The ±¾É«ÊÓƵ forensics team has had a long tradition of success. For more than 40 years, the ±¾É«ÊÓƵforensics team has been improving the abilities of speakers, aiding in the intellectual growth of students, producing great critical thinkers and winning national championships. A few of the team's many successes include:

• Winning 2nd place in our division in both Debate and Individual Events at the 2021 National Christian College Forensics Invitational
• Winning 1st place in individual events (Division 2) at the 2020 National Christian College Forensics Invitational
• Winning 4th place overall (3rd place in debate) at the 2007 NCCFI
• Winning 1st place in individual events at the 2003  
• Winning 1st place at the 1999 Southwestern/Sunset Cliffs Classic swing, one of the largest tournaments in the country
• Winning 1st place at the 1997 Todd Lewis Invitational at Biola University

In addition, ±¾É«ÊÓƵhas produced over 20 individual national championships in debate and individual events since 1998. They include:

• 1998
  • Tony Harris & Patrick Thompson—Open Duo Interpretation
  • Tony Harris—Open Communication Analysis
  • David Warren—Open Impromptu Speaking
  • Michael Hoffman & Troy Lewis—Novice Duo Interpretation
    (Tony Harris was the 2nd place Top Speaker)
• 1999
  • Samantha Swindall—Open Prose Interpretation
  • Tony Harris—Open Speech to Entertain
• 2000
  • Mike Marse—Open Speech to Entertain
  • Carl Simmons—Open Impromptu Speaking
  • Rose Boydsten—Open Persuasion
  • Rebecca Coleman—Novice Speech to Entertain
  • Mike Marse—Top Speaker Senior Parliamentary Debate
• 2001
  • Rose Boydsten—Open Informative Speaking
  • James Miller—Novice Dramatic Interpretation
    (Nick Peterson—2nd place Top Speaker Senior Parliamentary Debate)
• 2003
  • Mary Pryfogle—Open Programmed Oral Interpretation
  • Crystal Lane Swift—Open Poetry Interpretation
  • Crystal Lane Swift & Shaunte Caraballo—Open Duo Interpretation
  • Crystal Lane Swift—Top I.E. Speaker/National Champion
• 2004
  • Shaunte Caraballo—Open Faith Literature Interpretation
• 2005
  • Mary Pryfogle—Open Faith Literature Interpretation
• 2007
  • Megan Michael—Novice Speech to Entertain
• 2008
  • Alise Ayock, Stephanie Gomez, Joshua Kammert and Molly Powers—Reader's Theater
• 2012
  • Alex Lamascus—Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate
  • Matthew Phillips—Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
• 2014
  • Matthew Phillips—2nd place in Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate
• 2015
  • Caleb Sutherlin—Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
  • Fernanda DeLaO—2nd place in Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate
• 2020
  • Jordan Sandoval - Novice Communication Analysis
• 2021
  • Dylan Jacobs - Novice Impromptu Speaking
  • Dylan Jacobs - Novice Extemporaneous Speaking

For more information on the ±¾É«ÊÓƵforensics team, contact Professor Marse at (951) 343-4207, or email him at mmarse@calbaptist.edu.