This is a busy time for all, but I would ask you to a moment and consider those folks in our community worthy of special recognition. I am reposting the awards call for CEDA from earlier this year and asking you to consider nominating worthy candidates.

In addition to the awards that were presented at the opening ceremony, the following awards were presented at the closing CEDA Nationals ceremony.

New Competitor of the Year - Peter Fountain, Binghamton University.

The Brian “Baby Jo” Johnston Debater of the Year Award – Dayvon Love, Towson University.

The Brownlee Coaching Award – Skip Eno, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Congratulations to all of the winners on their tremendous accomplishments!

Several awards were given out during the first awards ceremony at the 2009 CEDA National Championship Tournament.

The National Public Debate Award

First Place – The University of Miami. Directed by Dr. David Steinberg.

Second Place - Appalachian State University. Directored by Mariam Willis and Kristopher Willis.

Third Place – James Madison University. Directed by Dr. Mike Davis.

The Speaker of the Year - Nate Silver of 538.com

2008-2009 CEDA Scholastic All-American Debate Teams.

The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) is proud to announce the 2008-2009 Scholastic All-American Debate Teams. Debaters at any CEDA member programs are eligible for each respective level of award based on their academic and competitive performance. Congratulations to each student for their impresssive accomplishments.

First team Scholastic All-Americans

 CEDA has just launched its newest site: awards.cedadebate.org

The recipient will be selected among a pool of applicants who began their participation in interscholastic debate in college, are in their first year of competition and are participating at the CEDA championship tournament. Their application should show evidence of growth and participation in the activity. The student’s participation during the year may have been at any level of competition (e.g. varsity, junior varsity or novice). No preference will be given for either regional or national travel schedules.

The organization should honor a maximum of thirty CEDA debaters as those students who represent the best of intercollegiate debate. They should demonstrate competitive success, academic success, good conduct, and contributions to their squad. No more than two students from a given school shall receive this award. At least two recipients must be from community college programs.

The organization should honor students who maintain strong academic records in addition to their competitive accomplishments. There will be no minimum or maximum number of students eligible for any of these awards. To be eligible for any level of national scholar recognition, a student must have attained at least junior standing, competed in at least 18 rounds on the current topic, and meet the minimum grade point average for that specific award.
a. National Debate Scholar – summa cum laude. Minimum 3.75 GPA.
b. National Debate Scholar - magna cum laude. Minimum 3.5 GPA.

This award is intended to recognize both the pedagogical and competitive contributions to the growth and development of policy debate by graduate student coaches, who are balancing their obligations to their school work and that of their programs. The recipient needs to demonstrate excellence in graduate and professional obligations as well as their work as coaches.

The Brownlee Award is given annually to a forensic educator who demonstrates outstanding achievement in scholarship, education and service to CEDA. The award is named in honor of longtime coach and founding CEDA member Don Brownlee. The ideal candidate demonstrates some element of all three factors (scholarship, education and service to CEDA).