Pictured, left to right, are team members: Finley Fox, Alumnus Coach Caleb Spires, Nikita Gabel, Victoria Burnette, Per Selander, Co-Captain Colton Fowler, Co-Captain Alix Mingie, Alumna Coach Katie Rockhill and Director Laurie Rowland
The Speech and Debate team at Cleveland State Community College was awarded first place in the Community Colleges Debate at the Tennessee Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Championship held at the college.
Nikita Gabel and Per Selander took second place in parliamentary debate. Alix Mingie and Victoria Burnette made it to semifinals in parliamentary debate. Laurie Rowland, Speech and Debate director of Forensics and department chair of Humanities, received The Graham Kash TIFA Coach of the Year award.