Speech & Debate Team Awards

The Hofstra University Speech & Debate Team has won numerous awards every year of competition since its re-launch in 2014. In their first two tournaments, members won nine awards and placed third in team sweepstakes among all competing schools. By just its second year, the team had won more than 155 awards and boasted five of the nation's top speakers among hundreds of competitors from 86 colleges. See the full listing of prizes:

• Forensics Awards 2014-2015

  Hofstra Forensics Awards
  2014-2015 Season

  West Chester University

  Gina Barbara & Rory Doehring	Semifinals	NPDA
  Amanda Palomino	6th Place	POI
  Hofstra University	3rd Place	PKD Chapter Team

  SNAFU #3

  Daniel Kounin & Garrett Shum	1st Place	NPDA
  Anthony Ramdhani & Victor Parbat	2nd Place	NPDA
  Amanda Palomino	7th Place	POI

  SNAFU #4

  Julia Metlay & Rory Doehring	1st Place	NPDA
  Garrett Shum & Daniel Kounin	2nd Place	NPDA
  Amanda Palomino	5th Place	POI

  SNAFU #5

  Rory Doehring & Tyler Johnson

  4th Place

  DUO

  SNAFU #6

  Rory Doehring & Tyler Johnson

  4th Place

  DUO

  Suffolk Community College

  Amanda Donato

  3rd Place

  POI

  Nassau Community College

  Amanda Donato	5th Place	POI
  Carol Pollock	5th Place	ADS

  Long Island Forensics Extravaganza

  Sabrina Singh	6th Place	IMP
  Garrett Shum	6th Place	EXT
  Victor Parbat	5th Place	EXT
  Carol Pollock	5th Place	ADS
  Hofstra University	3rd Place	Limited Team Entry

  Pi Kappa Delta Nationals

  Victor Parbat	Excellent	IMP
  Dion Pierre	Excellent	IMP
  Hofstra University	Excellent	Debate Team Sweepstakes

  *** Incomplete Award List (Team Total was 50 Awards for the year, lost files)

• Forensics Awards 2015-2016

  Hofstra Forensics Awards
  2015-2016 Season

  West Chester University

  Sabrina Singh & Victor Parbat	4th Place	DUO
  Victor Parbat & Garrett Shum	1st Place	NPDA
  Rory Doehring & Rita Cinquemani	2nd Place	NPDA
  Hofstra University	1st Place	PKD Chapter Sweepstakes
  	4th Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes

  SNAFU #3

  Victor Parbat & Garrett Shum	1st Place	NPDA
  Rory Doehring & Rita Cinquemani	2nd Place	NPDA
  Victor Parbat & Sabrina Singh	5th Place	DUO

  Seton Hall

  Jahnasia Booker	3rd Place	Imp Sales
  	3rd Place	POE
  Sabrina Singh	4th Place	Imp Sales
  Hofstra University		Ed Leonard Memorial Award

  SNAFU #4

  Jahnasia Booker	5th Place	POE
  Sabrina Singh	7th Place	ADS

  St. Anselm University

  Victor Parbat	3rd Place	EXT
  	3rd Place	IMP
  Garrett Shum	3rd Place	PRO
  	5th Place	POE
  Tyler Johnson	2nd Place	PRO
  	1st Place	POI
  	1st Place	DI
  	2nd Place	IE Sweepstakes
  Sabrina Singh & Victor Parbat	2nd Place	DUO
  Rory Doehring	3rd Place	POI
  Sabrina Singh	2nd Place	ADS
  	5th Place	IMP
  Jahnasia Booker	4th Place	DI
  	1st Place	POE
  Ignor Arango	6th Place	IMP
  Micah Varnado	4th Place	POE
  Hofstra University	1st Place	IE Team Sweepstakes

  Suffolk Community College

  Victor Parbat	3rd Place	EXT
  Sabrina Singh	3rd Place	CA
  	4th Place	ADS
  Michael Riscica	Semifinals	IPDA
  Hofstra University	3rd Place	Team Sweepstakes

