Michigan State University Debate had teams in elimination debates in two divisions at the JW Patterson Debates hosted by the University of Kentucky.

In the Wildcat division, Glen Scully, a computer science freshman, and Miaomiao Zi, an interdisciplinary humanities freshman in the Honors College, reached the semifinals and Scully was named third overall speaker. 

Scully and Zi won five straight debates against opponents from the University of Kansas, Liberty University, James Madison University, and the University of Minnesota in preliminary debates. They entered elimination debates as the second seed.

In elimination debates, they bested a team from the University of Kansas in the quarterfinals before being defeated by Gonzaga University in a close semifinal debate.

“Miaomiao and Glen had an awesome tournament this weekend,” said Kevin McCaffrey, MSU Debate assistant coach. “They’ve both been working really hard to learn more about debate and the topic so it was great to see their hard work pay off.”

To read more about the Spartans' performance in Kentucky, visit debate.msu.edu