Hockaday School students win national speech/debate competition

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — Taarini Vohra and Shivani Vohra of Hockaday School won first and third place, respectively, in the national championships in the Lincoln Financial Group Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Lincoln Financial Group®/National Forensic League National Speech Tournament in Wichita, Kansas last week. Taarini won a $5,000 college scholarship, and Shivani won a $3,000 college scholarship from Lincoln Financial Group of Philadelphia, Penn. for their accomplishments.

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There's no debating how cool these debaters are

More than 3,000 students from across the nation competed in the week-long tournament from June 18 - 22 in Witchita, Kansas. Over 91,000 students from nearly 2,800 high schools nationwide competed throughout the 2006 - 2007 school year to qualify for the annual national tournament.

“Being able to effectively communicate is the key to success,” noted Garry Spence, vice president of Regional Broker and Consultant Sales of Lincoln Employer Markets, a division of Lincoln Financial Group. “Lincoln Financial supports National Forensic League because it teaches students like Taarini and Shivani the communications skills they will carry with them their entire lives.”

Source: Lincoln Financial Group