I just wanted everyone to know the results of our new debate team’s exemplary first season.  Below is a partial listing of everything they accomplished.  The statistics are pretty unrelenting!  As a team, we had a 65% win percentage on the year, had 4 of top 10 novice debaters in the country, accumulated 224 points (no one had ever topped 200 before), and won IPDA Novice Team Sweepstakes.  Below is a chronological listing of the tournaments we attended and what we did.

University of Arkansas-Monticello Weevil Wars

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Semi-Finals
• Kristin Tisdale: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Champion

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack Classic

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 2^nd Place
• Betsy Davis: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Jordan Hughey: Novice Debate Semi-Finals
• Andrew Roberts: Novice Debate Champion,
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Jonathan Skagfield: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals,
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 5^th Place
• Jessikah Stahl: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Octo-Finals,
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 4^th Place
• Overall Team Sweepstakes: 1^st Place

Mississippi College Deep South Debates

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 5^th Place
• Betsy Davis: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Ben Fulton: Varsity Debate Quarter-Finals,
  • Varsity Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
  • Overall Speaker (Lindsay Miller Award) : 1^st Place
• Jordan Hughey: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Andrew Roberts: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Jessikah Stahl: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Kristin Tisdale: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Semi-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 2^nd Place
• Overall Team Sweepstakes: 2^nd Place

Louisiana State University Mardi Gras Classic

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Betsy Davis: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Ben Fulton: Varsity Debate Quarter-Finals
• Bethany Hogg: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Andrew Roberts: Novice Debate Octo-Finals,
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 3^rd Place
• Kristin Tisdale: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 2^nd Place
• Mandisa Wofford: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Team Debate Sweepstakes: 1^st Place 

Henderson State University Reddie to Rumble

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Champion
• Betsy Davis: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Jordan Hughey: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
• Kristin Tisdale: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 3^rd Place

University of Central Arkansas End of Hi-bear-nation

• Kate Conkling: Novice Debate Champion
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 2^nd Place
• Bethany Hogg: Novice Debate Semi-Finals
• Jordan Hughey: Novice Debate Semi-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Andrew Roberts: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Kristin Tisdale: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 5^th Place
• Mandisa Wofford: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Team “Bear It All” Award for Best Overall Win Percentage: 1^st Place
• Overall Team Sweepstakes: 3^rd Place

IPDA Championships

• Betsy Davis: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 6^th Place
• Ben Fulton: Varsity Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Bethany Hogg: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Jordan Hughey: Novice Debate Quarter-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 1^st Place
• Andrew Roberts: Novice Debate Double Octo-Finals
• Emily Welborn: Novice Debate Octo-Finals
  • Novice Debate Speaker: 2^nd Place

Season Novice Individual Season-Long Awards

• Kate Conkling: 2^nd Place
• Jordan Hughey: 6^th Place
• Andrew Roberts: 9^th Place
• Emily Welborn: 3^rd Place

Season Novice Team Sweepstakes: 1^st Place