2008 Woodie Awards
Resnick Sweeps at State Speech Tournament
Tammy Funicello
Issue date: 3/29/06 Section: News
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The Valley College speech and debate team walked away with seven awards, including Rachel Resnick's three state titles, at the March 15-19 State Championship tournament in Concord.
Just last month Resnick became the first Valley student in history to qualify for the Interstate Oratory competition, which is the most prestigious persuasive speaking competition and only two community college students from California qualified. At this month's state tournament she won first place in informative speaking, the after dinner speech and poetry. She also was the only competitor of approximately 300 students from 26 schools to receive first place points in all of the qualifying rounds with her informative speech.
"It was an awesome feeling to see all my hard work pay off," said Resnick. "The state championship was a big deal so it made it even more fun."
The rest of the team also faired well with two bronze medals in the duo competition, a bronze in drama and a bronze in after dinner speaking.
"Rachel was clearly the highlight of the trip," said speech coach Duane Smith. "She is doing the best anybody has done at Valley in recent years and is arguably the best competitor in California."
Next week the speech team will compete in the national competition in Kansas City, where Resnick and the rest of the team will compete with schools from across the country.
Just last month Resnick became the first Valley student in history to qualify for the Interstate Oratory competition, which is the most prestigious persuasive speaking competition and only two community college students from California qualified. At this month's state tournament she won first place in informative speaking, the after dinner speech and poetry. She also was the only competitor of approximately 300 students from 26 schools to receive first place points in all of the qualifying rounds with her informative speech.
"It was an awesome feeling to see all my hard work pay off," said Resnick. "The state championship was a big deal so it made it even more fun."
The rest of the team also faired well with two bronze medals in the duo competition, a bronze in drama and a bronze in after dinner speaking.
"Rachel was clearly the highlight of the trip," said speech coach Duane Smith. "She is doing the best anybody has done at Valley in recent years and is arguably the best competitor in California."
Next week the speech team will compete in the national competition in Kansas City, where Resnick and the rest of the team will compete with schools from across the country.
