Coaching Honors Archive
Aaron Timmons Wins Vernell Copeland Farrand Friendship Award
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryNEWARK, N.J. — In honor of thirty years of debate in Newark, Jon Cruz and Richard B. Sodikow donated an award in recognition of the long-standing friendship between the Bronx High School of Science and Newark Science High School (now Newark Science Park High School).
The Vernell Copeland Farrand Friendship Award — named for the [...]
Figliola, Miller, Tang, Willoughby Are 2010 Key Coaches
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryATLANTA, Ga. — In 1964, the Barkley Forum, under the direction of Glenn Pelham, began to invite successful high school coaches into an honor society known as the Gold Key Society. Each year, the members of the self-perpetuating Society invite a select number of debate teachers from schools across the nation into membership in a [...]
Wisconsin Coach of the Year: Bill Batterman
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryMILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Bill Batterman, the director of debate at the venerable Marquette University High School, was honored at this year’s Wisconsin State Debate Tournament as the Coach of the Year.
Many congratulations to Batterman — a major force in the debate community, online and offline — for this achievement.
Christina Tallungan, Wayne Tang Inducted Into Glenbrooks Blue/Green and Gold Society
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryGLENVIEW and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Tara Tate and Michael Greenstein, co-directors of the Glenbrooks, have announced the two inductees into the Glenbrooks Blue/Green and Gold Society for 2009: Christina Tallungan of Notre Dame High School in California and Wayne Tang of Maine East High School in Illinois.
The coaching honor society recognizes individuals who [...]
Bronx Achievement Awards Conferred
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryTHE BRONX, N.Y. — At this year’s New York City Invitational, four distinguished members of the forensics community — Chris Castillo, Jay Rye, Nicole Serrano, and Joe Vaughan — were bestowed with Bronx Achievement Awards. These awards honor individuals for contributions to debate community, excellence in debate pedagogy, and/or achievement in debate coaching.
Castillo’s award was [...]
Adam Torson: Minnesota Coach of the Year Nominee
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors categoryMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — I would like to congratulate Victory Briefs’s own Adam Torson, who is one of two outstanding individuals nominated as Minnesota Debate Teachers Association Coach of the Year. The other nominee is Jason Johnson of Henry Sibley High School. Well-deserved recognition for both Minnesota debate community leaders!
Bill Cooper Takes Helm at Manchester Essex
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Coaching Honors, Community categoryMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. — Dan Jewett, department chair of Social Studies at Manchester Essex Regional High School and previous coach for the school’s long-standing debate program, announced today that the school’s nationwide search for a new coach has concluded. Bill Cooper, who has been affiliated with Arthur L. Johnson High School for a decade and who [...]
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