Predating Current Team:
	1909	-	A Debate Program at the Massachusetts Agricultural College begins.
	1910	-	Intercollegiate competition begins with Bates College as our first opponent.  Academic credit given for debate participation
	1911	-	Calvin Coolidge, then Mayor of Northampton, appointed as moderator.
	1921	-	Professor Walter "Bull" Prince appointed as Director of Debate.
	1923	-	The first annual debate awards banquet and a celebration of our victory in a debate with Michigan "Aggie" on compulsory arbitration of labor disputes.
	1924	-	The first debate tournament on our campus.  Five schools participated.
	1925	-	First woman debater on squad.
	1926	-	Midwestern champion Oklahoma comes east and loses to Umass.
	1932	-	Varsity team debated on radio broadcast in Washington, D.C.
	1934	-	First undefeated season.
	1942	-	Mark Rand appointed Director, but travel limited due to World War II.
	1959	-	Faculty Sponsors Jay Savereld and Clarence Angell reinstitute debate at a high level of activity within the Department of Speech.
	1965	-	UMass became affiliated with Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, the national honorary fraternity for debate.
	1966	-	Ronald J. Matlon appointed Director.  Public debate program established.
	1968	-	First International debate on campus v. Oxford.
	1970	-	Debate Union Alumni Association formed.  First televised debate by UMass students.  Appeared before 25,000 people in public debates.
	1973	-	UMass qualifies to the National Debate Tournament, the first of many appearances at the N.D.T.  Hosted five tournaments.
	1974	-	Hosted the national conference and tournament for Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha.
	1975	-	Qualified to the National Debate Tournament, the National Novice Debate Tournament and the National Individual Events Tournament.
	1976	-	Most Successful year to date, with fifty-four students participating; Umass students won fifty-one tournament awards.
	1977	-	Sponsored the largest high school debate tournament in the country.
	1980	-	Hosted debates with teams from Japan, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
	1983	-	Won the National Novice Championship.
	1984	-	Qualified for the National Debate Tournament for the twelfth consecutive year.
			During the early '90s, the Policy Debate team at Umass disappeared (we are still unsure as to why), but in 2000 four brave students decided to restart it...
	Current Team:
	2000		Team restarted by Mariellen Jewers, Erin O'Brien, Molly Layton,  and Dave Ryan
	2001		Attended first tournament since restarting the team.
	2003		Attended tournaments in Virginia and West Point.  Sasha Horwitz and Alex Ambroz, debating at the USMA became the first two team members to qualify for break rounds.
	2004		The Team wins Debate Program of the Year along with Western Connecticut at the CEDA East Regional Championship hosted by Marist College Dave and Cailin Place 2nd in JV Alex and Randy Go 5-1 in Preliminaries Dave is placed #8 Speaker JV Alex is placed #1 Speaker Novice