The Truman State University Forensics Team started its 2026 Spring Semester with an impressive showing at both the Gorlok Gala and the Online Asynchronous Tournament Series #5.
TOTAL NFA QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE WEEK: 16
CUMULATIVE NFA QUALIFICATIONS TO DATE (INCLUDING DEBATE): 54
TOTAL AWARDS FOR THE WEEK: 54
Online Asynchronous Tournament Series #5
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) – 4th in After Dinner Speaking
- Annie Nguyen (1st-year) – Top Novice in Communication Analysis
- Sawyer Partney (2nd-year) – 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Jack Unsell (1st-year) – 2ndinImpromptuSpeaking, Top Novice
- Alex Peterson (4th-year) – 2nd in Persuasiv
- Zoe Walker (3rd-year) – 6th in Poetry (NFA Qualification)
- Alyssa Frisbie (3rd-year) – 6th in Program Oral Interpretation
- Willow Adamson – 4th in Program Oral Interpretation, Top Novice (NFA Qualification)
- Jasmin Elwood – 6th in Prose Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Team Sweepstakes – 1st
Webster University Gorlok Gala Tournament
Gorlok – Individual Events
- Willow Adamson (1st-year) – 6th in Program Oral Interpretation
- Emmett Beeson (1st-year) – Excellence Award (Top 30%) in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Nevaeh Carter (1st-year) – Semifinalist in Speaking Extemporaneous Speaking
- Mikayla Hammer (2nd-year) – Semifinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) – 1st in After Dinner Speaking
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) – 3rd in Poetry Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) – 2nd in Prose Interpretation
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) and Jessie Philips (4th-year) – 1st in Duo Interpretation
- Emery McEvoy (2nd-year) – 2nd in After Dinner Speaking (NFA Qualification)
- Emery McEvoy (2nd-year) – 3rd in Communication Analysis
- Emery McEvoy (2nd-year) – 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Emery McEvoy (2nd-year) – 1st in Impromptu Speaking
- Ashton Mullen (3rd-year) – Semifinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Ashton Mullen (3rd-year) – Excellence Award (Top 30%) in Impromptu Speaking
- Ashton Mullen (3rd-year) – Excellence Award (Top 30%) in Informative Speaking
- Annie Nguyen (1st-year) – 1st and Top Novice in Communication Analysis (NFA Qualification)
- Annie Nguyen (1st-year)- 5th in Prose Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Annie Nguyen (1st-year) – 2nd in Persuasive Speaking
- Sawyer Partney (2nd-year) – Semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking
- Alex Peterson (4th-year) – Excellence Award (Top 30%) in After-Dinner Speaking
- Alex Peterson (4th-year) – Excellence Award (Top 30%) in Impromptu Speaking
- Alex Peterson (4th-year)- 1st in Prose Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Jessie Philips (4th-year) – 4th in Poetry Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Jessie Philips (4th-year) – 2nd in Poetry Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Jack Schroeder (2nd-year) – Semifinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Cooper Spacil (2nd-year) – 3rd in After Dinner Speaking
- Cooper Spacil (2nd-year)- 6th in Communication Analysis (NFA Qualification)
- Cooper Spacil (2nd-year) – Semifinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
- Jack Unsell (1st-year) -2nd in Communication Analysis
- Jack Unsell (1st-year) – Semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking
- Zoe Walker (3rd-year) – 1st in Poetry Interpretation
- Zoe Walker (3rd-year) – 4th in Program Oral Interpretation (NFA Qualification)
- Lauren Weiss (2nd-year) – 4th in After Dinner Speaking
- Lauren Weiss (2nd-year) – 4th in Persuasive Speaking (NFA Qualification)
Gorlok – Debate Awards
- Eric Rotert (2nd-year) – 1st in Open IPDA Debate
- Adli Jacobs (3rd-year) – Octafinalist in Open Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Emmett Beeson (1st-year) – Quarterfinalist in Junior Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Sawyer Partney (2nd-year) – Quarterfinalist in Junior Lincoln Douglas Debate (NFA Qualification)
Gorlok – Team Awards
Pentathlon
- Briggs Maynor (4th-year) – 1st
- Emery McEvoy (2nd-year) – 2nd
Sweepstakes
- Individual Events – 1st
- Overall – 1st
- Debate – 2nd
Gorlok – Special Awards
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