UT Speech Captures Two National Titles

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Individual Awards are as follows:

National Champion, Communication Analysis: Stephanie Cagniart
National Champion, Impromptu Speaking: Stephanie Cagniart

National Runner-Up, Extemporaneous Speaking: Jillian Collum
National Runner-Up, Poetry Interpretation: Eric Cullather

3rd place, Prose Interpretation: Nicole Martin
3rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking: Stephanie Cagniart
3rd place, Communication Analysis: Jillian Collum

4th place, Poetry Interpretation: Caetlin Mangan
4th place, Duo Interpretation: Bimal Patel & Jesse Gall
4th place, Dramatic Interpretation: Caetlin Mangan

National Semi-Finalists

After Dinner Speaking: Donald Collier
Poetry Interpretation: Donald Collier
Impromptu Speaking: Sandip Gupta
Extemporaneous Speaking: Austin Wright

National Quarter-Finalists

Extemporaneous Speaking: Sandip Gupta, Merry Regan
Informative Speaking: Jillian Collum, Ashley Hatcher, Stephanie Cagniart
Impromptu Speaking: Jillian Collum, Ashley Hatcher
Program of Oral Interpretation: Donald Collier
Poetry Interpretation: Shivali Goudar
Prose Interpretation: Sally Rivero

3rd Speaker Overall: Stephanie Cagniart

10th Speaker Overall: Jillian Collum

Milestones:

• The team set a school record this year with 10 national finalists.

• With her 3rd and 4th national event titles, Stephanie Cagniart matched Matthew Whitley as the all-time leader in event championships at the University of Texas.

• The championship in Impromptu Speaking is UT’s 4th, making UT the all-time leader in that category.

• The UT Speech Team has now won 24 individual national titles in only its 18th year of existence, making UT the second winningest program in the history of the American Forensic Association, behind onlyBradley University.

• 4 of the top five programs in the countrywere coached in part by UT Speech alumni. Tournament champion Western Kentucky University is coached by Bonny McDonald and Graduate Assistant Ben Robin; the University of Alabama is coached by doctoral student Nance Riffe; Illinois State University is coached by Graduate Assistant Kristyn Meyer. Additionally, George Mason University, who placed 9th, is coached by UT alumni Peter Pober, Casey Garcia, and Jimmy Ficaro.

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Martin "Randy" Cox
Director of Individual Events
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 471-1957 Fax: (512) 232-1481

Website: www.utspeech.net
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