Grace Blackwell is an anomaly – a highly decorated college debater with no previous high school experience. Alongside the hard work and dedication required to achieve these heights, she also laid the groundwork for the newest Urban Debate League in the nation in Birmingham.
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Applegate / Schmidt and Mazumdar / Choi Reach New Heights @ Tournament of Champions Messai, Nala, Mac, Margaret, Jack, Sitara, Daniella, Kathy, David, and Gabe (WUDL ToC Contingent, 2026) Qualifying for the Tournament of Champions is hard. It is the top 1%, or even less than that of high school debaters, and it prioritizes the
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Eliot Hine Brings MS National Championship back to Capitol Hill Our august Final Round Panel of former MS Nats winners (Jack, 2025, Sitara, 2022, Susie, 2023, Evelyn, 2024, and Margaret, 2023) While the ToC and Urban Debate National Championship are still two weeks away, some of Washington Urban Debate League’s best and brightest, faced off
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WUDL End of Year Awards – Student Edition Student Choice Debater of the Year (AL) Marshall and Keoni Scott-Reid High School Debater of the Year Madison of Banneker High School with all of the trophies they took home at the end of the season. Oh yea….and they’re siblings. Keoni Scott-Reid High School Debater of the
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WUDL End of Year Awards – Teams Edition Banneker wins their third Sweepstakes Trophy, defending their title by one point despite a season-long race! Sweepstakes Award: Benjamin Banneker The WUDL Sweepstakes award is a grueling, challenging race to win. A team needs to show up and do well at every tournament of the season, and
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WUDL End of Year Awards – Coaches Addition Collins Lopez (Hyattsville), Dr. Dinkins (Kettering), and Karl Pederson (Francis Hammond) Debate doesn’t happen without Coaches. These excellent leaders were the tip of the iceberg this season as supportive leaders. American League Coach of the Year: Marci Kanstoroom, Redlands Middle School Coach Kanstoroom has done her homework.
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1st WUDL Tournament in MD since COVID A Big Success Coach Hackett brought her BUDL experience to the next generation as IDEA made their debut. Each team won at least one round, and two won trophies in their first tournament….which they had 8 days to prepare for! It is hard to imagine that the regular
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1st WUDL Tournament in MD since COVID A Big Success Kettering was a magnificent host, and we filled the space with eager kiddos WUDL hasn’t been all together since the season opener. We were reminded why – we don’t fit in most buildings, but national qualifiers are different, bringing the whole family together once again.
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WUDL Chooses MS Nationals Representatives Louise, Eliza (Eliot Hine), Karamoko (Kettering), Maite and Xander (Oyster, front), Ian, Gigi, Kaylana, and Zeve (Hobson) and Gerson (front, grey jacket, Kettering). Not pictured, Chloe and Max, Stuart Hobson After many years of incredibly strong returning students dominating our Middle School Qualifying process, this year’s qualifying process was a
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Neuroth Siblings, Blanc / Troutman-Ritchey, and Hyman-Jimenez / Worsley Harvard Bound William and James Neuroth continue to carve a big legacy in the league recordbooks William Neuroth has been an instiution with Washington Urban Debate over the last seven years. He went to Middle School Nationals twice representing Stuart Hobson, winning as a 7th grader
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