Inductees to the NFA Hall of Fame have demonstrated excellence in at least two of the following categories: Forensics Competition, Forensics Community Citizenship and Forensics Ambassadorship. Anyone may submit a nomination on behalf of any potential inductee (Exception: self-nominations are not allowed). Nominees must be five years removed from competition (Example: a student who completed their competitive career at the 2019 NFA Nationals would not be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame until April of 2025). Applications can be completed at any time, but only those applications received before January 15 each year will be considered for admission into the Hall of Fame at the subsequent April NFA tournament. Nominations received after the deadline will be held and considered the following year.
1971-1975
Name Affiliation Inducted David Beal Ohio University April 2000 Greg Denaro Southern Connecticut University April 2000 Jim Molnar Ohio University April 2000 Judy Sturgis-Hill Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Danny Vice Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Keith Semmel Mansfield State University April 2002 Paul Van Dyne Penn State University April 2002 Simone “Skip” Kincaid Glenville State College April 2020
1976-1980
Name Affiliation Inducted Jon Capecci Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Michael Garcia Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Theresa McElwee Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Donald Smith Southern Connecticut University April 2000 Elighie Wilson Southern Connecticut University April 2000 William Allen Young University of Southern California April 2001 Nancy Cartwright Ohio University April 2001 Mark Hickman Marshall University April 2001 Christina Collier Reynolds Bowling Green State University / Ohio University April 2002 Kenda Creasy Dean Miami University April 2003 Ray Quiel Eastern Michigan University April 2006 Margaret Langford George Mason University April 2010
1981-1985
Name Affiliation Inducted Marco Benassi Bradley University April 2000 Greg Dolph Bradley University April 2000 Sam Marcosson Bradley University April 2000 J.G. Harrington Rutgers University April 2002 Mitchell “Bucky” Fay University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire April 2006 Tom Doyle Bradley University April 2008 Andrew Heaton Bradley University April 2011
1986-1990
Name Affiliation Inducted David Bickford Brown University April 2000 Sarah Braun Bradley University April 2000 Cam Jones Cornell University April 2000 Stephanie Kaplan University of Wisconsin-Madison April 2000 Kim Roe Eastern Michigan University April 2000 Celeste Devore-Matheson Illinois State University April 2001 Penny Geurink-O’Connor University of Northern Iowa April 2002 Joel Schwartzberg Emerson College April 2002 Liesel Reinhart University of Colorado April 2003 Ken Klawitter Bradley University April 2006 Jeff Seaholtz Eastern Michigan University April 2011 Tom Zeidler-Adamson Illinois State University April 2011
1991-1995
Name Affiliation Inducted Jason Berke Illinois State University April 2000 Karon Bowers Bradley University April 2000 George LaMaster Bradley University April 2000 Kevin Minch Wayne State University April 2000 Patrick O’Shaughnessy Bradley University April 2000 Stacy Nekula Illinois State University April 2001 Mona Dworzak Illinois State University April 2001 Andrew Billings Indiana University April 2002 Adam Black Western Kentucky University April 2002 Michael Malloy St. Joseph’s University April 2002 Andy Wood St. Petersburg JC / Berry College April 2002 Rita Rahoi University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire April 2006 Jeff Archibald Cornell University April 2014 Amy Darnell Morehead State University April 2016
1996-2000
Name Affiliation Inducted August Benassi Bradley University April 2000 Brian Davis Arizona State University April 2000 Matt McDonald Bradley University April 2000 Jill Valentine Bradley University April 2000 Ben Lohman Bradley University April 2001 Chris Grove Illinois State University April 2001 Brendan Kelly Eastern Michigan University April 2002 David Lindrum Berry College April 2002 Robert Pieranunzi Indiana University April 2002 Jason Davidson Bradley University April 2008 Sarah Meinen Jedd Bradley University April 2008 Jaime Riewerts Bradley University April 2009 Will Koch Illinois State University April 2011 Justin Zabor Ohio University April 2012 Kelly (Lloyd) Adriana Eastern Michigan University April 2014 Ryan Hershberger Eastern Michigan University April 2014 Shane Mecham Truman State University April 2016 Richard Besel North Central College April 2016 John Boyer Otterbein College April 2016 Jim Dobson Northern Arizona University April 2017 Heidi Sulzman Arizona State University April 2017 Nelsan Ellis Illinois State University April 2018 Marianne LeGreco Bradley University April 2019
2001-2005
Name Affiliation Inducted Aaron Unseth University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire April 2009 John Coleman Berry College April 2009 Robert Barnhart Ohio University April 2010 Erin Gallagher Barnhart Ohio University April 2010 Bryan McCann Illinois State University April 2010 Robb Telfer Illinois State University April 2011 Shannon Maney Illinois State University April 2011 Matthew Collie Minnesota State University-Mankato April 2013 Eric Long Bradley University April 2013 Amber (Neuenschwander) Price Eastern Michigan University April 2014 Nina Brennan Eastern Michigan University April 2014 Ken Young Bradley University April 2016 A.J. Moorehead Arizona State University April 2016 Alison Fisher Bodkin Bradley University April 2020 Ben Jedd Bradley University April 2021 Vance Pierce Bradley University April 2021 Tomeka Robinson McNeese State University April 2021
2006-2010
Name Affiliation Inducted Robert Cannon Glendale Community College April 2014 Annie Kincade Illinois State University April 2017 Angela Dunk Illinois State University April 2017 Carrie Guggenmos Western Kentucky University April 2018 Maureen Brothman Illinois State University April 2019 Ryan Cashman Illinois State University April 2019 Dillon White Northwestern University April 2020
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