2024-2025

Ah yes, the sequel nobody asked for.

During the 2024–2025 season, the Northwest College Charlotte Patrick Speech & Debate Society fielded its 2024–25 team and competed across individual events and debate, traveling to regional invitationals and participating in the Phi Rho Pi regional/national circuit; the program continued to use SpeechWire and ForensicsTournament.net for entries and results and kept up campus engagement through showcases and social posts.

Meet the Team

  • Aspen Atkinson

    Hometown: Powell, WY
    Major: Business Administration
    Events: Informative, Duo, Prose
    Career: Baker

    “It’s okay not to please everyone.”

  • Julieta Anaya Aguilar

    Hometown: Jackson Hole, WY
    Major: Psychology
    Events: POI, Poetry, ADS
    Career: Forensic Psychology

    “I only accept apologies in cash.”

  • Katie Badget

    Hometown: Cowley, WY
    Major: Music
    Events: POI, ADS, Informative, Duo
    Career: Band Teacher

    “Where you from fool?” -Viz Fuentes

  • Madi Nelson

    Hometown: Basin, WY
    Major: Art
    Events: DUO, Poetry, Persuasive
    Career: Something art related

    “I don’t half ss anything. It’s either full *ss or no *ss.”

  • Rile Laffin

    Hometown: Lovell, WY
    Major: Business
    Events: Drama, DUO, Debate
    Career: Auto Mechanic

    “Checkmate, Bingo, Mulligan!”

  • Angelina Mason

    Hometown: Deaver, WY
    Major: Sociology
    Events: Poetry, Duo, Informative
    Career: Social Worker

    “I set my standards pretty low so I’m never disappointed.” -Otis Driftwood, The Devil's rejects


  • Isabella Gomez

    During spring 2024, Isabella Gomez was enrolled at Northwest College and competed in congress and other individual-event competitions at local invitationals around Powell, representing the college in several tournament rounds that season.

  • Ashlee Allen

    Hometown: Meeteetse, WY
    Major: Natural Resource Biology
    Events: Debate, Extemp, Informative, Drama
    Career: Park and Forest Service

    “Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here and don’t give a damn about what anyone else thinks.”

Awards & Recognitions

  • Six students — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Jake, Angelina, Madison — escaped for three days of rehearsal, marshmallow diplomacy, and team bonding.

  • Five competitors — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Angelina, Madison — learned tournament survival skills and Julieta shined in the Hispanic Showcase.

  • Team of five — Julieta, Ashley, Aspen, Riley, Madison. Highlights: Julieta dominated poetry (1st) and collected medals in ADS & POI; Madison nabbed 5th in poetry; Duo pairs placed 4th & 5th. Team finished 2nd in the Community College sweepstakes.

  • Five competitors — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Angelina, Madison — swept lots of podium spots. Julieta: multiple poetry 1sts + ADS & POI podiums; Aspen & Madison: Duo gold at UTEP; team 1st in Community College sweepstakes at both events (and 2nd in the combined Swing sweepstakes). Flex achieved.

  • Five students — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Riley, Madison — faced a huge field (25 schools). Lots of reps, big lessons, good snacks maybe.

  • Six members — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Isabella, Angelina, Madison. Julieta swept multiple 1sts (open ADS, POI); team 2nd in community college sweepstakes. Basically podiums everywhere.

  • Four students — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Isabella — dialed in final nationals pieces. Isabella: 1st in Extemp & Impromptu; Julieta: ADS 1st, POI 1st, poetry 2nd. Nationals dress rehearsal = success.

  • Four-person crew — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Madison — took nationals by storm (and the banquet by appetite). Results: Julieta — bronze POI (≈50 competitors); Aspen — bronze Prose (≈79 competitors); team bronze for small-school IE sweepstakes and small-school overall sweepstakes. Ten-day trip, shiny small bronzes, huge memories.

  • On-campus performances: Julieta (POI + After Dinner), Aspen (Prose), Katie (POI) — polished pieces, proud faces, applause.

    • Powell High School Novice (Nov 9) — Julieta, Aspen, Angelina, Katie, and Bob Becker judged and recruited; future stars were advised and mildly intimidated by our charm.

    • Lovell High School Novice (Nov 16) — Bob Becker, Julieta, and Aspen judged; high-schoolers left sharper and slightly more confident.

    • State Drama (Dec 5, Laramie) — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, Angelina, and Madison judged high-school theatre (long travel day, lots of dramatic tears that were not ours).

    • Wind River Districts (Feb 27, Riverton) — Julieta, Aspen, Katie, and Isabella ran rooms and judged without coaches — administrative ninjas making sure things didn’t explode.

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  • Madi

    Madi (Madison) Nelson is currently in her final semester of study.

  • Riley

    Riley is on his last semester at NWC

  • Julieta Anaya Aguilar

    Julieta Anaya Aguilar graduated from Northwest College and transferred to the University of Wyoming.

  • Angelina

    Rumor has it that Angelina ran off, got married, and is now living her best life somewhere in Cheyenne—but that’s just what the Trapper grapevine says. If that’s outdated gossip, Angelina, feel free to correct us before we start adding dramatic flair.

  • Ashlee

    Ashlee Allen’s current mission: unknown — if she’s out saving forests or just binge-watching nature documentaries, we’d love an update!

Next

2023-2024