Published on January 15, 2008 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ debaters Erin Ramsey and Logan Gramzinski claimed championship honors at a regional tournament hosted by the University of Florida Jan. 11-13.

The pair was undefeated in preliminary rounds before winning the final round 3-0 against Vanderbilt University to finish number one in a field of 20.

They defeated teams from Vanderbilt, University of Florida, Florida State and reigning national champion Emory University en route to the final round.

The Â鶹¹û¶³ pair is the only team in its district to win two regional tournaments this debate season.

Gramzinski is a sophomore pre-law major from Covington, Ga.

Ramsey is a junior political science major from Peachtree City, Ga.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.