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University of Kansas Debate Co-President Azja Butler won the Top Speaker award at last weekendâs 75th annual National Debate Tournament.Â
For Butler, a junior from Lansing, Kansas, who has been participating in debate for the last eight years, winning Top Speaker meant a lot.
âHonestly, Iâm still kind of in shock about it,â Butler said. âI know for people who donât really do debate, they donât really understand what it means to win that.â
The TOP SPEAKER at the 75th National Debate Tournament from the University of Kansas is the pride of Lansing Kansas.Azja Butler.Azja is the 3rd KU debater to win the coveted trophy joining Hubert Bell (1955) and Jacob Hegna (2019). pic.twitter.com/3RJ2jsOBdI Kansas Debate (@KansasDebate) March 29, 2021
Thu, 02/11/2021
LAWRENCE The University of Kansas debate team finished the regular season around midnight Feb. 8 with strong performances at the Owen L. Coon Memorial Debate Tournament hosted by Northwestern University.
The KU Debate team of senior Nate Martin, of Lansing, and freshman Graham Revare, of Shawnee, advanced to the championship debate, losing a 2-1 split decision to the University of Michigan.
Martin and Revare won 10 debates over four days. In the elimination rounds, they defeated Michigan State University, Georgetown University, the University of Pittsburgh and Northwestern University to advance to the final round.
Martin said the final round against Michigan was “one of the most enjoyable debates of my career.”