Kristofer B. Kracht, Director
Meghan Krause, Assistant Director
I. Squad membership
Brittney Lovdahl, Breton Harris, Alex Knewtson, Andrea Carlile, Bridget Traut, Katelyn Reschetz, Henry Stokman, Emily Soeder, Jessica Barron, Kelli Lassig, Justin Paul, Katie Schoeneck, Becky Kuehl, Greg Gorham, Brandon Gillette, Kari DenOtter, Katherine Groves
Majors represented: Accounting, Communication Studies, Economics and Management, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Women’s Studies
II. Tournament Honors and Awards
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #1
Brandon Gillette & Justin Paul
Emily Soeder & Jessica Barron
Siddarth Selvaraj & Vanessa Slingsby
Carol Gaede Talk of the Tundra Invitational – MSUM & Concordia College
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
Brittney Lovdahl
- Semi-Finalist Prose Interpretation
Brandon Gillette & Andrea Carlile
- Second Parliamentary Debate
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #2
Brandon Gillette & Justin Paul
Henry Stokman & Alex Knewtson
Greg Gorham & Andrea Carlile
Brandon Gillette
- Tenth Place Speaker Award
Andrea Carlile
- First Place Speaker Award
Henry Stokman
- Second Place Speaker Award
Twin Cities Forensic League #1
Third Place Team Sweepstakes
Henry Stokman
- Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Ingrid Vick
- Fifth Place Informative Speaking
Alex Knewtson
- Second Place Persuasive Speaking
Chelsea Becker
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Kari DenOtter
- Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Brittney Lovdahl
- Fifth Place Prose Interpretation
Jessica Barron & Emily Soeder
- Second Place Parliamentary Debate
Larry Schnoor Invitational, MSU-Mankato
Kelly Lassig
- Fifth Place After Dinner Speaking
Greg Gorham
- First Place Impromptu Speaking
Jessica Barron
- Semi-Finalist Prose Interpretation
Jordan Barry
- Semi-Finalist Prose Interpretation
GAC Invitational at Gustavus Adolphus College
Third Place Team Sweepstakes and Second Place for MN River Swing Team Sweepstakes
Kari DenOtter
- Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
- Fifth Place Impromptu Speaking
- Fourth Place Program Oral Interpretation
Henry Stokman
- Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Greg Gorham
- Sixth Place Impromptu Speaking
Brandon Gillette
- Fifth Place Persuasive Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Andrea Carlile & Bridget Traut
- Eighth Place Dramatic Duo Interpretation
Valley Forensics League #1
Brandon Gillette
- First Place Impromptu Speaking
- Sixth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Katelyn Reschetz
- Sixth Place After Dinner Speaking
Greg Gorham
- Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Valley Forensics League #2
Katelyn Reschetz
- Second Place After Dinner Speaking
Greg Gorham
- Second Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Brandon Gillette
- Sixth Place Impromptu Speaking
River Falls Wisconsin
First Place Team Sweepstakes Award
Katie Groves
- Sixth Place Prose Interpretation
Justin Paul
- Sixth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
- Second Place Persuasive Speaking
Brandon Gillette
- Fourth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Dramatic Interpretation
Kari DenOtter
- Sixth Place After Dinner Speaking
- First Place Impromptu Speaking
Katelyn Reschetz
- Second Place After Dinner Speaking
- Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Kelli Lassig
- First Place After Dinner Speaking
Jessica Barron & Emily Soeder
- Sixth Place Parliamentary Debate
Brandon Gillette & Justin Paul
- First Place Parliamentary Debate
SDSU Jackrabbit Jousts
Third Place Team Sweepstakes
Andrea Carlile
- First Place Persuasive Speaking
- Second Place Impromptu Speaking
- Fourth Place Prose Interpretation
- Fourth Place Individual Sweepstakes
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Kari DenOtter
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
UW-Stout, Menomonie, Wi
Kelli Lassig
- Third Place After Dinner Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Second Place Persuasive Speaking
Kari DenOtter
- Sixth Place Music Interpretation
Bridget Traut
- Sixth Informative Speaking
Andrea Carlile & Bridget Traut
- Sixth Place Dramatic Duo Interpretation
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #3
Andrea Carlile & Greg Gorham
Brandon Gillette & Justin Paul
Henry Stokman & Alex Knewtson
Andrea Carlile
- Third Place Speaker Award
Brandon Gillette
- Fourth Place Speaker Award
Henry Stokman
- Fourth Place Speaker Award
Greg Gorham
- Seventh Place Speaker Award
Alex Knewtson
- Ninth Place Speaker Award
This House Believes That Parliamentary Debate Classic, Bethany Lutheran College
First Place Team Sweepstakes
Emily Soeder & Jessica Barron
- Gold Award Junior Division
Brandon Gillette & Justin Paul
- Bronze Award Open Division
Brandon Gillette
- Third Place Speaker Award Open Division
Emily Soeder
- Second Place Speaker Award Junior Division
Twin Cities Forensic League #3
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Informative Speaking
Katelyn Reschetz First Place After Dinner Speaking
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
Kelli Lassig
- Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
Henry Stokman
- Fourth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Iowa Swing, UNI Henderson Invitational
Brittney Lovdahl
- Fourth Place Prose Interpretation
Becky Kuehl
- Sixth Place Informative Speaking
Iowa Swing, Bob Smith Invitational, Warburg College
Bridget Traut Fifth Place Informative Speaking
- Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Breton Harris
- Second Place Impromptu Speaking
Twin Cities Forensics League #4
Third Place Team Sweepstakes
Kari DenOtter
- Third Place Prose Interpretation
