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Individual Achievement

In 1979, a Bradley Speech team competitor won AFA in poetry. This was the first time that anyone had won an individual national championship from Bradley and it marked the beginning of a tradition of excellence. Since then, Bradley University has had over 150 individual national champions.

AFA Individual Titles

1979 – POETRY – Tim Gamble
1980 – POETRY – Dawne Mosely
1980 – PROSE – Tami Gearing
1981 – IMPROMPTU – Andy Heaton
1981 – POETRY – Carolyn Mungo
1982 – COMM ANALYSIS – Andy Heaton
1982 – EXTEMP – Andy Heaton
1983 – COMM ANALYSIS – Sam Marcosson
1983 – EXTEMP – Sam Marcosson
1983 – PERSUASION – Dave Alabach
1983 – POETRY – Margie Kestner
1984 – DRAMA – Greg Dolph
1984 – DUO – Dolph/Johannsen
1984 – PERSUASION – Diedre Wallace
1985 – COMM ANALYSIS – Tracy Anderson
1985 – DRAMA – Greg Dolph
1985 – DUO – Clue/Alabach
1985 – IND SWEEPS – Greg Dolph
1986 – DRAMA – Greg Dolph
1986 – IND SWEEPS – Greg Dolph
1986 – PROSE – Greg Dolph
1987 – COMM ANALYSIS – Steve Markov
1987 – DUO – Bass/Skeffington
1987 – EXTEMP – Tom Doyle
1987 – IND SWEEPS – Tom Doyle
1987 – PROSE – Ken Klawitter
1988 – AFTER-DINNER – David Awl
1988 – DUO – Spengel/Mancini
1988 – IND SWEEPS – Ken Klawitter
1988 – POETRY – Sarah Braun
1989 – AFTER-DINNER – Jeff Sculley
1989 – DRAMA – Sarah Braun
1989 – DUO – Sculley/Mancini
1989 – POETRY – Sarah Braun
1990 – IMPROMPTU – Michael Jacoby
1990 – PERSUASION – Amy Olsen
1991 – IND SWEEPS – Karon Bowers
1992 – AFTER-DINNER – Karon Bowers
1992 – DRAMA – Jason Davidson
1992 – IND SWEEPS – Karon Bowers
1992 – INFORMATIVE – Karon Bowers
1992 – PERSUASION – Karon Bowers
1993 – DRAMA – August Benassi
1994 – PERSUASION – Jim Brazell
1995 – IND SWEEPS – August Benassi
1995 – PROSE – Ed Reed
1996 – AFTER-DINNER – Ben Lohman
1996 – DUO – Butler/Russ
1996 – IND SWEEPS – August Benassi
1996 – POI – August Benassi
1997 – AFTER-DINNER – Ben Lohman
1997 – DUO – Post/Grafe
1997 – PROSE – Gina Post
1999 – DRAMA – Jill Valentine
1999 – PERSUASION – Sarah Meinen
2002 – AFTER-DINNER – Eric Long
2004 – AFTER-DINNER – Jon Meinen
2007 – POETRY – Emambu Atabong
2008 – AFTER-DINNER – Erin McCarthy
2008 – DUO – Atabong/Misigaro
2009 – PROSE – Amanda Voirol
2009 – DUO – Boyer/Voirol
2010 – DRAMA – Amanda Voirol
2010 – DUO – Boyer/Voirol
2010 – IND SWEEPS – Amanda Voirol
2012 - COMM ANALYSIS - Jacoby Cochran
2012 - DUO - Cochran/Restaino
2012 - IND SWEEPS - Jacoby Cochran
2012 - POETRY - Cecil Blutcher
2013 – IND SWEEPS – Jacoby Cochran
2013 – DRAMA – Kaybee Brown
2013 – DUO – Blutcher/Brown
2013 – PERSUASION – Junior Ocasio
2013 – PROSE – Kaybee Brown
2017 - ADS - Sarah Brashear
2017 - PERSUASION - Jerome Gregory
2019 - POI - Trijae
2019 - DUO - Trijae / Joshua Beckles
2019 - PERSUASION - Emily Trader
2020 - No competition held due to COVID
2021 - PROSE - Joshua Beckles
2022 - COMM ANALYSIS - David Daye
2022 - PERSUASION - David Daye
2023 - PERSUASION - David Daye

