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Cara D.
  • Communications
  • Class of 2018
  • Petoskey, MI

Cara Deschermeier, of Petoskey, qualifies for national forensics tourney

2014 Dec 19

Cara Deschermeier, of Petoskey, was among four Saginaw Valley State University students who qualified for a national forensics competition after earning high placement in a recent tournament.

The SVSU Forensics Team competed in the Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League (MISL) Fall Tournament -- which tests students' public speaking and debate abilities -- at Oakland University Saturday, Dec. 13.

Deschermeier, a communication major, earned a top novice and first-place award in the tournament’s persuasion category.

Three other SVSU students placed high in the tournament.

Samantha Jackson, a political science major from Goodells, earned a first-place award in the impromptu category. Cassidy Morey, a theatre major from Saginaw, earned a top novice and first-place award in the prose category. Megan Hillman, a social work major from Port Huron, earned a second-place award in the informative category and a fifth-place award in the persuasion category.

The four students qualified to compete at the National Forensics Association National Championship Tournament at Ohio University in April.

First, though, the team will gather at the MISL Novice States tournament at Northwood University in February. Then they will compete in the MISL State Tournament at Wayne State University in March.