TOC Congressional Speech Breakdown (feat. Genevieve Cox)

Debating for America's Youth

Nathan Fair and Genevieve breaks down one of her speeches at NSDA Nationals 2019. Genevieve Cox, the 2020 Tournament of Champions runner-up and 2019 NSDA 6th place congressional debater, shares her advice for student congress members. Genevieve Cox began Speech and Debate in middle school. During her 8th grade year, she won NSDA Middle School Nationals for congressional debate. She has since won Glenbrooks National Tournament and the Harvard National Tournament. She is also a member of the United States World School International Debate team. She has lots of wisdom to share. Genevieve is competing in Congressional Debate and Extemporaneous Speaking for her 6th year. In the 8th grade she qualified for the High School Congressional Debate TOC and won the NSDA Congressional Debate Middle School National Championship. In Congressional Debate as a Freshman she placed 8th at Blue Key, 2nd at UT, 2nd at UIL State, won Churchill and broke to Semi-Finals at the TOC. As a Sophomore she finaled at Yale and Emory, placed 6th at Blue Key, won Katy Taylor, won Churchill for the second time, placed 8th at TFA state, 6th at the NCFL Grand Nationals and 6th in the Senate at the NSDA Nationals. She has 22 lifetime TOC bids and is vice president of her high school debate team. She spends her summers working for Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and teaching English at a rural school and an orphanage in India near where she was born. She has also played piano since she was 2 and has performed in Carnegie Hall 6 times. In her spare time she enjoys eating mochi and watching detective documentaries. She feels incredibly honored for this opportunity to represent her country on the USA Debate Team. Nathan Fair has interviewed many National Champions. He has qualified for NSDA Nationals, qualified to NCFL Nationals and served as the presiding officer, and he broke to semifinals at a TOC qualifying tournament. He has placed 2nd at three separate varsity Congressional Debate tournaments. Finally, he served as a Presiding Officer for the Urban Debate League's tournament. His success was garnered after using the skills that are shared in this video.