Speech and Debate Team Awards
- 2024-2025
2025 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament Results
- Mark Luchsinger (McHenry): Silver for International Public Debate
- Mark Luchsinger (McHenry): Bronze for Speaking to Entertain
- Caden Kotecki (Harvard): Bronze for International Public Debate
- Calvin Hamill (Spring Grove): Bronze for International Public Debate
- 2023-2024
- Shadwell/Dittus Speech and Debate Tournament, Elgin Community College, 12/2/23
Elsbeth Haylock, 6th in Persuasive Speaking
Mark Luchsinger, semi-finalist in International Public Debate and 4th place in Individual Speaker Sweepstakes
- Alumni Classic Tournament, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 12/3/23
Elsbeth Haylock, 3rd in Persuasive Speaking
- Shadwell/Dittus Speech and Debate Tournament, Elgin Community College, 12/2/23
- 2022-2023
2023 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament, April 10, 2023
Gold Team Sweepstakes award for Individual Events and a Silver Team award for Overall Sweepstakes
Isabella Aguilar won Gold for Persuasive Speaking, Silver for Prose Interpretation, and Bronze for Dramatic Interpretation. Angelina Smith also won Bronze for Prose Interpretation. Also competing were Jake Hatter and Brennen Briske.
2023 Phi Rho Pi Region IV Competition, March 24, 2023
sabella Aguilar received a Gold Award for Dramatic Interpretation and two Silver Awards for Persuasive Speaking and Prose Interpretation. Angelina Smith won a Silver Award for Dramatic Interpretation and a Bronze Award for Prose Interpretation. Rodney Katushabe and Jacob Hatter won a Bronze Debate Team Sweepstakes Award. Also competing was Brennen Briske.
Illinois Inter-Collegiate Forensics Association 2023 Tournament, March 3, 2023
Angelina Smith tied for 1st Place in Dramatic Interpretation and placed 3rd for Prose Interpretation.
Crystal Clear Forensics Reception, October 15, 2022
Isabella Aguilar placed 1st in Dramatic Interpretation; Katherine Godfrey-Mikkelson placed 1st in Prose Interpretation; Brennen Briske placed 3rd in Informative Speaking; and Rodney Katushabe placed 6th in Interviewing. Sam Steffan also competed.
- 2019
2019 Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Tournament
Shout out to our Forensics student, team captain Nadia Merida, who won Bronze Awards for Informative Speaking and Prose Interpretation at the 92nd Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Tournament, week of April 9.
Congratulations to our Director of Forensics Bonnie Gabel, who was given the 2019 Phi Rho Pi Service Award. Also representing MCC were Caden Fosnaugh, Audre Knecht, and Abigayle Ratcliffe and Assistant Coach, Sarah Metivier Schadt
- 2018
Apel Quest Tournament
Congratulations to the MCC Forensics team placing fifth in Team Sweepstakes at the recent Apel Quest Tournament @morainevalleycommunitycollege
Nadia Merida of Harvard, Audre Knecht of McHenry, Caden Fosnaigh of Woodstock, Abigayle Ratcliffe of Huntley, and Elijah Abejide of Woodstock.
- 2016
2016 Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Tournament
MCC Forensics won its first team award in six years at the Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Tournament 2016 hosted by Irvine Valley Community College in Costa Mesa, CA.
- Individual Events Team Sweepstakes - Silver
- Overall Team Sweepstakes - Bronze
Individual awards included
- Gold: Duo Interpretation - Adrian Nuno and Andrew Nuno
- Bronze: Persuasive Speaking - Melissa Henry; Informative Speaking - Melissa Henry; Dramatic Interpretation - Julia Noack; Prose Interpretation - Dylan Eddy
Also competing was Liz Sullivan, team captain.
- 2015
Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament
Back row, from left: Jaqueesha Monique, Hayley Flores Jasmine Brown, Brianna McDevitt, Casey Slade, Liz Sullivan, Front row, from left: Lucas Hayden, Tom Vanichachiva.
- Gold Awards:
- Jaqueesha Jacobs - Dramatic Interpretation
- Hayley Flores - Duo
- Liz Sullivan - Informative
- Lucas Hayden - Duo
- Gold Awards:
- 2014
- 2013
- National:
- Bronze:
- Devin Lasker and Greg Waldyn - Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- Devin Lasker - Dramatic Interpretation
- Bronze:
- Regional:
- Silver: Bob Gibbons - Impromptu Speaking
- State: 1st Place - Readers Theatre
- Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- 6th Place - Devin Lasker and Greg Waldyn
- Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- National:
- 2012
- Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament, March 16:
- Gold Awards:
- Jay Jacobs - Dramatic Interpretation
- Richard Singletary - Extemporaneous Speaking
- Silver Awards:
- John Cox - Dramatic Interpretation
- Parliamentary Debate Team of Richard Singletary and Bob Gibbons
- Bronze Awards:
- Devin Lasker - Prose Interpretation
- Elino Pucci - Dramatic Interpretation
- Dramatic Duo Interpretation Team of Elino Pucci and Jake Seelye
- Gold Awards:
- Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association (IIFA) State Tournament, March 2 and 3
- First Place, ensemble event, Interpreters Theatre
- Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- 1st Place - John Cox and Lauren Murphy
- 3rd Place - Jay Jacobs and Johanna Klay
- 5th Place - Saida Jimenez and Devin Lasker
- Dramatic Interpretation
- 1st Place - Jay Jacobs
- 7th Place - Elino Pucci
- Extemporaneous Speaking
- 4th Place - Richard Singletary
- Impromptu Speaking
- 5th Place - Richard Singletary
- 2012 College of DuPage Frank-ly Speaking invitational tournament:
- Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
- 4th Place - Richard Singletary
- 6th Place - Bob Gibbons
- Varsity Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- 3rd Place Johanna Klay and Jay Jacobs
- Novice Dramatic Interpretation
- 4th Place - John Cox
- Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
- Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament, March 16:
- 2011
- Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Greenwich, CT:
- Gold Awards:
- Steve Guardi - Prose Interpretation
- Bronze Awards:
- Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale - Dramatic Duo Interpretation
- Jeffrey Vitale - Program Oral Interpretation
- Gold Awards:
- Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament, March 18 and 19:
- Bronze Award for Team Sweepstakes
- Gold Awards:
- Steve Guardi - Prose Interpretation
- Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale - Duo Interpretation
- Rosemary Palczynski - Program Oral Interpretation
- Silver Award:
- Jeffrey Vitale - Program Oral Interpretation
- Bronze Awards:
- Aliena Rogers - Program Oral Interpretation
- Jessica Benson - Poetry Interpretation
- 5th at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association (IIFA) State Tournament, March 4 and 5:
- MCC students placed in two Open Finals: 6th Place Duo Interpretation - Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale and Steve Guardi placed 5th in Prose Interpretation.
- 6 MCC students made the Community College Finals:
- Poetry Interpretation, 2nd Place - A. J. Valentine and 6th Place - Jeffrey Vitale
- Prose Interpretation, 4th Place - Kat Stemple
- Program Oral Interpretation, 5th place - Rosemary Palczynski and 6th Place - Lauren Murphy
- Dramatic Interpretation, 6th Place - Antonio Clinton
- Both MCC debaters were recognized in Parliamentary Debate for Individual Speaker Awards: 4th Place Speaker - Carl Mohr and 6th Place Speaker - Richard Singletary.
- 2011 College of DuPage Frank-ly Speaking invitational tournament: Team captain Kat Stemple took first place and Steve Guardi of Johnsburg placed second in prose interpretation.
- Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Greenwich, CT: