{"id":17877,"date":"2016-07-06T10:21:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=17877"},"modified":"2016-12-20T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T16:24:47","slug":"ucf-debate-team-finishes-record-breaking-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-debate-team-finishes-record-breaking-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Debate Team Finishes Record-Breaking Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story by <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/news\/nicholson-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholson News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/news\/nicholson-news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17915 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Debate-Pic-e1467814525830-225x300.png\" alt=\"Debate Pic\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Debate-Pic-e1467814525830-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Debate-Pic-e1467814525830-299x399.png 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Debate-Pic-e1467814525830.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCFDebate\" target=\"_blank\">UCF debate team<\/a> completed a record-breaking year at the Novice-JV National Championship Tournament, hosted by West Virginia University in March.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Tracy, debate team member,\u00a0was named 24<sup>th<\/sup> speaker in the individual speaking awards. This honor recognized Tracy as among the top 25 first-year speakers in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the entire year, the debate team competed at seven tournaments and established at least three school records for the modern era.\u00a0 For the 2015-2016 season, the debate squad finished with a 61\u00a0percent\u00a0win-loss record. Second,\u00a0the debate team finished the season with a total of 22 awards. Finally, the team finished with four first-place awards including two tournament championships (along with two top-speaker awards).<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s continued growth can be highlighted in four accomplishments:<\/p>\n<p>First, the debate team won the tournament championship at the third annual Sunshine State Showdown.\u00a0This competition is an early-season event, hosted at UCF for novice and junior varsity level debaters. While this year was the third annual event, UCF Debate had never won the title in either division.\u00a0 The Knights team of Davis-Irimia finished with an undefeated record, winning the novice division championship.\u00a0UCF debater Anwar Davis was also named the top speaker of the division.\u00a0The team\u2019s performance was particularly impressive, as overall the debate squad managed a rare \u201csweep\u201d of the division, with teams finishing first, second, and third place. The UCF team of Shoemaker-Mika finished in second place, while debaters Dor-Swenson took third place.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks later, the team was able to match this feat at the next competition.\u00a0 At the Las Vegas Classic, hosted by UNLV, the team again swept the top awards in novice division.\u00a0 The team of Davis-Irimia again finished the tournament undefeated and captured the novice division tournament championship.\u00a0 This time, Andrei Irimia was named the top speaker.\u00a0 The UCF team of Shoemaker-Swenson finished in second place and Dor-Tracy was the third-place team.\u00a0 In the individual speaking awards, UCF students were awarded four of the top five awards overall.<\/p>\n<p>Third, for the first time in the modern era UCF team achieved recognition in national rankings.\u00a0 In addition, the UCF debate squad as a whole cracked the top 50 in the nation at the end of the fall semester.\u00a0 Among all the teams in the country, UCF Debate was ranked #49 by the Cross Examination Debate Association.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, UCF has established itself as a destination for academic debate competitions.\u00a0 This coming fall, the UCF Nicholson School of Communication and the debate team are contemplating hosting the fourth annual Sunshine State Showdown, which has become a part of the regular competition calendar for the Florida collegiate debate community.\u00a0 In addition, in April NSC and UCF Debate hosted the annual national championship tournament of the National Debate Coaches Association.\u00a0 This tournament awarded national championships to high school students in three debate divisions:\u00a0 policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, and public forum debate.\u00a0 Finally, in the spring of 2017 UCF will host the State of Florida Championship for college policy debate.\u00a0 This will be the first time that a State of Florida collegiate champion will be\u00a0recognized in at least two decades.<\/p>\n<p>View original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/ucf-debate-team-finishes-record-breaking-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Nicholson NewsThe UCF debate team completed a record-breaking year at the Novice-JV National Championship Tournament, hosted by West Virginia University in March. Joseph Tracy, debate team member,\u00a0was named 24th speaker in the individual speaking awards. This honor recognized Tracy as among the top 25 first-year speakers in the nation. 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