Ball State University Debate Team

04/07/2025

What a polemic whirlwind your Ball State debate team has been in! Please congratulate our team members who soared at the NEDA National competition this past weekend!

🏆Varsity Crossfire Teams:
🥈Quentin Brizendine & Brayden Hall (2nd place)

🏆 Varsity Crossfire Speakers:
🏅Brayden Hall (5th place)

🏆 Varsity Rapidfire Teams:
🏅Alex Wagler (4th place)

🏆 Varsity Rapidfire Speakers:
🥈Alex Wagler (2nd place)
🏅Zach Williams (4th place)

🏆 Novice Crossfire Teams:
🏅Taylor Huffman & Morgan Zacek (4th place)
🏅Cai Cook & Theo Edwards (5th place)

🏆 Novice Crossfire Speakers:
🏅Taylor Huffman (5th place)

04/02/2025

🛬Now landing from San Luis Obispo, California☀️… your Ball State Debate team! Our Cardinals soared at the national British Parliamentary tournament, bringing home the following hardware:

🔹 Logan Braunschweig & Caleb Trinoskey advanced to Finals (Top 4 overall!)
🔹 Sophia Worden & Zach Williams advanced to Semifinals (Top 8 overall!)

We are excited to see you all again soon as we begin preparing for our next season of BP debate!

04/02/2025

Our Cardinal polemics soared at the Indiana State Debate tournament earlier this month! Congratulations to our new State title holders!!

🏆 Novice Teams:
🥇 Taylor Huffman ( #1 Novice Rapidfire)
🥈 Charlie Graham & Hunter Broomall ( #2 Novice Crossfire)
🥉 Cai Cook & Theo Edwards ( #3 Novice Crossfire)

🏆 State Speakers:
🥇 Taylor Huffman ( #1 Novice)
🏅 Brayden Hall ( #4 Varsity)
🏅 Hunter Broomall ( #4 Novice)
🏅 Charlie Graham ( #5 Novice)

04/01/2025

🎉🔥 Ball State Debate Team Shines at YODL #3! 🔥🎉

This weekend, our Cardinals soared at the third Yaatly Online Debate League tournament of the season! Competing in British Parliamentary style for the first time, all five Ball State teams proved their talent in a field of 84 teams. 🗣️💡

🏆 Top Novice Speakers:
🥇 Logan Braunschweig ( #1)
🥈 Brayden Hall ( #2)
🥉 Caleb Trinoskey ( #3)
🏅 Quentin Brizendine ( #5)
🏅 Sophia Worden & Zach Williams (Tied #6)

🚀 Breakout Rounds:
🔹 Top 3 Novice Teams—ALL from Ball State!
🔹 Sophia Worden & Zach Williams advanced to Semifinals (Top 8 overall!)
🔹 Taylor Huffman & Morgan Zacek made Novice Semifinals in their first-ever collegiate debate!

Huge congrats to our debaters for an incredible performance! 👏🐦

04/01/2025

04/01/2025

🏆 Triumph on the National Stage: Ball State Debate Team Shines in BP Tournament! 🏆

Ball State’s debate team competed in its first British Parliamentary (BP) debate tournament this weekend. We are extremely proud of our team for competing against 98 teams and 192 speakers nationwide! A special shout out to our teams Brayden and Quentin for making it to the Novice Semi-Finals and Logan and Caleb for reaching the Novice Finals! We look forward to our next tournament at the University of Dayton later this month!

10/02/2024

🏆🏆🏆

🎉 Another Win for the BSU Debate Team!🎉

This weekend, our talented debaters traveled to the Squirrel Shooter Tournament at Capital University and brought home some serious hardware! 🏆

👏 Special shoutouts to:

✨ First-time debater Joseph Basso– 1st Place in Novice Rapidfire!

✨ Freshman Alex Wagler– 4th Place in Rapidfire!

✨ Freshman Sophia Worden– 3rd Place in Rapidfire!

✨ Seniors Mya Davis-Jenkins & Zach Williams– 4th Place in Crossfire!

✨ Freshman duo Logan Braunschweig & Caleb Trinoskey – 3rd Place in Crossfire!

The BSU team also took home the 3rd Place Sweepstakes Award overall! 🥉

We’re proud of these accomplishments and excited for what’s next! 🗣️

09/16/2024

The BSU debate team traveled to Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania over this past weekend. Competing against over a dozen other schools, Varsity Crossfire debaters Quentin Brizendine and Brayden Hall brought home the 1st place trophy! Sophia Worden brought home the 3rd place trophy in Varsity Rapidfire! This was a great start to our debate season as we prepare to compete at Capital University in 2 weeks!

01/22/2024

This past weekend Ball State’s debate team competed at the Butler Bulldog Battle! Congratulations to our 1st place Novice Winner Mya Davis-Jenkins, and our 3rd place Varsity Speaker Savannah Hutchinson! We are so proud of the Ball State University Debate Team! We are ready and excited for our next stop in Murray, KY!

02/17/2020

The team took home a variety of award at state this year! Proving that not only do we debate well, but that we have a fun time doing it!