Five home school students from Siloam Springs earned invitations to compete with more than 500 other students in speech and debate at the National Invitational Tournament of Champions, held May 29 through June 3 at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.
The event was hosted by Stoa, a national junior high and high school speech and debate league serving Christian home school families. Stoa has 2000 students in it's league.
Sam Youmans qualified to compete in seven events, breaking to qualifying rounds in Lincoln Douglas debate and Expository speaking. He placed 7th in the country for Lincoln Douglas debate, and 21st for Expository speaking. He received the Founder's Award for qualifying in so many events. He finishes his year placing first in the state of Arkansas in both speech and debate. Nationally, he finishes 39th in the country in combined speech and debate.
Seth Eben qualified to compete in four events, breaking to qualifying rounds in Lincoln Douglas debate and Original Oratory speaking. He placed 37th in Lincoln Douglas and 20th in Original Oratory. Seth is 7th in the state of Arkansas for combined speech and debate.
Joe Hahn qualified to compete in five events, breaking to qualifying rounds in Lincoln Douglas debate. He placed 45th in Lincoln Douglas, and also received a 10th place Lincoln Douglas speaker award. Joe is 5th in the state of Arkansas for combined speech and debate.
Five home schooled students from Siloam Springs earned invitations to the National Invitational Tournament of Champions (NITOC) at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., to compete with over 500 other home school students in speech and debate. From R-L are Sam Youmans, Seth Eben, Joe Hahn.
Nathan Hahn and Nate Youmans both competed in Expository speaking. Nate finished 27th and Nathan finished 41st.
More information about Stoa is available at stoausa.org.
General News on 06/21/2017