National Christian Forensics and Communications Association

NCFCA 2015 National Championship University of Northwestern St. Paul

St. Paul, MN

June 16-20, 2015

Team Policy Debate

1st Caleb Engle / Stephen Vilim

2nd Cora Alles / Stefanie Klaves

3rd Ellen Taylor / Trent Taylor

4th Abigail Sefzik / Simon Sefzik

5th Abigail Beasley / Collin Lehmann

6th Hannah David / Sarah Zitter

7th Olivia Bowers / Luke Damkoehler

8th Reagan Bass / Justin Moffatt

9th Michael Johannes / Emily Rose

10th Caleb Paul / Luke Paul

11th Jack Everett / Michael Ween

12th Michael Patton / Olivia Rogers

13th Catherine Ledoux / Abbey Lovett

14th Michelle Wingard / Nicole Wingard

15th Christopher Baldacci / Blake Hansen

16th Tressie Hare / Audrey Mirasola

Double OctaFinalist Johnny Aluri / Benjamin Caiello

Double OctaFinalist Collin Burton / Cailin Chenault

Double OctaFinalist Nicholas Buscemi / Peter Buscemi

Double OctaFinalist Caleb Canna / Elijah Martin

Double OctaFinalist Rachel Cash / Andrew Wortham

Double OctaFinalist Pauli Fiore / Sarah Yoon

Double OctaFinalist Elijah Gonzales / Scott Starkovich

Lincoln Douglas

1st Nathan Lee

2nd Grayson Logue

"…addressing life issues from a biblical worldview in a manner that glorifies God."

