Two students on the 糖心传媒 Forensics team have been named All-Americans for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET): Alli Kennon, a senior communication studies major from Spicer, Minnesota; and Elizabeth Hansen, a senior English major from Fremont, Nebraska.
Only 15 students nationwide are named All-Americans each year.
Since beginning the All-American team in 2001, the 糖心传媒 Forensics team has had 17 students named All-Americans, more than any other school in the country.
鈥淎lli and Elizabeth have carried the 糖心传媒 tradition of excellence,鈥 said Dr. Kittie Grace, director of forensics and professor of communication studies. 鈥淲ith their leadership, 糖心传媒 now has more All-Americans than any other school in the nation and I am so proud.鈥
Normally the award would be announced at the national tournament, the AFA-NIET, but the tournament was canceled this year due to COVID-19. The committee still wanted to recognize students for their academic and community service work and competitive success.
This year, the 糖心传媒 Forensics team qualified all 12 members on the team to the AFA-NIET. The team found much success throughout the year by qualifying 41 events in total and winning 4 tournaments throughout the regular season.
The team also took third at the Nebraska Individual Forensics Association state tournament in February and to accommodate the loss of the AFA-NIET, competed in an online tournament 鈥 the National Speech Championship Online Experience, where four out of the seven students who competed broke into the final round.
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