Your West Speech and Debate Team competed at the UIL State Cross-Examination Debate Tournament, the largest CX Debate Tournament in the Nation, on March 18th and 19th , 2022 in Austin, TX on the campus of the University of Texas.
Teammates Emily Kempfer (Junior) and Lauren Montgomery (Freshman) were met with some stiff competition from the likes of Grapevine, Hallsville, The School of Science and Engineering at Townview Center, and Leander while debating the positive aspects and negative aspects of conserving water resources in the United States.
Lauren Montgomery earned enough points to rank up in the NSDA Honor Society to the rank degree of Honor, making this the 16th degree earned by this team this school year. The rest are itemized below:
- Jackson Quimby (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - October 29, 2021
- Cekay Foster (Sophomore) - Merit (Rank 1) - October 29, 2021
- Angela Webb (Senior) - Merit (Rank 1) - October 29, 2021
- Paige Law (Senior) - Excellence (Rank 3) - November 10, 2021
- Lauren Montgomery (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - November 10, 2021
- Paul Perez (Senior) - Merit (Rank 1) - November 10, 2021
- Cekay Foster (Sophomore) - Honor (Rank 2) - November 13, 2021
- Olivia Scavo (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - November 15, 2021
- Afnaan Nusayr (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - November 15, 2021
- Analiese Umphres (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - December 10, 2021
- Jackson Quimby (Freshman) - Honor (Rank 2) - January 4, 2022
- Celeste Kubicek (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - February 8, 2022
- Jazzalyn Clifford (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - February 8, 2022
- Sophie Quimby (Freshman) - Merit (Rank 1) - February 8, 2022
- Angela Webb (Senior) - Honor (Rank 2) - March 4, 2022
- Lauren Montgomery (Freshman) - Honor (Rank 2) - March 19, 2022
The Speech and Debate team will travel next to Flour Bluff to compete in the UIL District Academic Tournament this Friday and Saturday.