The Muskingum University Forensics team was awarded the Ohio Forensics Association Quality Award and placed second in the President’s Division at the OFA State Varsity Tournament held at Capital University in Columbus held February 19 through February 21. The Quality Award is determined through comparing a ratio of all teams’ average scores divided by their number of overall entries.
Individual contributors attributing to the second place finish were Carter Brown, who competed in Impromptu Speaking, and Jahliah Oglesby, who competed in Poetry Interpretation and Programmed Oral Interpretation. Oglesby was named state champion in Poetry Interpretation, placed second in Programmed Oral Interpretation and named Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row.
Additionally, the debate duo Chris Liddell and Tyler Blaine contributed to the team’s success and placed in the OFA overall Debate Team Sweepstakes, Liddell in fourth place and Blaine in sixth place respectively.
