Our Team
Founder
Abigail Hill
Abigail Hill has been debating on the national public forum debate circuit since her freshman year of high school, and is currently captain of both the Winston Churchill High School Debate Team and Potomac Debate Academy. Throughout her debate career, she has obtained eleven bids to the Tournament of Champions, reaching octofinals of the Gold TOC her junior year. She has also reached late elimination rounds at numerous prestigious national tournaments. These achievements include reaching finals at TOC Digital Speech and Debate Series, semi-finals at the Millard North 2023, University of Michigan, Ridge Debates, and Golden Desert UNLV, as well as quarter-finals at the Duke, Capitol Beltway, Stephen Stewart, Peninsula PF Debates, and the 37th Annual Stanford Invitational. Abigail Hill has also obtained numerous top-five speaker awards at some of the most competitive national tournaments, such as University of Michigan, Millard North, UPenn, and Capitol Beltway.
[Note: all private coaching and classes have been discontinued as of May, 2023. As promised, 100% of proceeds have been donated---see the "Our Impact" page for more details. DefiningDebate will continue to create and produce free, accessible resources.]
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