The Western Kentucky University Forensic Team won its 18th consecutive Kentucky Forensic Association State Championship last weekend in Lexington.

WKU earned eight state individual titles and placed first in overall team sweepstakes ahead of the University of the Cumberlands and Transylvania University.

WKU team members also traveled to Phoenix for the Arizona State University/Glendale Community College Swing. At the Feb. 16-17 event, WKU qualified more students for the national tournaments in April.

Individual results for KFA State Championship are:

Saeed Jones, a senior from Lewisville, Texas, state champion in after-dinner speaking and state champion in communication analysis.

Rachel Wigginton, a junior from Glendale, state champion in duo interpretation (with Ben Pyle), third in individual sweepstakes, fourth in prose interpretation and fifth in communication analysis.

Maggie Waid, a senior from Symsonia, state champion in programmed oral interpretation and second in prose interpretation.

Todd Rainey, a freshman from Indianapolis, state champion in extemporaneous speaking and second in impromptu speaking.

Adam Swanson, a sophomore from Rosemount, Minn., state champion in poetry interpretation, fourth in individual sweepstakes, fourth in communication analysis and sixth in informative speaking.

Micah Mason, a junior from Desoto, Texas, state champion in dramatic interpretation, third in poetry interpretation and fourth in informative speaking.

Chelsea Harman, a freshman from Hickory, state champion in informative speaking.

Ben Pyle, a senior from Harrisburg, Ill., state champion in duo interpretation (with Rachel Wigginton).

Beth Berger, a senior from Lexington, second in individual sweepstakes, second in persuasive speaking, third in prose interpretation and third in communication analysis.

Robert Whittley, a freshman from Glenview, Ill., second in poetry interpretation, third in duo interpretation (with Jerome Davis) and third in informative speaking.

Drew Horner, a sophomore from Morristown, Tenn., second in communication analysis and sixth in prose interpretation.

Kelly Lootz, a freshman from Plymouth, Mass., second in informative speaking.

Desiree Guerrero, a freshman from Fullerton, Calif., third in after-dinner speaking and third in persuasive speaking.

Jerome Davis, a sophomore from Austell, Ga., third in duo interpretation (with Robert Whittley) and fourth in poetry interpretation.

Kaleb Jessee, a sophomore from Garden City, Kan., third in extemporaneous speaking and fourth in impromptu speaking.

Ethan Millspaugh, a freshman from Coppell, Texas, fourth in dramatic interpretation and fifth in poetry interpretation.

Sarah Spiker, a freshman from Snohomish, Wash., fifth in extemporaneous speaking.

Individual results for Arizona State University/Glendale Community College Swing are as follows:

Natalie Sintek, a senior from Eagan, Minn., individual sweepstakes champion, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Joele Denis), tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking and second in persuasive speaking in the Glendale portion; tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, second in after-dinner speaking and third in individual sweepstakes in the Arizona State portion.

Seth Peckham, a sophomore from Alden, Kan., tournament champion in impromptu speaking and second in after-dinner speaking in the Glendale portion; tournament champion in impromptu speaking and third in after-dinner speaking in the Arizona State portion.

Joele Denis, a junior from Hollywood, Fla., tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Natalie Sintek) and finalist in poetry interpretation in the Glendale portion; second in poetry interpretation and third in impromptu speaking in the Arizona State portion.

J.D. VanSlyke, a junior from Wylie, Texas, tournament champion in communication analysis in the Glendale portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Cornelius Lee), second in individual sweepstakes, fourth in after-dinner speaking and sixth in communication analysis in the Arizona State portion.

Cornelius Lee, a junior from Killeen, Texas, third in dramatic interpretation, finalist in programmed oral interpretation in the Glendale portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with J.D. VanSlyke) in the Arizona State portion.

Ganer Newman, a junior from Sherman Oaks, Calif., finalist in dramatic interpretation in the Glendale portion; tournament champion in dramatic interpretation in the Arizona State portion.

Carrie Guggenmos, a sophomore from Fullerton, Calif., fourth in poetry interpretation in the Arizona State portion.