Louisiana Tech’s Debate Team rode a wave of success in the season’s second half to a 12th place finish nationally against the 137 teams they competed against this year. All competitions were virtual. Freshman math major Emmitt Antwine finished as first place speaker and senior biomedical engineering major Katie McKenzie tied for sixth place speaker. Antwine and Alex Gibson, a member of the Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) debate team, were second place overall for the season, and senior political science major Steve Garcia and McKenzie were fourth place. As a team, Tech was fourth place overall in team debate.