The Great Debaters participated in the WUDL National Qualifier tournament. Eighth graders and Varsity debaters D’Andre Person and Jackson Lewis earned a bid to join the Urban Debate National Championship against urban leagues throughout the nation. Meanwhile novice debaters Dami Akinsanya and Sheridan Easterling took a seventh place win in their division. Other varsity debaters included Maxwell Burton and Aaron Smith who just missed winning a bid to the tournament after a stunningly tense round of debate against their teammates. Other novice debaters who attended include Aaron Gill, Belle Steinberg, Niamh O’Donovan and Amal Buba, Sarah Schifferle and Alice Pittard, Lena Webb and Brooke Roberson, Ahmad West-Bey and Mayowa Akinsanya. The team has three more tournaments and the national tournament will be in April at Hardy Middle School.