TCU Speech & Debate Team with their Trophies at the 2023 Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament.
TCU Speech and Debate is back on the road and doing better than ever. Early this spring, TCU Speech and Debate won first place combined speech/debate sweepstakes at the Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament at San Antonio College. The combined sweepstakes is awarded to the top team at the tournament, competing in debate and public speaking events. This win marks the first tournament championship win since 2020. Before the pandemic, TCU Speech and Debate consistently placed in the top three combined teams at tournaments.
Over two days, TCU Speech and Debate competed in individual, paired and team events, including parliamentary debate, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, informative, persuasion, dramatic interpretation and oral interpretation. In addition, TCU Speech and Debate students honed their skills as they competed against other Texas teams in preparation for their final regular season tournament in Tulsa and their national event in West Chester, Pennsylvania
TCU Speech and Debate returned to in-person competition this year—with an all-novice team, including students across the university. Headed by Amorette Hinderaker, Ph.D., the team competes throughout the year in public address, oral interpretation, limited preparation speaking, parliamentary debate and public debate.
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See the complete list of awards and winners at the 2023 Texas Swing Shuffle Tournament below:
Team Awards:
Combined Speech & Debate Sweepstakes – TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS, FIRST PLACE
Individual Events for both halves of the swing – SECOND PLACE
Debate Sweepstakes – SECOND PLACE
Individual Speaker Sweepstakes (top honor for a single speaker at the tournament):
Jackson Kaiser – TOURNAMENT CHAMPION, FIRST PLACE
Parliamentary Debate:
Jackson Kaiser & Cadence Jones – FIRST PLACE
Arianna LeBlanc & Ellie Griffin – SECOND PLACE
Chloe Matthews & Josue Cabrera – FOURTH PLACE
Anna Renner (maverick without a partner) – FIFTH PLACE
Debate Speaker Awards (given not for win/loss, but for speaker points):
Jackson Kaiser: FIRST PLACE
Ellie Griffin: SECOND PLACE
Cadence Jones: THIRD PLACE
Saturday Individual Awards:
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Jackson Kaiser: SECOND PLACE
Impromptu Speaking:
Jackson Kaiser: THIRD PLACE
Arianna LeBlanc: FIFTH PLACE
Informative:
Cadence Jones: SECOND PLACE
Persuasion:
Jackson Kaiser: FIRST PLACE
Arianna LeBlanc: FOURTH PLACE
Dramatic Interpretation:
Liv Goettel: FIFTH PLACE Saturday
Program Oral Interpretation:
Liv Goettel: SIXTH PLACE
Sunday Individual Awards:
Persuasion:
Jackson Kaiser: THIRD PLACE
Informative:
Cadence Jones: THIRD PLACE
Dramatic Interpretation:
Liv Goettel: THIRD PLACE
Ellie Griffin: FIFTH PLACE
Program Oral Interpretation:
Liv Goettel: FIFTH PLACE
Prose:
Live Goettel: FIFTH PLACE