Pulling the books off the shelf
Program record
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
8
sweeps titles
49
event champions
28
tournaments
2013–2026
seasons
Season by season
Sweeps place by tournament over time — higher is better.
2022–23
2 tournaments · best team finish 4th · 3 event champions
- Judy Sturgis Hill Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 5, 2023 · Team Points14th
- Evgeny Stolyarov won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Judy Sturgis Hill Tower InvitationalSat, Feb 4, 2023 · Team Points24th
- Jo Scaletty won After Dinner Speaking
- Evgeny Stolyarov won Extemporaneous Speaking
2021–22
1 tournament · 1 event champion
- Judy Sturgis Hill Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 6, 20221
- Alex Lawson won Extemporaneous Speaking
2020–21
2 tournaments · best team finish 4th · 2 event champions
- Judy Sturgis Hill Tower Invitation Day 2 (Asynchronous)Sun, Feb 7, 2021 · Team Points15th
- Alex Lawson won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Judy Sturgis Hill Tower Invitation Day 1 (Synchronous)Sat, Feb 6, 2021 · Team Points14th
- Alex Lawson won Impromptu Speaking
2018–19
3 tournaments · sweepstakes champion once · 5 event champions
- National Speech ChampionshipSat, Mar 23, 2019 · Team Points12nd
- Thomas Ritz won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Eastern Michigan Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 3, 2019 · Team Points12nd
- Brianna Willis won Communication Analysis
- Eastern Michigan Tower InvitationalSat, Feb 2, 2019 · Team Points31st
- Brianna Willis won Communication Analysis
- Thomas Ritz won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Thomas Ritz won After Dinner Speaking
2017–18
2 tournaments · sweepstakes champion 2 times · 9 event champions
- Eastern Michigan Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 4, 2018 · Team Points21st
- Sophie Stern won Prose Interpretation
- Justin Cooper won Poetry Interpretation
- Eastern Michigan Tower InvitationalSat, Feb 3, 2018 · Team Points71st
- Andrea Zhang won Communication Analysis
- Madeline Friend won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Andrea Zhang won Poetry Interpretation
- Alec Balasko won Informative Speaking
- Thomas Ritz won Persuasive Speaking
- Zhang / Willis won Duo Interpretation
- Madeline Friend won Impromptu Speaking
2016–17
2 tournaments · sweepstakes champion 2 times · 10 event champions
- EMU Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 5, 2017 · Team Points21st
- Stern won Program Oral Interpretation
- Alec Balasko won After Dinner Speaking
- Eastern Michigan Tower InvitationalSat, Feb 4, 2017 · Team Points81st
- Brianna Willis won Informative Speaking
- Andrea Zhang won Program Oral Interpretation
- Madeline Friend won After Dinner Speaking
- Andrea Zhang won Poetry Interpretation
- Allen Tang won Persuasive Speaking
- Justin Cooper won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Andrea Zhang won Impromptu Speaking
- Stern won Communication Analysis
2015–16
2 tournaments · sweepstakes champion 2 times · 8 event champions
- Tower Alumni InvitationalSun, Feb 7, 2016 · Team Points21st
- Kurt Imhoff won Persuasive Speaking
- Balasko / Imhoff won Duo Interpretation
- Tower InvitationalSat, Feb 6, 2016 · Team Points61st
- Thomas Ritz won After Dinner Speaking
- Kurt Imhoff won Poetry Interpretation
- Dara McGreal won Impromptu Speaking
- Madeline Friend won Informative Speaking
- Kurt Imhoff won Persuasive Speaking
- Dara McGreal won Extemporaneous Speaking
2014–15
1 tournament · 1 team trophy · 2 event champions
- Tower Invitational TournamentSat, Feb 7, 2015 · Team Points23rd
- Tralon Williams won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Tralon Williams won Rhetorical Criticism
2012–13
2 tournaments · sweepstakes champion once · 9 event champions
- Perfect Pairs Swing Pt. 2Sun, Feb 10, 2013 · Team Points41st
- Kyla Donato won Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
- Grace Rojek won Varsity Editorial Impromptu
- Clare Roth won Varsity After Dinner Speaking
- Adam Logeman won Varsity Impromptu Speaking
- Perfect Pairs Swing Pt. 1Sat, Feb 9, 2013 · Team Points52nd
- Adam Logeman won Informative Speaking (Open)
- Roth / Rojek won Duo Interpretation (Open)
- Dara McGreal won Editorial Impromptu (Open)
- Grace Rojek won Dramatic Interpretation (Open)
- Kyla Donato won Impromptu Speaking (Open)
Assembled from official tabulations in the Michigan forensics archive. A program’s footprint grows as more historical results are imported.