Wayne State University Speech & Debate Teams

Western Kentucky University 

Bowling Green, KY 

Sept 22-23

Day 1: Alex Azzopardi – 5th, Impromptu

John Burklow – 7th, Prose

Miranda Sadik – top novice, After Dinner Speaking &

Prose.

Day 2: Alex Azzopardi – 6th, Persuasion

Illinois State University

Normal, IL 

October 6-7

Day 1: John Burklow – 3rd, Prose; 4th Extemp

Alex Azzopardi – 3rd, Persuasion; 6th, Informative; 5th

Impromptu

Miranda Sadik – 7th, Novice Prose

5th place team sweepstakes

Day 2: John Burklow – Champion, Prose; 5th, Extemp

Alex Azzopardi – Champion, Impromptu; 2nd, Extemp;

2nd, Persuasion; 6th, Informative; & 1st,

Quadrathon

Miranda Sadik – 7th, Novice Prose; 6th, After Dinner

Speaking

Zyrah Ashraf – 5th, Novice Prose; 4th Poetry

5th place team sweepstakes

Ball State University

Muncie, IN 

October 13-14

Day 1: Alex Azzopardi – 3rd, Persuasion; 4th, Impromptu

Shannon Flory – 4th, Poetry

Day 2: Shannon Flory – 6th, Poetry

Alex Azzopardi – 7yh, Informative

Chicago Swing

Chicago, IL 

October 20-21

Day 1: John Burklow - 3rd, Extemp

Alex Azzopardi-4th, Info; 5th, Persuasion

Andrew Li - 7th, Persuasion

4th in team sweepstakes

Day 2: John Burklow - 5th, Dramatic

Alex Azzopardi - 5th, Info; 4th, Persuasion

Miranda Sadik - 2nd, Novice prose

Zyrah Ashraf - 4th, Novice prose

5th in team sweepstakes

Bradley University (The Norton)

Peoria, IL

November 3-4 

Alex Azzopardi – 2nd, Persuasion

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 

November 17-18

Day 1: Shannon Flory – Champion, Poetry; 2nd, Prose; 5th, Info

John Burklow – Champion, Quadrathon; 2nd, Info; 3rd,

Dramatic; 6th, Extemp.

Alex Azzopardi – Champion, After Dinner Speaking;

2nd, Extemp; 3rd, Persuasion.

Kalel Blandford – 6th, Com Analysis

Andrew Li – 3rd, Quadrathon

4th in team sweepstakes

Day 2: Shannon Flory – Champion, Poetry

Alex Azzopardi – 2nd, Impromptu, extemporaneous,

and persuasion; 6th, After Dinner Speaking

Kalel Blandford – 7th, Com Analysis

John Burklow – 4th, Dramatic, Extemp, and Prose.

3rd in team sweepstakes

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH 

November 30-December 1

Alex Azzopardi - Champion, After Dinner Speaking; 3rd, Info

John Burklow - 2nd, Extemp; 4th, Info

MISL Fall Championship

Ypsilanti, MI 

December 8

Shannon Flory - Champion, After Dinner Speaking

John Burklow - Champion, Extemp; 2nd, ADS and Info;

4th, Dramatic.

Hailei Benedict - 5th, Prose.

2nd in team sweepstakes

Bradley University

Peoria, IL 

January 12-13

Alex Azzopardi – 4th, After Dinner Speaking

Dupage & Northwestern Swing

Chicago & Evanston, IL 

January 19-20

Day 1: Spencer Haisha – 2nd, Dramatic

Day 2: Spencer Haisha – 3rd, Dramatic

Mid-American Forensic League #5-6

DeKalb, IL 

January 26-27

Day 1: Shannon Flory – 2nd, Info

Day 2: Shannon Flory – Champion, Prose

Hailei Benedict – 3rd, Persuasion

Spencer Haisha – 4th, Dramatic

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI 

February 2-3

Day 1: Shannon Flory – Champion, Info & Prose; 4th, ADS; 5th, Program Oral Interp

Spencer Haisha – Champion, Dramatic; 3rd, Duo (with

Burklow)

Alex Azzopardi – Champion, Duo (with Benedict); 3rd,

Informative

Hailei Benedict – Champion, Duo (with Azzopardi)

John Burklow – 3rd, Duo (with Haisha); 4th, Dramatic

Team was 3rd in sweepstakes

Day 2:

Shannon Flory – Champion, After Dinner Speaking; 3rd,

Program Oral Interp

John Burklow – Champion, Dramatic; 3rd, Info

Alex Azzopardi – Champion, Duo (with Benedict)

Hailei Benedict – Champion, Duo (with Azzopardi)

Spencer Haisha – 3rd, Prose

Miranda Sadik – 3rd, Dramatic

Marlee Home – 5th, Persuasion

Team was 4th in sweepstakes

MISL Novice Championship

Midland, MI 

February 16

Hailei Benedict – 2nd, Prose

Marlee Home – 2nd, Rhetorical Criticism

Maria French – 4th, Rhetorical Criticism

Team was 4th in team sweepstakes

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 

February 23-24

Day 1: Shannon Flory – Champion, Com Analysis & Info; 4th, Program Oral Interp

John Burklow – 2nd, After Dinner Speaking, Poetry, and

Duo (with Haisha)

Alex Azzopardi – 3rd, Com Analysis; 5th, Duo (with

Benedict)

Miranda Sadik – 4th, Dramatic

Spencer Haisha – Champion, Program Oral Interp; 2nd,

Duo (with Burklow) and Prose

Hailei Benedict – Champion, Persuasion; 3rd, Prose; 4th,

Poetry; 5th, Duo (with Azzopardi)

Andrew Li – Champion, Extemp; 3rd, Persuasion; 6th,

Prose

Team was 1st in team sweepstakes

Day 2: Shannon Flory – Champion, Com Analysis; 2nd, Info &

Program Oral Interp

John Burklow – Champion, After Dinner Speaking; 3rd,

Duo (with Haisha)

Spencer Haisha – Champion, Prose; 3rd, Program Oral

Interp and Duo (with Burklow)

Andrew Li – Champion, Extemp; 3rd, Persuasion

Alex Azzopardi – 2nd, Com Analysis; 4th, Duo (with

Benedict)

Miranda Sadik – 3rd, Dramatic

Hailei Benedict – 3rd, Poetry and Prose; 4th, Duo (with

Azzopardi)

Team was 1st in team sweepstakes

MISL State Championship

Ypsilanti, MI

February 26

Alex Azzopardi - State Champion, After Dinner Speaking, Extemp, and Quadrathon; 2nd, Persuasion; 3rd, Impromptu and Rhetorical Criticism;
5th, Duo (with Benedict).

John Burklow - Champion, Informative; 2nd, Extemp and Quadrathon; 3rd, Prose; 4th, Dramatic; 4th, Duo (with Haisha).

Shannon Flory - 2nd place, ADS and Rhetorical Criticism; 3rd place, Duo (with Sadik) and Informative; 4th, Poetry and Program Oral Interpretation; 6th, Prose.

Spencer Haisha - 2nd place, Dramatic, Prose, and Program Oral Interpretation; 4th, Duo (with Burklow).

Miranda Sadik - 3rd place, Duo (with Flory).

Hailei Benedict - 4th, Persuasion; 5th, Duo (with Azzopardi) and Poetry.

Andrew Li - 5th, Impromptu; 6th, Extemp and Persuasion.

Marlee Home - 6th, Rhetorical Criticism.