Shepherd University Debate & Forensics

03/04/2022

Your debate team has arrived at Ocean City!

Let the fun begin and we wish our Rams the best of luck this weekend!

03/02/2022

This weekend Shep Debate travels to Ocean City for the annual CFA at The Beach Tournament!

Good luck Rams and bring home that trophy!!

02/18/2022

Shep Debate made the School News email!

Congrats to all team members on your hard work all season, it is sure paying off!

Check it out here

https://www.shepherd.edu/news/debate-and-forensics-team-places-fourth-in-team-sweepstakes-wins-individual-awards/

11/07/2020

Former Shepherd debater, and coach Sam Brown is excited to be judging our current debaters this weekend in their second tournament of the year!

Good luck to all.

10/19/2020

This weekend Shepherd Debate competed in the first ever virtual tournament!

We are proud of our competitors, they all did great, and helped Shepherd come away with a fifth place finish to start the year. Individual results are:

Ilynn Brennan - 3rd place Poetry
Chase Herman - 5th place Declamation
Jonathan Biedler - 5th place Informative
Kyleigh Wallace - 3rd place After Dinner Speaking
Jordan Jalil - 5th place Extemporanious
Jordan Jalil - 3rd place Impromptu
Jordan Jalil - 3rd place Lincoln-Douglas
Jordan Jalil - 2nd Parli speaker
With a 3-1 record, 6th place Parli team - Jordan Jalil and Abby Johnson.

09/27/2020

Hello, Shep debate is back!

Tuesday several members of the team will be watching the presidential debate, and giving their feedback. The Stubblefield Institute will be posting each students thoughts, and opinions live, so make sure you watch their page Tuesday night!

Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications

04/28/2020

Below is a video from David Welch, Director of the Bonnie and Bill Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications. Over the last year, members of the debate team have worked with David and the Institute on their events, and we look forward to working even closer with them in the future. Thank you David for your support, it is much appreciated.

04/28/2020

Hello All.

This past year has been a fun one, and I know we haven't been very active on our page, but next year will be better. Earlier this year we decided, as a team, to hold a showcase where we would show all of the awards we had won throughout the year, and present our speeches to our community. The event would have been vary similar to what it used to be. We were saddened to have to stop planning the event, and admit that it just wasn't going to happen this year, but it will be back next year.

That does not mean our successes this past year will not be recognized. Below I have a collage of pictures from the past year. This year has been a very good one, one of our greatest years to date. We competed in AFA, NFA, and CFA tournaments at an exceptional level, finished second in our state tournament, behind Marshall University, and beat teams like Ohio University and Butler University. We also sent four of our best members to Lord Fairfax Community College in November where we took 3rd place out of 8 teams.

We would also like to thank all Shepherd Debate & Forensics alumni. The success we have today is set up by all of you, and we are all happy for the time you put in to make Shepherd Debate what it is today. What you were able to pass on has lead to the success of this generation, and the next generations of debaters at Shepherd University. For that, we all thank you.

02/06/2020

Shep Debate is back! This past weekend we sent 8 members to Wilkes University for the annual tournament at Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. The team performed very well, finishing 3rd in team sweepstakes out of 8 schools, and placed competitors in almost every final round.

Ilynn Brennan: 1st Declamation, 3rd Poetry, 4th Prose Interpretation, and 3rd Duo

Ben Haines: 2nd Impromptu Speaking, 2nd Declamation, 2nd Poetry Ineterpretation, and 5th Duo

Aubrey Duckworth: 3rd Duo (With Ilynn Brennan), and 5th Duo (with Ben Haines)

Jordan Jalil: 1st Pentathalon, 3rd Parliamentary Debate Speaker, 3rd Extemporaneous Speaking, 4th Informative, 4th Persuasive, 4th Impromptu, 4th Declamation

Jacob Klepp-Egge: 4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Parliamentary debate 2nd place team:
Jacob Klepp-Egge and Jordan Jalil

04/16/2019

Super cool writeup from the Martinsburg Journal this morning! Many thanks are in order for Micheal Neary for taking the time to interview our students yesterday!

SHEPHERDSTOWN — With dramatic interpretation, some political humor and immense preparation, students at Shepherd University are excelling in the field of debate and forensics.

04/12/2019

Check out this awesome write up from the Herald Mail! Our coach forgot to smile for the picture, but we love him anyway!

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The Shepherd University Debate and Forensics team was named national champion in Division I team-speech sweepstakes at the 2019 Public Communication Speech and Debate National Championship Tournament