April 25 Declared UK Debate Team Day
Mayor Linda Gorton has declared April 25, 2019, UK Debate Team Day in Lexington to celebrate the team’s season long top national ranking. The proclamation reads as follows:
UK Takes National Championship — in Debate
Earlier this week the University of Kentucky Debate Team of Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov defeated the University of Georgia to become the 2019 National Debate Tournament (NDT) champions. And they did it in record-breaking style.
UK Debate Team: What it Takes to be No. 1
The University of Kentucky Debate team, housed in the College of Communication and Information, has had the strongest start in their history. By winning four major tournaments, the team has secured the number one rank by two major national rankings, and has a 4-1 record against Harvard University, the number two team in the country.
UK Debate Team: What it Takes to be No. 1
The University of Kentucky Debate team, housed in the College of Communication and Information, has had the strongest start in their history. By winning four major tournaments, the team has secured the number one rank by two major national rankings, and has a 4-1 record against Harvard University, the number two team in the country.
UK Working to Grow Debate in Asia
What do you do the day after your team goes on an 18-1 winning streak, brings home tournament victories over Harvard University (twice), Wake Forest University, Northwestern University and Dartmouth College? If you are Dave Arnett, director of the University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team, you catch a flight to Taiwan to represent UK at the NSDA (The U.S. National Speech and Debate Association) Taiwan Fall Invitational, an international debate collaboration.
UK Debate Team Ranked Top in the Nation
The University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team is currently ranked top in the nation for the first time since 1995.
UK Debate Team Has Good Start to Possibly Another Historic Season
The University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team reached the final four in the season opener at Georgia State University last weekend. UK's team includes the top-ranked returning partnership in the nation, juniors Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov.
UK Speech and Debate Places 8th in the Nation
The University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team placed eighth in the nation at the largest collegiate speech and debate competition in the country, the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament. This placing extends the teams history of ranking in the top 10 at this national competition to its fourth continuous year and represents a new best placing for the university.
UK Debate Team Finishes Regular Season Strong With Double Victory
The University of Kentucky Debate Team housed in the College of Communication and Information swept two tournaments with impressive victories, placing first and second in two of the nation’s most reputable tournaments.
Below is a collection of writing about the debate team at the University of Kentucky.
3/09/2022 - Bluegrass Debate Coalition, UK Colleges Partner to Prepare Students for Success - UKNow
3/04/2022 - UK Debate Sophomores Receive Automatic Bid to 2022 National Debate Tournament - UKNow
2/04/2022 - 5th Grade Wiz Has Standout Season With Bluegrass Debate Coalition - UKNow
1/28/2022 - Intercollegiate Debate Launches Public Forum Team - UKNow
1/25/2022 - UK Intercollegiate Debate Team Has Strong Start to Spring Semester - UKNow
9/3/2021 - Bluegrass Debate Coalition Expands Support for Debate Education - UKNow
2/24/2021 - UK Debate Earns Automatic Bid to 2021 National Debate Tournament - UKNow
11/24/2020 - UK Debate Team Finishes Virtual Semester of Competition - UKNow
10/8/2020 - UK Debate Launches Coalition to Support K-12 Debate Education - UKNow
10/2/2020 - UK Debate Starts Season Strong and Virtually - UKNow
6/5/2020 - 5 UK Students, Alums Awarded Fulbrights, Including 1 in Debate - UKNow
6/2/2020 - UK Debate Team Focuses Efforts on Helping High School Debate - UKNow
2/6/2020 - UK Debate Team National Champions Recognized at UK Basketball Game - UKNow
2/5/2020 - UK Debate Wins Hoosier Invitational With Rare Accomplishment - UKNow
9/20/2019 - UK Debate Has Impressive Season Opener, Hopes to Continue Past Success - UKNow
4/25/2019 - April 25 Declared UK Debate Team Day - UKNow
