - Soneuqa Martin
3rd Aliah Summers
4th Shalonda Capers
5th Austin McDonald
6th Blake Williams

National Champion Persuasive Speaking - Emily Hopper
2nd Leann Neal
4th Chris Harding

National Champion Dramatic Interpretation - Sonequa Martin
3rd Jenny Wells
5th Blake Williams
6th Nick Fox

National Champion Poetry Interpretation - Soneuqa Martin
4th Blake Williams
5th Shalonda Capers

2nd Duo Interpretation - Austin McDonald/Blake Williams
3rd Duo Interpretation - Aliah Summers/Michael Bailey
4th Duo Interpretation - Austin McDonald/Taylor Curtis
5th Duo Interpretation - Jenny Wells/Sonequa Martin

3rd Program Oral Interpretation - Sonequa Martin
6th Program Oral Interpretation - Shalonda Capers

3rd Communication Analysis - Michelle Howard

4th After Dinner Speaking - Chris Harding
5th After Dinner Speaking - Austin McDonald
6th After Dinner Speakaing - Tim Gohn

Superior Speaker Student Congress - Michael Bailey
Excellent Speaker Student Congress - Alex Fowler

More information from the CW archives

Dr. Frank M. Thompson, Jr.
Director of Forensics