Joseph Alcazar became “very interested in competing” after a friend invited him to a Stoa tournament. This one connection grew into...

The Stoa Board wants to thank Kate Creecy, outgoing Chair of the Stoa Alumni Committee. Kate has nurtured the vision and outreach of the...

Katie Semple graduated from Stoa in 2015. She explains apologetics attracted her to Stoa. Katie’s firm basis in apologetics and public...

Conor McBride attended the University of Oklahoma and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and then an M.D. from OU in 2019. He is...

Thea Dunlevie’s Stoa journey began as a “timer-extraordinaire” while attending tournaments with her family. As a competitor, she took...

Stoa alum Anna Sasaki described Lincoln Douglas debate as her favorite event. “I think it’s important to develop the skill of seeing and...

Hannah (Socolofsky) Schneider shares: “Stoa changed my life. It gave me the confidence to tackle questions bigger than myself, taught me...

“If they’re not going to win, maybe they shouldn’t compete.”I heard this statement from the father of one of my students who was...

Colette Anderson remembers, “I loved Mars Hill. I learned to analyze worldviews. This enabled me to tie [it] into conversations about...

“Soli Deo Gloria.” “Jesu Juva.” Translated from Latin, these two statements read, “Glory to God alone,” and “Jesus, help.” Johann...

Thaddeus jumped straight into Stoa during high school when one of his friends started to debate. Thaddeus is personal, raw, and...

I occasionally found myself missing debate last year, after graduating high school. Though I enjoyed my time as a college freshman, I...