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Bryce Sheffield

Bryce Sheffield, Instructor

Bryce Sheffield is a rising senior at the University of Houston and a member of the Houston Honors Debate Team. In his competitive career, Bryce has reached the elimination rounds of CEDA and regional tournaments. He has reached the NDT and won the ADA JV division his freshman year. As a coach Bryce has coached students to winning tournaments such as the Glenbrooks, Texas, and Peninsula, finals and late elimination rounds of the TOC, and students Bryce coached numerous students to bids at tournaments such as Greenhill, Grapevine, and Harvard Westlake.

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Mingyi Chen, Instructor

Mingyi Chen is an incoming freshman at Texas A&M University, competed in Public Forum debate for four years at Bellaire High School. During his career, he earned five Tournament of Champions bids and qualified multiple times for both the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament and the National Speech & Debate Association Nationals. He advanced to late elimination rounds at major tournaments, including TFA State, Grapevine and Churchill. Throughout high school, Mingyi regularly coached middle and high school students and looks forward to continuing that work this year at the University of Houston Honors Debate Camp. He enjoys discussing debate topics such as casing, drills, kritik arguments in Public Forum, and flay debate.