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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/March 20, 2008

BSU Talkin' Broncos Leave Few Trophies Behind at PKD Regional Championship in Oregon

The Boise State University Talkin’ Broncos were recognized as the top competitors in the region at the Pi Kappa Delta 2008 Tournament of the Great West. Schools from Texas, California, Washington, Idaho and Oregon competed for the regional championship at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore.

Regan Charlton (sophomore, Inkom) and Chad Judy (senior, Idaho Falls) were the tournament champions in Parliamentary Debate. The teams of Ben Larsen (freshman, Raft River) and Alex Dorofeev (senior, Murmansk, Russia); Ben Bishop (junior, Meridian) and Erik Sande (junior, Boise); Kate Henry (sophomore, Coeur d’Alene) and Debra Groberg (freshman, Idaho Falls); and Aaron Olson (freshman, Bremerton, Wash.) and Emil Huseynov (junior, Azerbaijan) also received top awards in Parliamentary Debate. Charlton was named as the top debater at the tournament, with Groberg placing second. Sande, Judy, Bishop, and Larsen all placed within the top ten.

In individual events, Charlton was recognized as the top speaker in Extemporaneous Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Rhetorical Analysis and Informative Speaking. As an individual, Charlton earned more tournament points than many teams in their entirety.

Judy also led the Talkin’ Broncos in scoring with first-place finishes in Oral Interpretation of Drama and Impromptu Speaking, and received awards for his performances in Extemporaneous Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis. Other top finishes included Dorofeev, who placed first in both novice Extemporaneous Speaking and novice Persuasive Speaking; Henry, who placed first in Oral Interpretation of Prose and received awards in Oral Interpretation of Drama, Persuasive Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis; Sande, who placed first in novice Impromptu and received awards in novice Persuasive Speaking, novice Informative Speaking and novice Extemporaneous Speaking; Olson, who placed first in novice Informative Speaking and received an award in novice Persuasive Speaking; Huseynov, who tied for first in novice Persuasive Speaking and received awards in novice Impromptu Speaking, novice Extemporaneous Speaking and novice Informative Speaking; Bishop, who received awards in Impromptu Speaking, Informative Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis; Groberg, who received awards in Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking and Informative Speaking; and Nick Fowler (senior, Wendell) who received an award in novice Persuasive Speaking.

The Talkin’ Broncos, sponsored by the Jeker Family Trust, won the individual events sweepstakes, the debate sweepstakes and the overall sweepstakes at the tournament. They will travel to Austin, Texas for the National Individual Event Tournament in April.
For more information on the team or the program, contact Manda Hicks, interim director of forensics, at 426-1928 or mandahicks@boisestate.edu.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Thursday, March 20, 2008