Speech Team Does It Again!

Bradley Speech Team standout Jerome Gregory won the national championship for Impromptu Speaking and was runner-up for Overall Top Speaker at the National Forensics Association contest held in Muncie, Indiana. He also placed 3rd in Informative Speaking, 3rd in Persuasive Speaking and 4th in Rhetorical Criticism. 

The team celebrates another top national finish at this contest, placing 3rd in the overall Open Sweepstakes.  Bradley boasts more than 40 team national championships and more than 150 individual national championships making it not only the most successful collegiate forensics program in the country, but the most successful collegiate team in any capacity, including sport according to the Associated Press. Bradley is the only team to have won a national championship in every decade since 1980.

Also at the NFA contest, Director of Forensics, Ken Young, was inducted into the prestigious National Forensic Association Hall of Fame.  

National Award-Winning Performances include:

Open Team Sweepstakes
3rd in the Nation

Overall Top Speaker
National Runner-Up Jerome Gregory (Jr.)

Impromptu Speaking
National Champion Jerome Gregory (Jr.)
Top 24
Annie Schuver (So.)

Informative Speaking
3rd Jerome Gregory (Jr.)
Top 12
Annie Schuver (So.)
Top 24
Matt Friedhoff (Fr.)
Brandon Johnson (Sr.)
Julia Rabin (Sr.)

Persuasive Speaking
3rd Jerome Gregory (Jr.)
Top 24
Kylie Caligiuri (Jr.)
Julia Rabin (Sr.)

Rhetorical Criticism
4th Jerome Gregory (Jr.)
Top 12
Annie Schuver (So.)
Top 24
Abby Hanneman (Jr.)
Kylie Caligiuri (Jr.)
Julia Rabin (Sr.)
Abby Surprenant (Jr.)

After Dinner Speaking
Top 12
Sarah Brashear (So.)
Top 24
Jerome Gregory (Jr.)
Kylie Caligiuri (Jr.)
Julia Rabin (Sr.)

Prose Interpretation
Top 12
Sarah Brashear (So.)

Dramatic Interpretation
Top 24
Natasha Prosek (So.)
Sarah Brashear (So.)

Extemporaneous Speaking
Top 24
Jerome Gregory (Jr.)