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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Southeastern Illinois College forensics squad
3 decisively won the 2005 Phi Rho Pi division I overall
4 cumulative national championship; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The 12-member team amassed 260 points, a team
6 record, to defeat 72 other schools in one of the most
7 competitive tournaments in the recent history of Phi Rho Pi,
8 the national forensics organization; this is the third national
9 championship in individual events competition won by the
10 Southeastern squad; it is only the second time the school has
11 won the overall championship; the first time was in 1986; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Division I overall championship is the cumulative
13 team score that includes points in three categories, including
14 individual events, reader's theater, and debate; Southeastern
15 participates only in individual events, but surpassed the other
16 teams which had entered in all three categories; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The team broke many other school records covering
18 the 32-year history of the program; there were 34 events that
19 made it into semi-final rounds, and the old record was 31 in
20 1996; the conversion of semi-final breaks into finals was 19
21 for 56% resulting in a conversion to 17 gold medals, and the
22 old record was 13 gold medals in 1997; every team member
23 advanced into finals and brought home a gold medal; that has
24 never happened in the history of the program; and
 
25     WHEREAS, The coaches of the team are Paul Cummins and Johan
26 Rice; Emily Rollman is the assistant coach; team members
27 include Amie Naas, Bethany Wilson, Amy Oglesby, Katie Richey,
28 Krista Farmer, Jessica Brasier, Ethan Fife, Travis Boots, Josh
29 McCluskey, Dug Hall, Michael Steudeman, and Stephanie
30 Youroukous; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Krista Farmer won second most valuable speaker in
2 the nation, bringing home 35 points, including three gold
3 medals and one bronze; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 we congratulate the Southeastern Illinois College forensics
7 squad on winning the Phi Rho Pi division I overall cumulative
8 national championship; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the Southeastern Illinois College forensics squad
11 as an expression of our esteem.