Kansas State Debate

04/27/2026

Early bird registration for the K-State Debate Camp ends at the end of April! Get your registration in now to receive $100 off of tuition at the K-State Debate Camp! Come learn from K-State's college debaters and coaches and experience the beautiful K-State Manhattan Campus in a fun and safe learning environment!

All students must have a parental consent form to participate in any K-State Debate Camp or Clinic. The parental consent form is available on the registration page.

04/08/2026

Today is K-State's Day of Giving! The K-State Foundation has set up a dedicated page just for the K-State Debate team, and you can donate here. You already know the K-State Debate team is growing and reaching new competitive heights. This is the second year in a row we have qualified two teams to the NDT. We also travelled four teams to CEDA Nationals this year. However, this growth is coming at a challenging time, when the cost of tournament travel keeps going up every year. These donations not only help us ensure that we can provide scholarships for K-State Debate students, they also allow us to meet the rising costs of travel while providing crucial opportunities for more students than ever to represent K-State Debate. Help support the amazing legacy of K-State Debate by donating today!

Join me and support K-State's Day of Giving!

04/07/2026

Friends of the K-State Debate Team - tomorrow is K-State's Day of Giving! We'll have a special fundraising link just for the K-State Debate team available tomorrow. Help us ensure we've got the resources we need to continue growing as a team and reaching new levels of competitive success. Be on the lookout for the link to help support the team tomorrow, April 8th!

04/06/2026

The 80th National Debate Tournament,
After 8 rounds of competition across 3 days in Houston Texas both teams grabbed some wins and valuable experience, with some victories over Indiana, West Georgia, Navy and Samford to round out the tournament. A special thank you to Nine for all of the help! The cats are finishing up in New York for CEDA, more on that soon!

03/24/2026

Registration is now active for the 2026 K-State Debate Camp! The K-State Debate Camp is the perfect option for students looking for a shorter camp, late in the summer or students who would like to add an extra week of camp at the end of the summer to really help hone their skills. All of our staff are K-State coaches and debaters who know how to help students prepare for the upcoming season, whether they are competing locally or on the national circuit. Camp will run Sunday July 19-Sunday July 26, 2026. We have options for commuters and residential students. There's also an early bird discount for $100 off your registration if you register before May 1.

All students must have a parental consent form to participate in any K-State Debate Camp or Clinic. The parental consent form is available on the registration page.

02/23/2026

Congratulations to K State DR Taryn Day and Dan Robertson and K State DS Kyle Draeger and Cody Spurlock for qualifying to the 2026 National Debate Tournament out of D3! This is the second year in a row K State has qualified two teams out of the districts process.

02/03/2026

With that, the regular season is over! K-State Debate has just wrapped the season at the Texas tournament... In Chicago? We may not have made it in person to Austin, but still managed to open up Zoom and debate from our hotel.With the completion of the tournament here are our results!
KSU DR, Dan Robertson and Taryn Day 4-4
KSU DS, Cody Spurlock and Kyle Draeger 4-4*
KSU LW, Ava Williams and Aidyn Lewis 2-6

01/28/2026

Winners! A huge congratulations go out to the team of K-State AS, Lillian Ardis and Caitlin Sand, who came away as the TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS in the varsity division of the University of Texas, San Antonio tournament, AKA the Earthseed Invitational, earlier this month. Lillian was the first place speaker and Caitlin was the third place speaker. Couldn't be prouder of our K-State Debate Wildcats!

01/28/2026

We were so excited to host teams from across the country on our beautiful campus here in Manhattan for the K-State half of the third annual Sunflower Swings. This is one of two tournaments back to back over winter break, with the first being hosted by our friends from KU. Also, a special congratulations to the team of Dan Robertson and Taryn Day as well as Cody Spurlock who had to debate "maverick" (solo) when his partner fell ill on the first day of the tournament. Both teams cleared and ended up as octafinalists in the open division.

01/06/2026

K-State Day and Robertson lost a close 2-1 decision in the finals of the KU tournament last night. We got to relax and recharge today, and are now ready to host the second half of the Sunflower Swing on our home turf here at K-State. Excited to welcome everyone to beautiful Manhattan!