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63nd National Debate Tournament

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

March 27-30, 2009

 

Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its agricultural support, at least eliminating nearly all of the domestic subsidies, for biofuels, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, corn, cotton, dairy, fisheries, rice, soybeans, sugar and/or wheat.

Winner: University of Kansas – Brett Bricker & Nate Johnson
Runner Up: Wake Forest University – Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe

Top Speaker: Kuntal Cholera – University of North Texas
Runner Up: Brett Bricker – University of Kansas

Copeland Award: Northwestern University – Matt Fisher & John Warden
Runner Up: University of Kansas – Brett Bricker & Nate Johnson

Host: Joel Rollins – University of Texas
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Scott Harris – University of Kansas
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Jon Bruschke – California State University Fullerton
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Dave Arnett – University of California, Berkeley
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Daniel Fitzmier – Northwestern University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Ross Smith – Wake Forest University

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: Emory University
Community College Points Winner: Kansas City Kansas Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Kansas: Brett Bricker & Nate Johnson (7-1, 21 ballots)
  2. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & John Warden (7-1, 21)
  3. Wake Forest: Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe (7-1, 20)
  4. California, Berkeley: Mike Burshteyn & Jacob Polin (7-1, 20)
  5. Northwestern: Rob Mulholland & Stephanie Spies (6-2, 19)
  6. Missouri State: Jordan Foley & Clay Webb (6-2, 18)
  7. Harvard: Abhishek Bose-Kolanu & Ralph Paone (6-2, 18)
  8. Mary Washington: Kevin Kallmyer & Matt Struth (6-2, 17)
  9. West Georgia: Vince Binder & Jim Schultz (6-2, 17)
  10. Emory: Nicholas Miller & Chipp Schwab (6-2, 17)
  11. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (6-2, 16)
  12. North Texas: Kuntal Cholera & Grant Peretz (6-2, 15)
  13. Wake Forest: Will Sears & Ryan Stevens (5-3, 18)
  14. Michigan State: Garrett Abelkop & Carly Wunderlich (5-3, 17)
  15. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (5-3, 17)
  16. Dartmouth: Shane Avidan & Caroline Harkins (5-3, 16)
  1. California, Berkeley: James Brockaway & Rahul Jaswa (5-3, 16)
  2. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (5-3, 15)
  3. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Brian Rubaie (5-3, 15)
  4. Southern California: Mike Jones & Mima Lazarevic (5-3, 15)
  5. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Ana Nikolic (5-3, 15)
  6. Trinity: Nick Burr & John Elson (5-3, 15)
  7. Harvard: Tripp Rebrovick & Geoff Smith (5-3, 14)
  8. Emory: Matt Senghas & Stephen Weil (5-3, 14)
  9. Whitman: Nate Cohn & Daniel Straus (5-3, 14)
  10. Michigan State: Amit Bindra & Gustavo Eyzaguirre (5-3, 14)
  11. Towson: Deven Cooper & Dayvon Love (5-3, 13)
  12. California, Berkeley: Kathy Bowen & Andres Gannon (5-3, 13)
  13. Towson: Adam Jackson & Deverick Murray (5-3, 13)
  14. Wake Forest: Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung (5-3, 12)

Speaker Awards

  1. Kuntal Cholera – University of North Texas
  2. Brett Bricker – University of Kansas
  3. Dayvon Love – Towson University
  4. Seth Gannon – Wake Forest University
  5. Tripp Rebrovick – Harvard University
  6. Mike Burshteyn – University of California, Berkeley
  7. John Warden – Northwestern University
  8. Alex Lamballe – Wake Forest University
  9. Nate Johnson – University of Kansas
  10. Kevin Kallmyer – University of Mary Washington
  11. Jim Schultz – University of West Georgia
  12. Matt Struth – University of Mary Washington
  13. Jacob Polin – University of California, Berkeley
  14. Matt Fisher – Northwestern University
  15. Stephen Weil – Emory University
  16. Brian Rubaie – University of North Texas
  17. Nicholas Miller – Emory University
  18. Mike Jones – University of Southern California
  19. Garrett Abelkop – Michigan State University
  20. Chipp Schwab – Emory University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & John Warden (13)
  2. Kansas: Brett Bricker & Nate Johnson (27)
  3. Wake Forest: Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe (38)
  4. California, Berkeley: Mike Burshteyn & Jacob Polin (59)
  5. Emory: Nicholas Miller & Chip Schwab (60)
  6. Emory: Matt Senghas & Stephen Weil (78)
  7. Harvard: Tripp Rebrovick & Geoff Smith (91)
  8. West Georgia: Vince Binder & Jim Schultz (113)
  9. Towson: Deven Cooper & Dayvon Love (123)
  10. Michigan State: Garrett Abelkop & Carly Wunderlich (127)
  11. Mary Washington: Kevin Kallmyer & Matt Struth (141)
  12. North Texas: Kuntal Cholera & Grant Peretz (149)
  13. Dartmouth: Shane Avidan & Caroline Harkins (182)
  14. Southern California: Mike Jones & Mima Lazarevic (187)
  15. Whitman: Nate Cohn & Daniel Straus (205)
  16. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (213)
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