National championships in college competitions used to be rare for Ohio University, but coach Dan West and his Ohio University Bobcat forensics team are making a habit of winning them.

At this year's Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament, the Speaking Bobcats of Ohio University brought home more than 840 awards.  Pi Kappa Delta is the nation's oldest national collegiate forensic organization. The Speaking Bobcats won two Team National Championships and four Individual National Champion Titles.

As a team, the Speaking Bobcats won both the Combined Team Sweepstakes and the Individual events Team Sweepstakes.  They also took second place in the Debate Team Sweepstakes.

The Speaking Bobcats also took first in several events.  Freshman Jeremy Frazer and Sophomore Tony Sylvester were named National Champions in Dramatic Duo. Junior Dan Glaser earned National Championships in Legislative Debate and After Dinner Speaking. The National Championship in Reader's Theatre went to a cast consisting of Dani Bernat, Mike Catlos, Annie Farinella, Jeremy Frazer and Dan Glaser.

In addition to the competitive success of the team, West, the John A. Cassese Director of Forensics , was appointed to serve a 4-year term on the PKD National Council as editor of the journal, The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta.

West was also honored by Pi Kappa Delta for having served as a forensics coach for 20 years.

FULL LIST OF PI KAPPA DELTA AWARDS

COMBINED TEAM SWEEPTAKES (50 Schools)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - Ohio University

DEBATE TEAM SWEEPSTAKES (50 schools)
2nd Place - Ohio University

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TEAM SWEEPSTAKES (62 schools)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - Ohio University

AFTER DINNER SPEAKING - 78 entries
NATIONAL CHAMPION (Superior) - Dan Glaser
2nd Place (Superior) - Annie Farinella
6th Place (Superior) - Austin Temple
11th Place (Excellent) - Jill Flauto

AFTER DINNER SPEAKING SHOWCASE
Featured Performer - Dan Glaser

BROADCAST JOURNALISM - 106 entries
2nd Place (Superior) - Ronnie Talbot
6th Place (Superior) - Jill Flauto
9th Place (Superior) - Dani Bernat
10th Place (Superior) - Jeremy Frazer
12th Place (Superior) - Annie Farinella
21st Place (Excellent) - Nadine Ajaka

COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS - 56 entries
3rd Place (Superior) - Dan Glaser
12th Place (Excellent) - Mike Catlos
18th Place (Excellent) - Ted Dacey

DISCUSSION - 46 entries
3rd Place (Superior) - Tony Sylvester
6th Place (Excellent) - Kori Zanin
12th Place (Excellent) - Austin Temple

DRAMATIC DUO - 81 entries
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Superior) - Jeremy Frazer & Tony Sylvester
2nd Place (Superior) - Dani Bernat & Jill Flauto
3rd Place (Superior) - Nadine Ajaka & Austin Temple
11th Place (Excellent) - Jeremy Frazer & Austin Temple
16th Place (Excellent) - Nadine Ajaka & Annie Farinella
20th Place (Excellent) - Mike Catlos & Jill Flauto

DRAMATIC DUO SHOWCASE
Featured Performers - Jeremy Frazer & Tony Sylvester

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION - 92 entries
4th Place (Superior) - Ronnie Talbot
5th Place (Superior) - Nadine Ajaka
14th Place (Excellent) - Dani Bernat
17th Place (Excellent) - Kori Zanin
23rd Place (Excellent) - Austin Temple

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION SHOWCASE
Featured Performer - Ronnie Talbot

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING - 115 entries
5th Place (Superior) - Nick Prephan
7th Place (Superior) - Dan Glaser
13th Place (Excellent) - Ted Dacey
28th Place (Excellent) - Daniel Leister

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING SHOWCASE
Featured Performer - Nick Prephan

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING - 182 entries
2nd Place (Superior) - Dan Glaser
5th Place (Superior) - Spark Tabor
17th Place (Superior) - Daniel Leister
32nd Place (Excellent) - Nick Prephan

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING - 85 entries
5th Place (Superior) - Mike Catlos
6th Place (Superior) - Ted Dacey
13th Place (Excellent) - Nick Prephan
14th Place (Excellent) - Dan Glaser
16th Place (Excellent) - Daniel Leister
17th Place (Excellent) - Tony Sylvester

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING SHOWECASE
Featured Performer - Mike Catlos

NOVICE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC DEBATE - 42 entries
6th Place (Superior) - Daniel Leister
14th Place (Excellent) - Ted Dacey

NOVICE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC DEBATE SHOWCASE ROUNDS
2nd Place - Daniel Leister

VARSITY LEGISLATIVE DEBATE - 14 Senators
NATIONAL CHAMPION (Superior) - Dan Glaser
5th Place (Excellent) - Mike Catlos

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE - 19 entries
5th Place (Excellent) - Hassan Sheikh

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS SHOWCASE ROUNDS
Semi Finalist - Hassan Sheikh

ORAL HISTORY - 8 chapters
3rd Place (Excellent) - Taylor Mirfendereski

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING - 82 entries
4th Place (Superior) - Dani Bernat
7th Place (Superior) - Mike Catlos

POETRY INTERPRETATION - 110 entries
6th Place (Superior) - Jeremy Frazer
8th Place (Superior) - Annie Farinella
13th Place (Excellent) - Dani Bernat
29th Place (Excellent) - Ronnie Talbot

POETRY INTERPREATATION SHOWCASE
Featured Performer - Annie Farinella

PROSE INTERPRETATION - 148 entries
4th Place - (Superior) - Dani Bernat
6th Place - (Superior) - Kori Zanin
7th Place - (Superior) - Jeremy Frazer
11th Place - (Superior) - Ronnie Talbot
13th Place - (Superior) - Jill Flauto
16th Place - (Superior) - Mike Catlos
18h Place - (Excellent) - Annie Farinella

READER'S THEATRE - 12 entries
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Superior) - Ohio University "Freaks"
Cast: Dani Bernat
Mike Catlos
Annie Farinella
Jeremy Frazer
Dan Glaser
Directed by: Bill Zorn
2nd Place (Superior) - Ohio University "Secrets"
Cast: Nadine Ajaka
Jill Flauto
Tony Sylvester
Austin Temple
Kori Zanin
Directed by: Bill Zorn

TO HONOR THE PLANET - 20 entries
(Round 1 - Impromptu, Round 2 - Inform, Round 3 - POI)
2nd Place (Superior) - Daniel Leister
3rd Place (Excellent) - Dan Glaser
4th Place (Excellent) - Kori Zanin
6th Place (Excellent) - Nick Prephan