Prairie State College Speech Team Wins Big

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Members of the Prairie State College team that took fourth place during the Kishwaukee College speech tournament last month were (from left) Kelli Campbell, Nick Williams, Robert Roberts, Adrianna Carr, and Nadia Crawley. (Photo Credit: Prairie State College)
Members of the Prairie State College team that took fourth place during the Kishwaukee College speech tournament last month were (from left) Kelli Campbell, Nick Williams, Robert Roberts, Adrianna Carr, and Nadia Crawley. (Photo Credit: Prairie State College)

The Prairie State College (PSC) speech team competed in two tournaments in November and December, bringing home several awards.

During the Kishwaukee College tournament in November, the PSC team placed fourth of 15 teams and individual team members also received several awards. Nadia Crawley, of Lynwood, was named tournament champion for communication analysis and won fifth place for informative speaking. Adrianna Carr, of Park Forest, won fourth place for informative speaking, and third place for poetry interpretation. Kelli Campbell, of Homewood, won fifth place for persuasive speaking. Nick Williams, of Homewood, won sixth place for persuasive speaking. Robert Roberts, of Chicago Heights, won eighth place for speech to entertain.

"I'm really excited about this team. We have a lot of talented students who can really take their speeches far, Crawley said of the experience.

The PSC team also placed sixth of 15 schools in the tournament at College of Lake County on Dec. 3. Individual awards included Williams receiving fifth place for poetry interpretation and fifth place for persuasive speaking; and Angela Parrish, of Olympia Fields, receiving sixth place for poetry interpretation. Parrish also was named tournament champion for persuasive speaking. Additional team members included Connor MacLeod and Matt Jiles, of Flossmoor; Lamar Riddle, of Richton Park; and Roberts.

"We are very pleased to see such young and new talent do so well and represent the program the way they did. We are looking forward to competition in the spring semester, said David Naze, team coach and communication professor.

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