Alaska News & Updates
Alaska State Championship 2025
Feb. 28-Mar. 1 (Thur-Sat)
The Alaska School Activities Association; First National Bank of Alaska; My Speech Resources, LLC; Anchorage School District, and UAA’s Seawolf Debate Program will host the Alaska State DDF Championship in February of 2025 at Betty Davis East Anchorage High School.
Although we are defaulting to paper ballots, judges may opt-in to e-balloting, provided they (1) contact the tournament director to indicate their desire for an e-ballot, and (2) check in with the judge/ballot table prior to each round they are assigned to judge.
The next two items are holdovers from the 2021 State Championship, when the pandemic forced us to be online. I left them on this site in the event that we need to go back to an online tournament in the future.
The 2025 State DDF Championship will default to paper ballots. However, judges may opt-in to e-balloting. If you wish to submit an e-ballot, you must contact the tournament director (at any time). You will still need to check in with the ballot table/judge table prior to judging a round.
We offer multiple judge workshops.
While not mandatory, judges are encouraged to take advantage of one of the following five options.
Monday, February 17th, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Room 148, ADM/Humanities Building, UAA
Please contact me if you would like to attend.
Monday, February 24th, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Zoom Q&A Session
Please contact me if you would like to attend.
Asynchronous (at your own pace)
Review materials online at your own pace at the “For Volunteers” tab of myspeechresource.com.
If you would like me to host an in-person training session, please contact me.
If there is enough interest and mutually agreeable dates, we can host an in-person session on the UAA Campus or at your organization/school.
Support the Seawolf Debate Program
The Seawolf Debate Program at UAA provides over 2,000 hours of service every year to middle school students, high school students, and other groups in the community. While UAA provides a travel budget, a two-person coaching staff, and scholarships, the Program requires additional funds to ensure robust programming for our community.
Your donations through the UA Foundation are tax deductible!
