By the Tennessee State University Newsroom
The Tennessee State University Forensics Team had a fantastic two weeks, competing at the Tennessee State Championship Tournament, and the HBCU National Competition where the team aimed to defend their three-peat national title run.
In the back-to-back weekend tournaments, the team brought home a total of 74 awards.
The State competition took place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, from Feb. 18–19. More than any other group, the team won an astonishing eight state championships out of the twelve events offered.
1st place results from TSU Forensics Team students were:
1st Place Rhetorical Criticism
Maya McClary
1st Place Prose Interpretation
Chase Garrett
1st Place Program Of Oral Interpretation
Chase Garrett
1st Place Poetry Interpretation
De’Traelyn Hubbard
1st Place Radio Broadcasting
Akyra McDougal
1st Place Duo Interpretation
Aaron Anderson & Dwight DeBerry
1st Place Dramatic Interpretation
Aaron Anderson
1st Place Top Individual Competitor
Aaron Anderson
The HBCU National Championship was held this past weekend at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia from Feb 23-28. This year’s race was extremely close, and although the team fell short by six points to Howard University, the team departed as the most decorated team with eight national championships out of the twelve events offered. See results below:
1st and 2nd place results from TSU Forensics Team students were:
1st Place Prose Interpretation
Akyra McDougal
1st Place Program of Oral Interpretation
Aaron Anderson
1st Place Poetry Interpretation
Ashlynn Freeman
1st Place Informative Speaking
Aliyah Holmes
1st Place Duo Interpretation
Aaron Anderson & Dwight DeBerry
1st Place Dramatic Interpretation
Ayana Nicholes
1st Place Slam Poetry
Iyanna Brazzile
1st Place Overall Individual Event Sweeps
2nd Place Overall Tournament Sweepstakes
