BEST OF THE DECADE SURVEY
From the book, The National Debate Tournament: A Statistical History of the N.D.T. 1947-1999 (2001)
 by William Southworth, Univ. of Redlands
THE BEST TOURNAMENTS OF THE 1990s
        1. Franklin R. Shirley Dixie Classic, Wake Forest
        2. Harvard
        3. Redlands
        4. N.D.T.
        5. West Georgia
    The Dixie Classic was also the Best Tournaments of the 1980s

THE BEST JUDGES OF THE 1990s

        1. Ross Smith, Wake Forest
        2. Ken Strange, Dartmouth
        3. Roger Solt, Kentucky (Solt is a Wake Alumni)
        4. Sherry Hall, Harvard
        5. Scott Harris, Kansas, Bill Russell, Dartmouth

    Ross Smith is the Wake Debate Coach (he was voted 5th best judge in the 80s)

THE BEST COACHES OF THE 1990s

        1. Scott Deatherage, Northwestern
        2. Ross Smith, Wake Forest
        3. Sherry Hall & Dallas Perkins, Harvard
        4. Ken Strange, Dartmouth
        5. Bill Newnam & Melissa Wade, Emory

THE BEST NDT'S OF THE 1990s

        1. Wayne State, 1999, George Zigelmueller, Host
        2. Wake Forest, 1996 -Allan Louden, Host
        3. Liberty, 1997, Brett O'Donnell, Host
        4. West Georgia, 1995, Chester Gibson, Host
        5. West Georgia, 1990, Chester Gibson, Host
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