😎😼 Coog debaters end the season with a BANG💥💥 at the ADA Fall Championships and the Franklin R. Shirley at Wake Forest University‼️ We are so proud of each of our twenty-two competitors this tournament!!We want to give a special congratulations to… NOVICE: 🏆 Sydney Lacer and Zubia Zahid , QUARTER-FINALISTS! 🏆 Saron Regassa (6th speaker) and Deaunte Johnson (5th speaker), SEMI-FINALISTS! JUNIOR VARSITY: 🏆 Rex Kidd and Alice Nguyen (10th speaker), OCTO-FINALISTS! 🏆 Wajih Rehman and Shasha Ogork, OCTO-FINALISTS! 🏆 Hunter Foster and Tuyen Le (4th speaker), QUARTER-FINALISTS! 🏆 Aaron Fernandez and Hector Doratt, QUARTER-FINALISTS! 🏆 Sripad Yadagiri (TOP SPEAKER 🎉🎉🎊🎉🎉) and Bryce Sheffield (9th speaker), SEMI-FINALISTS!! And last but certainly not least, the debate team’s A1 COACHING STAFF!!! They put their whole everything into our little (big) team family and we couldn’t be more grateful 😩💦☔️ Thank you for having us, Wake! That’s it for this semester. We’ll be prepping 40 hours a day until next season. Catch y’all then 😋🍽️🍽️ ((swipe to the end to see our president learning valuable life skills))

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by Richard A. Garner

This past weekend, the University of Houston debate team held its annual high school tournament, the Cougar Classic! We couldn’t have done it without all the debaters, coaches, and judges that dedicated their time and efforts to this tournament — thank you all for making this past weekend a BLAST! 🥳🎉🎉 In honor of spooky day, we’re showcasing some of the costumes of the UH debaters working the tournament behind the scenes! Happy Halloween folks 👻🎃🍭🦇☠️🍬🎉

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by Richard A. Garner

This past weekend, the University of Houston debate team held its annual high school tournament, the Cougar Classic! We couldn’t have done it without all the debaters, coaches, and judges that dedicated their time and efforts to this tournament — thank you all for making this past weekend a BLAST! 🥳🎉🎉 In honor of spooky day, we’re showcasing some of our favorite costumes from the tournament! Happy Halloween folks 👻🎃🍭🦇☠️🍬🎉

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by Richard A. Garner

🗣🔊🔊 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY DEBATE TOURNAMENT RECAP: ‼️🐾 CONGRATULATIONS TO… 🐾‼️ In the Novice division — 🏆Partial Octo-finalists RAQUEL THREAT and MOHIB AWAN! ✨Erwin Manoj, 9th place speaker! ✨Raquel Threat, 6th place speaker! ✨Saron Regassa, 5th place speaker! In the JV division — 🏆Partial Octo-finalists AARON FERNANDEZ and HECTOR DORATT! ✨Aaron Fernandez, 10th place speaker! And last but certainly not least, in the Open division — 🏆Octo-finalists PATRICK FOX and BRETT CRYAN! Everyone put in amazing work at this tournament! Catch the UH Policy Team at our next one in two weeks! 🤩👍‼️ **last slide: rare footage of a cryptid sighting at mdw chicago airport. feel free to screenshot.

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by Richard A. Garner

At the Northwestern Season Opener, Houston Heg comes back with a VENGEANCE! CONGRATULATIONS TO… Co-champions Hunter Foster, Parker Traxler, Sripad Yadagiri and Bryce Sheffield for CLOSING OUT THE JUNIOR VARSITY DIVISION! 💅💅💅 In the JV division, Wajih Rehman was 10th place speaker, and Sripad Yadagiri was the 3rd place speaker. DEAUNTE JOHNSON AND SARON REGASSA SCORE THE NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THEIR FIRST DEBATE TOURNAMENT EVER!!! 🤯💥💥 In the Novice division, Saron Regassa was 9th place speaker, and Deaunte Johnson was awarded TOP SPEAKER!! We couldn’t be prouder of everyone’s performance at the tournament, especially our little baby first-years and novices!!! 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉 Let’s keep the ball rolling at Kentucky (9/28-10/3) 😎👍👍 See us there!

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by Richard A. Garner

Thank you CEDA for a great way to end the 2021-22 debate season!! Can’t wait to come back even stronger next year💜 Congratulations to🏆: First time and very impressive partnerships: Diego Lopez and Alicia McWilliams Rex Kidd and Amrutha Padmasolala Our All-Americans- Jenna Goodrich Brett Cryan Honorable Mention National Debate Scholars- Rex Kidd Amrutha Padmasolala Summa Cum Laude National Debate Scholars- Christine Le Alice Nguyen Kayla Fries Wajih Rehman Rosemarie Le Our novice breakout champions- Nine Abad Kayla Fries Jenna Goodrich Alice Nguyen Double Octa-Finalists- Kiran Khan Christine Le Quarter Finalists: Brett Cryan Patrick Fox Our 13th speaker: Patrick Fox The University of Houston earned 3rd place in the final CEDA sweeps standings!🤩 Thank you to all the coaches who put up with us this weekend❤️❤️

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by Richard A. Garner