FOR INFORMATION: Melanie Buettner, Assistant Director of Marketing & Creative Services Irvine Valley College (949) 451-5767 | [email protected] Press Release IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM TAKES SWEEPSTAKES AT PSCFA CHAMPIONSHIP Irvine, CA – March 13, 2017—Irvine Valley College’s Speech and Debate team took home 1st place Overall Sweepstakes and 1st place Novice Sweepstakes at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) League Championships on February 26. The annual tournament, which took place at California State University Long Beach, drew 34 colleges including Loyola Marymount University, the University of California Los Angeles and Northern Arizona University. “What an amazing honor to win the League Championships,” says Director of Forensics, Jules French. “Winning the top novice award is proof that IVC Forensics is going to continue to be a dominating force in competitions to come.” Just prior to the PSCFA Championships, from February 17-19, the team participated in the Tabor-Venitsky Speech Invitational and the Southern California Lincoln-Douglas Championships. Both were held at Cerritos College. Joining the IVC team was the Chinese National Debate team, which was hosted by IVC as part of a two-week tour of Southern California. Up next for the IVC Speech Team is the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Washington D.C. and the PSCFA Cool-Off Tournament, both in April. The PSCFA tournament is an excellent opportunity for those who are new to speech to compete against other novices. Students who are interested in competing in the tournament can contact Director of Forensics, Jules French at 949-451-5329 or [email protected], or Forensics Coach Bill Neesen at 949-451-5235 or [email protected]. -more- IrvineValleyCollege|Page1 Tabor-Venitsky Speech Invitational Award Winners NPDA Individual Speaker Awards: Kevin Grant, First Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Shirley Hu, Fourth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Salam Habib, Fifth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Mona Abusir, Sixth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Yong “Linda” Sixhuan, Seventh Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Luis Pena, Ninth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA Asha Taylor, Third Place Speaker in Open NPDA Skyler Meador, Seventh Place Speaker in Open NPDA George Diamantopolis, Eighth Place Speaker in Open NPDA NPDA Team Debate Awards: Mona Abusir & Nilam Faqir: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate Kevin Grant & Yong “Linda” Sixhuan: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate Chloe Wang & Thiongo N’gugi: Bronze Medalists in Novice Debate Shirley Hu & Helene Drean: Bronze Medalists in Novice Debate Skyler Meador & Natasha Calilung: Gold Medalists in Open Debate Zihad Amin & Soriya Rasheed: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate Asha Taylor & Wang “Lina” Yi: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate Individual Debate Awards: Mona Abusir, Gold Medal in Novice IPDA Debate Royce Correa, Bronze Medal in Novice IPDA Debate Nilam Faqhir, Bronze Medal in Novice IPDA Debate Natasha Calilung, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate Katrya Ly, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate Skyler Meador, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate Sasha Rongahi, Bronze Medal in Open NFA-LD Debate Colin Squyres, Bronze Medal in Open NFA-LD Debate Individual Event Awards: Rishi Malhotra, Second Place in Novice Extemporaneous and Finalist in Novice Impromptu Sasha Rongahi, Third Place in Novice Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous Soriya Rasheed- Finalist in Novice Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous Skyler Meador- Finalist in Open Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous Jasmine Washington- Finalist in Open Dramatic Interpretation Katrya Ly- Finalist in Open Impromptu Zihad Amin- Finalist in Open Extemporaneous Natasha Calilung- Finalist in Open Extemporaneous PSCFA League Spring Championship Tournament NPDA Team Debate Awards: Thiongo N’gugi & Salam Habib: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate Katrya Ly & Sasha Rongahi: Bronze Medalists in Junior Debate Mona Abusir & Nilam Faqhir: Bronze Medalists in Junior Debate Asha Taylor & George Diamantopolis: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate NPDA IrvineValleyCollege|Page2 Individual Speaker Awards: Mona Abusir, Fifth Place Speaker in Junior Nilam Faqhir, Seventh Place Speaker in Junior Thiongo N’gugi, Seventh Place Speaker in Novice Salam Habib, Ninth Place Speaker in Novice Individual Debate Awards: Natasha Calilung, Gold Medalist in Open IPDA Debate Katrya Ly, Silver Medalist in Junior IPDA Debate La’Maiyah Lyles, Silver Medalist in Novice IPDA Debate Yvonne Pham, Bronze Medalist in Novice IPDA Debate Individual Event Awards: Katrya Ly, 1st Place in Junior Extemporaneous Speaking & Finalist in Junior Impromptu Sasha Rongahi, 1st Place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking & Finalist in Novice Impromptu Louise Hyland, 1st Place in Novice Speech to Entertain & Finalist in Novice Impromptu Royce Correa, 3rd Place in Novice Extemporaneous Rishi Malhotra, Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous & Finalist in Novice Impromptu Soriya Rasheed, 3rd Place in Junior Impromptu Skyler Meador, 5th Place in Open Impromptu Colin Squyres, Finalist in Junior Informative Speaking ### IrvineValleyCollege|Page3
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