Debaters at MAFA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2008

Kelly B. Larson
(417) 625-3196

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The Missouri Southern State University speech and debate squad competed in the Missouri Area Forensic Association (MAFA) tournament held Feb. 15-16 in Bolivar. This is a closed invitational tournament composed of schools from Missouri.

 

At the tournament, sophomore Valerie Melton, sophomore communications major from Marionville, Mo., qualified for elimination rounds in Lincoln-Douglas debate.

 

Melton went to the semifinals before dropping a close decision. Melton was also a recipient of an individual second place speaker award.

 

In the individual events portion of the tournament freshman Megan Miller, freshman psychology major from Houston, Mo., qualified for the final round in dramatic interpretation were she finished sixth.

 

Melton and Miller join team members Dylan Slagel, Whitney Hart, Kyle Buzzard, and Richard Brown in qualifying for the National Forensics Association national tournament to be held in April.

 

The MSSU forensics squad is now off until the Lincoln-Douglas Open Championships to be held at Washburn University the first week of April.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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