The 2020 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions, or NIETOC, was one of the casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the umbrella of his The Perfect Performance, LLC, NIETOC founder Demond Wilson and tournament manager Matt Heimes deployed an online version of the contest called Making Art while Socially Quarantined, or MASQ.
Thanks to all of the people involved with NIETOC for making that happen.
And Texas Speech & the UTNIF wish to congratulate all of the students who participated in the contest, with special congrats to the following UTNIF alumni who received individual awards for semi-final and final round advancement at the contest.
- Top Speaker – Perfect Performance Award, Jack Neel (‘19), Bethlehem HS, KY
- Champion – Poetry Interp, Jack Neel (‘19), Bethlehem HS, KY
- 4th place – Dramatic Interp, Faith Ann Zepeda (‘19), Harlingen HS, TX
- 6th place – Dramatic Interp, Jack Neel (‘19), Bethlehem HS, KY
- 7th place – Informative Speaking, Katherine Oung (‘19), Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL
- 8th place – Prose Interp, Kevin Ahern (‘19), Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL
- 8th place – Dramatic Interp, Kevin Ahern (‘19), Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL
- 9th place – Program Oral Interp, Katherine Oung (‘19), Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL
- 11th place – Informative Speaking, Braden Hopkins (‘19), Kingwood HS, TX
Congrats to these alumni and to all of the students receiving awards at the MASQ, and kudos to the NIETOC!
For more information on the UTNIF: www.utspeech.net