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Description of the Awards Categories:

Debate & Forensics awards are divided into two categories, debate and individual events. Kansas Wesleyan debaters have competed in any or all of the following debate events: Parliamentary (a two-on-two limited preparation), Lincoln - Douglas (extensive preparation using research and cited sources), IPDA (Individual Public Debate Association, limited prep., one-on-one), Team IPDA (like the previous, but two-on-two). The individual events awards fall under the three genres of Limited Preparation Speaking (Impromptu - no source citations, informal style; Extemporaneous - source citations, formal), Platform (prepared, structured) Speaking (After-dinner - humorous; Communication Analysis - application of a communication theory to a current communication artifact; Informative - detailed description of a topic; Persuasive - takes a stance on an issue) and Literature Interpretation (Dramatic Interpretation - theatrical script; Duo - Two-person team uses literature from theater, prose, or poetry; Poetry - program of poetry with common theme; Program of Oral Interpretation - program involving two or more categories of literature, examining a common theme; and Prose - program from prose literature with a common theme).

At the tournaments listed, KWU has received the following awards (tournaments listed from most recent to earliest):

Coyote Thunder : October 15-17, 2010

Hosted by West Texas A&M University and KWU

Debate:

Parliamentary Debate: The hybrid team of JJ Thompson (Crowder College) & Meriah Forbes - 2nd

Speaker Awards, Parliamentary Debate: Meriah Forbes - 6th

Team Sweepstakes: KWU - 2nd, Overall Debate

Individual Events (Saturday Tournament):

After-dinner Speaking: Kiefer Storrer - 2nd; Allexis Lightsey - 3rd; Tonya Powers - 6th

Communication Analysis: Meriah Forbes - 2nd

Dramatic Interpretation: Forbes - 1st; Lightsey - 4th

Duo Interpretation: Andrew Moffitt & Powers - 5th

Extemporaneous Speaking: Forbes - 6th

Impromptu Speaking: Forbes - 2nd

Informative Speaking: Moffitt - 6th

Persuasive Speaking: Kourtney Maison - 2nd

Individual Sweepstakes: Meriah Forbes - 2nd (Qualifiers performed 4 events from the 3 different genres. The different genres are Limited Preparation, Platform Speaking).

Team Sweepstakes: KWU - 2nd, Individual Events

KWU - 2nd, IEs and Debate combined

Individual Events (Sunday Tournament):

After-dinner Speaking: Allexis Lightsey - 3rd; Kiefer Storrer - 5th; Tonya Powers - 6th

Dramatic Interpretation: Lightsey - 2nd

Duo Interpretation: Andrew Moffitt & Powers - 6th

Extemporaneous Speaking: Andrew Moffitt - 2nd; Storrer - 6th

Impromptu Speaking: Moffitt - 1st; Storrer - 6th

Persuasive Speaking: Kourtney Maison - 4th

Individual Sweepstakes: Moffit - 2nd (Qualifers performed 4 events from the 3 different genres).

Team Sweepstakes: KWU - 3rd

Central States Tournament: October 1-2, 2010

Hosted by and held at John Brown University

Debate -

Parliamentary Debate - The Team of Meriah Forbes and J.J. Johnson from Crowder Community College: 3rd

The Team of Kiefer Storrer and Andrew Moffitt placed 4th.

Speaker Awards, Parliamentary Debate: Meriah Forbes - 4th, Kiefer Storrer - 5th.

Individual Events -

Varsity:

Dramatic Interpretation: Meriah Forbes - 1st; Allexis Lightsey - 2nd

Editorial Extemporaneous Speaking: Andrew Moffit - 4th

Extemporaneous Speaking: Forbes - 4th; Tonya Powers - 6th

Impromptu Speaking: Forbes - 4th

Program of Oral Interpretation: Kourney Maison - 4th

Novice:

Extemporaneous Speaking: Maison - 4th

Impromptu Speaking: Maison - 4th

Team Awards: KWU placed 2nd in the Overall Sweepstakes competition.

Debates on a Plain: September 24-26, 2010

Hosted by Sterling College and Hutchinson Community College

Debate

Novice Parliamentary Debate: Freshmen Kourtney Maison & Tonya Powers - 1st

Individual Events (Saturday Tournament)

Extemporaneous Speaking: Andrew Moffitt - 6th

Impromptu Speaking: Meriah Forbes - Semi-finalist

Individual Events (Sunday Tournament)

Extemporaneous Speaking: Andrew Moffitt - Semi-finalist

Impromptu Speaking: Meriah Forbes - 6th