The University of Michigan Debate program has won the 39th annual American Debate Association National Championship.

With this second consecutive year victory, Michigan is the first school to win back-to-back ADA championships since Vanderbilt University in 2011. The three-day tournament, held March 7-9 at Emory University, featured nearly 200 competitors from 30 institutions.

In the tournament’s final round, students from U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts—Eleanor Barrett, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, and Cyrus Esmailzadeh, a junior from Chicago—beat Georgetown University on a 3-0 decision. 

Read the full article on the Michigan News website. 

 

Photo courtesy of Aaron Kall
 

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