{"id":15362,"date":"2016-02-19T11:03:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=15362"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T17:25:26","slug":"15362-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/15362-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Speech Team Shines in Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story by UCF Nicholson School of Communication<\/p>\n<p>February 18, 2016<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15363\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15363\" class=\" wp-image-15363\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/UCF-speech-knight-nole-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured left to right are UCF speech team members Walter Velasquez, Lukas Terhall, Madelyn Diaz, Hunter Menning, Amanda Grimsley, Kaitlynn Ramirez (background), Alex Gasparini, Steven Cruz, and Mairim Perez. (Team members not pictured are: Jon Gasior, Joshua Glener, Ryan Dorsett, Nicole Young and Caleb Spencer.)\" width=\"561\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/UCF-speech-knight-nole-photo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/UCF-speech-knight-nole-photo-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/UCF-speech-knight-nole-photo-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/UCF-speech-knight-nole-photo-299x196.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured left to right are UCF speech team members Walter Velasquez, Lukas Terhall, Madelyn Diaz, Hunter Menning, Amanda Grimsley, Kaitlynn Ramirez (background), Alex Gasparini, Steven Cruz, and Mairim Perez. (Team members not pictured are: Jon Gasior, Joshua Glener, Ryan Dorsett, Nicole Young and Caleb Spencer.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The two-day speech competition event dubbed \u201cThe Knight-Nole Swing,\u201d hosted jointly this year by the speech teams of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Florida State University, brought together contenders from nine schools and resulted in a \u201cfantastic success\u201d for UCF, according to Instructor and Tournament Director <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/person\/jonathan-conway\/\"><strong>Jonathan Conway<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cIt was the first time all year that the entire UCF speech team competed at the same tournament,\u201d Conway said. And, \u201cIt was the first time we won a tournament as a team.\u201d UCF was champion in five events and had finalists in 10. Individually, UCF student\u00a0<strong>Madelyn Diaz<\/strong> ranked fourth overall at the tournament and UCF\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Mairem Perez<\/strong> finished fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Held for the first time on the UCF main campus, the event took place the weekend of Feb. 13-14 at the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC). Present were speech team members from not only UCF\u00a0and Florida State University, but also from the University of Florida, Florida State College at Jacksonville, University of West Florida, Tallahassee Community College, Eastern Michigan University, Hillsborough Community College and Southeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>UCF hosted the tournament on the first day of the event and competed on the second. Over the course of Sunday, students competed in their choice of 11 events, which were judged by coaches, volunteers and UCF faculty members. Twenty judges in total served at the event.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201cAfter Dinner Speaking\u201d competition category,\u00a0<strong>Mairim Perez<\/strong> was champion and <strong>Hunter Menning<\/strong> took fourth place. For \u201cPoetry Interpretation\u201d <strong>Madelyn Diaz<\/strong> was champion. In the \u201cPersuasive Speaking\u201d category <strong>Steven Cruz<\/strong> was champion and <strong>Madelyn Diaz<\/strong> took the second-place prize. For \u201cProgrammed Oral Interpretation\u201d <strong>Amanda Grimsley<\/strong> was champion, <strong>Mairim Perez<\/strong> placed fourth and <strong>Madelyn Diaz<\/strong> took fifth place. In the \u201cDramatic Interpretation\u201d category <strong>Amanda Grimsley<\/strong> was champion and <strong>Mairim Perez<\/strong> won the fourth-place price. In the category of \u201cExtemporaneous Speaking\u201d <strong>Steven Cruz<\/strong> won second place and <strong>Lukas Terhall<\/strong>\u00a0placed third. <strong>Alex Gasparini<\/strong> received the Top Novice award in this category. For \u201cProse Interpretation\u201d <strong>Amanda Grimsley<\/strong> placed second and <strong>Mairim Perez<\/strong> took the sixth-place spot. In \u201cInformative Speaking\u201d <strong>Madelyn Diaz<\/strong> won third place and <strong>Hunter Menning<\/strong> took sixth place. In \u201cCommunication Analysis\u201d <strong>Hunter Menning<\/strong> placed third. For \u201cImpromptu Speaking\u201d <strong>Walter Velasquez<\/strong> received the Top Novice award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to next year when we plan on adding parliamentary debate and expanding it to one bigger tournament over two days,\u201d Conway said.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all the 2016 Knight-Nole Swing winners. Go Knights!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/knights-take-day-two-of-the-2016-knight-nole-swing-speech-tournament-placing-first-in-five-events-with-finalists-in-ten\/\" target=\"_blank\">View Original Story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by UCF Nicholson School of Communication February 18, 2016 The two-day speech competition event dubbed \u201cThe Knight-Nole Swing,\u201d hosted jointly this year by the speech teams of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Florida State University, brought together contenders from nine schools and resulted in a \u201cfantastic success\u201d for UCF, according to Instructor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":15364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,38,6,13,37,25,28,29],"tags":[1960,3593,3651,3652],"class_list":["post-15362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-breaking-news","category-events","category-news","category-communication","category-staff-news","category-top-news","category-ucf-news","tag-knight-nole-swing","tag-ucf-nicholson-school-of-communication","tag-ucf-speech","tag-ucf-speech-team"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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