Reno, Nevada, April 8-13
DVC's Nicole Sims was awarded Overall National Champion and Top Speaker in the country, a first for DVC! Congratulations to all who participated and for placing third in the country, a school best!
Overall National Champion and Top Speaker: Nicole Sims
Team Sweep Stakes: Third Place - DVC
Speech to Entertain
Chris Pratt – Gold (National Champ!)
Nicole Sims – Gold
Yuya Shimbori – Silver
Prose Interpretation
Chris Pratt – Gold (National Champ!)
Duo Interpretation
Sydney Alexander and Nicole Sims - Gold
Poetry Interpretation
Nicole Sims – Gold
Matt Denny – Gold
Sydney Alexander - Bronze
Dramatic Interpretation
Nicole Sims - Gold
Miranda Hansen - Bronze
Readers Theater
Justin Crawford, Tanya Prabhakar, Matt Denny – Silver
International Public Debate
Eric Tubbs – Silver
Andrew Shin – Bronze
Tanya Prabhakar - Bronze
Extemporaneous Speaking
Andrew Shin - Silver
Program Oral Interpretation
Vegas Darst-Horn – Bronze
Sydney Alexander – Bronze
La La Miller – Bronze
DVC had a historic run at the California Community College State Championships March
14-17, 2019 in Woodland Hills, CA, at the Woodland Hills Marriott. We placed second
as a team, a personal best for DVC!
DVC also had several state championships. We are so proud of all DVC students who participated and we look forward to the upcoming National Tournament for Community Colleges in Reno, Nevada, April 8-13. Nationals here we come!
Overall Sweepstakes
Diablo Valley College – Second Place
Overall Top Speakers
Nicole Sims and Chris Pratt
Duo Interpretation
Matthew Denny and Nicole Sims – State Champions
Vegas Darst-Horn and Justin Crawford – Bronze Medalist
Chris Pratt and Matthew Denny - Bronze Medalist
Sydney Alexander and Nicole Sims - Bronze Medalist
Speech to Entertain
Nicole Sims – State Champion
Chris Pratt – Gold Medalist
Yuya Simbori – Silver Medalist
Prose Interpretation
Miranda Hansen – Gold Medalist
Chris Pratt – Gold Medalist
La La Miller – Silver Medalist
Dramatic Interpretation
Chris Pratt – Gold Medalist
Nicole Sims – Gold Medalist
Tanya Prabhakar – Silver Medalist
IPDA Debate
Tanya Prabhakar – Silver Medalist
Gabriel Zimmerman – Bronze Medalist
Eric Tubbs – Bronze Medalist
Poetry Interpretation
Sydney Alexander – Silver Medalist
Program Oral Interpretation
Matthew Denny – Bronze Medalist
Persuasive Speaking
Cierra White – Bronze Medalist
Parliamentary Debate
Eric Tubbs and Gabriel Zimmerman – Bronze Medalist
Director of Speech and Debate: Robert Hawkins
Assistant Directors: Blake Longfellow and Reed Ramsey
Over the last three years the DVC's speech and debate team (also known as forensics)
has become the most dominant team in northern California. This last weekend the 40+
person team won their third consecutive NCFA Championship, crowning DVC the undisputed
champions of NorCal.
The DVC community college students defeated students from UC Berkeley, the University
of the Pacific and many other universities and community colleges. Not only did DVC
win overall as a team by almost double the next closest team's score, but many individual
students were named champions in their specific events.The forensics team competes in a wide range of events, each emphasizing different
communication and critical thinking skills, and displayed excellence across all of
them. This northern California championship is also a great opportunity for alumni
to come out to support the team. Multiple alumni of the forensics team, across multiple
eras of the teams illustrious history, helped serve as judges for the tournament and
offer words of wisdom as the students head into competition.
Below is a list of the team's accomplishments from the NCFA Championship. Send your support to the team as they head off to State and Nationals, or consider joining the team next fall by enrolling on COMM 163 or emailing rhawkins@dvc.edu for more information.
Overall Speaker
Second: Place Nicole Sims
Student Fellowship Award Winner
First: Place Nicole Sims
Open Duo Interpretation
First: Chris Pratt and Matt Denny
Second: Sydney Alexander And Nicole Sims
Third: Nicole Sims and Matt Denny
Fourth: Vegas Darst-Horn And Justin Crawford
Open Dramatic Interpretation
First: Nicole Sims
Second: Chris Pratt
Third: Justin Crawford
Fourth: Miranda Hansen
Open Informative Speaking
First: Cierra White
Open After Dinner Speaking
First: Nicole Sims
Open Persuasive Speaking
Fifth: Cierra White
Open Communication Analysis
Third: Miranda Hansen
Open Prose
Third: Miranda Hansen
Fifth: Vegas Darst-Horn
Open Program Oral Interpretation
Second: Sydney Alexander
Junior Varsity Parliamentary Debate
Third: Eric Tubbs and Gabriel Zimmerman
JV Parliamentary Debate Speaker
Second: Place Gabriel Zimmerman
Ninth: Place Eric Tubbs
Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
First: Gabriel Zimmerman
Novice Program Oral Interpretation
First: La La Miller
Second: Elva Gonzales
Novice Persuasive Speaking
First: Anastasia Tejada
Second: Ariel Tonessi
Novice Informative Speaking
Second: Sarah Richards
Fourth: Haley Burr
Novice Prose Interpretation
Second: La La Miller
Third: Layla Keshavarz-Fard
Fifth: Yuya Shimbori
Novice Poetry Interpretation
Second: Paola Lopez