MJC Speech & Debate

MJC Speech & Debate The MJC Speech and Debate team is a competitive co-curricular team at Modesto Junior College. Any current MJC student can enroll in COMM 105 to join the team.

About the Team
Welcome! Speech and debate is an activity focused on developing research skills, polishing your speaking style, and thinking on your feet. Many students who participate find themselves intellectually invigorated and often get scholarship and career opportunities. You are probably familiar with many people who have a background in forensics: Chadwick Boseman, Idina Menzel, Billy Eich

ner, Sonya Sotomayor, Kal Penn, Oprah Winfrey, and many more! The Modesto Junior College Intercollegiate Speech and Debate team is a co-curricular activity and Communication Studies course sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies and the Arts, Humanities, and Communication Division. Join the Team
Participation is open to any student enrolled at MJC! Students on the team prepare competitive events including platform speeches, oral interpretation, debate, and limited preparation. Students use these events to compete in tournaments at other community colleges and four-year universities. MJC students can join the team by enrolling in COMM 105: Intercollegiate Speech and Debate through Pirates Net. It is a 3 unit course offered every spring and fall semester. Students can take the class up to 4 times.

Congratulations to all of our MJC Intramural Speech Tournament competitors! We are proud of everyone who shared their vo...
04/25/2026

Congratulations to all of our MJC Intramural Speech Tournament competitors! We are proud of everyone who shared their voice, supported their classmates, and made this tournament such a fun celebration of communication.

🏆 Informative Speaking
Gold: Lilly Avila and Kassidy Archer
Silver: Hien Ho and Alanna Juarez
Bronze: Samuel F Owens and Lucas Shirley
Finalists: Ethan Carter, Rose Roos, Elizabeth Abarca, and Sarai Jimenez

🏆 Persuasive Speaking
Gold: Skylynn High and Jasmine Fernandes-Solis
Silver: Nicholas Muriithi and Lucas Shirley
Bronze: Isabella Armendariz and Alia Valenzuela
Finalists: Annalyse K Schoen, Estella Jaques, Hien Ho, Francisco “Franky” Ibarra, Hazel Schuiling, and Rob Cain

🏆 Story Slam
Gold: Lucas Shirley
Silver: Shane Mattos
Bronze: Evelyn Nevarez
Finalists: Kai Rosales-Goss, Joseph Estrada, Sandra Diaz, and Jessika Kulik

🏆 SPAR Debate
Gold: Hien Ho
Silver: Joey G Gomez Ochoa
Bronze: Rose Roos
Finalists: Naima Alvarez, Estella Jaques, Katelyn Cover, Brendy Lynn Puckett, and Ethan Carter

A huge thank you to our students, judges, faculty, and everyone who helped make the tournament possible. Congratulations again to all of our finalists and award winners!

Finalists are posted for Persuasive, Story Slam, and SPAR Debarte. Congrats all
04/24/2026

Finalists are posted for Persuasive, Story Slam, and SPAR Debarte. Congrats all

MJC Spring 2026 Intramural Tournament: Congrats to the following MJC Students who cleared to out rounds in informative s...
04/24/2026

MJC Spring 2026 Intramural Tournament: Congrats to the following MJC Students who cleared to out rounds in informative speaking. We will have results for Persuasive, SPAR, and Story Slam soon!

The Speech and Debate team kicked off the Intramural Tournament today! Congrats to all the nominees and good luck in yo...
12/05/2025

The Speech and Debate team kicked off the Intramural Tournament today! Congrats to all the nominees and good luck in your rounds. 🏆 🎉

Speech & Debate won big this weekend, taking 2nd Place Sweepstakes at the Mustang Invitational; 3rd Place Sweepstakes a...
11/03/2025

Speech & Debate won big this weekend, taking 2nd Place Sweepstakes at the Mustang Invitational; 3rd Place Sweepstakes at the Paul Winters Invitational; and 2nd Place “Swing” Sweepstakes when both days of competition were combined. Students also took home a wealth of individual awards. Thank you to and for hosting an awesome weekend. Congrats to all the other schools who made this a fun and rigorous competition.

