Fullerton College Wins West Coast National Championship
Capping off a successful season of speech and debate, the policy debate team brought the West Coast National title home to Fullerton College.
The speech and debate season is the length of an entire academic year. It begins in August when this year’s topic, national health insurance, was officially announced and goes through national championship tournaments in March and April. During that time period, students research, practice and compete to be crowned a champion at the end of it all.
Additional Fullerton College speech and debate awards include fifth place junior varsity speaker Natalie Sutka; sixth place novice speaker Danielle Hyslop; seventh place novice speaker Jennifer Perry; eighth place novice speaker Evan Jensen; ninth place novice speaker Josh Kazarian; and quarter finalist novice team of Jensen and Perry.
The entire team resumes competition again on March 10 at the last national tournament of the season, the Novice Nationals Individual Events Tournament hosted by Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Students interested in joining the team may contact a coach to get started. There is still regional competition in April available for new members. The Fullerton College Speech and Debate team is coached by Jeanette Rodriguez, Toni Nielson, and Jeff Samano.
