Why VBI: Alumni Success in 2014
VBI alumni have achieved unprecedented competitive success over the past decade. They have won
10 TOC championships, five of which were VBI alumni closeouts,
10 NSDA championships,
9 NCFL championships, and
5 NDCA championships.
VBI alumni have also been Top Speaker at the TOC six times and at the NDCA six times. They have even won national championships in other events: they have won the NCFL championship in extemporaneous speaking and both the national championship and national final round in both international and domestic extemporaneous speaking.
More recently,
All eight quarterfinalists at the 2014 TOC were VBI alumni.
VBI alumni received most TOC bids awarded so far this season.
VBI alumni received most TOC bids awarded last season.
All ten of the debaters with the most TOC bids last season were VBI alumni.
All octos-bid tournaments last season were won by VBI alumni.
In the year 2014, VBI alumni won the following national tournaments (with VBI closeouts marked with *):
Alta*
Barkley Forum
Battle for Los Angeles Round Robin*
Beltway
Berkeley*
Bump
California Round Robin*
Columbia
CPS*
Damus*
Golden Desert
Grapevine
Greenhill Round Robin*
Harrison Round Robin
Harvard National Invitational
Harvard Round Robin
JV Western Championships*
Kandi King Round Robin*
Lexington*
Loyola*
Meadows
Mineapple Round Robin*
NCFL
NDCA
NSDA
Penn Round Robin*
Santa Clara*
St. Mark's*
Stanford*
Strake Jesuit
The Sunvitational
The Glenbrooks*
The New York City Invitational
TOC*
USC*
UT
Valley
Valley Round Robin*
VBT*
Vestavia
Voices Round Robin*
Voices*
Wake Forest
Young Lawyers
We don't claim to make champions. But VBI is where champions choose to go. Here's to a great 2015!
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