NEWS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release – March 4, 2015

NCC Again Tops In Speech and Debate 

 

Fourteen Years Running 

Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College's Speech and Debate team has — for the fourteenth year in a row — been crowned the Top Community College in the Northeast and the Top Community College on the East Coast. NCC holds the record for consecutive wins.

The top position for NCC was clinched after its stellar performance at the Harper College Tournament that took place on the weekend of February 21-22 Schaumburg, Illinois, which capped off the Speech and Debate team's regular schedule.

Individual honors went to Siaori Stewart (Gold Medal in Poetry Performance and Silver Medal in Programmed Oral Performance); Jakkia Rico Daley (Silver Medal {tied} in Speech to Entertain and Bronze Medal in Prose Performance) Jillian Campion (Silver Medal {tied} in Speech to Entertain and Bronze Medal in Informative and Persuasive Speaking); Randy Perez (Silver Medal in Communication Analysis and Bronze Medal in Informative and Persuasive Speaking); Rocanne Regnier (Silver Medal in Informative and Persuasive Speaking); Thaicha Branch (Bronze Medals in Prose Performance and in Drama Performance); and Chantal Evans (Honorable Mention in Public Debate and in Poetry Performance).

In complimenting the students on their performances, team coach, Professor Trent Webb, said, "I'm so proud of the way they represented the College. Now, we look forwards to the National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio on April 6-11."

Media Contact Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 alicia.steger@ncc.edu ncc.edu/newsreleases

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

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