- Apr 30, 2023
Joseph Alcazar
Joseph Alcazar became “very interested in competing” after a friend invited him to a Stoa tournament. This one connection grew into...
- Mar 31, 2023
Farewell and Welcome to Chair
The Stoa Board wants to thank Kate Creecy, outgoing Chair of the Stoa Alumni Committee. Kate has nurtured the vision and outreach of the...
- Mar 1, 2023
Katie Semple
Katie Semple graduated from Stoa in 2015. She explains apologetics attracted her to Stoa. Katie’s firm basis in apologetics and public...
- Feb 1, 2023
Conor McBride
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...
- Dec 31, 2022
Thea Dunlevie
Thea Dunlevie’s Stoa journey began as a “timer-extraordinaire” while attending tournaments with her family. As a competitor, she took...
- Oct 27, 2022
Anna Sasaki
Stoa alum Anna Sasaki described Lincoln Douglas debate as her favorite event. “I think it’s important to develop the skill of seeing and...
- Sep 29, 2022
Hannah Schneider
Hannah (Socolofsky) Schneider shares: “Stoa changed my life. It gave me the confidence to tackle questions bigger than myself, taught me...
- Sep 1, 2022
Colette Anderson
Colette Anderson remembers, “I loved Mars Hill. I learned to analyze worldviews. This enabled me to tie [it] into conversations about...
- Aug 1, 2022
Thaddeus Tague
Thaddeus jumped straight into Stoa during high school when one of his friends started to debate. Thaddeus is personal, raw, and...
- Jul 1, 2022
Audrey (Cook) Sowers
Audrey (Cook) Sowers became involved with Stoa in 2013. She says, “At that time in my life, I was wrestling with deep social anxiety and...
- May 1, 2022
Alyssa Sloneker
This month, we are thrilled to introduce and welcome the newest member of the Stoa Alumni Committee, Alyssa Sloneker! She is pursuing a...
- Apr 1, 2022
Nathaniel Arroyave
Speaking for Point Loma Nazarene University, Stoa alumnus Nathaniel Arroyave recently won the IPDA Pi Kappa Delta National Championship!...