NDT Bound!!!!!!!

On Monday March 12th, we found out that KSU is invited to the National Debate Tournament. The team of Kyle Zarazan, senior, and Beth Mendenhall, sophomore, will represent the University on account of their strong performance throughout the year. Winning more than half of their debates against teams going to the National Debate Tournament helped ensure that the team was chosen as an at-large invitee to the tournament. For Kyle, this is the second year in a row that he has attended and the first in what is hopefully many for Beth. This team is a testiment of what can happen two debaters who work hard with a squad of great support behind them. Good luck at Fullerton!!!!

Wildcats finish 2nd at JV Naitonals!!!!

The Debate team had an outstanding tournament at the JV/Novice Nationals Tournament hosted in Baltimore, MD. The wildcats fielded 6 teams at the tournament - 4 of them made it to elimination rounds. The team of George Hodges and Heather Woods lost in the double octo-finals of Junior Varsity. The teams of Chelsea Good and Ryan Bennett (Novice) and John Grice and Derek Ziegler (JV) lost a debate in the octo-finals. The team of Beth Mendenhall and Jordan Hanson took the 2nd place overall trophy home in the JV division!!!! This was the best finish at the tournament in 7 years.

Of the top 40 speakers at the tournament - KSU had 6: John Grice 16th Speaker JV, Heather Woods 15th Speaker JV, Derek Ziegler 13th Speaker JV, Chelsea Good 13th Speaker Novice, Jordan Hanson 12th Speaker JV, Beth Mendenhall 9th Speaker JV.

Special recognition should go to Megan Harlow and Nick Lansman-Roos who grinded the midnight oil to ensure that our teams were ready to go on Monday morning.

Varsity Top Speaker Award at North Texas

Sophomore Beth Mendenhall from Saint Thomas Acquinas blistered the competition at the North Texas debate tournament and earned TOP VARSITY SPEAKER honors. After giving a practice speech a week for the entire Fall semester, Beth showed that hard work and talent can pay off. With a prelim record of 5-2 and multiple compliments from judges, Beth and the entire Kansas State debate team was overcome with pride at the collection of her award.

Announcing the MCCOLLUM SCHOLARSHIP

The family of former national champion Kansas State Debater Rich McCollum has announced its support for a 100% scholarship to a student from Kansas who needs financial assistance. The McCollum family noted that they wished to give back to the debate community who has given so much to them. After coming from rural Kansas, Rich attributes debate to help him have a fine career in law. The Wildcat family is very appreciative of this gift.