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News Release
DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/November 16, 2007
BSU Talkin' Broncos Shine at Linfield College Tournament
Four Talkin’ Broncos were recognized as the top competitors in a field of
more than 400 entries at the 77th annual Mahaffey Memorial Speech and Debate
Tournament held at Linfield College in McMinville, Ore. Chad Judy
(senior, Idaho Falls), Emil Huseynov (junior, Azerbaijan) and
Regan Charlton (sophomore, Inkom), all placed within the top five for
overall wins by an individual competitor. Sean Watson (senior,
Kimberly) was recognized as one of the top debaters at the tournament. The
Talkin’ Broncos earned an impressive 27 awards in individual events and won
second place in sweepstakes.
In novice parliamentary debate, Huseynov and Erik Sande
(junior, Boise) were semifinalists. Junior division quarterfinalists
included the team of Watson and Kate Henry (sophomore, Coeur
d’Alene) as well as Hanna Vinson (junior, Afton, Wyo.) and Debra
Groberg (freshman, Idaho Falls). In the experimental event of Character
Debate, Charlton and Vinson were tournament champions, while
Jen Manship (sophomore, Idaho Falls) and Hillari Taresh
(sophomore, Pocatello) were semifinalists.
In individual events, Judy led the Talkin’ Broncos in scoring with a
first-place finish in senior division Oral Interpretation of Drama, a
second-place finish in Rhetorical Criticism and a third-place finish in
Extemporaneous Speaking. Other top finishes included Henry, who
placed first in both Oral Interpretation of Drama and Oral Interpretation of
Prose; Huseynov, who placed first in Persuasive Speaking, second in
Impromptu Speaking and fourth in Extemporaneous Speaking; and Watson,
who was named top senior competitor in Informative Speaking. Top award
winners for Boise State were Charlton, who placed second in
Informative Speaking and fourth in Rhetorical Criticism; Sande, who
placed third in Extemporaneous Speaking, fifth in Impromptu Speaking and
sixth in Persuasive Speaking; Ben Larsen, who took third place in
Oral Interpretation of Poetry, fourth place in Oral Interpretation of Drama
and sixth place in Extemporaneous Speaking; Ben Bishop (junior,
Meridian), who took third place in Informative Speaking and sixth place in
Rhetorical Criticism; Groberg, who took second place in
Extemporaneous Speaking; Taresh, who placed fourth in Informative
Speaking; Manship, who took fifth place in Oral Interpretation of
Poetry; and Vinson, who took sixth in Speech to Entertain.
The Talkin’ Broncos competed with 24 schools over three days to win the
second-place tournament sweepstakes award. Their next competition will be
Jan. 25-27 at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash.
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
Boise State University professor Heidi Reeder has been named the 2007
Idaho Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. She is an associate professor in the Department of
Communications. Reeder’s honor marks the 11th time that a Boise State
professor has earned this award, and the seventh time in the last decade.
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