3rd Jozef Soja

4th Jonathan Schmidt

5th Cole Headrick

6th Jane White

7th Connor Fitzpatrick

8th Sam Chase

9th Christine David

10th Callen Toscano

11th Danek Black

12th Chris Ostertag

13th Madison Collins

14th Clare Downing

15th Matt Rosa

16th Jake Beach

Double OctaFinalist Joseph Abell

Double OctaFinalist Raven Battles

Double OctaFinalist David Engstrom

Double OctaFinalist Emma Folkerts

Double OctaFinalist Stephen Frantz

Double OctaFinalist Ellen Friesen

Double OctaFinalist Nathanael Nadeau

Double OctaFinalist Lisa Scott

Double OctaFinalist Nathanael Spencer

Double OctaFinalist Michael Tant

After Dinner Speaking

1st Abby Wright

2nd Paul Liu

3rd AJ Neumann

4th David Bloom

5th Keely Wright

6th Clay Damkoehler

7th Joshua Hoover

8th Micah Drees

9th Isaac Sanders

10th Riaz Lane

11th David Engstrom

12th Jack Bechtel

13th Amber Grayum

14th Eli McFarlane

15th Matthias Langley

16th Seihoon Lee

Apologetics

1st Clare Downing

2nd Ellen Rogers

3rd Cailin Chenault

4th Tristan Amaya

5th Olivia Bowers

6th Ben Vincent

7th Christopher Baldacci

8th Annie Rogers

9th Katie Martin

10th Kaitlyn Butts

11th Myles McLean

12th Connor Fitzpatrick

13th Alec Light

14th Margaret Thonnard

15th Sam Moore

16th Arianna Edwards

Quarter-Finalist Joseph Abell

Quarter-Finalist Cora Alles

Quarter-Finalist Julia-Rose Childs

Quarter-Finalist Madison Collins

Quarter-Finalist Benjamin Crosby

Quarter-Finalist Christine David

Quarter-Finalist Hannah David

Quarter-Finalist Caleb Engle

Quarter-Finalist Paige Hungar

Quarter-Finalist Nathan Lee

Quarter-Finalist Eli McFarlane

Quarter-Finalist Aubrey Parke

Quarter-Finalist Phillip Reeves

Quarter-Finalist Indya Rennie

Quarter-Finalist Kristin Trainer

Quarter-Finalist Jane White

Duo Interpretation

1st Chiara Baldacci / Christopher Baldacci

2nd Manda Dunning / Meleah Dunning

3rd Savannah Hottel / Jadon Kaercher

4th AJ Neumann / Ellen Neumann

5th Cole Headrick / Caleb Miller

6th John Strickland / Luke Strickland

7th Jameson Eaves / Morgan Eaves

8th Claire Stevens / Luke Stevens

9th Hannah Newman / Josiah Newman

10th Noah Amedick / Rikki Eskelund

11th Alexander Clancy / Andrew Clancy

12th Nathan Lee / Tristan Penson

13th Andrew Ojeda / Lindsay Ojeda

14th Gracie Prewitt / Maggie Prewitt

15th Nathaniel Kvanvig / Matthias Langley

16th Christopher Burchfiel / Stephen Tatem

Quarter-Finalist Andrew Amedick / Lydia Eskelund

Quarter-Finalist Nate Bettis / Nathan Crory

Quarter-Finalist Kelsey Bragg / Julia Smith

Quarter-Finalist Sam Chase / Mark Compton

Quarter-Finalist Matthew Crory / Robert Mech

Quarter-Finalist Jack Everett / Michael Ween

Quarter-Finalist Brett Hungar / Paige Hungar

Quarter-Finalist Josiah Lee / Ross McWaters

Quarter-Finalist Gabbie Liu / Paul Liu

Quarter-Finalist Audrey Mirasola / Margaret Thonnard

Quarter-Finalist Logan Rawlings / Ben Sweeney

Quarter-Finalist Caleb Wilson / Mattie Winburn

Extemporaneous

1st Christopher Baldacci

2nd Aubrey Parke

3rd Ethan Reeves

4th Micah Drees

5th Olivia Bowers

6th Connor Fitzpatrick

7th Noah Foster

8th Chris Hines

9th Tyler Belyeu

10th Nathan Lee

11th Phillip Reeves

12th Margaret Thonnard

13th Joel Monroe

14th Grayson Logue

15th Riaz Lane

16th Thatcher Townson

Quarter-Finalist Micah Bock

Quarter-Finalist Mary-Katherine Collins

Quarter-Finalist Caleb Engle

Quarter-Finalist Nate Foster

Quarter-Finalist Patience Griswold

Quarter-Finalist Hannah Hastings

Quarter-Finalist Sam Moore

Quarter-Finalist Theresa Raabe

Quarter-Finalist Benjamin Rolsma

Quarter-Finalist Emily Rose

Quarter-Finalist Trent Taylor

Quarter-Finalist Michael Ween

Humorous

1st Faith Froemming

2nd Mitchell Whittenhall

3rd Katie Morgan

4th Mattie Winburn

5th Stephen Edelblut

6th Rachel Leech

7th Jackson Herring

8th Christi McCarthy

9th Savannah Hottel

10th Micah Bock

11th Ian Wilbanks

12th Blythe Landon

13th Cameron Rankin

14th Dakota Wright

15th Samuel Williamson

16th Josiah Lee

Quarter-Finalist Elias Arana

Quarter-Finalist Jordan Brown

Quarter-Finalist Andrew Clancy

Quarter-Finalist Sean Daniels

Quarter-Finalist Pierce Gerber

Quarter-Finalist Giovanna Grimaldo

Quarter-Finalist Jadon Kaercher

Quarter-Finalist Elizabeth Lichtenstein

Quarter-Finalist Paul Liu

Quarter-Finalist John Riley

Quarter-Finalist Grace-Anne Wilson

Quarter-Finalist Isaac Winnes

Illustrated Oratory

1st Joshua Kawase

2nd Mikaela Twait

3rd Justine Hostetler

4th Ellen Neumann

5th Ravin Bright

6th Lily Corley

7th Joshua Schumacher

8th Alexis Rawlings

9th Mikayla Simpson

10th Kaitlyn Butts

11th Natalie Morgan

12th Carly Tizzano

13th Olivia Ligas

14th Drew Albritton

15th Brooke Hillis

16th Joanna Dunning

Impromptu

1st Annie Rogers

