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Beach Forensics The California State University, Long Beach Forensics Team competes in speech and debate competitions at the local, state, and national levels.

Beach Forensics is a nationally competitive and nationally ranked speech and debate team. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 in Liberal Arts 1 (LA 1-309) for administration and team business and practice in the Faculty Offices (FO4-153-159). If you are interested in joining the team, please email any of our coaches for more information

Director of Speech/Individual Events: Rebel St Lilith [email protected]

Director of Debate: Deven Cooper [email protected]

Assistant Debate coach: Jaysyn Green [email protected]

The speech team traveled to Northern California once again this past weekend to attend the Santa Rosa Junior College Spe...
10/20/2026

The speech team traveled to Northern California once again this past weekend to attend the Santa Rosa Junior College Speech Swing Tournament and Performance Festival. It was an exciting weekend for the team, where every single CSULB student broke to a final round! CSULB took home 4th place in the 4-year sweepstakes division.

Saturday Results:
Sergio Ochoa: 1st place in Original Performance, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation, 3rd place in Poetry
Rebecca Lavond: 4th Place in Poetry and 5th place in Lip Sync
Kris Trares: 4th place in Prose, 5th place in Informative Speaking
Madison Condon: 5th place in Communication Analysis
David Binoya: 5th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Jay Thompson: Finalist in Informative Speaking

Sunday Results:
Sergio Ochoa: 2nd place in Poetry, 4th place in Program Oral Interpretation
Madi Condon: 3rd place in Impromptu Speaking
Jay Thompson: 5th place in Impromptu Speaking
Rebecca Lavond: 4th place in Poetry, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

Special thanks to our friends at Santa Rosa Junior College for hosting such a fun tournament and always welcoming us all the way from the LBC 🦈💛🖤 Go Beach!

This past weekend the speech team kicked off their season at the Golden Gate Opener hosted by SFSU. On Friday, Shay Lamb...
09/30/2026

This past weekend the speech team kicked off their season at the Golden Gate Opener hosted by SFSU. On Friday, Shay Lambie placed 1st in Informative Speaking, and Rebecca Lavond placed 1st in Poetry Interpretation. Sergio Ochoa placed 3rd in Poetry Interpretation, David Binoya placed 5th in Informative Speaking, and Jay Thompson was a finalist in Impromptu Speaking. On Saturday, Sergio placed 1st in Poetry, and Rebecca placed 2nd. Jay was a finalist in Informative Speaking, and Kris Trares was a finalist in Prose Interpretation. Congratulations to Rebecca and Sergio for being finalists in the experimental event, Flash Interpretation!

Thank you to all the northern CA schools for always welcoming Long Beach!! 🌊☀️🏖️🦈

The 2026-2027 BEACH Beach Forensics TEAM!!!
09/09/2026

The 2026-2027 BEACH Beach Forensics TEAM!!!

Updated Speech Qual Wall in the new team room for the 2026-2027 season!
08/28/2026

Updated Speech Qual Wall in the new team room for the 2026-2027 season!

08/20/2026

It's coming around!

What a way to start the school year.....BUT there will be brighter days and this move is going to be a new beginning for...
08/12/2026

What a way to start the school year.....BUT there will be brighter days and this move is going to be a new beginning for us !

08/12/2026

As the year starts we are being relocated from our home of over 15 years....This is disheartening, but we will try to make it work....Good bye FO4......

08/05/2026

Daniel Medina, standing before a classroom full of high school debaters, shared the knowledge he gained with Cal State Long Beach’s forensics team.“Hopefully, this one won’t burn your brains out,” Medina, a third-year criminal justice student said. “What you’re going to learn is how to f...

Incoming A team ! Aless and Daniel 👌🏾👌🏾 CSULB EM
07/30/2026

Incoming A team ! Aless and Daniel 👌🏾👌🏾 CSULB EM

Just casually hanging with the NDT trophy ....
05/07/2026

Just casually hanging with the NDT trophy ....

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1250 N Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA
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