GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Grove City College Forensics Team recently competed in the Pennsylvania State Championship Forensics Tournament at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. The team captured the President’s Cup, first prize in the “small schools” division. Additionally, Grove City College earned fifth place among all schools.

Junior Jamie Tucci, a biology and general sciences/secondary education major from Venango, Pa., led the team by winning third place in Persuasive Speaking and fifth place in Impromptu Speaking.

The Forensics Team, advised by Associate Professor of English Dr. Michael Price, is scheduled to compete next in the Pi Kappa Delta National Championship Tournament in Gatlinburg, Tenn., March 10-12.

Grove City College is listed as one of the Most Competitive colleges in the nation by Barron’s. In its category, Grove City College is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as No. 1 Best Value and No. 3 overall in the 2006 guide to America’s Best Colleges. Grove City College has also been called a “best value” and a “hidden treasure” by guidance counselors in the Kaplan National High School Guidance Counselor Survey, and is also the No. 16 Best Bargain school according to the Princeton Review. Founded in 1876, it is located 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa. With an enrollment of 2,300 students, it is a private Christian college teaching the liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It is an advocate of the free market economic system and accepts no federal funding. Tuition is about half of the national average for private colleges.

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