16th Novice Nationals:Bethel College (Minnesota)

After Dinner Speaking:

• 1st place - Andrew Nuendorf (Loras College)
• 2nd place - Josh Chambers (Loras College)
• 3rd place - Seth Michael Smith (Mankato State University)
• 4th place - Mike Sink (Florida College)
• 5th place - Becky Amonett (Florida College)
• 6th place - Amanda Graham (Florida College)

Communication Analysis:

• 1st place - Seth Michael Smith (Mankato State University)
• 2nd place - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Michelle Moore (Azusa Pacific University)
• 4th place - Rebecca Luginbuhl (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th place - Lori Abels (Luther College)
• 6th place - Tiffany Pofahl (Azusa Pacific University)

Dramatic Interpretation:

• 1st place - Cami Slack (Sheridan College)
• 2nd place - Tiffany Austin (Western Oregon State Univ.)
• 3rd place - Jason Wade (Sheridan College)
• 4th place - Amanda Trachtel (Loras College)
• 5th place - Jacob Wipf (Sheridan College)
• 6th place - Jenny Klein (St. Olaf College)

Duo Interpretation:

• 1st place - Dean/Hammond (Florida College)
• 2nd place - Gabhart/Amonett (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Sharp/Iverson (Sheridan College)
• 4th place - Slack/Sharp (Sheridan College)
• 5th place - Mulholland/Wipf (Sheridan College)
• 6th place - Sink/Qualls (Florida College)

Extemporaneous Speaking:

• 1st place - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College)
• 2nd place - Seth Michael Smith (Mankato State University)
• 3rd place - Rebecca Luginbuhl (Azusa Pacific University)
• 4th place - Rachel Trevor (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th place - Mike Sink (Florida College)
• 6th place - Ryan Mulholland (Sheridan College)

Impromptu:

• 1st place - Seth Michael Smith (Mankato State University)
• 2nd place - Mike Sink (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Andrew Nuendorf (Loras College)
• 4th place - Rebecca Luginbhul (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th place - Anna Qualls (Florida College)
• 6th place - Nathan Opsata (Bethel College)

Impromptu Sales:

• 1st place - Rebecca Luginbuhl (Azusa Pacific University)
• 2nd place - Becky Amonett (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Ryan Mulholland (Sheridan College)
• 4th place - Rachel Trevor (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th place - Andrew Neundorf (Loras College)
• 6th place - Anna Qualls (Florida College)
• 7th place - Tamy Burnett (Nebraska-Kearney)

Informative:

• 1st place - Adrienne Dugas (St. Olaf College)
• 2nd place - Mike Sink (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Jaime Sharp (Sheridan College)
• 4th place - Becky Amonett (Florida College)
• 5th place - Andrew Nuendorf (Loras College)
• 6th place - Anna Qualls (Florida College)

Persuasion:

• 1st place - Rachel VanKerrebrook (Nebraska-Kearney)
• 2nd place - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Tamy Burnett (Nebraska-Kearney)
• 4th place - Tiffany Pofahl (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th place - Anna Qualls (Florida College)
• 6th place - Kim Akavuti (Azusa Pacific University)

Program Oral Interpretation:

• 1st place - Cami Slack (Sheridan College)
• 2nd place - Terra Walker (Normandale CC)
• 3rd place - Becky Amonett (Florida College)
• 4th place - Lori Abels (Luther College)
• 5th place - Audrey Mathis (Sheridan College)
• 6th place - Jason Wade (Sheridan College)

Poetry:

• 1st place - Terra Walker (Normandale CC)
• 2nd place - Clint Dean (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Jenny Klein (St. Olaf College)
• 4th place - Brandy Fish (Nebraska-Kearney)
• 5th place - Lori Abels (Luther College)
• 6th place - Cami Slack (Sheridan College)

Prose:

• 1st place - Cami Slack (Sheridan College)
• 2nd place - Tiffany Austin (Western Oregon State)
• 3rd place - Darcy Hammond (Florida College)
• 4th place - Jenny Klein (St. Olaf College)
• 5th place - Whitney Hughson (Azusa Pacific University)
• 6th place - Amanda Belhlavy (Nebraska-Kearney)

NFA-LD:

• 1st place - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College)
• 2nd place - Michael Sink (Florida College)
• 3rd place - Nate Kramer (Normandale CC)
• 4th place - Abraham Johnson (Bethel College)
• 5th place - David Iverson (Sheridan College)
• 6th place - John Meyer (Normandale CC)

Speaker Awards:  Parliamentary Debate (20 teams)

• 1st - Ryan Mulholland (Sheridan College)
• 2nd - David Iverson (Sheridan College)
• 3rd - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College)
• 4th - Rebecca Luginbuhl (Azusa Pacific University)
• 5th - Mike Sink (Florida College)
• 6th - T.J. Tappe (Sheridan College)
• 7th - Jon Loging (Bethany Lutheran College)
• 8th - Dan Schneider (Bethany Lutheran College)
• 9th - Becky Amonett (Florida College)
• 10th -  Melissa Kerslake (Bethel College)

Quarterfinals: *denotes opposition

• (8) Macalester WA defeated (1) Bethel KS (Melissa Kerslake & Jen Stewart) 3-0
• (4) Azusa Pacific ML defeated (5) Weber State MS (Brian Mills & Andrew Shafer) 2-1
• (2) Sheridan IT defeated (7) Azusa Pacific PA (Tiffany Pofahl & Kim Akavuti) 2-1
• (3) Sheridan MP defeated (6) Bethel AJ (John Anderl & Abraham Johnson) 3-0

Semifinals:

• (8) Macalester WA defeated (3) Sheridan MP (Ryan Mulholland & Elizabeth Pillen) 3-0
• (2) Sheridan IT defeated (4) Azusa Pacific ML (Michelle Moore & Rebecca Luginbuhl) 2-1

Finals:

(2) Sheridan IT* (David Iverson & T.J. Tappe) defeated (8) Macalaster WA (Katie Weitz & Mike Aschenbrenner) 2-1

Individual Sweepstakes:

1st - Kyle Gabhart (Florida College) - 69 points
2nd - Mike Sink (Florida College) - 57.5 points (tie broken on # of finals)
3rd - Seth Michael Smith (Mankato State Univ.) - 57.5 points
4th - Becky Amonett (Florida College) - 53 points
5th - Rebecca Luginbuhl (Azusa Pacific University) - 43 points

Team Sweeps - broken to small/large entry divisions:

Large Entry Division:

• 1st - Florida College - 267 points
• 2nd - Sheridan College - 204.5 points
• 3rd - Azusa Pacific University - 129 points
• 4th - Loras College - 81 points
• 5th - Univ. Nebraska-Kearney - 67.5 points

Small Entry Division:

• 1st - Mankato State University - 59 points
• 2nd - St. Olaf College - 45.5 points
• 3rd - Bethel College (MN) - 44 points
• 4th - Normandale CC - 37.5 points
• 5th - Western Oregon State University - 30.5 points