The competitive success of the MSU-Mankato Forensic Program continues to improve, as is shown by the extensive list of first place awards received this year. This year the program finished 2nd in the Presidents II division at the NFA National Championship Tournament, and 16th in the overall open rankings. Junior Matthew Collie placed 5th in Individual Sweepstakes at the NFA Tournament. The team ranked 22nd at the AFA-NIET. MSU-Mankato Forensics also won the Minnesota State Tournament for the 4th year in a row.
First Place Awards (6 Team, 5 Quadrathon, 38 Individual, 49 Total)
Team Sweepstakes, TCFL #1
Team Sweepstakes, UW-Stout
Team Sweepstakes, TCFL #3
Team Sweepstakes, St. Cloud
Team Sweepstakes, MN State
Team Sweepstakes (Season), TCFL #6
Matthew Collie, Quadrathon, UW-Stout
Tom Bergstrom, Quadrathon, St. Cloud
Matthew Collie, Quadrathon, Ripon
Matthew Collie, Quadrathon, Love Fest Swing (UW-Eau Claire/Ripon)
Matthew Collie, Quadrathon, MN State
Karie Menser & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, SDSU (Oct)
Mitch Batty, POI, TCFL #1
Mitch Batty, Poetry, TCFL #1
Emily Kofoed, ADS, TCFL #1
Ali Khokhar, Imp, Gustavus
Emily Kofoed, POI, Gustavus
Jon Surdo & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, Gustavus
Cynthia Saba, Poetry, Bethany Lutheran
Mitch Batty, Poetry, UW-River Falls
Nimo Afyare, Pers, TCFL #2
Jamie Kunkel, Prose, TCFL #2
Josh Randall & Amanda Gorke, Duo, TCFL #2
Matthew Collie, Info, UW-Stout
Matthew Collie, Imp, UW-Stout
Mitch Batty, POI, UW-Stout
Mitch Batty, Poetry, UW-Stout
Matthew Collie, ADS, UW-Stout
Matthew Collie, Music Interp, UW-Stout
Emily Kofoed, Info, TCFL #3
Tom Bergstrom, Prose, TCFL #3
Mitch Batty & Karie Menser, Duo, TCFL #3
Mitch Batty, DI, TCFL #3
Matthew Collie, Imp, HFO #2
Karie Menser & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, St. Cloud
Tom Bergstrom, Poetry, St. Cloud
David Brennan, ADS, St. Cloud
Matthew Collie, ADS, UW-Eau Claire
Matthew Collie, Ext, Ripon
Matthew Collie, Info, MN State
Matthew Collie, Imp, MN State
Matthew Collie, Ext, MN State
Mitch Batty, POI, MN State
Mitch Batty & Karie Menser, Duo, MN State
Tom Bergstrom, Poetry, MN State
Emily Kofoed, Karie Menser, Cynthia Saba, & Jamie Kunkel, Reader's Theater, MN State
Josh Randall, ADS, VFL #4
Matthew Collie, Pers, MAFL #6
Josh Randall, Imp, TCFL #6
Second Place Awards (1 Team, 1 Quadrathon, 41 Individual, 43 Total)
Team Sweepstakes, Gustavus
David Brennan, Quadrathon, St. Cloud
Emily Kofoed, POI, SDSU (Oct)
Emily Kofoed, ADS, SDSU (Oct)
Jon Surdo, DI, SDSU (Oct)
Emily Kofoed, POI, Moorhead
Ali Khokhar, Imp, TCFL #1
Emily Kofoed, POI, TCFL #1
Jon Surdo & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, TCFL #1
Karie Menser & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, Gustavus
Emily Kofoed, ADS, Gustavus
Matthew Collie, Ext, MAFL #3
Mitch Batty, Poetry, MAFL #3
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Info, Bethany Lutheran
Kim Cossairt, Prose, Bethany Lutheran
David Brennan, Imp, Bethany Lutheran
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, Bethany Lutheran
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Pers, VFL #1