  Nassau Community College

  Victor Parbat & Garrett Shum	1st Place	NPDA
  Garrett Shum	3rd Place	NPDA Speaker
  Victor Parbat	2nd Place	NPDA Speaker
  Sabrina Singh	2nd Place	CA
  Hofstra University	1st Place	Debate Team Sweepstakes
  	3rd Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes
  	3rd Place	Overall Weekend Team Sweepstakes

  Emerson University

  Sabrina Singh	3rd Place	CA
  Tyler Johnson	4th Place	DI
  	5th Place	PRO
  	6th Place	POI
  Hofstra University	2nd Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes

  Suffolk University

  Rhiannon Greet	6th Place	IMP
  Tyler Johnson	4th Place	DI
  	5th Place	POI
  Darius Haber	6th Place	DI
  Sabrina Singh	4th Place	CA
  Hofstra University	6th Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes

  Long Island Forensics Extravaganza

  Garrett Shum	6th Place	EXT
  Sabrina Sigh	3rd Place	PER
  	4th Place	CA
  Jahnasia Booker	3rd Place	POE

  SNAFU #9

  Garrett Shum	3rd Place	EXT
  	6th Place	POE
  Sabrina Singh	5th Place	CA
  	6th Place	PER
  	6th Place	ADS
  Jahnasia Booker	4th Place	POE
  	6th Place	DI
  Tyler Johnson	5th Place	POI

  Northern Virginia Community College

  Darius Haber

  5th Place

  DI

  District VII Qualifier

  Darius Haber	6th Place	POE
  	7th Place	DI

   Pi Kappa Delta

  Victor Parbat	1st Place	Junior IPDA Speaker
  	Semifinals	EXT
  	13th Place	Interviewing
  Sophia Papapoulos	2nd Place	Novice Public Forum Speaker
  Sophia Papapoulos & Christian Stewart	2nd Place	Novice Public Forum
  Victor Parbat & Garrett Shum	Octofinals	Junior NPDA
  Rory Doehring	7th Place	Interviewing
  Hunter Blain	Presiding Officer	Student Congress
  	Outstanding	Student Congress
  Rita Cinquemani	Excellent	Interviewing
  Jahnasia Booker	Excellent	POI
  Darius Haber	Excellent	DI

• Forensics Awards 2016-2017

  Hofstra Forensics Awards
  2016-2017 Season

  Lafayette College

  Sabrina Singh	1st Place	PER
  	1st Place	CA/RC
  	4th Place	PRO
  	1st Place	IE Sweepstakes
  Tyler Johnson	2nd Place	PRO
  	4th Place	DI
  Donovan Harvey	1st Place	N. IMP
  	2nd Place	N. EXT
  Charles Kim	3rd Place	N. IMP
  	6th Place	INFO
  Nora Thajudeen	5th Place	PRO
  Hofstra University	2nd Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes

  West Chester University

  Donovan Harvey & Paras Shah	1st Place	NPDA
  Donovan Harvey	3rd Place	IMP
  Hofstra University	1st Place	PKD Team Sweepstakes
  	5th Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes

  SNAFU #1

  Mary Joseph & Michael Riscica

  2nd Place

  NPDA

  Seton Hall University

  Charles Kim	2nd Place	IMP Sales
  Donovan Harvey	5th Place	EXT
  Tyler Johnson	5th Place	PRO
  Mary Joseph	5th Place	POI
  Garrett Shum	5th Place	CA/RC

  SNAFU #3

  Para Shah & Donovan Harvey	1st Place	NPDA
  Mary Joseph & Rita Cinquemani	2nd Place	NPDA
  Donovan Harvey	2nd Place	N. IMP
  Charles Kim	3rd Place	N. IMP
  Garrett Shum	4th Place	CA/RC
  Mary Joseph	5th Place	POI
  Richkeisha Walcott	6th Place	POE
  Tyler Johnson	7th Place	PRO

