Recent Success

May 2009

Northwestern Debate wins the 2009 Copeland Award

The pairing of John Warden (Sr) and Matt Fisher (So) were presented the Rex M. Copeland award at the 2009 National Debate Tournament in Austin, TX.  The award is presented to the team with the best regular season record who enters the national tournament as the number one seed.  Warden and Fisher completed the season with a record of 88-14, won tournaments at Dartmouth, Kentucky and Wake Forest and appeared in the finals at Harvard and Georgia State.

Northwestern finishes year strong at the 63rd National Debate Tournament

Northwestern debate placed two teams in the top 5 at the National Debate Tournament held in Austin, TX.  John Warden(Sr) and Matt Fisher(So) advanced to the semifinals of the tournament losing on a close 3-2 decision to the defending champions from Wake Forest University.  The team of Rob Mulholand (Sr) and Stephanie Spies (So) advanced to the quarterfinals.  Northwestern was the only school with two teams placing in the quarterfinals and beyond.  Northwestern was also represented by Greg Friend (Jr) and Mary Gregg (So).    Congratulations to the entire squad on a great year and the team expects greater successes in the future.