RIVERSIDE (Feb. 10, 2014)--California Baptist University's speech and debate team earned 10 individual trophies and a 3^rd place team sweepstakes Award among all schools at the Golden Cowboy Speech and Debate Invitational tournament held at California State University Los Angeles on Feb. 9. 

Individual trophies were earned by the following CBU students:

Daley Thomale – Top Novice Speaker in Informative Speaking and Persuasive Speaking, 3^rd Place in Novice Impromptu Speaking Bridgette Michna – 1^st Place award for Novice Impromptu Speaking Isabel Zumaya – Top Novice Speaker for Communication Analysis, 6^th Place in Novice Impromptu Speaking Alexandra Moomaw – Top Novice Speaker for Prose Interpretation Brianna Nelson – 2^nd Place award for Novice Impromptu Speaking Joseph Chan – 4^th Place award for Open Impromptu Speaking Ana'ly Garcia – 4^th Place award in Open Extemporaneous Speaking Arturo Cabrera and Adriena Young – 5^th Place award in Open Duo Interpretation

The CBU team narrowly edged California State University Northridge for 3^rd place and were only outranked by El Paso Community College and Illinois State University.