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2012 UMKC at the NDT
UMKC ends the season on a high note as Juan & Andrew clear to the elimination rounds, a first for UMKC since 2007.
April 5th, 2012 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC Squad Takes Home Honors at CEDA Nationals
The UMKC Debate Team has returned from the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Tournament with awards in hand. The tournament was held on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The tournament wraps-up the season for all but one team on the UMKC Squad. Accolades started before the tournament began with several UMKC Debaters receiving season-honors. Senior Andrew Allsup and Junior Juan Garcia were awarded a spot on the CEDA Debate All-American Squad. This honor is awarded to 30 debaters each year across the country for debaters who have shown competitive success and character. Several members of the UMKC Squad also received academic honors for maintaining exceptional grades while competing in intercollegiate debate. Seniors Peter Sadowski and Andrew Allsup and Junior Brandon Wood received Magna Cum Laude Awards. Senior Miranda Nichols and Junior Harsh Desai received the highest level award, Summa Cum Laude. Friend of UMKC Debate and Executive Director of DEBATE-Kansas City, Gabe Cook was also honored at this ceremony as the CEDA Public Advocate of the Year. You can read more about his award here. UMKC was in full-force at the CEDA National Tournament with 6 teams. Three of the teams finished with a 4-4 record. Two of
March 27th, 2012 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC Congratulates SDI and DKC Alum
DKC Alum Latoya Williams-Green win National Debater of the Year Award at CEDA Nationals!
March 27th, 2012 zero comments Team News DetailsGabe Cook Receives Award at CEDA Nationals
UMKC Employee recognized as Public Advocate of the Year. Read more…
March 27th, 2012 more comments Team News Details2011 SJD Memorial Tournament
6 Rounds of CEDA/NDT + Elims. $60 entry fee. Gates BBQ. November 18-20, 2011
September 26th, 2011 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC Wins Back-to-Back Tournaments
The UMKC debate team has had a quiet but successful first semester. On Halloween weekend, two UMKC teams attended the Sun Devil Invitational. The team of Josephine McGuinness and Miranda Nichols had a 3-3 preliminary record and was the 8th seed at the tournament. The team of Alexander Bonnet and Peter Sadowski had a 6-0 preliminary record and defeated teams from ASU, UNLV, and Weber state en route to a tournament championship. This is the third consecutive time that Bonnet and Sadowski have won the ASU invitational tournament. The following weekend the squad attended a tournament at University of Central Oklahoma. Juan Garcia and Andrew Allsup had a 5-1 preliminary record and defeated teams from University of Wyoming, Texas, KU, and Wichita State University to take first place. This is the first tournament championship UMKC has had at the UCO tournament since 2005. Last year Allsup and Garcia lost in the final round to Trinity University. Director of Debate Matt Vega will be posting pictures soon. The squad only has two more tournaments this semester- one at Wake Forest University, and one at UMKC. The team will then have time to prepare for the spring semester travel schedule, which begins on
November 8th, 2011 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC – Baby Jo Memorial Tournament 2011
Host: University of Missouri – Kansas City Dates: January 28-30, 2012 Details: 7 Rounds of CEDA/NDT + Elims. $100 entry fee. Gates BBQ. Friday, January 27th 7:30-9:00pm Registration – Marriott Saturday, January 28th 8:15am Breakfast & Pairings 9:00am Round 1 Preset 11:15am Round 2 Preset 1:00pm Lunch 2:00 pairings round 3 2:30 Round 3 HL 4:45 pairings round 4 5:15 round 4 HL Sunday, January 29th 7:30am Rounds 5 Pairings – Breakfast Royall Hall 8:15am Round 5 HH 11:00am Round 6 Pairings 11:30pm Round 6 2:15pm Pairings Round 7 3:00pm Round 7 5:30pm Dinner/Awards – Royall Hall 7:00pm First elim Monday, January 30th All elims at Marriott 8:00am Release Pairings 8:45am Elims Begin Elims Continue….. DIVISIONS: We will be offering Open, Junior Varsity, and Novice Divisions. Please follow the CEDA guidelines for entering your team in the correct division. We will only collapse divisions if necessary. We will break an appropriate number of teams based on number of entries in a division. We need to have the first large elim at the school on Sunday night. ENTRIES: Please have your entries to me as soon as possible. Drops after Noon Wednesday of the tournament week will still be assessed entry fees
November 10th, 2011 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC Debate Alumni Reunion Huge Success
We are coming off of an exhilarating, humbling and inspiring weekend. The reunion was an immense success. Click here to read more, see pictures and learn about the exciting opportunity for the future of UMKC Debate!
June 19th, 2011 more comments Team News DetailsUMKC Wraps-up Season with Momentum
The UMKC Debate Team has finished the competition season with momentum headed into next year. Read about the team’s building success.
April 18th, 2011 zero comments Team News DetailsUMKC Wins Cactus League Debates @ ASU
The UMKC team of junior Alex Bonnet and sophomore Peter Sadowski won the Cactus League Debates at Arizona State University this past weekend. Click to read more…
March 22nd, 2011 one comments Team News DetailsUMKC Debate | UMKC Home | Contact
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