The FAU Debate Team had another successful performance, at the 2009 Florida Intercollegiate Forensic Association's State Championship Tournament, held at Florida Southern College over Valentine's Day weekend. Team President and Wilkes Honors College student Alan Gray was crowned the State Champion in five events; and team Secretary Wesley Mathieu, another Honors College student, was named the State Champion in Parliamentary debate.

Freshman David Pick, also of the Honors College, was the first competitor from FAU to enter the Persuasive Speaking and After-Dinner Speaking events. Gray also competed in Impromptu and Dramatic Interpretation, and Mathieu in Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speaking. Together, the team won the State Debate Sweepstakes, and for the second consecutive year, the Division I Sweepstakes. The team placed fourth overall. Next year, the Debate Team will host the tournament on FAU's Jupiter Campus.

Feb. 16, 2009