NDT Awards

The Keele Award

As many of you know, this award is named in honor of Dr. Lucy M. Keele, who served the debate community tirelessly for many years as Director of Forensics at California State University at Fullerton, as a member of the NDT Board of Trustees, as a member of the NCA Committee on International Discussion and Debate, and as a friend of the activity. The Keele Award is presented to individuals who follow in Dr. Keele's footsteps-- in recognition of outstanding service to the debate community. Although competitive success is often associated with the recipients, that success is not a factor in presenting this particular award. Previous recipients include:

1996 Donn Parson, University of Kansas
1997 Brett O'Donnell, Liberty University
1998 Melissa Wade and Bill Newnam, Emory University
1999 George Ziegelmueller, Wayne State University
2000 Bill Balthrop, University of North Carolina
2001 Rich Edwards, Baylor University
2002 Pat Ganer, Cypress College
2003 Frank Harrison, Trinity University
2004 Will Baker, New York University
2005 Allan Louden, Wake Forest University
2006 David Zarefsky, Northwestern University
2007 - Stefan Bauschard, Lakeland Schools

The Ziegelmueller Award

The Ziegelmueller Award is to be presented annually by the Board of Trustees of the National Debate Tournament. The award is named for Professor George Ziegemueller, who has served for more than thirty years as a model to the debate community, to students at Wayne State University, and across the nation. His career has been characterized by years of dedication to his students, to his university, to the forensics profession, and to students learning about public debate and public issues. 

As a tribute to Professor Ziegelmueller, the award is given annually to a coach who has demonstrated:

• A long and substantial career of dedication to the profession of student learning in debate and public policy;
• Substantial evidence of long-term influence on the lives and careers of student debaters; and 
• Substantial evidence of success in debate over that career. 

Previous Recipients:

1999 George Ziegelmueller, Wayne State University
2000 Allan Louden, Wake Forest University
2001 Chester Gibson, State University of West Georgia ; Ken Strange, Dartmouth College
2002 Herb James, Dartmouth College; Karla Leeper, Baylor University
2003 Donn Parson, University of Kansas ; Tuna Snider, University of Vermont
2004 Cate Palczewski, University of Northern Iowa
2005 William Southworth, University of Redlands
2006 Scott Harris, University of Kansas
2007 Scott Deatherage, Northwestern

That same year, 1999, a West Georgia Alumni endowed an award to be presented to the Coach of the Winning Team at the NDT. The Ovid Davis Award has not been permanently engraved with Scott Deatherage's name on it, but as the following recipient list might suggest it well could be:

THE OVID DAVIS AWARD 

1999 Scott Deatherage, Northwestern University
2000 Melissa Wade, Emory University
2001 David Hingstman, University of Iowa
2002 Scott Deatherage, Northwestern University
2003 Scott Deatherage, Northwestern University
2004 Mike Eber, Michigan State University
2005 Scott Deatherage, Northwestern University
2006, Mike Eber, Michigan State University

NatIonal Coach of the Year Award (Link)

1967	Anabel Haygood	University of Alabama
1968	Herb James	Dartmouth College
1969	George Ziegelmueller	Wayne State University
1970	John Lynch	St. Anselm's College
1971	James Unger	Georgetown University
1972	David Zarefsky	Northwestern University
1973	Thomas Kane	University of Pittsburgh
1974	Daniel Bozik	Augustana College
1975	Chester Gibson	West Georgia College
1976	Bill Henderson	Houston University
1977	Cully Clark	University of Alabama
1978	No award protesting SCA moving onto the weekend
1979	Tim Browning	University of Arizona
1980	Donn Parson	University of Kansas
1981	J. W. Patterson	University of Kentucky
1982	Ken Strange	Dartmouth College
1983	Tim Hynes	University of Louisville
1984	Walter Ulrich	Vanderbilt University
1985	Bill Balthrop	University of North Carolina
1986	Robin Rowland & David Hingstman	Baylor University
1987	Jeff Bile	Southern Illinois University
1988	Allan Louden	Wake Forest University
1989	Daryl Scott	Gonzaga University
1990	Dallas Perkins	Harvard University
1991	Melissa Wade	Emory University
1992	Glen Strickland	Emporia State University
1993	A. C. Snider	University of Vermont
1994	David Berube	University of South Carolina
1995	Todd Graham	Northwestern State University
1996	Doug Duke	University of Central Oklahoma
1997	Ross Smith	Wake Forest University
1998	William E. Newnam	Emory University	Ed Panetta, University of Georgia
1999	Carrie Crenshaw	Univerity of Alabama
2000	Will Repko	Michigan State University
2001	Joel Rollins	University of Texas-Austin
2002	Scott Deatherage	Northwestern University
2003	Jim Hanson	Whitman College
2004	Jon Brushke	California State Univ.-Fullerton
2005	Sherry Hall	Harvard University
2006	Scott Harris	University of Kansas
2007	Ed Panetta	University of Georgia