NEWBERRY — Newberry College brought home individual honors and an overall second-place finish at the South Carolina Speech & Theatre Association’s State College Festival Competition. The annual competition was held April 2 at Lander University.
Three Newberry students won first place in their individual competitions. Newberry tied in cumulative points for the Team Sweepstakes Award for the second consecutive year, falling short to the University of South Carolina at Lancaster in the tiebreaker. Newberry was one of six college and university teams in attendance.
Newberry’s speech and theatre program was represented by sophomore Madison Bickley, of Newberry; senior Artavis Boyd, of West Columbia; senior Nathaniel Carrasco, of Lexington; senior Sarah Dougherty, of Newberry; sophomore Makayla Lee, of Aiken; senior Ashton Porter, of Lexington; junior Bryce Sox, of West Columbia; sophomore Raesha Thompson, of Salters; and freshman Christian Vega, of Greer.
The students worked under the direction of professors Mandy Butler, Pat Gagliano, Al de Lachica and Dr. Jodie Peeler.
Newberry’s individual competition results:
Persuasive Speaking
First — Madison Bickley
Second — Raesha Thompson
Third — Bryce Sox
Informative Speaking
Second — Ashton Porter
Third — Nathaniel Carrasco
Television Broadcasting
Third — Madison Bickley
Poetry Interpretation
First — Sarah Dougherty
Second — Ashton Porter
Prose Interpretation
First — Sarah Dougherty
Third — Ashton Porter
Storytelling
Second — Nathaniel Carrasco
Pictured: Standing (left to right): Artavis Boyd, Bryce Sox, Nathaniel Carrasco, Christian Vega, Makayla Lee, Raesha Thompson; Sitting (left to right): Madison Bickley, Sarah Dougherty, Ashton Porter.
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