LD Coaches Association Awards

Coach of the Year

2024 - Chad Meadows (Western Kentucky University)

2023 - Justin Kirk (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Emerging Debaters of the Year

2024 - Kole Ingram (Western Kentucky University), Ben Croat (Truman State University), Loc Nguyen (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

2023 - Yina Todd (Central Michigan University), Matthew Stroud (California State-Fullerton, Julie Mishchuk (Western Kentucky University)

Judge of the Year

2024 - Tyler Tobias (Central Michigan University)

2023 - Evan Grisham (Western Kentucky University)