August 5, 2003

Sixteen Boise State Talkin' Broncos Named to All Conference Teams

Sixteen members of the Boise State University debate and speech team were named to the 2002-2003 Division I All-Conference team announced by the Northwest Forensic Conference this week.    Senior team captain Ken Rock (senior, Coeur d’Alene) was an All-Conference First Team selection for the third consecutive season. Rock is also a 2003 Pi Kappa Delta All-American. A political science major and the out-going student body vice president, Rock will study abroad before graduating in May. Kristen Davidson (sophomore, Boise) was also a First Team selection. Davidson was All-NFC honorable mention as a freshman. She will return to the team in Spring 2004 after a semester in Winnipeg, Manitoba.      Boise State landed nine students on the All-Conference Second Team: Nancy Henke (Boise), a junior English major, received All-NFC honors for the second consecutive season. Ali Ishaq (junior, Boise) made the all-conference team in his first season of collegiate competition. He currently serves as Boise State's student body president and is majoring in international relations. Blake Lingle (senior, Boise) graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in economics.  Recipient of All-NFC honorable mention honors in 2002-03, he is currently employed by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. Liz McDonagh (freshman, Boise) was named to the second team in her first season of competition, the highest honor for which first-year competitors are eligible. Annah Merkley (Pocatello) is a sophomore majoring in political science.    Lacey Rammell-O’Brien (Eagle) is a sophomore majoring in communication and English. Nicki Napier (Idaho Falls) is a sophomore cultural anthropology major. She will attend the University of Utah next year as a participant in the National Student Exchange Program. Nate Schunke (Boise) is a junior majoring in Human Resource Management. Rachel Webb (Twin Falls) was named to the All-NFC Division III team in 2000-2001 as a freshman at the College of Southern Idaho. She is a junior majoring in communication. Receiving All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition were: Patrick Connor (Boise), a senior communication education major.   Brienna Carico (Caldwell), a freshman communication major. Greg Sasser (Salem, Ore.) a senior communication education major. Katherine Pate (Ketchum) a senior communication education major.   Tandy Reyes (Boise) a senior communication education major.      Boise State is the only Idaho college that competes at the Division I level in the Northwest Forensic Conference, an affiliation of 42 two- and four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Albertson College, BYU-Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College and Northwest Nazarene University compete in Division II, while the College of Southern Idaho is a Division III school. The Talkin’ Broncos’ 16 All-NFC selections are the most Boise State has received in the school’s 20-year affiliation with the conference, and more than any other Division I institution.   Nine of Boise State’s 16 All-NFC award recipients — Davidson, Henke, Ishaq, Merkley, Rammell-O’Brien, Schunke, Carico, Pate and Webb — will return for the 2003-04 season, which begins in late September at the College of Southern Idaho’s Golden Eagle Invitational.     -30- Contact Marty Most   Communication department 208 426-1920 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275 Return to News home

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