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, VFL #1
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Pers, VFL #2
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, VFL #2
Matthew Collie, Ext, UW-Stout
Jon Surdo, Music Interp, UW-Stout
Emily Kofoed, Prose, TCFL #3
Nimo Afyare, Pers, TCFL #3
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, TCFL #3
Matthew Collie, ADS, Univ. Texas — Austin (HFO #1)
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Info, TCFL #4
David Brennan, ADS, TCFL #4
Josh Randall, ADS, SDSU (Jan)
Lindsey Thompson, CA, SDSU (Jan)
Tom Bergstrom, DI, St. Cloud
Emily Kofoed, POI, UW-Eau Claire
Matthew Collie, Imp, Ripon
Cynthia Saba, Poetry, Ripon
Matthew Collie, ADS, Ripon
Emily Kofoed, Info, MN State
Jamie Kunkel, POI, MN State
Jamie Kunkel, DI, MN State
Matthew Collie, Parli Debate Individual Speaker, MN State
David Brennan, Imp, MAFL #6
Jamie Kunkel, DI, MAFL #6
Matthew Collie, CA, AFA District IV Qualifier
Third Place Awards (4 Team, 1 Quadrathon, 31 Individual, 36 Total)
Team Sweepstakes, Bethany Lutheran
Team Sweepstakes, TCFL #2
Team Sweepstakes, UW-Eau Claire
Team Sweepstakes, Love Fest Swing (UW-Eau Claire/Ripon)
Karie Menser, Quadrathon, MN State
Karie Menser, Poetry, SDSU (Oct)
Karie Menser & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, Moorhead
Jon Surdo, DI, TCFL #1
Lindsey Thompson, CA, TCFL #1
Mitch Batty, POI, Gustavus
Mitch Batty, POI, MAFL #3
Lindsey Thompson, Pers, Bethany Lutheran
Lindsey Thompson, CA, Bethany Lutheran
Ali Khokhar, POI, UW-River Falls
Mitch Batty, DI, UW-River Falls
Jon Surdo & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, VFL #1
David Brennan, ADS, VFL #2
Jamie Kunkel, DI, VFL #2
Lindsey Thompson, CA, VFL #2
Jon Surdo & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, UW-Stout
Mitch Batty, DI, UW-Stout
Lindsey Thompson, Pers, TCFL #3
Jamie Kunkel, POI, TCFL #3
Mike Withaus, ADS, TCFL #3
Lindsey Thompson, CA, TCFL #3
Matthew Collie & David Brennan, Duo, St. Cloud
Cynthia Saba, Poetry, UW-Eau Claire
Emily Kofoed, ADS, UW-Eau Claire
Matthew Collie, Info, Ripon
Karie Menser, Prose, MN State
Karie Menser & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, MN State
Josh Randall, CA, VFL #3
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, CA, VFL #4
Mitch Batty & Karie Menser, Duo, MAFL #6
Michelle Nyman & Nicole Goebel, Duo, TCFL #6
Matthew Collie, CA, NFA National Championship
Fourth Place Awards (1 Team, 19 Individual, 20 Total)
Team Sweepstakes, Ripon
Matthew Collie, Imp, MAFL #3
Josh Randall, CA, Bethany Lutheran
Ali Khokhar, Prose, UW-River Falls
Nicole Goebel, Parli Debate, UW-River Falls
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Info, UW-Stout
Ali Khokhar, Imp, UW-Stout
Jamie Kunkel, POI, UW-Stout
Ali Khokhar, Music Interp, UW-Stout
Josh Randall, CA, TCFL #3
Matthew Collie, Info, Univ. Nebraska — Lincoln
Josh Randall, CA, SDSU (Jan)
Emily Kofoed, POI, St. Cloud
Karie Menser, ADS, St. Cloud
Matthew Collie, Ext, UW-Eau Claire
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, MN State
Emily Kofoed, ADS, MN State
