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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/October 17, 2007

BSU Talkin' Broncos Beat Out 29 Schools to Win at Pioneer Invitational Tourney

The Boise State University speech and debate team continued its successful season with another win at the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Invitational in Portland, Ore. The Talkin’ Broncos received 11 awards in individual events and won first place in sweepstakes.

From a field of more than 100 debate teams, three of Boise State’s teams reached the tournament finals. Hanna Vinson (junior, Afton, Wyo.) and Debra Groberg (freshman, Idaho Falls) were named tournament finalists in junior division. In novice Parliamentary Debate, Emil Huseynov (junior, Azerbaijain) and Erik Sande (junior, Boise) advanced to quarterfinals. Sean Watson (senior, Kimberly) and his debate partner also advanced to quarterfinals. Sande was recognized as one of the top 10 novice debaters, while Chad Judy (senior, Idaho Falls) was named as one of the top 20 debaters in senior competition.

In individual events, Regan Charlton (sophomore, Inkom) led the Talkin’ Broncos in scoring with a first-place finish in Informative Speaking and finalist awards in Oral Interpretation of Poetry and Communication Analysis. Other first place finishes included Watson, who was named top senior competitor in Informative Speaking, and Alex Dorofeev (junior, Murmansk, Russia) in Impromptu Speaking. Top award winners for Boise State were Judy, who placed second in Communication Analysis and fourth in Impromptu Speaking; Ben Bishop (junior, Meridian), who took second place in senior Informative Speaking; Hillary Taresh (sophomore, Pocatello), who placed fourth in Oral Interpretation of Prose and was named a finalist in Persuasive Speaking; and Groberg, who was a finalist in Informative Speaking.

The Talkin’ Broncos competed with 29 schools over three days to win the tournament sweepstakes award. The next competition will be Oct. 26–27 at the College of Idaho Coyote Classic in Caldwell.

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

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A
record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Wednesday, October 17, 2007