Speech & Debate Team at Wayne State University

08/30/2026

05/13/2026

Hello everyone! We are hosting a Public Forum Debate Camp at Wayne State University, from June 22-26, 2026, where you will be able to meet and work with top coaches in their fields! Let the staff that has built national champions guide you!

05/04/2026

Looking for a fun way to grow and develop new debate skills, then look no further!
The Wayne State Forensics Union is running a Public Forum camp this summer! This program is being offered for grades 5-12.
The same staff that has helped shape Wayne State into champions is now at your access to help you!

Link to details - https://cfpca.wayne.edu/k-12-summer-programs -126440

Link to register - https://onstage.wayne.edu/ChooseSeats/16801

04/22/2026

SPEECH TEAM PLACES 4th IN THE NATION AT NFA -- BEST FINISH IN WAYNE HISTORY

The Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Wayne State: Department of Communication Speech & Debate Team at Wayne State University intercollegiate competitive speech team finished a program-first fourth place in team sweepstakes out of approximately 70 schools from around the country at last weekend's National Forensic Association championship (a tournament we hosted on campus last April with approximately 500 students). The partnership of Reggie Wayne (second year) and Mason Lloyd (1st year) won a national title in Duo Interpretation, while Mason (pictured) won the individual sweepstakes title by cumulatively finishing the best in the nation in five different events. That is likely a program first by WSU and maybe the first time a freshman has ever won the award at nationals. It's also a program first to have three top 10 individual sweepstakes finishes, with Reggie finishing in 6th and Jetmir Mezini in 10th. Jetmir also had a 4th (extemp) and 5th (POI) place finishes. We had many students in the deep elimination rounds.

04/12/2026

What a way to end a season!! The Warriors repeat as the National Champion Sweepstakes Team for the 2025-2026 NEDA season and earned numerous team and individual awards along the way.

2026 —NEDA Nationals Awards
Quarters - Varsity Rapid, Chris George
Semis - Varsity Rapid Dean Hindley
Semis - Novice Rapid, Maty, Parsa
Semis Novice PF - Lily and Ariel
Novice Rapid 2nd Speaker - Parsa Nematollahe
1st Speaker - Maty Diop
1st Varsity Rapid Speaker - Chris George
Novice PF 4th Speaker - Nick Burke
Novice PF 1st Speaker Lily Tubbs
2nd Tournament Sweepstakes
1st Place - 2025-2026 Team Sweepstakes
Iron Judge - 1st Jessica Schmidt, 2nd Torie George, 3rd Finnley Culhane