Roster and Accomplishments From The 1996-1997 Season

Coaching Staff

Policy Debate

• Alex Inman (Director)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Alex Inman (Director)

Forensics

• Carol Hardtke (Director)
• Greg Mueler
• Anita Fleisch
• Ann Frkovich
• Alex Inman

Mock Trial

• David Krutz
• Megan Carmody
• Brian Resler

Policy Debate

Senior Class of 1997

• Mike Colsher
• John Vang

Junior Class of 1998

• Joel Aizen
• Jerrell Braden

Sophomore Class of 1999

• Paul Flaig
• Eric Kirsch
• Gopi Kumar
• Steve Leider

Freshman Class of 2000

• Lenny Hanson
• B.J. Lanser
• Craig Roush
• Kevin Thom
• Jimmy Wu

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Senior Class of 1997

• Bob Jones
• Chris Wisniewski
• Dan Woods

Junior Class of 1998

• Andy Owsiak
• John Shefchik
• Ben Schneider

Freshman Class of 2000

• Jake Glowacki
• Chris Konieczka
• Joe Simmons

Forensics

Senior Class of 1997

• Mike Colsher
• Emmett Doerr
• Bob Jones
• Ryan Tobiasz
• John Vang
• Christian Weigert
• Chris Wisniewski
• Dan Woods

Junior Class of 1998

• Joel Aizen
• Jerrell Braden
• Milan Gupta
• Kevin Krejci
• Andy Owsiak
• Ben Schneider
• John Shefchik
• Wil Taylor
• John Vasudevan

Sophomore Class of 1999

• Luke Arkenberg
• Chris Bach
• Patrick Fennelly
• Nick Ferraro
• Paul Flaig
• Eric Kirsch
• Gopi Kumar
• Steve Leider
• Mark Peinkos
• Chris Robinson
• Paul Rydlewicz
• Mort Sayyed
• Luke Steffel

Freshman Class of 2000

• Jake Glowacki
• Lenny Hanson
• Marc Mescher
• Grady Owens
• Joe Simmons

Mock Trial

Senior Class of 1997

• Ram Kumar
• Sunil Mody
• Dan Woods

Junior Class of 1998

• Nick DiUlio

Sophomore Class of 1999

• Brian Anderson
• Tony Machi
• Andy Pease
• Jack Shriner
• Brent Tadych
• Brad Wolters

Freshman Class of 2000

• Ross Ferrell
• Kevin Hough
• Chris Otto
• Eric Scholz
• Pat Sexton
• Joe Simmons
• Jake Szymanski

The following is a list of accomplishments by Webster Club students during the 1996-1997 academic year in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Forensics, and Mock Trial.

Policy Debate

• WDCA Novice State Champions (Lenny Hanson, B.J. Lanser, Kevin Thom, & Jimmy Wu)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Tournament Championships

• Champion - WFCA State (Andy Owsiak)
• Champion - Appleton East (Chris Wisniewski)
• Champion - Sheboygan Lutheran (Andy Owsiak)

Elimination Round Appearances

• Quarterfinalist - Iowa Caucus (Chris Wisniewski)

National Tournament Qualifiers

• Tournament of Champions - Chris Wisniewski
• National Forensic League - Andy Owsiak
• National Forensic League - Chris Wisniewski
• National Catholic Forensic League - Andy Owsiak
• National Catholic Forensic League - John Shefchik
• National Catholic Forensic League - Jake Glowacki

Forensics

Sweepstakes Awards

• 1st Place - Appleton East
• 2nd Place - West Bend East
• 2nd Place - Algoma
• 3rd Place - Sheboygan South
• 2nd Place - Sheboygan Lutheran
• 3rd Place - Nicolet
• 1st Place - NFL District
• 1st Place - WFCA State

Individual State Tournament Championship Awards

• 1st Place - Group Discussion (Jerrell Braden)
• 1st Place - Extemporaneous Speaking (Chris Wisniewski)
• 1st Place - Prose (Grady Owens)

