AS ends their CEDA in quarters. We’ll have more to say about seniors after the NDT, but congratulations to Jared on a wonderful career. ❤️ The CEDA celebration is not quite over though, we have some speaker awards! 16 - Jacob 12 - Nargis 10 - Brooklynn 9 - Luna 5 - Jared 💙🔥

The KU British Parliamentary Debate team spent this weekend competing at the 2025 YODL Championships! In a great end to the season, the team of Stevie Silverman & Alex Brake finished as finalists in Honors! #RockChalk 💙❤️

The 2025 National Debate Tournament kicks off tomorrow! KU will be represented by the teams of Ethan Harris/Jacob Wilkus, Rose Larson/Luna Schultz, and John Marshall/Graham Revare. #RockChalk 💙❤️🔥

John Marshall and Graham Revare are this year’s Rex Copeland Award winners!! The Copeland is awarded to the top ranked team in the country based on FRALB voting. After winning 4 tournaments and being runners up at 2 more, safe to say we agree that MR is pretty impressive. ❤️🔥

It has been a busy first day and a half at the NDT! After four debates, all three teams are 3-1! 🔥 Harris/Wilkus: 3-1, 10 ballots Larson/Schultz: 3-1, 8 ballots Marshall/Revare: 3-1, 10 ballots #RockChalk 💙❤️

With one round to go still, all three KU teams have qualified for elimination debates at the NDT! Harris/Wilkus - 5-2, 15 ballots Larson/Schultz - 6-1, 16 ballots Marshall/Revare - 6-1, 18 ballots All teams are now debating for elimination round seeding! #RockChalk 💙❤️

Congratulations to Ethan Harris and Jacob Wilkus on finishing as the 17th seed and double-octofinalists at the National Debate Tournament! ❤️ Marshall/Revare advances directly to the octos as the top seed and Larson/Schultz advance as the 3rd seed! #RockChalk 💙🔥

We have been MIA here but for good reason! John Marshall and Graham Revare are currently debating in the FINALS OF THE NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT! 🏆🔥 #RockChalk #FOE 💙❤️

Congratulations to Rose Larson and Luna Schultz on concluding a fantastic season in NDT octos this morning!! ❤️ An extra celebration for Luna being the 13th speaker at this year’s NDT and Rose being the 6th! 🏆 #RockChalk 💙🔥

John Marshall and Graham Revare finish a wildly impressive season as the: - unanimous no. 1 ranked team in the country - no. 1 seed at the NDT - FIFTH and TOP SPEAKERS at the NDT, respectively ‼️ - 2025 NDT Runners Up We are big KU MR fans. #RockChalk 💙❤️🔥

Congrats to the KU Debate team for finishing as the national runner-up at the 79th National Debate Tournament at Gonzaga University. This was the second straight season KU made it to the final round. Rock Chalk!. news.ku.edu/news/article/k…

babe, wake up, new NDT photos just dropped #RockChalk 💙❤️

GOOD MORNING TO ALL THE FRIENDS OF UK DEBATE AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA! Today is One Day for UK! You can make an impact through a gift today to the Paul J. & Karey V. Skiermont Intercollegiate Policy Debate Program Endowed Fund. bit.ly/OneDayUKDebate… #OneDayforUK

Congratulations to KU Debaters Ethan Harris, John Marshall, Rita Pham, Graham Revare, Jared Spiers, and Jacob Wilkus on receiving 2025 Donn W. Parson Debate Awards! Lots of debate success, academic excellence, and community commitment in this crew. #RockChalk 💙❤️

The 2025 Jayhawk Debate Institute is under a month away! Head over to the camp Facebook page to begin meeting this year's staff! #RockChalk 💙❤️ facebook.com/share/p/19Jdg4…

KU debate got the ball rolling on this year's season with some practice debates this weekend before people headed off to coach at NSDA! #RockChalk 💙❤️

Us watching Kansas MR debating together again (and win) the JDI demo debate. #RockChalk 💙❤️

KU Debate kicked off the semester with the first squad meeting of the season this evening! We are excited to welcome a record (unofficial) 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 new debaters to this year’s team! #RockChalk ❤️💙

Congratulations to Dr. Alaina Walberg on the successful defense of her dissertation and the completion of her PhD. Alaina is a Coach on the KU Debate Team, the Director of the Junior Jayhawk Debaters, and a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies.

Congratulations to KU's Dr. Brett Bricker on being named the Collegiate Educator of the Year for 2025 by the Kansas Speech Communication Association! It is impossible to overstate Dr. Bricker's impact on Kansas debate at both the high school and collegiate level. #RockChalk 🔥