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Debate team members qualify for nationals; debate coach honored
Tomas Gomez '18 and Christopher Garrett '17 qualified for the Catholic Forensic League National Championship in Sacramento, Ca., during the 2016 South Florida Catholic Forensic League Grand Finals on March 19; at that event, debate coach Kate Hamm received the prestigious Mary Schick Service Award.
Gomez finished second and Garrett fourth in Lincoln Douglas Debate – a type of one-on-one debate – to earn their invitations to the May 27-29 championship.
The two students, along with Harrison Tandy '17, give Ransom Everglades three qualifiers to national speech and debate tournaments in 2016 under first-year speech and debate director Hamm.
Hamm was honored during the event at St. Thomas Aquinas High with the SFCFL Mary Schick Award, which annually goes to an outstanding coach who has gone above and beyond by helping the entire speech and debate community. Hamm previously coached speech and debate at Nova High in Davie, served as a speech and debate consultant and teacher overseas and has written several books.
"Kate is an amazing asset to the SFCFL and tournaments in general," said Dario Camara, director of the SFCFL. "She can tab, call ballots, give judge instructions, judge, speak to parents, sing, tell jokes, coach, mentor and knit for everyone – all in a day's work!"
On March 12, Wesley Mihm '18 secured a first-alternate bid in Lincoln Douglas Debate to the National Speech and Debate Association National Championship in Salt Lake City in June with his performance at an event at Miami Beach High.
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The two students, along with Harrison Tandy '17, give Ransom Everglades three qualifiers to national speech and debate tournaments in 2016 under first-year speech and debate director Hamm.
Hamm was honored during the event at St. Thomas Aquinas High with the SFCFL Mary Schick Award, which annually goes to an outstanding coach who has gone above and beyond by helping the entire speech and debate community. Hamm previously coached speech and debate at Nova High in Davie, served as a speech and debate consultant and teacher overseas and has written several books.
"Kate is an amazing asset to the SFCFL and tournaments in general," said Dario Camara, director of the SFCFL. "She can tab, call ballots, give judge instructions, judge, speak to parents, sing, tell jokes, coach, mentor and knit for everyone – all in a day's work!"
On March 12, Wesley Mihm '18 secured a first-alternate bid in Lincoln Douglas Debate to the National Speech and Debate Association National Championship in Salt Lake City in June with his performance at an event at Miami Beach High.
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