TCU Speech & Debate

Competitive Speech and Debate team at Texas Christian University.

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Introducing: our new 2026-2027 schedule posters!

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Congratulations to our IPDA Debate Quarterfinalists at the Cameron University Christmas Classic tournament in Lawton, OK!

Novice Division:
Landon Peugh
Tyla Robinson
Alex Gaskell
Ellington Holkmann
Casey Caldwell

Varsity/Open Division:
Daniel Mitchell
Natalie Pelan

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Meet your 2025-2026 TCU Speech & Debate Team new members!

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Meet your 2025-2026 TCU Speech & Debate Team returning members!

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Meet your 2025-2026 TCU Speech & Debate Team officers!

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Our new Speech & Debate schedule posters for the 2025-2026 season are coming soon! This year's design is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of our Pi Kappa Delta chapter at TCU.

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TCU Speech & Debate ended our 2024-2025 season with a sixth place national sweepstakes finish in debate. Go Frogs!

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TCU Speech & Debate ended our 2024-2025 season with a sixth place national sweepstakes finish in debate. Go Frogs!

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Congratulations to our second flight finalists at the Southern Forensics Championship:
Gaby Longoria: After Dinner Speaking
Josue Cabrera: Impromptu
Oliver Roberts: Informative
Happy Herman: Informative

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Congratulations to our first flight finalists at the Southern Forensics Championship:
Natalie Pelan: Persuasion, Editoria Impromptu, Extemporaneous
Ellie Griffin: Extemporaneous
Jackson Kaiser: Editorial Impromptu
Josue Cabrera: Editorial Impromptu
Nayeli Balderas: Persuasion

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Sunday at Border Wars! Second flight finals breaks:
Mason Hatfield: Program Oral Interp
Ellie Griffin: After Dinner Speaking; Impromptu
Jackson Kaiser: Impromptu

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Sunday at Border Wars Swing in Tulsa - first flight finals breaks:

Liv Goettel: Dramatic Interp; Prose
Jackson Kaiser: Prose, Extemporaneous
Ellie Griffin: Dramatic Interp
Arianna LeBlanc: Extemporaneous
Natalie Pelan: Extemporaneous

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Day 2 at Border Wars in Tulsa! Second flight finals breaks:
Oliver Roberts: Informative
Arianna LeBlanc: Informative
Liv Goettel: Program Oral Interp
Mason Hatfield: Program Oral Interp
Ellie Griffin: After Dinner Speaking

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Day 2 at Border Wars in Tulsa! First flight finals breaks:
Jackson Kaiser: Prose, Extemporaneous
Liv Goettel: Dramatic Interp
Gaby Longoria: Prose
Ellie Griffin: Dramatic Interp

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Quarterfinalists in IPDA Debate at the Border Wars Swing in Tulsa, Oklahoma:

Jackson Kaiser (Varsity)
Ellie Griffin (Varsity)
Liv Goettel (Varsity)
Arianna LeBlanc (Varsity)
Josue Cabrera (Varsity)
Cadence Jones (Varsity)
Oliver Roberts (Novice)
Natalie Pelan (Novice)