THE HILL COUNTRY SWING

Texas State University

The University of Texas at Austin

Dear Colleagues:

 

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to join us in San Marcos, Texas for the 37th edition of the Hill Country Swing. Both of this year’s contests will be held on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, on September 20-21, 2025. Both tournaments will offer all eleven AFA-NST individual events and qualify students for AFA and NFA national tournaments. It is possible that students from Texas State University and/or UT Austin may compete on hosting days, depending on entries and tournament need, though the host school will not be eligible for team sweepstakes awards on Saturday or Sunday.

 

Awards will be presented to finalists in all events, as well as individual and school sweepstakes. An overall swing sweepstakes trophy will be awarded to the top institution attending both tournaments.

We hope you’ve had an enjoyable summer and that you will kick off your season with the Hill Country Swing.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ryan Tinlin

Director of Individual Events

Department of Communication Studies

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712-1089

ryan.tinlin@utexas.edu

 

Jeremy Hutchins

Co-Director of Forensics

Department of Communication Studies

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas 78666

jh200@txstate.edu