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

HOUSTON HEG CONTINUES AT JV NOVICE NATIONALS!! Congratulations to- Our novice speakers: 6th- Nine Abad 4th- Jenna Goodrich 3rd- Alice Nguyen Our Junior Varsity Speakers: 10th- Rex Kidd 9th- Spiro Hoxha 7th- Kiran Khan 5th- Tuyen Le 3rd- Christine Le 1st- Brett Cryan We’re so proud of Nine Abad and Kayla Fries for making it to quarterfinals of the novice division, and a huge congrats to Alice Nguyen and Jenna Goodrich for making it to finals! Congratulations to Kiran Khan and Spiro Hoxha for making it to quarterfinals of the junior varsity division, and we’re EXTREMELY proud of Brett Cryan, Tuyen Le, Christine Le, and Rex Kidd for closing out the tournament!! AND our coach Rob Glass received the Coach of the Year award for taking the UH team to new areas of immense success. We couldn’t have done any of this without you❤️

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by Richard A. Garner

The UH policy team attended the Harvard debate tournament this past weekend and continued their winning streak!! The following teams closed out the novice division: Wajih Rehman (Second speaker) & Farzamuddin Ahmed Taylor Laredo (Top speaker) and Tasnuva Haque Baycha Isik and Humaira Khan Amrutha Padmasolala and Diego Lopez The following teams cleared in the JV division: Nine Abad and Kayla Fries Brett Cryan (Second speaker) and Rex Kidd AND we won Best Team Costume Award!!! We’re so proud of everyone who competed this weekend, and GO COOGS!!

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by Richard A. Garner