NFA Individual Titles

1981 – EXTEMP – Andy Heaton
1981 – POETRY – Carolyn Mungo
1982 – IMPROMPTU – Tom McCarthy
1982 – PERSUASION – Dennis Upah
1983 – IMPROMPTU – Sam Marcosson
1983 – RHET CRIT – Sam Marcosson
1984 – DUO – Gibson/Winebruner
1984 – IMPROMPTU – David Alabach
1984 – PENTATHLON – Brad Johansen
1984 – PROSE – Tim Clue
1984 – RHET CRIT – Steve Sudhoff
1985 – DUO – Alexander/Dolph
1985 – POETRY – Greg Dolph
1985 – RHET CRIT – Tracy Anderson
1986 – DUO – Dolph/Spengel
1986 – INFORMATIVE – Brian Welch
1986 – PENTATHLON – Greg Dolph
1986 – PERSUASION–Kay Hriensaitong
1986 – PROSE – Greg Dolph
1987 – DUO – Klawitter/Skeffington
1988 – DUO – Spengel/Mancini
1988 – EXTEMP – Michael Jacoby
1989 – AFTER-DINNER – Jeff Sculley
1989 – DUO – Braun/Farrugio
1989 – EXTEMP – Michael Jacoby
1989 – POETRY – Sarah Braun
1990 – POETRY – Sarah Braun
1991 – INFORMATIVE – Tony Brooks
1991 – PENTATHLON – Karon Bowers
1991 – PERSUASION – Athena Papachronis
1991 – PROSE – Amy Olsen
1991 – RHET CRIT – Karon Bowers
1992 – EXTEMP – Patrick O’Shaughnessy
1992 – IMPROMPTU – Ronnie Stewart
1992 – PENTATHLON – Ronnie Stewart
1992 – RHET CRIT – Ronnie Stewart
1993 – EXTEMP – Patrick O’Shaughnessy
1993 – IMPROMPTU – Eric Martin
1993 – INFORMATIVE – Ed Reed
1993 – PERSUASION – George LaMaster
1993 – PROSE – Jason Davidson
1994 – AFTER-DINNER – Calvin Fong
1994 – DUO – Funk/Volpp
1994 – INFORMATIVE – Ed Reed
1995 – PROSE – Ed Reed
1996 – AFTER-DINNER – Ben Lohman
1996 – PENTATHLON – August Benassi
1998 – PERSUASION – Christine Smith
1998 – DUO – Allen/Morris
1998 – PROSE – Jill McCall
1999 – AFTER-DINNER – Dana Lovecchio
2001 – AFTER-DINNER – Kami Kosenko
2001 – INFORMATIVE – Martin Note
2002 – DUO – Riewerts/Raab
2002 – PENTATHLON – Eric Long
2005 – DUO – Billman/Lowrey
2005 – PROSE – Scott Pyle
2006 – PROSE – Lacy Lowrey
2006 – RHET CRIT – Collin McDonnell
2008 – DRAMA – Emambu Atabong
2008 – DUO – Atabong/Misigaro
2008 – PROSE – Adam Sharples
2009 – DRAMA – Vanessa Carranza
2010 – PERSUASION – Patrick Campbell
2011 – DRAMA – Elle Pratt
2011 – INFORMATIVE – Blake Longfellow
2011 – PENTATHLON – Jacoby Cochran
2011 – PERSUASION – Jacoby Cochran
2012 - PENTATHLON - Jacoby Cochran
2012 - POETRY - Cecil Blutcher
2012 - PROSE - Camille Yameen
2012 - RHET CRIT - Jacoby Cochran
2013 – INFORMATIVE – Ryan Tinlin
2013 – PERSUASION – Jacoby Cochran
2013 – RHET CRIT – Jacoby Cochran
2013 – AFTER-DINNER – Brooke Stevenson
2013 – PROSE – Brooke Stevenson
2013 – PENTATHLON – Kaybee Brown
2014 – INFORMATIVE – Adam Rayzor
2016 - IMPROMPTU SPEAKING -Jerome Gregory
2015 - RHET CRIT - Jerome Gregory
2017 - POETRY - Megan Magee
2019 - POI - Trijae
2019 - DUO - Trijae/Joshua Beckles
2020 - No competition held due to COVID
2021 - ADS - Haleemah Na’Allah
2024 - PERSUASION - Rodrigo Trujillo

Interstate Oratory Contest Titles

1997 – Ben Lohman
1999 – Sarah Meinen
2013 – Jacoby Cochran
2022 - David Daye
2024 - Rodrigo Trujillo

Common Searches:

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Team Sweepstakes

American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA)

National Forensics Association National Tournament (NFA)

Individual Achievement

AFA Individual Titles

NFA Individual Titles

Interstate Oratory Contest Titles