Awards
Recent Program Highlights
Semifinals of NDT & CEDA (2008)
Top Speaker at the NDT & CEDA (2008)
Three NDT 1st Round bids in five years (2006, 2008, 2010)
Cleared at the NDT, 5 years straight (2006-2010)
Qualified to the NDT, 15 years straight (1996-2010)
This includes each year since our return to NDT debate in fall 1995, and includes 22 separate qualifications (involving 17 different debaters)
2010-2011 Season
Georgia State University (Major)
Jordan Foley / Wes Rumbaugh (Octos)
Foley was 14th speaker (field of 300+)
Wichita State University (Regional)
Jarid Kinder / Joel Reed (lost to UTSA in quarterfinals)
Kristen Stout / Zach Schmitz (lost to OU in octofinals)
Jeff Bess / John Block (lost to U. North Texas in octofinals)
Northwestern (Major)
Jordan Foley / Wes Rumbaugh (Doubles)
Foley was 27th speaker at the tournament (field of just under 300)
Katie Frederick / Jace Gilmore were the 33rd seed (top 32 clear), beat a top 16 team (Emory)
Jarid Kinder / Joel Reed beat a top 16 team (Towson)
Vanderbilt University (Regional)
Jarid Kinder / Joel Reed (quarterfinals)
Kristen Stout / Zach Schmitz (quarterfinals)
Katie Frederick / Jace Gilmore (walked over in octofinals)
Stout was 10th speaker
Coaches' Poll
Foley/Rumbaugh are 22nd nation-wide in the coaches’ poll. Our goal is to get into the top 16.
Previous Results
2006 NDT Qualfiers (Updated February, 2006)
Michael Mapes & Matthias Bostick receive one of the 16 1st Round At-Large Bids
First "1st Round" in Missouri State history!
Martin Osborn & Mike Kearney qualify through the District III tournament
3rd team out (field of 24) with a 7-1 record and 19-5 ballot count.
2005-2006 Season
Ulrich Season Opener—University of Northern Iowa
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Semifinalists (Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Octo-finalists (Open)
Caleb Messer / Sheena Walters—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Matthias Bostick—4th Speaker
Michael Mapes—4th Speaker
Martin Osborn—5th Speaker
Mike Kearney—6th Speaker
Caleb Messer—12th Speaker
Georgia State University National Opener—Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Octo-finalists (Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Martin Osborn—23rd Speaker
Matthias Bostick—29th Speaker
Mel Moorhouse Debate Tournament—Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Natalie Pennington / Ryan Childress—Quarterfinalists (Open)
Vince Pollock / Michael Bang—Semifinalists (JV)
Vince Pollock—4th Speaker (JV)
Henry Clay Debates—University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Martin Osborn—21st Speaker
Pflaum Debate Tournament—Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)
Caleb Messer / Sheena Walters—Semifinalists (Open)
Jessica Johnson / Clayton Webb—Quarterfinalists (Open)
Vince Pollock / Ryan Childress—Quarterfinalists (JV)
Chris Rothgeb—5th Speaker (JV)
Stacie Copeland—5th Speaker (Novice)
Ryan Childress—9th Speaker (JV)
Caleb Messer—13th Speaker
Michael Bang—14th Speaker (JV)
Blue Devil Debates—Kansas City Kansas Community College (Kansas City, KS)
Tracy Partain / Titus Koech—Semifinalists (Novice)
Jessica Johnson / Clayton Webb—Quarterfinalists (Open)
Titus Koech—6th Speaker (Novice)
Tracy Partain—10th Speaker (Novice)
Jessica Johnson—11th Speaker
Clayton Webb—12th Speaker
Blake Moore—16th Speaker
Harvard Debate—Harvard University (Cambrige, MA)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Octo-finalists(Open)
Matthias Bostick—23rd Speaker
Joe C. Jackson Invitational—University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Semifinalists (Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Quarterfinalists (Open)
Caleb Messer / Sheena Walters—Octo-finalists (Open)
Jessica Johnson / Clayton Webb—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Michael Mapes—3rd Speaker
Martin Osborn—4th Speaker
Matthias Bostick—5th Speaker
Mike Kearney—6th Speaker
Franklin R. Shirley Classic—Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Octo-finalists(Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Nichols Debate Tournament— University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Octo-finalists(Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Matthias Bostick—9th Speaker
Michael Mapes—11th Speaker
Fullerton College Tournament— California State University (Fullerton, CA)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Octo-finalists(Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Demougeot Debates— University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Jessica Johnson / Clayton Webb—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Blake Moore / Laci Whiteaker—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Fear and Loathing in Dallas— University of Texas - Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Quarter-finalists (Open)
Jessica Johnson / Clayton Webb—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Capp Debates— Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Semi-finalists (Open)
Blake Moore / Clayton Webb—Octo-finalists (Open)
Ryan Childress/Matt Murphy—Finals (JV)
Mike Kearney—5th Speaker
Martin Osborn—6th Speaker
Kinky Classic Debates— University of Texas (Austin, TX)
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick—Double Octo-finalists(Open)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—Double Octo-finalists (Open)
Donn W. Parson Heart of America— University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Jessica "Johnny Top Seed" Johnson / Matthias Bostick—Finals (Open)
Mike Kearney / Blake Moore—Quarter-finalists (Open)
Sheena Walters / Michael Mapes—Quarter-finalists (Open)
Clay Webb / Martin Osborn—Octo-finalists (Open)
Natalie Pennington/Jordan Overstreet—Octo-finalists (Open)
First Round "At Large" NDT Qualifiers — Announced Feb 13, 2006
Michael Mapes / Matthias Bostick
District III NDT Qualifier Tournament— Kansas City Kansas Community College (Kansas City, KS)
Mike Kearney / Martin Osborn—3rd place (Open) (7-1, 19 Ballots) - NDT Qualified
JV/Novice Nationals— West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Forthcoming, March 3-5, 2006
National Junior Division Debate Tournament— Johnson Country Comm College (Overland Park, KS)
Forthcoming, March 10-12, 2006
National Debate Tournament— Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Forthcoming, March 23-27, 2006
CEDA National Tournament— (Dallas, TX)
Forthcoming, March 31 - April 3, 2006