TCU Speech & Debate Wins Oklahoma Championship

Students standing with trophies.

TCU Speech & Debate at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Forensic Association Championship.

Shortly after their win at the Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament, TCU Speech and Debate competed in their final regular season competition, the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Forensic Association Championship. The team won all three championship team awards, including Combined Debate and Individual Events Sweepstakes, Individual Events Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes. In addition to several additional awards, Jackson Kaiser was named the Individual Sweepstakes Champion—an award given to the top speaker at the tournament for achievement across multiple speech and debate events.

Six students participated as part of the TCU Speech and Debate team—Chloe Matthews, Ellie Griffin, Jackson Kaiser, Josue Cabrera, Cadence Jones and Arianna LeBlanc. All six students advanced to elimination rounds in debate and received multiple individual speaking awards. TCU Speech & Debate comprised three out of the four varsity debate semi-finalists and took home first and second place in the final round. Next, the team is headed to West Chester, Pennsylvania, for the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament at West Chester University.

TCU Speech and Debate returned to in-person competition this year—with an all-novice team, including students across the university. Headed by Convener of Debates and associate professor Amorette Hinderaker, Ph.D., the team competes throughout the year in public address, oral interpretation, limited preparation speaking, parliamentary debate and public debate.

To learn more about TCU Speech and Debate and follow along with their travels, follow them on Facebook and Twitter @TCUForensics.

 

See the complete list of awards and winners at the 2023 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Forensic Association Championship below:

Team Awards:

FIRST PLACE – Combined Debate and Individual Events Sweepstakes

FIRST PLACE – Individual Events Sweepstakes

FIRST PLACE – Debate Sweepstakes

 

Chloe Matthews:

FIRST PLACE – Extemporaneous Speaking

SEMI-FINALIST – Novice IPDA Debate

FOURTH PLACE – Novice IPDA Speaker Award

 

Ellie Griffin:

FIRST PLACE – Impromptu Speaking

SECOND PLACE – Dramatic Interpretation

QUARTER-FINALIST – Novice IPDA Debate

FIRST PLACE – Novice IPDA Speaker Award

 

Jackson Kaiser:

FIRST PLACE – Individual Sweepstakes Speaker Award

THIRD PLACE – Impromptu Speaking

FOURTH PLACE – Extemporaneous Speaking

SECOND PLACE – Persuasion

FIRST PLACE – Varsity IPDA Debate

FIRST PLACE – Varsity IPDA Debate Speaker Award

 

Josue Cabrera:

SECOND PLACE – Impromptu Speaking

SEMI-FINALIST – Varsity IPDA Debate

 

Cadence Jones:

SECOND PLACE – Varsity IPDA Debate

SECOND PLACE – Extemporaneous Speaking

SECOND PLACE – Informative Speaking

 

Arianna LeBlanc:

THIRD PLACE – Persuasion

THIRD PLACE – Prose Interpretation

QUARTER-FINALIST – Novice IPDA Debate

FIFTH PLACE – Novice IPDA Speaker Award