Current Team Members

Top back row L to R: Bryna Norman (’27), Umair Iqbal (’26), Elijah Baum (’24), Kaiden Zaborowski (’27), Eli Bartz (’24), Briggs Maynor (’26)

2nd from top row: Jessie Philips (’26), Ben Croat (’27), Aiden Breesawitz (’26), Megan Ford (’24), Alicia Stout (’24), Alexis Peterson (’26), Ella Schnake (’24)

2nd from bottom row: Breanna Mathes (’26), Zoe Walker (’27), Bella Yeo (’27), Alyssa Frisbie (’27), Rashed Sohan (’26), Kate Bailey (’27), Jillian Humke (’24)

Bottom row: Payten Luaders (’27), Aiden Kendrick (’27), Austin Sopko (’23, Asst. IE Coach), Ben Davis (DOF), Kevin Minch (Debate Coach), Frankie Schuman (’27)

This page is the current record of our active team members, the events they qualified to the National Forensic Association Championship Tournament, and other achievements of note.

Kate Bailey (IE)

Eli Bartz (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2022-2024 (NFA-LD)
  • National Forensic Association 2023 (Extemporaneous Speaking)

Elijah Baum (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2021-2024 (NFA-LD)

Aiden Breesawitz (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2023-2024 (NFA-LD)

Ben Croat (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2024 (NFA-LD)

Megan Ford (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2021 (After Dinner Speaking, Communication Analysis)
  • National Forensic Association 2022 (Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2023 (After Dinner Speaking, Communication Analysis, Dramatic Interpretation, Persuasion, Prose)
  • Interstate Oratorical Contest 2023
  • National Forensic Association 2024 (Communication Analysis, Informative, Prose)

Alyssa Frisbie (IE)

Jillian Humke (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2021 (Duo Interpretation, After Dinner Speaking)
  • National Forensic Association 2022 (After Dinner Speaking, Duo, Dramatic Interpretation, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2023 (After Dinner Speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation)
  • National Forensic Association 2024 (Duo, Impromptu)

Umair Iqbal (IE)

Aiden Kendrick (IE)

Payten Luaders (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2024 (NFA-LD)

Breanna Mathes (IE)

Briggs Maynor (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2023 (Dramatic Interpretation, Duo, Poetry, Program Oral Interpretation)
  • National Forensic Association 2024 (Dramatic Interpretation, Info, Poetry, Prose)

Bryna Norman (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2024 (After Dinner Speaking, Program Oral Interpretation)

Alex Peterson (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2023 (After Dinner Speaking, Communication Analysis, Impromptu, Persuasion, Prose)
  • Interstate Oratorical Contest 2023

Jessie Philips (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2023 (Duo, Impromptu, Poetry, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2024 (Dramatic Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation)

Ella Schnake (IE)

  • National Forensic Association 2021 (Dramatic Interpretation, Impromptu, Poetry, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2022 (Dramatic Interpretation, Duo, Impromptu, Program Oral Interpretation, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2023 (Communication Analysis, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo, Impromptu, Poetry, Prose)
  • National Forensic Association 2024 (Dramatic Interpretation, Duo, Impromptu, Prose)

Frankie Schuman (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2024 (NFA-LD)

Rashed Sohan (IE)

Alicia Stout (Debate)

  • National Forensic Association 2021-2024 (NFA-LD)

Zoe Walker (IE)

Bella Yeo (IE)

Kaiden Zaborowski (IE)