FLORIDA
FORENSIC LEAGUE
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOL AWARDS
The membership of the league has approved a proposal to create a sweepstakes competition for the State Championship tournament. The first sweepstakes awards will be given in 2005. The purpose of these awards is to recognize the efforts of outstanding teams who demonstrate excellence in at least one of the three categories of events offered by this league. These schools will receive recognition at the State Championship Awards Program and the league will endeavor to publicize their achievements to local school boards, administrators, and media.
Event Categories
There will be three categories of events at the State Championship tournament:
1. Debate Events (TD, LD, PF)
2. Speech Events (IX, UX, OO, SC)
3. Interpretation Events (HI, DI, OI, DUO, GI)
Sweepstakes Points
Sweepstakes points will be awarded to any school with one or more entries advancing to elimination rounds, as follows:
1. Debate Events:
Non-advancing Quarter-Finalists (4): 3
Non-advancing Semi-Finalists (2): 6
Finalist, Runner-Up (1): 8
Finalist, State Champion (1): 10
Total: 42 (average of 5.25 pts. per elimination entry)
2. Speech Events and Interpretation Events:
Non-advancing Semi-Finalists (6): 3
Finalists, 3rd – 6th place (4): 6
Finalist, Runner-Up (1): 8
Finalist, State Champion (1): 10
Total: 60 (average of 5 points per elimination entry)
3. The points awarded for multiple-person events (TD, PF, DUO, GI) will be the same as the points awarded for single-person events.
4. In Student Congress, the six Super Congress participants who were not nominated for Best Legislator will be considered non-advancing Semi-Finalists for sweepstakes purposes.
5. In the unlikely circumstance that in any event additional elimination rounds are held, or fewer elimination rounds are held than those prescribed above, sweepstakes points for those rounds will not be awarded.
6. Sweepstakes points will not be awarded to a contestant if he/she does not actually participate in the round in which he/she was eliminated, except in cases where two debaters from the same school are scheduled to debate but the coach chooses to cancel the round, in which case points will be awarded.
School Awards
The League shall present five (5) sweepstakes awards, with each award using a different set of criterion as follows:
1. State Championship Program Award
Eligibility: All schools at the State Championship tournament.
Criterion: Top two (2) entries in each of the three (3) categories of events earn points.
Awards: Top school is State Championship Program, with physical award for school and for coach. Small plaques for 2nd and 3rd place schools.
2. Small Team Commendation
Eligibility: Any school with a total of three (3) or fewer entries in all categories. If a school wins any award given in # 1 above, that school shall be ineligible for this award.
Criterion: All entries from the eligible school earn points.
Award: Top school receives commendation plaque. Small plaques for 2nd and 3rd place schools.
3. Excellence in Debate Commendation
Eligibility: Any school with entries in 2 or more of the 3 events in the debate category.
Criterion: Top 2 entries—with each entry in a different event—count.
Award: Plaque to top school
4. Excellence in Speech Commendation
Eligibility: Any school with entries in 2 or more of the 4 events in the rhetoric category.
Criterion: Top 2 entries—with each entry in a different event—count.
Award: Plaque to top school.
5. Excellence in Interpretation Commendation
Eligibility: Any school with entries in 3 or more of the 5 speech events.
Criterion: Top 3 entries—with each entry in a different event--count.
Award: Plaque to top school