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 While the Gonzaga men’s basketball team is ranked among the nation's elite, the Gonzaga debate team also cracked the Top 10 in the final 2008 national rankings for college debate teams, coming in at No. 9 in the country.
Glen Frappier, the Gonzaga debate coach, said the Bulldog debaters just keep on doing what has made them one of the top programs in the country.
“Talent combined with a strong work ethic has always been, and will always be, a strong recipe for success,” Frappier said. “We're a deep team this year that has a lot of veteran leadership among our juniors and seniors. But there’s still room for improvement and we still haven't seen the upper limits of what this team is capable of achieving.”
The Bulldog debaters will be bark back into action on Jan. 3 at the University of Southern California with a Top 5 ranking in their sights, Frappier said.
“We will try to raise our ranking and perhaps break the Top 5,” he said.
For more information, contact Gonzaga debate Coach Glen Frappier at (509) 313-6663 or via e-mail.
Following is the Top 25 in the final 2008 National Debate Tournament rankings:
1. University of Kansas
2. University of California Berkeley
3. University of Oklahoma
4. Emory University
5. Baylor University
6. Northwestern University
7. Towson University
8. Kansas State University
9. Gonzaga University
10. Missouri State University
11. Liberty University
12. Whitman College
13. Wichita State University
14. Wake Forest University
15. University of Central Oklahoma
16. University of Georgia
17. University of Wyoming
18. Michigan State University
19. Idaho State University
20. Binghamton University
21. University of Missouri
22. University of Texas
23. University of Southern California
24. University of Richmond
25. Harvard University
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