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Forensics Society History


        The George R. Brown Forensics Society is Rice University's competitive Speech and Debate program.  Founded in the Spring Semester of 1984, the present organization succeeds the original Rice Forensic Society (1954-1964).  The team represents Rice University by competing in intercollegiate speech and debate tournaments throughout the United States.

 

Click Here to Download an Annual Report. (Available by year from 1995-2001.)

 

 

 

Rice University's Overall National Rankings

National Champions 2001 National Tournament at Boise State University
National Champions 2000 National Tournament at Webster University
Seventh Place 1999 National Tournament at North Dakota State University

 

Rice University's Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament Debate Team Awards

Third Place 2001 National Tournament at Boise State University
National Champions 2000 National Tournament at Webster University
Fifth Place 1999 National Tournament at North Dakota State University

 

Rice University's Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament Speech Team Awards

Second Place 2001 National Tournament at Boise State University
National Champions 2000 National Tournament at Webster University
Seventh Place 1999 National Tournament at North Dakota State University

 

Rice University's Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament National Champions

Brook Ames Reader's Theatre 2001 National Tournament
Bernadette Cadena Dramatic Interpretation 2001 National Tournament
Bernadette Cadena Reader's Theatre 2001 National Tournament
Chas Cahn Poetry Interpretation 2001 National Tournament
Chas Cahn Reader's Theatre 2001 National Tournament
Morgan Gossom Reader's Theatre 2001 National Tournament
Jitu Sardar Persuasive Speaking 2001 National Tournament
Elizabeth Wells Reader's Theatre 2001 National Tournament
Brook Ames Reader's Theatre 2000 National Tournament
Bernadette Cadena Reader's Theatre 2000 National Tournament
Chas Cahn Reader's Theatre 2000 National Tournament
Dan Henning Student Congress 2000 National Tournament
Randy Meissen Extemporaneous Speaking 2000 National Tournament
Hiren Patel Communication Analysis 2000 National Tournament
Hiren Patel Impromptu Speaking 2000 National Tournament
Hiren Patel Informative Speaking 2000 National Tournament
Laurel Boatright Poetry Interpretation 1999 National Tournament
James Dallal Impromptu Speaking 1999 National Tournament
Robert Lundin NPDA Debate 1999 National Tournament
Hiren Patel NPDA Debate 1999 National Tournament

 

Rice University's Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament Pentathlon Champions

Brook Ames Third Place 2000 National Tournament
Jitu Sardar Eighth Place 2000 National Tournament

 

Rice University's NPDA Tournament Sweepstakes Awards

Fourth Place 2001 National Tournament at Metropolitan State University of Denver
Fourteenth Place 2000 National Tournament at Creighton University
Seventeenth Place 1999 National Tournament at Point Loma University
National Champions 1998 National Tournament at Texas Tech University
National Champions 1997 National Tournament at Colorado College
Fourth Place 1996 National Tournament at Rice University
Third Place 1995 National Tournament at Willamette University

 

Rice University's NPDA Season Sweepstakes Awards

Seventh Place 2000-2001 Season
Sixth Place 1999-2000 Season
Eighth Place 1998-1999 Season
Second Place 1997-1998 Season
Third Place 1996-1997 Season
Third Place 1995-1996 Season
Fourth Place 1994-1995 Season

 

Rice University's AFA-NIET Tournament Sweepstakes Awards

Twentieth Place 2001 National Tournament at George Mason University
Fourteenth Place 2000 National Tournament at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Sixteenth Place 1999 National Tournament at the University of Alabama
Eighth Place 1998 National Tournament at Northern Arizona University
Eleventh Place 1997 National Tournament at the University of Texas - Arlington
Fifth Place 1996 National Tournament at the University of Florida
Ninth Place 1995 National Tournament at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Twenty-Fourth Place 1994 National Tournament at Wichita State University
Fourteenth Place 1993 National Tournament at Rice University
Sixth Place 1992 National Tournament at the University of Missouri - St. Louis
Fifth Place 1991 National Tournament at Pacific Lutheran University

 

Rice University's National Individual Events National Champions

Hiren Patel Extemporaneous Speaking 2000 National Tournament
Hiren Patel Informative Speaking 2000 National Tournament
Ajay Krishnan Informative Speaking 1999 National Tournament
Amir Brown Impromptu Speaking 1998 National Tournament
Kurtis McCathern Impromptu Speaking 1996 National Tournament

 

Rice University's National Individual Sweepstakes Champions

Hiren Patel Eighth Place 2000 National Tournament
Lauren McGarity Third Place 1998 National Tournament
Amir Brown Seventeenth Place 1998 National Tournament
Lauren McGarity Eighteenth Place 1997 National Tournament