Greene County to honor Cedarville forensics team April 22

Greene County officials will honor Cedarville University’s forensics team during a public ceremony from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 at the Greene County Career Center.

The recognition follows the team’s success at the 2025 Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament, one of the nation’s leading collegiate forensics competitions.

At the tournament, Cedarville won the readers theater category, a collaborative performance event combining literature and interpretive storytelling. Several team members also placed among the top national competitors in individual events.

The team is led by Eric Mishne, assistant professor of communication and director of forensics.

“We strive to make every performance we give a creative work that is special in some way, and one that touches on our mission,” Mishne said. “Our mission is always to represent Christ at our competitions. We represent our team, we represent the university and we represent God well at the competitions that we attend.”

The Pi Kappa Delta tournament was held in March and highlights the role of collegiate forensics programs in developing communication skills, leadership and character.

Cedarville said the team’s success reflects a broader commitment to communication excellence, ethical leadership and creative performance.

Members of the 2025-26 Cedarville University forensics team are Christopher Rhodes, a Master of Divinity student from New Philadelphia; seniors Ellia Torlone of Delaware, Deidra Hall of Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Nathanael Kolssak of Winnetka, Illinois, Spicer Wadman of Purcellville, Virginia, and Noah Hollenbach of Chesterfield, Virginia; junior Joshua Parker of Gilbert, Arizona; sophomores Liliana Printz of Urbana, Eliana Boerner of Cincinnati, Isaac Piper of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Ankit Karki of Sindhuli, Nepal, Kayla Sheaffer of Tucson, Arizona, and Zane Enos of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and freshman Sarah Smith of Delphi, Indiana.