Adam Vander Stoep helps Dordt debate team earn quarterfinal finish at first-ever appearance

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From left: Lee Ver Burg and Adam Vander Stoep

SIOUX CENTER, IA (10/23/2013)(readMedia)-- Dordt College sent its first-ever debate teams to the Jackrabbit Jousts Debate Tournament at South Dakota State University, competing with 19 other teams representing more than a dozen schools. The team consisting of juniors Adam Vander Stoep of Doon, Iowa, and Lee Ver Burg of Rock Valley, Iowa, made it to the quarterfinal round. Vander Stoep was ranked the 10th best individual debater.

"I'm extremely proud of the students for doing so well, and I think it's a great first outing for them," said Coach Donald Roth, assistant professor of criminal justice and business administration at Dordt College.