Two speech and debate students won awards in the Online Asynchronous Tournament #2, a competition that draws speakers ...
11/03/2025

Two speech and debate students won awards in the Online Asynchronous Tournament #2, a competition that draws speakers from across the country. Congrats to Sabrina Clendenin and Crowley Crump, two of the only Community College students in their semi-final and final rounds!

The Speech and Debate team traveled to Santa Rosa, CA on October 19, 2025 for a full day of platform speeches, limited ...
10/20/2025

The Speech and Debate team traveled to Santa Rosa, CA on October 19, 2025 for a full day of platform speeches, limited preparation, oral interpretation, and debate competition. Ten students represented the college including Belle Beglinger, Dre Cajigas, Sabrina Clendenin, Diarah Salcedo Lopez, Jennifer Magdaleno Garcia, Cec Mundo, JoAnna Noon, Celeste Randolph, Lucas Santiago, and Tyler Wedel.
Results: MJC took the 4th Place Sweepstakes award. In individual events, Beglinger took 6th in After Dinner Speaking. Clendenin earned 6th in Persuasive Speaking, 5th in Informative Speaking, and 7th in Impromptu Speaking. Noon won 7th in Informative Speaking. Mundo won 2nd in Persuasive Speaking and 4th in Communication Analysis. In IPDA Debate, Cajigas took Gold; Randolph earned Silver; and Wedel earned Silver. Thank you for hosting an awesome tournament!

The Speech and Debate team traveled to San Francisco for the Golden Gate Season Opener. Ten students represented the co...
09/30/2025

The Speech and Debate team traveled to San Francisco for the Golden Gate Season Opener. Ten students represented the college including Belle Beglinger, Sabrina Clendenin, Crowley Crump, Averie Higlesias, Diarah Salcedo Lopez, JoAnna Noon, Cec Mundo, Sharon Tokpan, Celeste Randolph, and Tyler Wedel.
Results from Day 1: Cec Mundo earn 1st in Impromptu, 3rd in Communication Analysis, and 5th in Persuasive Speaking. Sabrina Clendenin and Belle Beglinger were 7th in Duo Interpretation. Clendenin also earned 3rd in Persuasive Speaking. Beglinger also earned 4th in After Dinner Speaking and 2nd in SPAR Debate.
Results from Day 2: In Persuasive Speaking, Sabrina Clendenin took 1st and Cec Mundo earned a Finalist award. Belle Beglinger and Clendenin took a Finalist award in Duo Interpretation. In Extemporaneous Speaking, Crowley Crump earned Silver. In IPDA Debate, Tyler Wedel earned Gold, Celeste Randolph earned Silver, and Diarah Salcedo Lopez earned Bronze.

Ten students represented the college at the Holden Gate Season Opener speech and debate tournament including Belle Begl...
09/30/2025

Ten students represented the college at the Holden Gate Season Opener speech and debate tournament including Belle Beglinger, Sabrina Clendenin, Crowley Crump, Averie Higlesias, Diarah Salcedo Lopez, JoAnna Noon, Cec Mundo, Sharon Tokpan, Celeste Randolph, and Tyler Wedel.
Results from Day 1: Cec Mundo earn 1st in Impromptu, 3rd in Communication Analysis, and 5th in Persuasive Speaking. Sabrina Clendenin and Belle Beglinger were 7th in Duo Interpretation. Clendenin also earned 3rd in Persuasive Speaking. Beglinger also earned 4th in After Dinner Speaking and 2nd in SPAR Debate.
Results from Day 2: In Persuasive Speaking, Sabrina Clendenin took 1st and Cec Mundo earned a Finalist award. Belle Beglinger and Clendenin took a Finalist award in Duo Interpretation. In Extemporaneous Speaking, Crowley Crump earned Silver. In IPDA Debate, Tyler Wedel earned Gold, Celeste Randolph earned Silver, and Diarah Salcedo Lopez earned Bronze.

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08/28/2025

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