Congratulations to the following UT students on their national accomplishments at this most prestigious event:

• Junior Christy Liu won the AFA National Championship in Informative Speaking, the 34th time a UT student has been awarded a national title since 1990.
• Junior William Igbokwe was elected the National Student Representative to the AFA-NIET along with Illinois State’s Ryan Cashman. William succeeds outgoing UT Senior Caleb Graves, who has done a marvelous job in that role throughout the last year.
• Senior Brendan Chan was elected to the AFA-NIET All-American Team.
• Four UT students placed in the top 20 Overall Speaker Awards—and 3 of them were involved in a four-way tie-breaker at 78 points.
  
  • Junior Kyle Akerman placed 20^th
  • Sophomore Kevin Giffin placed 19^th
  • Senior Brendan Chan placed 18^th
  • Junior Christy Liu placed 16^th

 National Quarter-Finalists (Top 24 nationally)

• William Igbokwe, Impromptu
• Rahul Sangal, Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking, Persuasion
• Joseph Muller & Jeremy Vandermause, Duo Interp
• Jaime Garcia, Extemporaneous Speaking
• Kevin Chiu, Extemporaneous Speaking
• Melissa Lamb, Prose Interpretation
• Colin Malinak, Program Oral Interpretation
• Brendan Chan, After Dinner Speaking
• Matthew King, After Dinner Speaking

 National Semi-Finalists (Top 12 nationally)

• Caleb Graves, Informative Speaking
• Kevin Giffin, Program Oral Interpretation, Poetry
• Kyle Akerman, After Dinner Speaking
• William Igbokwe, After Dinner Speaking

 National Finalists

• Christy Liu, National Champion – Informative Speaking
• Brendan Chan, 2^nd place – Informative Speaking
• Christy Liu, 2^nd place – Communication Analysis
• Nathan Rarick, 3^rd place – Prose Interpretation
• Kyle Akerman, 3^rd place – Persuasive Speaking
• Brendan Chan & Kevin Giffin, 6^th place – Duo Interpretation