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, CA, MAFL #6
Josh Randall, Pers, TCFL #6
Matthew Collie, Info, NFA National Championship
Fifth Place Awards (3 Team, 2 Quadrathon, 32 Individual)
Team Sweepstakes, SDSU (Oct)
Team Sweepstakes, MAFL #3
Team Sweepstakes, MAFL #6
Emily Kofoed, Quadrathon, UW-Eau Claire
Matthew Collie, Quadrathon, NFA National Championship
Jon Surdo & Tom Bergstrom, Duo, SDSU (Oct)
Jamie Kunkel, DI, TCFL #1
Ali Khokhar, Ext, MAFL #3
Karie Menser, Prose, UW-River Falls
Karie Menser, Poetry, UW-River Falls
Josh Randall, ADS, UW-River Falls
Kim Cossairt, Prose, VFL #1
Josh Randall, ADS, VFL #1
Lindsey Thompson, CA, VFL #1
Josh Randall, Imp, TCFL #2
David Brennan, Imp, UW-Stout
Lindsey Thompson, CA, UW-Stout
Josh Randall, ADS, TCFL #3
Tom Bergstrom, DI, TCFL #3
Matthew Collie, Imp, Univ. Texas — Austin (HFO #1)
Matthew Collie, Info, Kansas State
Matthew Collie, Imp, Univ. Nebraska — Lincoln
Emily Kofoed, Info, St. Cloud
Lindsey Thompson, ADS, St. Cloud
David Brennan, DI, St. Cloud
Emily Kofoed, Info, UW-Eau Claire
Emily Kofoed, Info, Ripon
Emily Kofoed, ADS, Ripon
David Brennan, Imp, MN State
Matthew Collie, Pers, MN State
Mitch Batty, Poetry, MN State
Tom Bergstrom, DI, MN State
David Brennan, Imp, VFL #3
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Pers, VFL #3
Cynthia Saba, DI, VFL #4
Matthew Collie & David Brennan, Duo, MAFL #6
Matthew Collie, CA, MAFL #6
Sixth Place Awards (21 Individual)
Karie Menser, Poetry, Gustavus
Tom Bergstrom, DI, Gustavus
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Info, UW-River Falls
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, UW-River Falls
Josh Randall, CA, VFL #2
Jon Surdo, Prose, UW-Stout
Ali Khokhar, POI, UW-Stout
Kim Cossairt, Poetry, UW-Stout
David Brennan, ADS, UW-Stout
Josh Randall, CA, UW-Stout
Josh Randall, Pers, SDSU (Jan)
Michelle Nyman & Nicole Goebel, Duo, SDSU (Jan)
Amanda Gorke, Prose, St. Cloud
Kim Cossairt, POI, St. Cloud
Emily Kofoed, ADS, St. Cloud
Kim Cossairt, Kiddie Lit, St. Cloud
Jamie Kunkel, POI, Ripon
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Info, MN State
Elizabeth Drommerhausen, Pers, MN State
Josh Randall, Pers, VFL #3
Mike Witthaus, ADS, VFL #3
Seventh Place Awards (4 Individual)
Emily Kofoed, ADS, Moorhead
Josh Randall, CA, UW-River Falls
Josh Randall, CA, VFL #1
Matthew Collie, Pers, UW-Eau Claire
Eighth Place Awards (1 Individual)
Emily Kofoed, POI, Bradley
Quarterfinal Awards (3 Individual)
Randy Domstrand & Matthew Collie, Parli Debate, MN State
Matthew Collie, Ext, AFA-NIET
Matthew Collie, ADS, NFA National Championship
Semifinal Awards (8 Individual)
Jamie Kunkel, Prose, Gustavus
David Brennan & Lindsey Thompson, Parli Debate, Bethany Lutheran
Matthew Collie, Imp, Bradley
Matthew Collie, Info, Bradley (HFO #2)
David Brennan & Lindsey Thompson, Parli Debate, St. Cloud
Matthew Collie, Imp, AFA-NIET
Matthew Collie, Ext, NFA National Championship
Matthew Collie, Imp, NFA National Championship
Other Awards (3 Individual)
David Brennan, Parli Debate 9th Place Individual Speaker, Bethany Lutheran
Jamie Kunkel, Top Novice, POI, VFL #2
Jamie Kunkel, Top Novice, DI, VFL #2