2nd Elizabeth Donaldson

3rd Aubrey Parke

4th Joel Thomas

5th Kaitlyn Butts

6th Emi Otsuki

7th Caleb Cummings

8th Chris Ostertag

9th Tyler Belyeu

10th Connor Fitzpatrick

11th Ellen Rogers

12th Magali Laporte

13th Olivia Bowers

14th Paige Hungar

15th Georgia Patterson

16th Anna Pugh

Quarter-Finalist Tristan Amaya

Quarter-Finalist Sam Chase

Quarter-Finalist Cailin Chenault

Quarter-Finalist Mary-Katherine Collins

Quarter-Finalist Hannah David

Quarter-Finalist Claire Gostomski

Quarter-Finalist Adam Johnson

Quarter-Finalist Nathan Lee

Quarter-Finalist Emil Meintjes

Quarter-Finalist Natalie Morgan

Quarter-Finalist Phillip Reeves

Quarter-Finalist Indya Rennie

Quarter-Finalist Loralynn Skeate

Quarter-Finalist Danielle Thevenaz

Quarter-Finalist Kristin Trainer

Quarter-Finalist Alexander Zell

Informative Speaking

1st Michael Ween

2nd Claire Gostomski

3rd Michelle Reid

4th Micah Drees

5th Mia Munnerlyn

6th Nikki Cordaro

7th Andrew Clancy

8th Justine Hostetler

9th Isaac Winnes

10th Jane White

11th Danielle Thevenaz

12th Sarah Brown

13th Indya Rennie

14th Olivia Rogers

15th Annie Rogers

16th Kaleigh Seagraves

Quarter-Finalist Andrew Amedick

Quarter-Finalist Áine Currigan

Quarter-Finalist Nate Foster

Quarter-Finalist Hannah Fox

Quarter-Finalist Paige Hungar

Quarter-Finalist Stefanie Klaves

Quarter-Finalist Seihoon Lee

Quarter-Finalist Alec Light

Quarter-Finalist Emil Meintjes

Quarter-Finalist Natalie Morgan

Quarter-Finalist Michael Patton

Quarter-Finalist Anna Pugh

Quarter-Finalist Ethan Reeves

Quarter-Finalist Luke Strickland

Quarter-Finalist Brendan Thompson

Quarter-Finalist Mitchell Whittenhall

Open Interpretation

1st Tristan Penson

2nd Ellen Neumann

3rd Savannah Hottel

4th Stephen Edelblut

5th Gabrielle Heiss

6th Hannah Fechtel

7th Siobhan Heiss

8th Erykah Betterson

9th Anna Pugh

10th Andrew Clancy

11th Grace-Anne Wilson

12th Matthias Langley

13th Nina Romeo

14th Aaron Schnoor

15th Joel Thomas

16th Abigail Sefzik

Quarter-Finalist Sarah Authorlee

Quarter-Finalist Jack Bechtel

Quarter-Finalist Sarah Blow

Quarter-Finalist Ravin Bright

Quarter-Finalist Nikki Cordaro

Quarter-Finalist Sean Daniels

Quarter-Finalist Micah Drees

Quarter-Finalist Morgan Eaves

Quarter-Finalist Caylee Eissing

Quarter-Finalist Gloria Heiss

Quarter-Finalist Jackson Herring

Quarter-Finalist Denika Hill

Quarter-Finalist Katie Morgan

Quarter-Finalist AJ Neumann

Quarter-Finalist Emma Richardson

Quarter-Finalist Nathanael Rolsma

Persuasive

1st Julia-Rose Childs

2nd Abby Wright

3rd Tristan Penson

4th Madison Collins

5th Matt Rosa

6th Sam Barge

7th Olivia Rogers

8th Rachel Williamson

9th Paul Liu

10th Indya Rennie

11th Esther-Joy Yoon

12th Cora Alles

13th Justin Moffatt

14th Sebastian Anastasi

15th Kat Samelson

16th Daniel Bello

Quarter-Finalist Drew Albritton

Quarter-Finalist James Aldrich

Quarter-Finalist Tristan Amaya

Quarter-Finalist Tiffanie Birrell

Quarter-Finalist Christina Cantanio

Quarter-Finalist Christian Charrier

Quarter-Finalist Cailin Chenault

Quarter-Finalist Mary-Katherine Collins

Quarter-Finalist Abby Erdner

Quarter-Finalist Datiya Erdner

Quarter-Finalist Rikki Eskelund

Quarter-Finalist Blythe Landon

Quarter-Finalist Megan Leech

Quarter-Finalist Aldon Light

Quarter-Finalist Myles McLean

Quarter-Finalist Anna Pugh

Thematic Interpretation

1st Cameron Rankin

2nd Hannah Miele

3rd Alex Donley

4th Emma Castor

5th Ellen Neumann

6th Chloe Quandt

7th Renee Betterson

8th Ariel Reynolds

9th Loralynn Skeate

10th Caleb Engle

11th Lily Corley

12th Carson Woodard

13th Nina Romeo

14th Ellen Friesen

IE Sweepstakes

1st Ellen Neumann

2nd Christopher Baldacci

3rd Aubrey Parke

4th Tristan Penson

5th Micah Drees

6th AJ Neumann

7th Savannah Hottel

8th Paul Liu

9th Annie Rogers

10th Olivia Bowers

11th Kaitlyn Butts

12th Abby Wright

13th Michael Ween

14th Andrew Clancy

15th Justine Hostetler

16th Cailin Chenault

17th Anna Pugh

18th Ellen Rogers

19th Tristan Amaya

20th Ethan Reeves

Team Policy Speaker

1st Abbey Lovett

2nd Emily Rose

3rd Stephen Vilim

4th Cora Alles

5th Joshua Shoemaker

6th Michael Johannes

7th Stefanie Klaves

8th Jacob Dunning

9th Michelle Wingard

10th Hannah David

11th Robert Mech

12th Nate Foster

13th Catherine Ledoux

14th Seth McReynolds

15th Nikki Cordaro

16th Ethan Reeves

17th Aubrey Parke

18th Brennan Herring

19th Simon Sefzik

20th Caleb Engle

Lincoln Douglas Speaker

1st Callen Toscano

2nd Danek Black

3rd Chris Ostertag

4th Madison Collins

5th Clare Downing

6th Gabe Hooper

7th Joseph Abell

8th Matt Rosa

9th Jozef Soja

10th Stephen Frantz

11th Jane White

12th Ben Vincent

13th Cole Headrick

14th Caleb Paul

15th Kay Hall