  St. Anselm College

  Donovan Harvey	1st Place	PER
  	3rd Place	EXT
  	4th Place	IMP
  	2nd Place	IE Sweepstakes
  Sophia Papadopoulos	1st Place	ADS
  Garrett Shum	2nd Place	EXT
  	2nd Place	CA/RC
  	5th Place	INFO
  	3rd Place	IE Sweepstakes
  Richkeisha Walcott	2nd Place	POE
  Tyler Johnson	2nd Place	PRO
  Darius Haber	3rd Place	PRO
  Mary Joseph	4th Place	PRO
  Christian Stewart	5th Place	PRO
  Michael Riscica	3rd Place	DI
  Charles Kim	2nd Place	IPDA
  	4th Place	IPDA Speaker
  Hofstra University	1st Place	IE Team Sweepstakes
  	2nd Place	IPDA Team Sweepstakes

  Nassau Community College

  RIchkisha Walcott	2nd Place	Literary Criticism
  Darius Haber	3rd Place	Literary Criticism
  Tyler Johnson	4th Place	Literary Criticism

  Hofstra University

  Donovan Harvey	2nd Place	EXT
  	5th Place	IMP
  	6th Place	PER
  Christian Stewart & Charles Kim	2nd Place	NPDA
  Darius Haber	2nd Place	Literary Criticism
  RIchkisha Walcott	3rd Place	Literary Criticism
  Tyler Johnson	4th Place	Literary Criticism

  NY/NJ State Championship

  Donovan Harvey	1st Place	EXT
  	6th Place	IMP
  	6th Place	PER
  Sabrina Singh	4th Place	PER
  	4th Place	CA/RC
  Richkisha Walcott	1st Place	POE
  Garrett Shum	1st Place	IPDA
  	2nd Place	IPDA Speaker
  	3rd Place	CA/RC
  	5th Place	IMF
  Tyler Johnson	3rd Place	DI
  	4th Place	PRO
  Darius Haber	5th Place	PRO
  	5th Place	POI
  Sophia Papadopoulos	5th Place	ADS
  Charles Kim	Semifinals	IPDA
  	6th Place	ADS
  Kenneth Mulvena	2nd Place	IPDA
  Hofstra University	1st Place	Overall Team Sweeps
  	1st Place	IPDA Team Sweeps
  	2nd Place	IE Sweeps

  Nassau CC

  Donovan Harvey	1st Place	EXT
  	4th Place	PER
  Christian Stewart	4th Place	PRO
  Noor Syeda	7th Place	PRO
  Richkisha Walcott	2nd Place	POE
  Sabrina Singh	3rd Place	CA
  Tyler Johnson	3rd Place	DI
  Tyler Johnson/Mary Joseph	6th Place	DUO

  SNAFU #7

  Donovan Harvey/Mary Joseph	1st Place	NPDA
  Sabrina Singh	1st Place	CA
  	4th Place	PER
  Noor Syeda	4th Place	DI
  Christian Stewart	5th Place	DI
  	3rd Place	IMP
  Hofstra University	1st Place	Limited Entry Team Sweeps

  Pi Kappa Delta Nationals

  Donovan Harvey/Paras Shah	1st Place	Novice NPDA
  	Top Superior	Novice NPDA
  	Sabrina Singh	All American
  	Superior	Discussion
  	Superior	Student Scholarship
  	Excellent	Interviewing
  Charles Kim	Superior	IMP
  	Excellent	Broadcasting
  Donovan Harvey	Superior	IMP
  	Excellent	EXT
  Christian Stewart	Excellent	IMP
  Mary Joseph	Excellent	PRO
  	Excellent	Interviewing
  Sophia Papadopoulos	Excellent	Interviewing
  Richkishia Walcott	Excellent	POE
  Tyler Johnson	Excellent	Discussion
  Hofstra University	Excellent	IE Team Sweepstakes
  	Excellent	Debate Team Sweepstakes
  	7th Place	Overall Team Sweepstakes