Breton Harris
- First Place After Dinner Speaking
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Bridget Traut
- First Place Informative Speaking
- Fourth Place Persuasive Speaking
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #4
Brandon Gillette & Becky Kuehl
Henry Stokman & Alex Knewtson
Brandon Gillette
Henry Stokman
- Second Place Speaker Award
Alex Knewtson
- Sixth Place Speaker Award
Becky Kuehl
- Eighth Place Speaker Award
Ice Box Classis – St. Cloud State University
Becky Kuehl
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Brittney Lovdahl
- Third Place Prose Interpretation
- Fourth Place Poetry Interpretation
Henry Stokman
- Fifth Place Extemporaneous Speaking
- Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Henry Stokman & Alex Knewtson
- Semi Finalist Parliamentary Debate
Henry Stokman
- Fourth Place Individual Speaker Parliamentary Debate
Alex Knewtson
- Fifth Place Individual Speaker Parliamentary Debate
Twin Cites Forensics League #5
Third Place Team Sweepstakes
Kari DenOtter:
- First Place Prose Interpretation
Becky Kuehl
- Second Place Communication Analysis
Henry Stokman
- Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Bridget Traut
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
Katie Schoeneck
- First Place Dramatic Interpretation
Grace Walsh Individual Events Tournament – Eau Claire
Fourth Place Team Sweepstakes
Becky Kuehl
- Second Place Impromptu Speaking
- Fifth Place Persuasive Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
- Fourth Place Persuasive Speaking
Breton Harris
- Sixth Place Persuasive Speaking
Brandon Gillette
- Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Katelyn Reschetz
- Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
Red Hawk Invitational-Hosted by Ripon College
Fifth Place Combined Sweepstakes
Brandon Gillette
- Third Place Impromptu Speaking
Andrea Carlile
- Fourth Place Impromptu Speaking
Breton Harris
- Third Place Dramatic Interpretation
- Fifth Place Dramatic Duo
- Fourth Place After Dinner Speaking
Brittney Lovdahl
- Fifth Place Dramatic Duo
- Sixth Place Poetry Interpretation
MN Collegiate Forensics Association Tournament
Second Place Team Sweepstakes Open Division
Katie Schoeneck
- Sixth Place Dramatic Interpretation
- Third Place Readers Theatre
Breton Harris
- Third Place Dramatic Interpretation
- Second Place After Dinner Speaking
- Second Place Dramatic Duo
Katelyn Reschetz
- Fifth Place After Dinner Speaking
Brittney Lovdahl
- Sixth Place Poetry Interpretation
- Fifth Place Prose Interpretation
- Second Place Dramatic Duo
- Third Place Readers Theatre
Brandon Gillette
- Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
- Seventh Place Informative Speaking
Becky Kuehl
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
- Third Place Communication Analysis
Andrea Carlile
- Second Place Persuasive Speaking
- (Qualified for the Interstate Oratorical Association National Contest)
Bridget Traut
- Fourth Place Persuasive Speaking
- Third Place Readers Theatre
Henry Stokman & Alex Knewtson
- First Place Parliamentary Debate
Brandon Gillette & Becky Kuehl
- Quarterfinalist Parliamentary Debate
Brittney Lovdahl
- Fourth Place Individual Sweepstakes
SDSU Bunny Bop
First Place Team Sweepstakes
Becky Kuehl
- First Place Persuasive Speaking
- Fifth Place Informative Speaking
- Third Place Communication Analysis
Brittney Lovdahl
- First Place Prose Interpretation
- First Place Poetry Interpretation
Bridget Traut
- Third Place Informative Speaking
Breton Harris
- First Place After Dinner Speaking
Kari DenOtter
- Third Place Poetry Interpretation
- Fifth Place Program Oral Interpretation
Valley Forensic League #3
Becky Kuehl
- First Place Impromptu Speaking
- Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Katie Schoeneck
- Second Place Dramatic Interpretation
- Fourth Place Program Oral Interpretation
Breton Harris
- Second Place Dramatic Duo
Brittney Lovdahl
- Second Place Dramatic Duo
Bridget Traut
- Third Place Persuasive Speaking
Valley Forensic League #4
Becky Kuehl
- Third Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Katie Schoeneck
- First Place Dramatic Interpretation
Breton Harris
- Second Place Dramatic Interpretation
- Second Place Impromptu Speaking
- Third Place Dramatic Duo
Brittney Lovdhal
- Second Place Poetry Interpretation
- First Place Informative Speaking
- Third Place Dramatic Duo
Greg Gorham
- Sixth Place Impromptu Speaking
* Becky Kuehl received the Valley Forensic League Returning Student Scholarship
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #4
Brandon Gillette & Becky Kuehl
Greg Gorham & Andrea Carlile
Brandon Gillette
- Second Place Individual Speaker
Greg Gorham
- Fourth Place Individual Speaker
Becky Kuehl
- Ninth Place Individual Speaker
Alex Knewtson
- Tenth Place Individual Speaker
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest Season Awards
Gold Award for Team Sweepstakes
Brandon Gillette
- First Place Individual Speaker
Henry Stokman
- Seventh Place Individual Speaker
Alex Knewtson
- Eighth Place Individual Speaker
American Forensics Association National Individual
Events Tournament Qualifiers
- Andrea Carlile (Sophomore) Persuasion, Impromptu
- Becky Kuehl (Senior) Persuasion, Communication Analysis, Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative
- Bridget Traut (Sophomore) Informative
- Kelli Lassig (Sophomore) After Dinner Speaking
- Katelyn Reschetz (Sophomore) After Dinner Speaking
- Brittney Lovdahl (Freshman) Prose, Poetry, Dramatic Duo
- Breton Harris (Freshman) After Dinner Speaking, Dramatic, Impromptu, Dramatic Duo
- Kari DenOtter (Senior) Impromptu
- Katie Schoeneck (Senior) Dramatic
- Brandon Gillette (Senior) Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking
