Published on September 27, 2023 by Ryan Galloway  
Northwestern Debate Tournament 2023

The Samford Debate team was successful at their first tournament of the season at Northwestern Â鶹ÊÓƵ from Sept. 16-19. 

Sarah Chew and Laurel Pack finished in the Elite Eight of Junior Varsity, defeating teams from CSU Long Beach, Missouri State, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Houston, Emory Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Indiana. Pack was named the third speaker and Chew was named the fourth speaker.

Abby Montgomery and Grace Scott also competed in Junior Varsity, defeating the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Michigan, CSU Long Beach and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Houston teams.

Mary Grace Hammond competed with a debater from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Houston, defeating teams from Weber State and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Indiana.

Varsity teammates Ella Ford and Joey Tarnowski defeated UC Berkeley, Southern Nazarene and Emory Â鶹ÊÓƵ teams. Varsity teammates Grace Blackwell and TJ Riggs defeated Michigan State Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Weber State Â鶹ÊÓƵ teams.

The squad competes at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Kentucky tournament in Lexington next week. 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.