At the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament held at North Harris College, April 9-14, the San Antonio College Speech Team won a top Individual Events Sweepstakes (Gold) award and an Overall Sweepstakes Award (Silver) in the middle school category.
In addition, Joseph Holloway was recognized with the Bovero-Tabor Award for being the Top Speaker at the tournament, which included more than 650 participants. This is the first time a San Antonio College student has won this award. Holloway also received a Student Fellowship Award, which was voted on by the students at the tournament.
Faculty advisors Jolinda Ramsey and Misty Popovich wrote and directed the play "Stuck," which won First Place (Gold) in the Interpreter's Theatre, out of 20 other plays.
In addition, Joseph Holloway won two Gold Awards (Program Oral Interpretation and Poetry Interpretation), Ojiyoma Pinnock won one Gold award (Interpreter's Theatre) and two Silver awards (Interpreter's Theatre and Dramatic Interpretation), Ines Zrinski won one Gold award (Interpreter's Theatre), and Laura Cabaniss won one Bronze award (Prose Interpretation).
For more information, contact Jeff Hunt, Chairperson of Theatre and Speech Communication, at 733-2716
