OCTC Speech & Debate Team Win CC State Tourney

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (03/01/2022) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Tammy M. Rice Speech and Debate Society competed at the Kentucky Forensics Association (KFA) State Tournament hosted by Western Kentucky University (WKU), February 11-12, 2022, the tournament was held virtually. The OCTC team placed first in the Community College - Sweepstakes for Debate, and earned first place in the Community College Division - Individual Events. The team also placed second place overall in the Individual Events Sweepstakes. The OCTC Team was made up of: Heaven Taylor, Kayla Mohon, Caleb Rush, and David Daniel. Daniel was an IPDA Quarterfinalist, he advanced to the quarterfinals and earned fifth place in IPDA Debate. Daniels also competed in the Speech Events Quadrathon-earning a fourth place finish and was the top community college and novice debater, earning a third place award. Daniel also earned top community college honors in Dramatic Interpretation, and Impromptu earning top novice, top community college speaker and a fourth place award. Daniel was also a finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking. Kayla Mohon, was a finalist, named as the top novice, and was named as the and top community college speaker for the Persuasive division. Caleb Rush has a second place finish and earned top novice and top community college speaker honors in Radio Broadcasting. He also earned a fourth place finish and was named top community college speaker in Editorial Impromptu Speaking. Rush also earned a third place finish and top novice, and top community college speaker for the Extemporaneous Speaking. The KFA Student Assembly selected Dr. Bob Glenn as 2022 KFA Coach of the Year.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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