The National Debate Tournament and the National Speech Tournament (formerly the National Individual Events Tournament) Joint Award honors the college or university whose students perform best in the two national tournaments conducted each year by committees of the American Forensic Association. Winning the award demonstrates the college or university’s commitment to excellence in a broad range of forensic activities for their students. For 2009-present, click on the year to see a full report on the award results.
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Year |
College or University |
Coaches |
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1993 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober, Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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1994 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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1995 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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1996 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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1997 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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1998 |
George Mason University |
Warren Decker and Bruce Manchester |
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(tie) |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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1999 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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2000 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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2001 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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2002 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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2003 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Peter Pober and Joel Rollins |
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2004 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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2005 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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2006 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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2007 |
Northwestern University |
Scott Deatherage & Rick Roe |
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(tie) |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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2008 |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Corri Ellis |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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(tie) |
Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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(tie) |
George Mason University |
Warren Decker & Peter Pober |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Joel Rollins |
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Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey |
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(tie) |
Northwestern University |
Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth |
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(tie) |
George Mason University |
Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry |
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2020 |
No contests due to the Covid-19 pandemic |
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George Mason University |
Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry |
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George Mason University |
Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry |
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(tie) |
University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey |
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(tie) |
University of Minnesota |
David Helwich & Bill Heinz |
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University of Texas-Austin |
Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey |