This past weekend, the Seminole Speech and Debate Team clinched its seventh consecutive state championship by a commanding margin.  The Seminoles, under the direction of doctoral candidate Michael Chouinard, advanced an impressive 30 out of 42 events to final rounds of competition.

The Seminoles have finished in the top three at every tournament this semester, including an impressive win over perennial powerhouses the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Alabama.  The team has one more regular season tournament before nationals in April.

Tallahassee Community College finished second, advancing 18 events to finals, while the University of Florida placed third with 13 finalists.  The Seminoles also had the top two teams in Parliamentary Debate and finished first in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Alan French (Senior): Informative (4^th), Duo (3^rd), Impromptu (4^th), Drama (6^th), Communication Analysis (3^rd), After Dinner Speaking (3^rd), Extemporaneous (4^th), Individual Sweepstakes (5^th)

Rachel Fernandez (Senior): Program of Oral Interpretation (4^th), Drama (3^rd), Persuasion (6^th)

Benny Beutjer (Junior): After Dinner Speaking (1^st), Impromptu (3^rd), Persuasion (3^rd), Program of Oral Interpretation (3^rd), Duo (5^th), Prose (2^nd), Parliamentary Debate (1^st), Individual Sweepstakes (3^rd)

Ivan Cassuto (Junior): Duo (3^rd), Prose (3^rd), Program of Oral Interpretation (2^nd), Drama (2^nd), Poetry (2^nd), Individual Sweepstakes (1^st)

Czar Bernstein (Sophomore): Lincoln-Douglas Debate (5^th)

James Stage (Sophomore): Extemporaneous (1^st), After Dinner Speaking (4^th), Persuasion (1^st), Parliamentary Debate (3^rd), Lincoln-Douglas Debate (1^st)

Tatiana Becker (Sophomore): Informative (1^st), Duo (5^th), Prose (4^th), Drama (4^th), Communication Analysis (1^st), Poetry (4^th), Parliamentary Debate (2^nd), Individual Sweepstakes (2^nd)

Joseph Quintana (Freshman): Impromptu (1^st), Extemp (6^th)

The Seminoles have finished in the top three at every tournament this semester, including an impressive win over perennial powerhouses the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Alabama.  The team has one more regular season tournament before nationals in April.