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65th National Debate Tournament

University of Texas at Dallas

Dallas, TX

March 25-28, 2011

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase the number of and/or substantially expand beneficiary eligibility for its visas for one or more of the following: employment-based immigrant visas, nonimmigrant temporary worker visas, family-based visas, human trafficking-based visas.

Winner: Northwestern University – Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies
Runner Up: Emory University – Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil

Top Speaker: Stephanie Spies – Northwestern University
Runner Up: Alex Parkinson – Harvard University

Copeland Award: Emory University – Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil
Runner Up: Harvard University – Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson

Host: Chris Burke – University of Texas, Dallas
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Dan Fitzmier – Northwestern University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Dallas Perkins – Harvard University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Adrienne Brovero – University of Mary Washington
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Ed Lee – Emory University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Gordon Stables – University of Southern California

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: Northwestern University
Community College Points Winner: Johnson County Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (8-0, 22 ballots)
  2. Northwestern: Ryan Beiermeister & Layne Kirshon (8-0, 22)
  3. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (7-1, 22)
  4. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (7-1, 18)
  5. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (6-2, 20)
  6. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (6-2, 19)
  7. Towson: Ben Crossan & Fernando Kirkman (6-2, 19)
  8. California, Berkeley: Kathy Bowen & Jacob Polin (6-2, 17)
  9. Wake Forest: Mike Carlotti & Andrew McCarty (6-2, 17)
  10. Georgia: Mike Lacy & Austin Layton (6-2, 17)
  11. Northwestern: Mary Gregg & Peyton Lee (6-2, 16)
  12. Emory: Kirk Gibson & Ana Nikolic (6-2, 16)
  13. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Collin Roark (6-2, 15)
  14. Wyoming: Kacey Ballard & Mike Bausch (5-3, 17)
  15. Loyola Marymount: Jack Ewing & James Mollison (5-3, 16)
  16. Kansas State: Beth Mendenhall & Derek Ziegler (5-3, 16)
  1. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (5-3, 15)
  2. Michigan State: Jessica Hockensmith & Kaavya Ramesh (5-3, 15)
  3. Gonzaga: Paul Kanellopoulos & Leah Moczulski (5-3, 14)
  4. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Mathew Petersen (5-3, 14)
  5. Missouri State: Jordan Foley & Wes Rumbaugh (5-3, 14)
  6. Harvard: William Karlson & Gabrielle Tandet (5-3, 14)
  7. Samford: Dan Bagwell & Logan Gramzinski (5-3, 13)
  8. Georgetown: Andrew Arsht & Anton Strezhnev (5-3, 12)
  9. Georgetown: Richard Day & Andrew Markoff (5-3, 12)
  10. Baylor: John Cook & Ashley Morgan (5-3, 12)
  11. California, Berkeley: Andres Gannon & Sarah Weiner (5-3, 12)
  12. Emporia State: Ryan Wash & Latoya Williams-Green (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Stephanie Spies – Northwestern University
  2. Alex Parkinson – Harvard University
  3. Eli Jacobs – Harvard University
  4. Matt Fisher – Northwestern University
  5. Stephen Weil – Emory University
  6. Nick Watts – University of Oklahoma
  7. Jacob Polin – University of California – Berkeley
  8. Edmund Zagorin – University of Michigan
  9. Andrew Baker – University of Texas – Dallas
  10. Kathy Bowen – University of California – Berkeley
  11. Jack Ewing – Loyola Marymount University
  12. Ovais Inamullah – Emory University
  13. R.J. Giglio – University of Oklahoma
  14. Ben Crossan – Towson University
  15. Andrew Markoff – Georgetown University
  16. Sean Kennedy – University of Kansas
  17. Latoya Williams-Green – Emporia State University
  18. James Mollison – Loyola Marymount University
  19. Drew McNeil – University of Texas
  20. Layne Kirshon – Northwestern University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (13)
  2. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (20)
  3. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (27)
  4. California, Berkeley: Kathy Bowen & Jacob Polin (40)
  5. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (50)
  6. Northwestern: Ryan Beiermeister & Layne Kirshon (67)
  7. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (68)
  8. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (79)
    ***Northwestern: Mary Gregg & Peyton Lee (96)
  9. Vanderbilt: Nicholas Brown & Cameron Norris (107)
  10. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Mathew Petersen (113)
  11. Loyola Marymount: Jack Ewing & James Mollison (114)
  12. Gonzaga: Paul Kanellopoulos & Leah Maczulski (129)
  13. Georgia: Mike Lacy & Austin Layton (138)
  14. Towson: Ben Crossan & Fernando Kirkman (150)
  15. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Collin Roark (155)
  16. Georgetown: Richard Day & Andrew Markoff (168)

***NOTE: Only two teams per school may receive first round bids.

  • 2011 Tournament Files