3/29/2019 - UK Takes National Championship — in Debate - UKNow
3/27/2019 - UK team brings home this national championship 33 years after Chef Ouita won it - Lexington Herald-Leader
1/9/2019 - UK Debate Team: What it Takes to be No. 1 - UKNow
11/12/2018 - UK debate team takes on the nation in first place spot - KY Kernel
10/19/2018 - UK Debate Team Ranked Top in the Nation - UKNow
12/18/2017 - After Strong Semester UK Debate Team Members Ranked 3rd in the Nation - UKNow
9/7/2017 - UK Intercollegiate Debate Team Prepares for Strong Season - UKNow
2/15/2017 - Kentucky Debate’s Tournament of Champions Travels to China - UKNow
3/14/2016 - UK Debate Team Heads to National Finals With a Top 16 Ranking - UKNow
12/17/2015 - UK Debate Team Finishes Fall Semester Strong - UKNow
10/23/2015 - UK Debate Team off to a Strong Start after First Two Tournaments - UKNow
9/8/2015 - UK Debate Team Set to Begin Another Successful Season - UKNow
4/1/2013 - Debate Team Has Historic Spring Semester, Competes This Week at Nationals - UKNow
10/24/2012 - UK Debate Team Starts Season Off Strong - UKNow
2/7/2012 - UK Students Win Scholarships to Study at Cambridge, Oxford - UKNow
10/21/2011 - Debate Team Comes Home to CCIS, Honors Long Time Coach Patterson - UKNow
9/26/2011 - UK Debate Takes Novice Championship at Season Opener - UKNow
10/15/2010 - Debate Team Starts Off Strong - UKNow
1995 - Debaters Arguing for Top Spot - Kentucky Kernel
1994 - J.W. Patterson's Role in Success at UK is Matter of Little Debate - Lexington Herald-Leader
1994 - UK Debaters No. 1 - Lexington Herald-Leader
1993 - Debate Team Wins 'Run for the Roses' - Kentucky Kernel
1993 - Debaters Team Up Again for Tourney - Kentucky Kernel
1993 - Debate Team Wins at Baylor - Kentucky Kernel
1991 - UK Debater Earns Honor at National Tournament - Kentucky Kernel
1991 - Two-time Debate Champ Ready to Move on - Kentucky Kernel
1991 - UK's McKinney Top Debater in Dartmouth Tournament - Kentucky Kernel
1990 - Debate Team Falls Short of First Place at Tournament - Kentucky Kernel
1990 - No Arguing Against it: UK Debaters Among Elite - Kentucky Kernel
1990 - Debaters Win Tourney During Holiday Break - Kentucky Kernel
1990 - Arranged as an Avant-Garde - Kentucky Kernel
1989 - UK Debate Team Among Best in the Nation - Kentucky Kernel
1989 - UK Debate Team Makes Final Four in Nationals - Kentucky Kernel
1989 - Debaters Take Gold at Tourney - Kentucky Kernel
1989 - Mather Completes First Year - Kentucky Kernel
1989 - Debate Teams Shows the Academic Side of the University - Kentucky Kernel
1988 - Coaches Say Bentson Won Debate Between Candidates - Kentucky Kernel
1987 - University's Top Debate Team Victorious at North Carolina - Kentucky Kernel
1986 - College Students Gather for Debate Competition - Kentucky Kernel
1985 - Debate Duo Takes First in Tourney - Kentucky Kernel
1985 - UK Debate Team Wins Invitational Tournament - Kentucky Kernel
1985 - Debate Team Wins, Goes to Georgia - Kentucky Kernel
1984 - J.W. is a Friend to SGA, the Debate Team - Campus
1982 - Those Winning Wildcats - CommuniK
1981 - UK Jeff Jones Named Top Debater - Kentucky Kernel
1981 - Who Gets the Coverage? - Kentucky Kernel
1981 - Debate Director Awarded - CommuniK
1980 - It's Debatable - Kentucky Kernel
1980 - A Tough UK Debate Team (Cover) - CommuniK
1980 - A Tough UK Debate Team - CommuniK
1979 - Debate Team Nearing National Championship - Kentucky Kernel
1979 - Two UK Students Qualify for Debate - Kentucky Kernel
1977 - Debater Skillman Named Top National Performer - Kentucky Kernel
1977 - UK Debate Team Prepares for National Debate Tournament - Kentucky Kernel
1977 - Debaters Win Consistently - Kentucky Kernel
1976 - UK Can Brag on Debate Team - Lexington Herald
1976 - UK Debating Team's Success is Not Debatable - Lexington Herald
1976 - Super Team
1976 - Debaters Win Two Tourneys - Lexington Herald
1974 - Debating Champion
1974 - 'Boro Native Places in Debate
1974 - Debate Winners
1973 - Memorandum
1972 - UK Debaters Win Tourney - Lexington Herald
1972 - UK Debaters Qualify for National Meet - Lexington Herald
1972 - Two UK Debaters Qualify for Nationals - Courier-Journal
1971 - News Release - UK College of Arts and Sciences
1971 - UK Forensics Squad Takes Six Trophies - Lexington Leader
1971 - UK News
1971 - News Release - Student Forum
1971 - Debaters to Compete
1971 - UK News
1971 - UK Debate Team Conquers Coast - Kentucky Kernel
1953 - Little Nationals - Tulsa World