Phillip A. Voight, Co-Director Kris Kracht, Co-Director
I. Squad membership
Elizabeth Baranowski, Kara Barnett, Kari DenOtter, Brandon Gilette, Greg Gorham, Katherine Groves, Kristen Gupta, Heidi Hope, Kate Johansen, Amber Juffer, Kallie Kackelmyer, Becky Kuehl, Kimberly Kantzer, Laura Keimig, Val Olson, Justin Paul, Natasha Peterson, Jay Reding, Amanda Reiser, Katie Schoeneck, Megan Simonson, Lena Solyntjes.
Majors represented: Accounting, Communication Studies, Economics and Management, Education, English, French, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Women’s Studies.
II. Minnesota Gamma Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta
Returning members: Elizabeth Baranowski, Kari DenOtter, Brandon Gilette, Greg Gorham, Kristen Gupta, Kate Johansen, and Jay Reding.
New Members: -
Officers: Co-Presidents: Elizabeth Baranowski and Kate Johansen, Secretary/Treasurer: Kari DenOtter.
III. Academic Honors and Awards
IV. Service Projects
V. Tournament Honors and Awards
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #1
Lyz Baranowski
Seventh Place Individual Speaker (tie)
Kari DenOtter
Seventh Place Individual Speaker (tie)
Brandon Gillette
Silver Medal Team Award
Greg Gorham
Eighth Place Individual Speaker
Gold Medal Team Award
Kristen Gupta
Tenth Place Individual Speaker (tie)
Jay Reding
Silver Medal Team Award
Carol Gaede Invitational – MSUM & Concordia College
First Place Team Sweepstakes Award
Lyz Baranowski
Fifth Place Prose Interpretation
Third Place Program Oral Interpretation
Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
Kari DenOtter
Third Place Prose Interpretation
Kate Johansen
Fourth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Sixth Place Informative Speaking
Val Olson
Third Place Poetry Interpretation
Jay Reding
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fifth Place Informative Speaking
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #2
Jay Reding & Brandon Gillette
Gold Medal Team
Kari DenOtter & Kim Kautzer
Bronze Medal Team
Greg Gorham & Justin Paul
Bronze Medal Team
Jay Reding
Seventh Place Speaker Award
Brandon Gillette
Seventh Place Speaker Award
Greg Gorham
Fourth Place Speaker Award
Winona State University Invitational
Twin Cities Forensic League #1
Lyz Baranowski
First Place After Dinner Speaking
Second Place Program Oral Interpretation
Kari DenOtter
Finalist, Impromptu Speaking
Second Place Prose Interpretation
Justin Paul
Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
First Place Informative Speaking
Third Place Overall Team Sweepstakes Award
Minnesota State University at Mankato Invitational
Kristen Gupta
Sixth Place Communication Analysis
Brandon Gillette
Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Semifinalist, Impromptu Speaking
First Place Individual Debate Speaker
Justin Paul
Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fifth Place Individual Debate Speaker
Lyz Baranowski
Seventh Place Program Oral Interpretation
Semifinalist, Prose Interpretation
Semifinalist, Impromptu Speaking
Fifth Place After Dinner Speaking
South Dakota State University Invitational
Lyz Baranowski
Second Place After Dinner Speaking
Fifth Place Impromptu Speaking
Sixth Place Poetry Interpretation
Fourth Place Individual Sweepstakes Award
Greg Gorham
Semifinalist, Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Katie Schoeneck
Fifth Place Prose Interpretation
Val Olson
Fifth Place Poetry Interpretation
Kristen Gupta
Second Place Communication Analysis
Jay Reding
Sixth Place Impromptu Speaking
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
First Place Informative Speaking
Fourth Place Individual Debate Speaking Award
Kate Johansen
Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Brandon Gillette
Sixth Place Individual Debate Speaking Award
Greg Gorham & Justin Paul Missed Debate Semi-Finals on Points
University of Wisconsin River Falls
Lyz Baranowski
Sixth Place Prose Interpretation
Becky Kuehl
Second Place Informative Speaking
Fifth Place Impromptu Speaking
Kate Johansen
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Kristen Gupta
Second Place Communication Analysis
Fourth Place Persuasive Speaking
Megan Simonson
Sixth Place Communication Analysis
Jau Reding
First Place Informative Speaking
Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Katherine Groves
Fourth Place Prose Interpretation
First Place Team Sweepstakes Award
Valley Forensics League #1
Lyz Baranowski
Fifth Place Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Kristen Gupta
Third Place Communication Analysis
Greg Gorham
Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Brandon Gillette
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Valley Forensics League #2
Lyz Baranowski
Second Place Poetry Interpretation
Kari DenOtter
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Brandon Gillette
Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #3
Justin Paul & Jay Reding
Silver Medal Team
Jay Reding
Eighth Place Individual Speaker
Twin Cities Forensics League #3
Greg Gorham
Finalist, Extemporaneous Speaking
Finalist, Impromptu Speaking
Justin Paul
Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Kristen Gupta
Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Katie Schoeneck
Third Place Prose Interpretation
University of Northern Iowa Invitational
Lyz Baranowski
Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Sixth Place Impromptu speaking
Laura Keimig
Sixth Place Dramatic Interpretation
Greg Gorham
First Place extemporaneous Speaking
Megan Simonson
Fourth Place Communication Analysis
Jay Reding
Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fifth Place Informative Speaking
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Third Place Overall Team Sweepstakes
Cornell College Invitational
Lyz Baranowski
Fifth Place Duo Dramatic Interpretation
Laura Keimicg
Fifth Place Duo Dramatic Interpretation
Sixth Place Dramatic Interpretation
Greg Gorham
Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Jay Reding
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Third Place Team Swing Sweepstakes Award
University of Nebraska Lincoln Invitational
Lyz Baranowski
Sixth Place Poetry Interpretation
Sixth Place After Dinner Speaking
Jay Reding
Seventh Place Informative Speaking
Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Creighton University Invitational
Lyz Baranowski
Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
Laura Keimig
Second Place Dramatic Interpretation
Sixth Place Program Oral Interpretation
Megan Simonson
Fourth Place Communication Analysis
Twin Cities Forensics League #4
Lyz Baranowski
Finalist Poetry Interpretation
Greg Gorham
Finalist Impromptu Speaking
Laura Keimig
First Place Dramatic Interpretation
Third Place Program Oral Interpretation
Megan Simonson
First Place Communication Interpretation
Jay Reding
Third Place Communication Analysis
St. Cloud State University Invitational
Laura Keimig
Sixth Place Dramatic Interpretation
Kate Johansen
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Megan Simonson
Fifth Place Persuasive Speaking
Third Place Impromptu Speaking
First Place Communication Analysis
Greg Gorham
Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Jay Reding
Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Second Place Informative Speaking
Fourth Place Communication Analysis
Third Place Overall Team Sweepstakes Award
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #4
Jay Reding & Brandon Gillete
Gold Team Award
Brandon Gillete
First Place Speaker Award
Jay Reding
Second Place Speaker Award
South Dakota State University – Bunny Bop Invitational
Larua Keimig
Third Place Program Oral Interpretation
Becky Kuehl
Fourth Place Persuasive Speaking
Greg Gorham
Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Lyz Baranowski
Third Place Prose Interpretation
MCFA State Tournament
Katie Shoeneck
Third Place Dramatic Interpretation
Kate Johansen
Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Jay Reding
Second Place Quadrathon Speaker
First Place Communication Analysis
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Third Place Informative Speaking
Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Fifth Place Informative Speaking
Greg Gorham
Fourth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Lyz Baranowski
Third Place Program Oral Interpretation
Fourth Place Prose Interpretation
Third Place Poetry Interpretation
Kari DenOtter
Fifth Place Program Oral Interpretation
Kristen Gupta
Second Place Communication Analysis
Megan Simonson
Fifth Place Communication Analysis
Megan Simonson and Kate Johansen
First Place Parliamentary Debate*
* Perfect 16-0 Tournament Record
Second Place Overall Team Sweepstakes Award
Second Place LaPonta Overall Team Quality Award
Twin Cities Forensics League #5
Jay Reding
First Place Communication Analysis
Brandon Gillette
First Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Megan Simonson
Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Finalist Persuasive Speaking
Kari DenOtter
Finalist Impromptu Speaking
Greg Gorham
Finalist Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Third Place Persuasive Speaking
Laura Keimig
Second Place Program Oral Interpretation
Third Place Prose Speaking
First Place Overall Team Sweepstakes Award
VFL #3 & #4
Katie Schoeneck
Third Place Dramatic Interpretation
First Place Dramatic Interpretation
Lyz Baranowski
Third Place Poetry Interpretation
Brandon Gillette
First Place Impromptu Speaking
Becky Kuehl
Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #5
Jay Reding & Brandon Gillette
Gold Team Award
Greg Gorham & Justin Paul
Gold Team Award
Brandon Gillette
First Place Speaking Award
Jay Reding
Second Place Speaking Award
Greg Gorham
Fourth Place Speaking Award
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest Year End Awards
Jay Reding
Third Place Speaking Award
Brandon Gillette
Ninth Place Speaking Award
Greg Gorham
Ninth Place Speaking Award
Gold Team Award
Did You Know?
Books that students cannot find in the library can be ordered through the MnPals Network or through the Gopher System for the Minnesota State College and Universities. Any book requested through this system can be sent to Gustavus within days free of charge.
