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UTD Debate reaches ‘Sweet 16’ at the National Debate Tournament – Congrats to Andrew Baker and Collin Roark, who represented UTD Debate in the in the Octo-finals of the National Debate Tournament held on UTD’s campus March 25-18. Baker (Senior, Political Science) and Roark (Junior, Political Science) ended prelims with a record of 6-2, having defeated teams from Loyola, Georgia and Dartmouth to advance to elimination debates, where they defeated the University of Kansas to advance to the round of 16. Andrew Baker was also awarded ninth speaker overall.

Another first round and strong showing at districts qualifies two teams to 2011 NDT – Collin Roark and Andrew Baker, both political science majors, received an invitation to participate as one of the top 16 debate partnerships in the country as voted by coaches from across the U.S. Roark and Baker were the only duo from a Texas university to receive a guaranteed bid.

UTD Battles to second place finish in American Debate Association National Championship – The team of Baker (Senior, Political Science) and Roark (Junior, Political Science) advanced undefeated through the preliminary debates and into the final round of the American Debate Association National Championship. UTD lost the final round on a 2-1 decision to a team from Vanderbilt University and earned UTD Debate runner-up honors for the prestigious ADA title. The tournament was held at George Mason University, March 11-13. Andrew Baker was also honored as fifth speaker overall.

UTD Debate goes on a tear over Winter Break – UT Dallas debaters have fought hard this semester, with separate teams reaching the semifinal rounds in two intercollegiate tournaments.

2009-2010

UTD advances to quarter finals of both CEDA and NDT – The UT Dallas debate squad wrapped up its 2009-10 season as the only organization in the country to advance a team to the quarterfinals in the nation’s two most-prestigious tournaments.

UTD receives first-round at-large bid to NDT; second team finishes third at districts – For the seventh consecutive year, members of the UT Dallas debate team have qualified to participate in the National Debate Tournament (NDT), one of the national championships for U.S. collegiate policy debaters.

UTD BR wins season opener at Georgia State – In a first for the UT Dallas debate program, forensic duo Brian Rubaie and Andrew Baker have been ranked No. 1 in three national ranking systems after winning last week’s tournament at Georgia State University.

2008-2009

UTD takes third at CEDA – The UT Dallas debate team took third place at the Cross Examinational Debate Association (CEDA) National Debate Tournament, held March 20-24, at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.

UTD Debate advances to Octo-finals at Wake Forest – Two UT Dallas debate teams returned from the Franklin R. Shirley Classic hosted by Wake Forest University with tournament results to be grateful for.

UTD Debate takes third at Harvard – UT Dallas debate team members Brian Rubaie and Andrew Baker took third place at Harvard University’s annual Intercollegiate Debate Tournament Monday night in Cambridge, Mass.

2007-2008

UTD advance to Sweet 16 at CEDA national tournament – Two debate teams from UT Dallas finished in the top 20 at last weekend’s National Championship Tournament of the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) held in Wichita, Kan.