Pi Kappa Delta Previous National Tournaments and Conventions The tradition continues! Be a part of something bigger than just competition
NATIONAL CONVENTION AND TOURNAMENT PKD sponsors a National Convention every other year at which time the business of the organization is conducted along with an annual national tournament in individual events and debate. Competition is open to all undergraduate students who are members of PKD. This tournament can justifiably be considered a "team" national tournament because both individual events and debate points add up to create the final sweepstakes total for a school. Quite often, PKD sponsors experimental events at the National Tournament. Students find the atmosphere at the National Tournament refreshing and educationally satisfying. Our unique feature of the PKD National Tournament is that 60 percent of the contestants in each event are recognized for their accomplishments at the tournament. The top 10 percent receive superior awards. The next 20 percent are rated excellent, with the next 30 percent receiving good ratings. In addition, team sweepstakes awards follow the same percentage rating system. Want to be a part of this list?? PKD TOURNAMENT/CONVENTION SITE SELECTION BID CHECK SHEET -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1916 - 2005 YEAR / SITE-------------------------------------HOST(S) 1916 Topeka, Kansas.......... Washburn College 1918 Ottawa, Kansas.......... Ottawa University 1920 Sioux City, Iowa.......... Morningside College 1922 Indianola, Iowa...... Simpson College 1924 Peoria, Illinois...... Bradley Polytechnic Institute 1926 Greeley/Ft. Collins...... Colorado A & M College 1928 Tiffin/Berea/Westville, Ohio..... Otterbein, Heidelberg,Baldwin-Wallace 1930 Wichita, Kansas..... University of Wichita 1932 Tulsa, Oklahoma..... University of Tulsa 1934 Lexington, Kentucky..... Transylvania College 1938 Topeka, Kansas..... Washburn Municipal University 1940 Knoxville, Tennessee..... Maryville College 1942 Minneapolis, Minnesota..... College of St. Thomas, Macalester 1947 Bowling Green, Ohio..... Bowling Green State University 1949 Peoria, Illinois..... Bradley University 1951 Stillwater, Oklahoma..... Oklahoma A & M College 1953 Kalamazoo, Michigan..... Kalamazoo College 1955 Redlands, California..... University of Redlands 1957 Brookings, South Dakota...... South Dakota State University 1959 Bowling Green, Ohio..... Bowling Green State University 1961 Stillwater, Oklahoma..... Oklahoma State University 1963 Carbondale, Illinois..... Southern Illinois University 1965 Tacoma, Washington..... Pacific Lutheran University 1967 Whitewater, Wisconsin..... Wisconsin State-Whitewater 1969 Tempe, Arizona..... Arizona State University 1971 Houston, Texas...... University of Houston 1973 Omaha, Nebraska..... University of Nebraska-Omaha 1975 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..... West Chester State College 1977 Seattle, Washington..... Western Washington University 1979 St. Louis, Missouri..... Southeast Missouri State University 1981 Gatlinburg, Tennessee..... Appalachian State & Georgetown College 1983 Estes Park, Colorado..... Southwestern College 1985 Fayetteville, Arkansas..... University of Arkansas 1987 LaCrosse, Wisconsin..... University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse 1989 St Louis, Missouri..... University of Missouri-St Louis 1991 Eatontown, New Jersey..... Monmouth College 1993 Tacoma, Washington..... University of Puget Sound 1995 Shreveport, Louisiana..... Louisiana State University-Shreveport & Louisiana Tech University 1997 Highland Heights, Kentucky..... Northern Kentucky University 1999 Fargo, North Dakota..... North Dakota State University 2001 Boise, Idaho..... Boise State University 2003 Baltimore, Maryland..... Morgan State University 2005 St. Louis, Missouri..... Webster University