CURRENT TEAM NEWS
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 12:06PM The McNeese State University Forensics Team headed to Rice University for the Rice University Classic during the weekend of September 27-28. The team welcomed senior Morgan Authement, senior Cy Vidrine, senior Kyla Standley, and sophomore Ty Newcomb back to competition.
McNeese will be heading to West Chester, PA for their next tournament.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 11:35AM Welcome back to a new year, Cowboys Forensics fans. The team kicked off its 2014-2015 season on September 20-21 at the Hill Country Swing in San Marcos, TX.
Saturday's tournament welcomed senior Corey Greineisen, senior A'renica Mumford, and sophomore Crystal Leday back to competition. On Sunday, Leday placed 5th in Program Oral Interpretation and Greineisen placed 5th in Persuasive Speaking.
The team will compete again next week at the Rice University Classic.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 02:38PM The McNeese State University Forensics Team finished the 2013-2014 season with a trip to Ypsilanti, MI for the National Forensics Association national tournament. The competition was fierce, the entries were gigantic, and the Pokes put another year in the books.
If you want to revisit this year in McNeese forensics history, check out our Picture of the Week series! It includes tournament pictures as well as some shots of the team furing our down time.
We look forward to a strong season next year!
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 03:29PM March 21-23 marked the final large trip for the McNeese State University forensics team this school year. The team took eleven students to Indianapolis, IN to compete in the Pi Kappa Delta (PKD) National Comprehensive Tournament (NCT), hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). The PKD NCT is McNeese State University's primary national tournament so the team kept busy throughout the trip. Students competed in a number of events ranging from Poetry Interpretation to Public Forum Debate. At the end of the weekend, the team returned to Lake Charles with some hardware.
Competitor Davante Lewis excelled in preliminary rounds of Extemporaneous Speaking, eanring him a spot in the quarterfinal round. He narrowly missed breaking to semifinals. Lewis also earned a 4th place finish among Public Forum Debaters.
Competitors Morgan Authement, Stephen Doerfler II, Jonathan Hensley, A'renica Mumford, and Alex Reinauer all earned Excellent Awards (top 30 % in the nation) in Impromptu Speaking.
In Student Congress, Authement and Hensley were elected Presiding Officers by their peers. Authement also won an Outstanding Legislator award in her chamber. Hensley earned 1st place in his chamber and was named Superior Legislator.
This tournament ended the season for many of the Pokes, but two will travel to Ypsilante, MI in April for the National Forensics Association (NFA) National Championship. Best of luck to Morgan Authement and Stphen Doerfler II with the trip!
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 03:21PM On the weekend of February 28 to March 2, the McNeese State University forensics team traveled to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge to compete in the Mardi Gras Classic. Dances were danced, beads were thrown, food was consumed, and trophies were won.
Competitor Morgan Authement broke to the semifinal round of Impromptu Speaking on Saturday, missing a break to the final round by a small margin.
Stephen Doerfler II earned a sixth place finish in Extemporaneous Speaking on Sunday.
Authement and Doerfler also teamed up for Parliamentary Debate. They fought their way through quarterfinals and semifinals to earn a second place finish.
The team welcomed new member Michelle Gauthier to her first weekend of competition.
Next on the Pokes' schedule is the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament in Indianapolis on the weekend of March 21.