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MSU Speech, Debate Team Earns Numerous Awards

MSU Speech, Debate Team Earns Numerous Awards
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jan. 21, 2020 | MURRAY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jan. 21, 2020 | 04:44 PM | MURRAY
Members of the Speech and Debate Union Travel Team at Murray State University earned several awards at three regional tournaments in October and November.

The team received the following overall awards:

• First place debate team at the Team International Parliamentary Debate Association (TIPDA) competition held online

• First place at the University Debate Team Sweepstakes in Owensboro, Kentucky

• First place Novice National Parliamentary Debate Association Team (NPDA) at a national qualifier event held at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee 

Team members took home the following awards:

• Eli Fenwick of Evansville, Indiana (first place in radio broadcasting)

• Garrett Kieser of Locust Hill, Kentucky (first place IPDA debate champion and first place IPDA debate speaker)

• Ashlen Grubbs of Hodgenville, Kentucky (first place in poetry, third place in prose and top novice in poetry and prose interpretations)

• Jillian Owen of Clarksville, Tennessee (top novice in impromptu speaking, fourth place in IPDA debate, fourth place novice debate speaker)

• Emily Caitlan Short of Greenville, Kentucky (first place in impromptu speaking, fourth place in informative speaking)

• Ana Moyers of Radcliffe, Kentucky (fifth place in informative speaking, top novice in communication analysis speaking)

• Christian Jones of Paducah, Kentucky (top novice for informative speaking, second, third and fourth place for informative speaking)

• Joshua Sanders of San Antonio, Texas (first place in varsity extemporaneous speaking, second place in varsity IPDA debate and second place varsity debate speaker)

• Ciara Benham of Brandenburg, Kentucky (first and fifth place for public narrative and top novice in public narrative)

• Callie Anderson of Richmond, Kentucky (top novice in dramatic interpretation, second and sixth place in dramatic interpretation)

• Victoria Lindsey of Hardinsburg, Kentucky (third place varsity debate speaker)

• Rachel Fischer of Hopkinsville, Kentucky (third place in impromptu speaking, third place in storytelling)

Additional team awards included:

• Victoria Lindsey and Joshua Sanders (first place TIPDA debate team)

• Jillian Owen and Garrett Kieser (first place novice NPDA debate team)

• Kyle Heideman of Louisville, Kentucky, and Joshua Sanders (second place varsity NPDA debate team)

• Christopher Stewart II of Eddyville, Kentucky, and Brennan Hughes of Russellville, Kentucky (third place varsity NPDA debate team)

• Callie Anderson and Rachel Fischer (third place in dramatic duo)

"Any first place win is significant," said Dr. Crystal Coel, director of the Speech and Debate Union and faculty member in the Department of Organizational Communication. "I give credit to God for linking me with amazing talent that I get to help develop."

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