Individual State Tournament Finalists & Semifinalists

• 2nd Place - Humorous Interpretation (Christian Weigert)
• 3rd Place - Humorous Interpretation (Ben Schneider)
• 4th Place - Four-Minute Speaking (Paul Rydlewicz)
• 4th Place - Play Acting (Pat Fennelly & Nick Ferraro)
• 5th Place - Humorous Interpretation (Milan Gupta)
• 6th Place - Demonstration (Mark Pienkos)
• 6th Place - Group Discussion (Paul Flaig)
• 6th Place - Special Occasion (Mort Sayyed)
• 7th Place - Radio Speaking (Wil Taylor)
• Semifinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking (Steve Leider)
• Semifinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking (Eric Kirsch)
• Semifinalist - Four-Minute Speaking (Jake Glowacki)
• Semifinalist - Historical Speech (Ryan Tobiasz)
• Semifinalist - Original Oratory (John Vasudevan)

Individual Invitational Championship Awards

• 1st Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Appleton East (Steve Leider)
• 1st Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan Lutheran (Chris Wisniewski)
• 1st Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Nicolet (Chris Wisniewski)
• 1st Place: Humorous Interpretation - Algoma (Ben Schneider)
• 1st Place: Humorous Interpretation - West Bend (Christian Weigert)
• 1st Place: Humorous Interpretation - Sheboygan South (Christian Weigert)
• 1st Place: Humorous Interpretation - Sheboygan Lutheran (Christian Weigert)
• 1st Place: Moments In History - Nicolet (Ryan Tobiasz)
• 1st Place: Oratory - Hartford (Kevin Krejcl)
• 1st Place: Play Acting - West Bend (Patrick Fennelly & Nick Ferraro)
• 1st Place: Public Address - Nicolet (Joel Aizen)
• 1st Place: Special Occasion - Algoma (Mort Sayyed)

Individual Invitational Finalists & Semifinalists

• 2nd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - West Bend (Gopi Kumar)
• 2nd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan South (Gopi Kumar)
• 2nd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Appleton East (Emmett Doerr)
• 2nd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Algoma (Chris Wisniewski)
• 2nd Place: Group Discussion - Sheboygan Lutheran (Jerrell Braden)
• 2nd Place: Group Discussion - Algoma (Bob Jones)
• 2nd Place: Oratory - Hartford (John Vasudevan)
• 2nd Place: Humorous Interpretation - West Bend (Ben Schneider)
• 2nd Place: Humorous Interpretation - Nicolet (Ben Schneider)
• 2nd Place: Oratory - Nicolet (John Shefchik)
• 3rd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Algoma (Steve Leider)
• 3rd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan Lutheran (Gopi Kumar)
• 3rd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Nicolet (Gopi Kumar)
• 3rd Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Nicolet (Emmett Doerr)
• 3rd Place: Four-Minute Speaking - Algoma (Paul Rydlewicz)
• 3rd Place: Group Discussion - Hartford (Jerrell Braden)
• 3rd Place: Humorous Interpretation - West Bend (Milan Gupta)
• 3rd Place: Humorous Interpretation - Hartford (Ben Schneider)
• 3rd Place: Oratory - Appleton East (John Vasudevan)
• 3rd Place: Play Acting - Algoma (Patrick Fennelly & Nick Ferraro)
• 4th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - West Bend (Steve Leider)
• 4th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Algoma (Emmett Doerr)
• 4th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Nicolet (Steve Leider)
• 4th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Hartford (Steve Leider)
• 4th Place: Four-Minute Speaking - Sheboygan Lutheran (Paul Rydlewicz)
• 4th Place: Group Discussion - Appleton East (Jerrell Braden)
• 4th Place: Group Discussion - Sheboygan Lutheran (Paul Flaig)
• 4th Place: Group Discussion - Hartford (Paul Flaig)
• 4th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Appleton East (Ben Schneider)
• 4th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Sheboygan Lutheran (Milan Gupta)
• 4th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Sheboygan Lutheran (Ben Schneider)
• 4th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Nicolet (Christian Weigert)
• 4th Place: Moments In History - Sheboygan South (Ryan Tobiasz)
• 4th Place: Oratory - Sheboygan South (John Shefchik)
• 4th Place: Public Address - West Bend (Eric Kirsch)
• 4th Place: Radio Speaking - West Bend (Wil Taylor)
• 5th Place: Duo Interpretation - Appleton East (Mark Mescher & Joe Simmons)
• 5th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan South (Steve Leider)
• 5th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan South (Emmett Doerr)
• 5th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Sheboygan Lutheran (Eric Kirsch)
• 5th Place: Extemporaneous Speaking - Appleton East (Gopi Kumar)
• 5th Place: Four-Minute Speaking - Sheboygan South (Paul Rydlewicz)
• 5th Place: Group Discussion - Appleton East (Eric Kirsch)
• 5th Place: Group Discussion - Sheboygan South (Jerrell Braden)
• 5th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Appleton East (Milan Gupta)
• 5th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Appleton East (Christian Weigert)
• 5th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Algoma (Milan Gupta)
• 5th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Nicolet (Milan Gupta)
• 5th Place: Humorous Interpretation - Sheboygan South (Ben Schneider)
• 5th Place: Oratory - Sheboygan Lutheran (Kevin Krejcl)
• 5th Place: Oratory - Sheboygan Lutheran (John Vasudevan)
• 5th Place: Public Address - Algoma (Joel Aizen)
• 5th Place: Radio Speaking - Algoma (Wil Taylor)
• 5th Place: Special Occasion - Sheboygan South (Mort Sayyed)

