UNG debate team finishes with national rankings

2015 Jun 1

The University of North Georgia's (UNG) debate team, which competed in seven tournaments during the 2014-15 academic year, finished the year with national rankings and several team awards.

A number of students also earned individual awards, including Fernando Gonzalez of Flowery Branch, Georgia, who won a third place Critic's Award. Gonzalez is a sophomore majoring in English.

At the University of Tennessee Volunteer Debate Championship, the debate team won first place in two-on-two debate, second place in one-on-one debate and second place overall. The UNG debate team also placed second at the Tom Preston Study Break Tournament at Webster University, the UNG Test Drive Novice Debate Tournament and the Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Speech Championship Tournament hosted at UNG. The debate team made it to the Pan American International Debate Championships at University of Miami, Florida, and the Georgia Parliamentary Debate Association State Debate Championship Tournament at Piedmont College, Georgia.

Overall this season, the team won a total of 112 awards, including several first place awards and numerous second place finishes. UNG also took 10th place out of 61 schools at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and had an All-American and a top speaker award in a debate division. The UNG debate team ranked 24th out of 207 schools in the final National Parliamentary Debate Association standings this year.