The Hastings College Forensics team competed at the American Forensics Association’s National Speech Tournament (AFA-NST) April 4-6 at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
The team’s top competitor at nationals was Madi Holman, a first-year student from Franklin, Nebraska, who advanced to national quarterfinals in dramatic interpretation, placing her in the top 26 of 98 performers.
Hastings College earned 25th place in the overall team sweepstakes.
Also representing Hastings College Forensics at the AFA-NST were:
- Morgan Ashcraft, a junior from Limon, Colorado.
- Brooke Brockman, a senior from Elwood, Nebraska.
- Meg Dedic, a junior from Auburn, Nebraska.
- Hailey Gifford, a junior from Eagle, Colorado.
- Ally Goad, a junior from Gothenburg, Nebraska.
- Abby Klatt, a sophomore from Hastings, Nebraska.
- Yeira Ramirez, a first-year from Stromsburg, Nebraska.
- Avery Usher, a sophomore from Lincoln, Nebraska.
While no Hastings College students were named a forensics All-American this year, the College continues to have the most all-time forensics All-Americans of any AFA school in the country, with 23 total recipients. The University of Alabama has 22, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of Texas at Austin each have 19.
The Hastings College Forensics Team has a long tradition of national competitive success, typically placing in the top 20 at the American Forensics Association National Speech Tournament (AFA-NST) for most of the past 25 years.
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