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Dwain Baptiste

Dwain Baptiste has been a part of the debate community for over 8 years. He has debated in both high school and on the college level, doing well at both. He has coached some the most successful of San Antonio and Austin teams including Teams at Reagan and St. Mary’s Hall. Currently he works as Assistant Director of Forensics at Saint Mary's Hall in San Antonio. St. Mary’s Hall had the most TFA State qualification for the 2007 season. He has run and taught Foundations Debate Camp for the past 3 years and he is looking forward to taking part in the Foundations Debate Camp this year.

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Douglas Jeffers

Douglas Jeffers debated for four years at Dulles High School in Houston. During his career he qualified to the TFA state tournament four times, the NFL National Tournament 3 times, and the Tournament of Champions twice. In the course of his career he had much success, including winning first speaker at TFA state and Greenhill, advancing to the semifinals at TFA state and the Tournament of Champions, finishing second at the NCFL Grand National Tournament, and first at the NFL National Tournament. Since graduating in 2006 he has had experience as an instructor at the Victory Briefs Institute, and as an assistant coach at the Bronx High School of Science. Currently he studies history at Texas A&M University. He enjoys teaching debate because he thinks it gives students an opportunity to become confident when expressing themselves, and to develop important research, as well as critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. He looks forward to his opportunity to work with students at the Foundations Debate Camp this summer.