Texas All State Forensic Squad
Texas Intercollegiate Forensic Association
Name of Student Being NominatedSchool Date of Submission
Category for which nomination is being submitted: IE [ ] Debate [ ] Both [ ]
College type:2 year [ ] 4 year [ ]
Director of Forensics/Coach:Director/Coach's address:
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Phone: HomeOffice FaxEMail
Purpose of the Texas All State Forensic Squad:
The purpose of the Texas All State Forensic Squad is to provide recognition of those students who have excelled in Forensics (in Individual Events, Debate, or both) at either the 2-year or 4-year level while maintaining high levels of academic achievement and who are recognized as exhibiting strong character and leadership skills.
Criteria for Selection:
The selection committee, appointed by the TIFA president, will evaluate the following items:
• GPA • Transcripts• Recommendation of Director/Coach
• Statement from the Student• Competitive Success (e.g. number of finals, qualified events, win/loss
percentage in debate)
Eligibility:
To be eligible, the student must have qualified for a minimum of three final rounds in Individual Events competition or have a 60% Win-Loss percentage for Debate or advanced to elimination rounds at three tournaments. The student must have competed in both the Fall and Spring semesters in the year for which he/she had been nominated. A minimum of three tournaments per semester (these may include future participation in Spring semester) is required for IE competitors and an overall minimum of four tournaments is required for debaters, with at least one of those debate tournaments occurring in the Fall semester.
Members of the Texas All State Forensic Squad will be selected from among the eligible students nominated. A director/coach may nominate as many students from his/her squad as is deemed appropriate, however no more than four (4) students per school will be named to the All State Squad each academic year. 2-year and 4 year nominees will be considered separately.
Application Deadline: Start of Tournament
E-Mail or fax all applications and documents to: Wade Hescht Fax: 281-618-5455 Phone: 281-618-5641
Email: ; or hand in at registration.
Statement from Director/Coach:
On the checklist and in the space provided below, please provide insight into the character and qualifications for the student being nominated.
(Suggested areas for consideration include: Does he/she work full/part time in addition to attending school? Is this student self-supporting? Is he/she involved in school - sponsored activities other than forensics? Does he/she volunteer or participate in organizations outside of school? What type of attitude does this individual exhibit toward teammates, fellow competitors, coaches, etc.? Is this person a team player?)
Please use the scale provided to rate the nominee in the following categories.
1 = Good2 = Excellent Director/Coach's Comments
3 = Superior4 = Outstanding(Additional pages may be attached if needed)
1 2 3 4
Attitude
Cooperation
Dedication
Judgement
Leadership
Maturity
Motivation
Student Information: Major: Major GPA: ______Overall GPA: ______
(If applicable)
(Please attach student's transcript(s) to application upon submission)
Number of Semesters Student has competed in Intercollegiate Forensics: ______
Note #1: For Individual Event competitors, only count semesters where the student competed in three or more tournaments. AFA allows 8 blocks / semesters of eligibility. Phi Rho Pi allows 4 blocks/semesters of eligibility. Once the student has competed in his/her third tournament in a semester, that block of eligibility has been used.
Note #2: Please remember that a swing counts as two tournaments.
Colleges and Universities Attended Dates
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Qualification Record:Individual Events (AFA Qualifications or Record of Final Rounds)
# of # entries
Event Rank Tournament Schools ck if # if Tournament Dates
+ 12 -12
Qualification Record:Debate
Styles: Policy (NDT/CEDA), Policy (NFA), Parliamentary(NPDA), Lincoln-Douglas / Divisions: Open, Junior, Novice
Tournament Style Division Date Prelim Record Elim. Record Total Record
Sample: Fall TIFA CEDA Open 11/3/97 4 - 2 66% 1 - 1 50% 5 - 3 62%
Student Statement:
In the space provided below, please provide a brief statement in response to the following question:
How has your competitive forensics experience been of value to you?
(Additional pages may be attached if needed)