The National Debate Tournament and the National Speech Tournament (formerly the National Individual Events Tournament) Joint Award honors the college or university whose students perform best in the two national tournaments conducted each year by committees of the American Forensic Association.   Winning the award demonstrates the college or university’s commitment to excellence in a broad range of forensic activities for their students. For 2009-present, click on the year to see a full report on the award results.

Year

College or University

Coaches

1993

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober, Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

1994

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

1995

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

1996

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

1997

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

1998

George Mason University

Warren Decker and Bruce Manchester

   (tie)

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

1999

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

2000

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

2001

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

2002

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

2003

University of Texas-Austin

Peter Pober and Joel Rollins

2004

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2005

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2006

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2007

Northwestern University

Scott Deatherage & Rick Roe

   (tie)

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2008

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2009

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Corri Ellis

2010

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

   (tie)

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

2011

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

2012

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2013

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

2014

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2015

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

   (tie)

George Mason University

Warren Decker & Peter Pober

2016

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2017

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Joel Rollins

2018

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

2019

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey

   (tie)

Northwestern University

Daniel Fitzmier & Ryan Lauth

   (tie)

George Mason University

Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry

2020

No contests due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2021

George Mason University

Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry

2022

George Mason University

Warren Decker & Dawn Lowry

     (tie)

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey

     (tie)

University of Minnesota

David Helwich & Bill Heinz

2023

University of Texas-Austin

Randy Cox and Brendon Bankey