College Tournaments


Samford participates in numerous intercollegiate debate tournaments throughout the year.  Samford competes in the Southeast Central Region (SEC) of the Cross Examination Debate
Association (CEDA), and District Six of the National Debate Tournament (NDT). 

The Samford team of Erin Ramsey and Logan Gramzinski was named Top Varsity Team in the Southeast Central this year. Jaymer Cloninger and Josh Smith were named Top Team in the Junior Varsity Division.  Senior debater Nick Agnello was named Debater of the Year for the region to close out a spectacular career.

Additionally, Samford won awards at the following tournaments in the 2007 - 2008 season:

Team Awards

Tourney Division Team Seed Round equivalent
University of Florida Gator Invitational Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 1st place Finals
Vanderbilt Invitational JV Samfor Smith/Cloninger 1st place Finals
John Carroll University Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 2nd place Finals
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament JV Samfor Smith/Cloninger 3rd place Semis
Liberty University Debate Tournament Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 5th place Quarters
D6 & SE/C CEDA Regional Open Samfor Agnello/Cloninger 7th place Quarters
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Samfor Agnello/Macumber 9th place Ocots
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 12th place Ocots
West Georgia Tisinger Debate Tournament Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 18th place Doubles
Kentucky (Henry Clay) Open Samfor Agnello/Macumber 48th place Triples
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Samfor Agnello/Macumber 48th place Triples
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Samfor Ramsey/Gramzinski 58th place Triples
Franklin R. Shirley Classic Open Samfor Agnello/Macumber 59th place Triples
University of Texas Open Open Samfor Agnello/Smith 72th place Quads

Speaker Awards

Tourney Div Last Name First Name Finish
University of Florida Gator Invitational Open Gramzinski Logan 1st place
University of Florida Gator Invitational Open Ramsey Erin 2nd place
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Gramzinski Logan 5th place
D6 & SE/C CEDA Regional Open Gramzinski Logan 5th place
Liberty University Debate Tournament Open Gramzinski Logan 6th place
Vanderbilt Invitational Novice Woodall Ruth 7th place
Vanderbilt Invitational JV Smith Josh 7th place
Liberty University Debate Tournament Open Ramsey Erin 8th place
John Carroll University Open Gramzinski Logan 9th place
John Carroll University Open Ramsey Erin 10th place
D6 & SE/C CEDA Regional Open Agnello Nick 11th place
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Agnello Nick 13th place
Vanderbilt Invitational Novice Olmstead Lindsey 13th place
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament JV Smith Josh 13th place
John Carroll University Open Smith Josh 20th place
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Ramsey Erin 21th place
Vanderbilt Invitational Open Macumber Chad 22th place
West Georgia Tisinger Debate Tournament Open Gramzinski Logan 35th place
Kentucky (Henry Clay) Open Agnello Nick 52th place
Kentucky (Henry Clay) Open Macumber Chad 80th place
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Agnello Nick 82th place
Franklin R. Shirley Classic Open Agnello Nick 86th place
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Macumber Chad 88th place
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Gramzinski Logan 93th place
2007 Georgia State National College Tournament Open Ramsey Erin 97th place
Franklin R. Shirley Classic Open Macumber Chad 133th place