The Belmont University forensics team traveled to Tennessee Technological University on September 27-29 for their first tournament of the 2019-20 season. Each team member received awards signaling a strong start to year.

Here are the awards received by team members at the tournament:

IPDA Debate Awards

• Carly Crotty
  • Novice IPDA Debate Quarter-Finalist
  • Novice IPDA Debate 5th Place Overall Speaker
• Luke Litz
  • JV IPDA Debate Octa-Finalist
  • JV IPDA 2nd Place Overall Speaker
• Tyler Redmon
  • Varsity IPDA Debate 5th Place Overall Speaker

Saturday IE Awards

• Jace Wilder
  • After Dinner Speaking – 5th Place
  • Prose Interpretation – 6th Place
• Nick Brazelton
  • Prose Interpretation – 4th Place
• Alex Jones
  • Dramatic Interpretation – 4th Place
  • Programmed Oral Interpretation – 3rd Place
• Tyler Redmon
  • Extemporaneous Speaking – 2nd Place
• Overall Team Sweepstakes: 5th Place

Sunday IE Awards

• Jace Wilder
  • After Dinner Speaking – 4th Place
  • Dramatic Interpretation – 5th Place
  • Prose Interpretation – 3rd Place
• Alex Jones
  • Dramatic Interpretation – 4th Place
  • Programmed Oral Interpretation – 5th Place
  • Impromptu Speaking – 3rd Place
• Luke Litz
  • Impromptu Speaking – Top Novice
• Tyler Redmon
  • Impromptu Speaking – 1st Place
  • Extemporaneous Speaking – 1st Place
• Team Sweepstakes – 4th Place

Overall Weekend Combined Sweepstakes: 5th Place

Congratulations to all this weekends’ winners!