Winfield’s John Cook helped Baylor Unversity’s debate team capture the District 3 championship tournament in Dallas over the weekend, the school has announced.
Cook, a junior international studies major, teamed with Alex McVey, a senior debater from Olathe, to lead the team with a 7-1 overall record for the weekend. Baylor’s team now heads to the National Debate Tournament at Cal Berkeley later this month.
Cook and McVey defeated teams from Kansas State, Trinity, University of Texas-Dallas, Central Oklahoma and Wichita State. McVey was the tournament’s top individual speaker and Cook was third.
"John and Alex are both naturally great speakers," said Dr. Matt Gerber, director of Baylor’s debate program. "And they are both world-class researchers, which makes them a dangerous debate team to tangle with."
Baylor’s Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum ? the name of the schools debate squad ? routinely has success at the district tournament but had not won an outright district title since 1993, Gerber said.
