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Justin is happy to rejoin the K-State in his 20th year of debate experience. As a four year debater at Wake Forest he won the Kentucky Round Robin, UMKC, and North Carolina tournaments and reached the elimination rounds of every major college tournament. He spent the past two years as the Director of Debate at Georgetown where his teams reached elimination rounds at numerous national tournaments including the NDT. His teams have won the Texas High School Championship and finished 5th in the country both in sweepstakes and at CEDA nationals. Justin has taught at several debate institutes including the Wake Forest Debate Workshop, The Towson International Debate Institute, the Washington D.C. Urban Debate League Debate Institue and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. Justin has also been a guest lecturer at the Dartmouth Debate Institute and the Catholic University of America Capital Classic Debate Instittue. Justin believes "winning is fun, but it's not why we dedicate so much time, energy and emotion. We do that because we love debate and the people in it." His passion for arguments range from turning the case, to the economy disad, to biopolitics. There is no argument he would not encourage students to work on.

Email: jmgreen@ksu.edu

Kelly has spent 12 years involved with Kansas Debate. Currently the Director of the Hutchinson High School Program, a school with a very rich tradition. Hutchinson has won 16 state championships and is considered to be one of the debate powerhouses of Kansas High School Debate. In his short tenure as Director, Kelly has continued this tradition leading to program to numerous first place finishes and sweepstakes trophies. Before becoming the Director at Hutchinson, he served as a teacher and coach at Washburn Rural High School. He formerly coached at Emporia College. Kelly has also worked at the Jayhawk Debate Institute. Widely considered to be one of, if not the, best young high school coach in the state of Kansas, Kansas State University considers itself very lucky to have Kelly on board.

An extremely successful debater for Kansas State University, he has been ranked in the top-25 in the nation for the entire 2010-11 season according to the Coaches Poll. He has acquired numerous top speaker awards, won JV nationals, made it to elimination rounds at all of the major college tournaments. Derek has a unique skill of being able to offer advice on all types of arguments in front of all types of judges. He also is a former Kansas State Debate Workshop student who has not lost his knack for producing large quantities of research. Derek is not foreign to working with high school students. He has served as an assistant high school coach at Hutchinson, Topeka, and a few others over the past four years. You might also know him from his days serving as the moderator for cross-x.com

With the addition of a new member of the Green family, Sarah's time at workshop this Summer will largely be limited to lectures and occasional speech re-working. She is extremely motivated to work with new students and looks forward to working directly on poverty issues.

Sarah began debating in college with no high school experience at the University of Vermont. In her four year debate career Sarah advanced to elimination rounds at several national tournaments, including becoming the first team comrpised of two debaters with no high school experience to clear at the NDT, won the District 8 tournament, was a CEDA All-American for three years, and was named the Eastern United States Debater of the year in 2000. After graduation, Sarah went on the coach the University of Rochester debate team to a CEDA and NDT Sweepstakes title, the JV national championship in 2002 and qualifying two teams to the NDT in the University’s first appearance at the NDT. Sarah, took three years out of collegiate debate to found and direct the Washington, D.C. Urban Debate League, providing opportunities for students at 14 inner city schools in the District of Columbia to participate in debate. Sarah has taught at several summer institutes including Emory University, The Catholic University of America, The Towson International Debate Institute and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. Sarah also directed the District of Columbia Debate Institute for four years.

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