Lau qualified to compete at nationals in five categories (POI, Informative Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, Prose Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation) during the team’s regular season, which included 10 competitions across the region. Sophomore Bo Quel also qualified to represent Liberty in POI at the competition, which featured more than 500 competitors from 80 institutions, including Cornell University, George Mason University, Arizona State University, the University of Alabama, the University of Florida, and Western Kentucky University.
“Now that Kenny has brought home Liberty’s first-ever forensics national championship, the spotlight shines on how hard he and the entire Forensics team have worked,” said Dr. Norman Mintle, dean of Liberty’s School of Communication & Creative Arts (SCCA). “Our advising and coaching team — that includes seven-time national award winner Sarah Hayes — has exerted amazing energy and expertise to help prepare our SCCA forensics team for national success.”
This year, the Forensics Team also claimed several awards — including 15 top-three finishes, three of which were for first place — at the 2015 National Christian College Forensics Invitational in Denver, Colo., a competition Liberty excels in consistently, year after year.