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71st National Debate Tournament

University of Kansas

Overland Park, KS

March 23 – 27, 2017

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should establish a domestic climate policy, including at least substantially increasing restrictions on private sector emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States.

Winner: Rutgers University, Newark – Devane Murphy & Nicole Nave
Runner Up: Georgetown University – Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis

Top Speaker: Devane Murphy – Rutgers University, Newark
Runner Up: Nicole Nave – Rutgers University, Newark

Copeland Award: Harvard University – Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev
Runner Up: Georgetown University – Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis

Host: Scott Harris – University of Kansas
Director: Sarah Partlow Lefevre – Idaho State University

Ovid Davis Award: Chris Kozack – Rutgers University, Newark
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Michael Davis – James Madison University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Michael Hester – University of West Georgia
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Margaret Solice – Harvard University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Michael Hester – University of West Georgia

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: University of California, Berkeley
Community College Points Winner: Johnson County Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & Corinne Sugino (8-0, 21)
  2. California, Berkeley: Miles Gray & Michael Wimsatt (7-1, 19)
  3. Georgetown: Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis (7-1, 18)
  4. Rutgers, Newark: Devane Murphy & Nicole Nave (6-2, 20)
  5. Missouri – Kansas City: Corey Aaron & Anthony Thomas (6-2, 19)
  6. Harvard: Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev (6-2, 19)
  7. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (6-2, 18)
  8. Kansas: Jacob Hegna & Henry Walter (6-2, 18)
  9. Michigan: Tommy Donovan & Dustin Meyers-Levy (6-2, 17)
  10. Central Oklahoma: Derek Hilligoss & Jasmine Stidham (6-2, 16)
  11. Kansas: Kenny Delph & Quaram Robinson (6-2, 13)
  12. Kansas: Chris Birzer & Mac Cook (5-3, 17)
  13. Oklahoma: Nicolas Juarez & Darius White (5-3, 16)
  14. Emory: Saul Forman & Kristen Lowe (5-3, 16)
  15. Weber State: Kinsee Gaither & Misty Tippets (5-3, 16)
  16. Gonzaga: Dillon Johnson & Paige Spraker (5-3, 15)
  1. Michigan State: Evan Runburg & Luc Walkington (5-3, 15)
  2. Trinity: Ian Dill & Ansh Khullar (5-3, 15)
  3. Emory: Alex Gazmararian & Viveth Karthikeyan (5-3, 14)
  4. Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (5-3, 14)
  5. Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (5-3, 14)
  6. Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (5-3, 14)
  7. Kentucky: Amar Adam & Theo Noparstak (5-3, 14)
  8. Nevada, Las Vegas: Matt Gomez & Jeffrey Horn (5-3, 14)
  9. Wake Forest: Rayvon Dean & David Munoz (5-3, 13)
  10. Nevada, Las Vegas: Reece Aguilar & Roman Kezios (5-3, 13)
  11. Northwestern: Jason Levin & Joe Weideman (5-3, 13)
  12. West Georgia: Tommy Jordan & Josh Michael (5-3, 12)
  13. Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (5-3, 12)
  14. Harvard: Lev Asimow & Manny Medrano (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Devane Murphy – Rutgers University, Newark
  2. Nicole Nave – Rutgers University, Newark
  3. Charles Athanasopoulos – Wake Forest University
  4. Hemanth Sanjeev – Harvard University
  5. Michael Wimsatt – University of California, Berkeley
  6. Corinne Sugino – Wake Forest University
  7. Corey Aaron – University of Missouri, Kansas City
  8. John Spurlock – University of California, Berkeley
  9. Quaram Robinson – University of Kansas
  10. Natalie Knez – Georgetown University
  11. Anthony Trufanov – University of Kentucky
  12. Srinidhi Muppalla – University of California, Berkeley
  13. Nicolas Juarez – University of Oklahoma
  14. Kristen Lowe – Emory University
  15. Viveth Karthikeyan – Emory University
  16. Ezra Louvis – Georgetown University
  17. Darius White – University of Oklahoma
  18. Jacob Hegna – University of Kansas
  19. Jasmine Stidham – University of Central Oklahoma
  20. Ayush Midha – Harvard University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Harvard: Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev (11)
  2. Georgetown: Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis (28)
  3. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (30)
  4. Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & Corinne Sugino (40)
  5. California, Berkeley: Miles Gray & Michael Wimsatt (59)
  6. Emory: Alex Gazmararian & Viveth Karthikeyan (65)
  7. Rutgers, Newark: Devane Murphy & Nicole Nave (82)
  8. Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (87)
  9. Emory: Saul Forman & Kristen Lowe (92)
  10. Kansas: Jacob Hegna & Henry Walter (120)
  11. Kansas: Kenny Delph & Quaram Robinson (128)
  12. Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (135)
  13. Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (139)
  14. Oklahoma: Nicolas Juarez & Darius White (154)
  15. Missouri, Kansas City: Corey Aaron & Anthony Thomas (161)
  16. Michigan: Tommy Donovan & Dustin Meyers-Levy (172)
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