2014-2015 Team Roster

Sales:

Nick Anderson - Base Team Mentor: Maria Berishaj

Mia Clawson - Base Team Mentor: Emma Murphy

Emily King - Base Team Mentor: Jessica Borin

Liz Vandyke - Base Team Mentor: Sam Bloch

Impromptu: 

Julian Abbo - Base Team Mentor: Emma Murphy

Shantanu Deshmukh - Base Team Mentor: Jon George

Jon George - Base Team Mentor

Ajani Newble - Base Team Mentor: Lauren Frane

Informative: 

Ivory Hoang - Base Team Mentor: Sam Bloch

Sydney Mckinstry - Base Team Mentor: Jessica Borin

Jake Yun - Base Team Mentor: Rozzie Bloch

Sam Ziegelman - Base Team Mentor: Jessica Borin

Oratory: 

Rozzie Bloch - Base Team Mentor

Ryan Tate - Base Team Mentor: Lauren Frane

Katie Zelenak - Base Team Mentor: Lauren Frane

Broadcasting:

Kendall Coden - Base Team Mentor: Tak Alguire

Peter Fargo - Base Team Mentor: Rozzie Bloch

Corey Gray - Base Team Mentor: Tak Alguire

Evan Ziegelman - Base Team Mentor: Maria Berishaj

Extemporaneous: 

Tak Alguire - Base Team Mentor

Jessica Borin  - Base Team Mentor

Extemporaneous 9/10: 

Sachi Arora - Base Team Mentor: Tak Alguire

Evan Bauman - Base Team Mentor: Jessica Borin

Jeff Maldaver - Base Team Mentor: Sam Bloch

Liam Schleick - Base Team Mentor: Layla Noormarji

Dramatic Interpretation: 

Abhi Badarinath - Base Team Mentor: Tak Alguire

Maria Berishaj - Base Team Mentor

Lauren Frane - Base Team Mentor

Michaela Kekel - Base Team Mentor: Rozzie Bloch

Sophia Lada - Base Team Mentor: Lauren Frane

Anthony Paz - Base Team Mentor: Emma Murphy

Storytelling:

Sam Bloch - Base Team Mentor

Megan Crawford - Base Team Mentor: Jon George

Mitchell Kenrick - Base Team Mentor: Sam Bloch

Emma Murphy - Base Team Mentor

Prose:

Josh Garretson - Base Team Mentor: Layla Noormarji

Tiffany Hoang - Base Team Mentor: Jessica Borin

Layla Noormarji - Base Team Mentor

Haley Wagner - Base Team Mentor: Emma Murphy

Duo:

Nik Berishaj/Claire Murphy - Base Team Mentor: Claire Murphy

Devin Hister/Joseph Ogundu - Base Team Mentors: Claire Murphy/Layla Noormarji

Poetry:

Brandon Burnett - Base Team Mentor: Claire Murphy

Tyler Clark - Base Team Mentor: Layla Noormarji

Gyasi Gambrell - Base Team Mentor: Emma Murphy

Andres Garcia - Base Team Mentor: Claire Murphy

Bailey Katich - Base Team Mentor: Jon George

Grace Veenstra - Base Team Mentor: Maria Berishaj

Poetry 9/10:

Maya Banks - Base Team Mentor: Lauren Frane

Brigid Fitzpatrick - Base Team Mentor: Rozzie Bloch

David Hollowell - Base Team Mentor: Tak Alguire

Hillary Hysenaj - Base Team Mentor: Maria Berishaj

Anthony Olshansky - Base Team Mentor: Jon George

Total Team Members: 59

Middle Schoolers Smash States!

Wooooooooooooohoooooooooo! What an amazing tourney! We are so thankful to everyone who came yesterday! We'd like to thank all the parents who came out to support their children and a special thank you to Mr. Fitzpatrick for driving. Also a few other thank you's; Taylor Dalton, Olivia Barris, Hannah Stoloff, and Taylor Frentress for judging, Sam Bloch for running tabs, and Julian Rivers for coming to support the team! One last thank you goes to Central Michigan University and MIFA for hosting such a fun and well run tournament! Out of 7 entries, 6 broke to semis, and 3 went to finals! The semi-finalists took nice sized plaques home and were honored onstage and the finalists took trophies home and were honored as well!
Please Congratulate:

First Competition:

Sammy Hares - Declamation
Kyle Poota - Declamation
Molly McNerney - Poetry
Clare Fitzpatrick - Storytelling


AND YOUR SEMI-FINALISTS FOR THE MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL STATE TOURNAMENT:

Sammy Hares - Declamation - 12th Place
Avi Bloch - Poetry - 10th Place
Molly McNerney - Poetry - 7th Place

NOW YOUR FINALISTS FOR THE MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC FORENSICS ASSOCIATION MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL STATE TOURNAMENT:

Avery Colvin - Poetry - 6th Place
Clare Fitzpatrick - Storytelling - 3rd Place
Tavis Terry & Jacob George - Duo 6 - 2nd Place

If you see any of these guys, make sure you congratulate them! If you would like to see complete scores please go to http://ie.hirelesmana.com/tabs.php?tourn=mlfall2014 Last reminder! Middle schoolers don't forget there is a forensics pizza party on Wednesday, all members including those who did not compete and student coaches are invited!

Happy Forensicatin'!
~WLW Forensics