THE BROWNLEE AWARD IS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO A FORENSIC EDUCATOR WHO DEMONSTRATES OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOLARSHIP, EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO CEDA. THE AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF LONGTIME COACH AND FOUNDING CEDA MEMBER DON BROWNLEE. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SOME ELEMENT OF ALL THREE FACTORS (SCHOLARSHIP, EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO CEDA).
2023 | Chris Loghry, Emporia State University |
2022 | Amber Kelsie, Wake Forest University |
2021 | Tom Boroujeni, Fresno State |
2020 | Deven Cooper, Cal-State Long Beach University |
2019 | Matthew Vega, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
2018 | Shanara Reid-Brinkley, Wake Forest University |
2017 | Justin Green, Wake Forest University |
2016 | Joe Leeson-Schatz, Binghamton University |
2015 | Scott Harris, University of Kansas |
2014 | Joe Patrice, US Military Academy |
2013 | Mike Davis, James Madison University |
2012 | ML Sandoz, Vanderbilt University |
2011 | Gordon Stables, University of Southern California |
2010 | Ross Smith, Wake Forest University |
2009 | Skip Eno, University of Texas San Antonio |
2008 | Kelly McDonald, Arizona State University |
2007 | Neil Berch, West Virginia University |
2006 | Wayne Kramer, Texas State University |
2005 | Sam Nelson, University of Rochester |
2004 | Ede Warner, University of Louisville |
2003 | T.C. Winebrenner, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
2002 | Alfred Snider, University of Vermont |
2001 | Carrie Crenshaw, University of Alabama |
2000 | Gary Larson, Wheaton University |
1999 | Will Baker, New York University |
1998 | Pamela Stepp, Cornell University |
1997 | Russell Church, Middle Tennessee State University |
1996 | Doug Duke, University of Central Oklahoma |
1995 | Melissa Maxcy Wade, Emory University |
1994 | Ann Gill, Colorado State University |
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1992 | Brenda Logue, Towson State University |
1991 | Michael Bartanen, Pacific Lutheran University |
1990 | Don Brownlee, California State University at Northridge |
Founded in 1971 as the Southwest Cross Examination Debate Association, CEDA is now the primary national association promoting intercollegiate policy debate.