Student Congress Awards

• 1st Place - Appleton East (Jerrell Braden)
• 1st Place - Nicolet (Ben Schneider)
• 1st Place - Sheboygan Lutheran (Steve Leider)
• 1st Place - Sheboygan Lutheran (Chris Wisniewski)
• 1st Place - West Bend (Chris Wisniewski)
• 2nd Place - WFCA State (Ben Schneider)
• 2nd Place - WFCA State (John Shefchik)
• 2nd Place - WFCA State (Kevin Krejcl)
• 2nd Place - Sheboygan Lutheran (John Shefchik)
• 3rd Place - West Bend (Steve Leider)
• 3rd Place - WFCA State (Joe Simmons)
• 4th Place - WFCA State (Jake Glowacki)
• 4th Place - West Bend (Bob Jones)

National Catholic Forensic League National Qualifiers

• Jerrell Braden - Student Congress
• Milan Gupta - Humorous Interpretation
• Eric Kirsch - Extemporaneous Speaking
• Kevin Krejci - Original Oratory
• Gopi Kumar - Extemporaneous Speaking
• Steve Leider - Extemporaneous Speaking
• Mark Mescher & Joe Simmons - Duo Interpretation
• Mark Pienkos - Student Congress
• Ben Schneider - Humorous Interpretation
• John Vasudevan - Original Oratory

National Forensic League National Qualifiers

• Bob Jones - Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
• Eric Kirsch - United States Extemporaneous Speaking
• Steve Leider - Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
• Ben Schneider - Humorous Interpretation
• John Vasudevan - Original Oratory
• Christian Weigert - Humorous Interpretation
• Chris Wisniewski - United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Season Record of Team Results

• 1st Place - Appleton East
• 2nd Place - West Bend East
• 2nd Place - Algoma
• 3rd Place - Sheboygan South
• 2nd Place - Sheboygan Lutheran
• 3rd Place - Nicolet
• 1st Place - NFL District
• 1st Place - WFCA State

Mock Trial

• Runners-Up at the Milwaukee Regional Mock Trial
• Second team 3-1 at Milwaukee Regional Mock Trial

National Tournament Locations

National Forensic League:
Jefferson High School, Bloomington, Minnesota

National Catholic Forensic League:
Baltimore, Maryland

National Policy Debate Resolution

Resolved: That the federal government should establish a program to substantially reduce juvenile crime in the United States.

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Last Updated on July 5th, 2007