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67th National Debate Tournament

Weber State University

Ogden, UT

March 29 – April 1, 2013

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on and/or substantially increase financial incentives for energy production in the United States of one or more of the following: coal, crude oil, natural gas, nuclear power, solar power, wind power.

Winner: Emporia State University – Elijah Smith & Ryan Wash
Runner Up: Northwestern University – Peyton Lee & Arjun Vellayappen

Top Speaker: Andrew Arsht – Georgetown University
Runner Up: Peyton Lee – Northwestern University

Copeland Award: Georgetown University – Andrew Arsht & Andrew Markoff
Runner Up: Northwestern University – Peyton Lee & Arjun Vellayappan

Host: Omar Guevera – Weber State University
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Sam Mauer – Emporia State University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Tim O’Donnell – Mary Washington University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Dan Fitzmier – Northwestern University
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Jonathan Paul – Georgetown University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Ryan Galloway – Samford University

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

Elim Seeds

  1. Georgetown: Andrew Arsht & Andrew Markoff (8-0, 24 ballots)
  2. Michigan: Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas (7-1, 20)
  3. Emporia State: Elijah Smith & Ryan Wash (7-1, 18)
  4. Harvard: Bradley Bolman & Michael Suo (7-1, 18)
  5. Northwestern: Peyton Lee & Arjun Vellayappan (6-2, 20)
  6. Wake Forest: Joe LeDuc & Ian Miller (6-2, 19)
  7. Liberty: Aaron Siegrist & Andrew Landrum (6-2, 18)
  8. West Georgia: Damiyr Davis & Miguel Feliciano (6-2, 17)
  9. Harvard: Anna Dimitrijevic & Daniel Taylor (6-2, 17)
  10. Oklahoma: Chris Leonardi & Michael Masterson (6-2, 16)
  11. Texas: Jishnu Guha-Majumdar & Flynn Makuch (6-2, 16)
  12. Wake Forest: Ken Bailey & Richard Min (6-2, 16)
  13. Oklahoma: Rashid Campbell & George Lee (6-2, 15)
  14. Mary Washington: Patrick McCleary & Colin McElhinny (5-3, 16)
  15. Wake Forest: Jacob Hurwitz & Lee Quinn (5-3, 16)
  16. Kentucky: Donald Grasse & Marcel Roman (5-3, 16)
  1. Emory: Matthew Pesce & Jason Sigalos (5-3, 15)
  2. Michigan State: Evan Hebert & Kaavya Ramesh (5-3, 15)
  3. Michigan: Kyle Deming & Kevin Hirn (5-3, 14)
  4. North Texas: Brian Kersh & Shelby Prior (5-3, 14)
  5. Louisville: Aaron Weathers & Chris Vincent (5-3, 14)
  6. Stanford: Jake Sonnenberg & Sukhi Gulati (5-3, 14)
  7. Northwestern: Evan McCarty & Linda Pei (5-3, 13)
  8. Minnesota: Courtney Shauer & Rohan Sadagopal (5-3, 13)
  9. Emory: Ben Dean & John Holland (5-3, 13)
  10. Towson: Korey Johnson & Ameena Ruffin (5-3, 12)
  11. Minnesota: Cody Crunkilton & Miranda Ehrlich (5-3, 12)
  12. North Texas: Colin Quinn & Hunter McCullough (5-3, 12)

Speaker Awards

  1. Andrew Arsht – Georgetown University
  2. Peyton Lee – Northwestern University
  3. Damiyr Davis – University of West Georgia
  4. Andrew Markoff – Georgetown University
  5. Ryan Wash – Emporia State University
  6. Miguel Feliciano – University of West Georgia
  7. Arjun Vellayappan – Northwestern University
  8. Ellis Allen – University of Michigan
  9. Bradley Bolman – Harvard University
  10. Alex Pappas – University of Michigan
  11. Chris Leonardi – University of Oklahoma
  12. Joe LeDuc – Wake Forest University
  13. Ian Miller – Wake Forest University
  14. Michael Suo – Harvard University
  15. Anna Dimitrijevic – Harvard University
  16. Rashid Campbell – University of Oklahoma
  17. George Lee – University of Oklahoma
  18. Ameena Ruffin – Towson University
  19. Flynn Makuch – University of Texas
  20. Ken Bailey – Wake Forest University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Georgetown: Andrew Arsht & Andrew Markoff (10)
  2. Northwestern: Peyton Lee & Arjun Vellayappan (20)
  3. Harvard: Bradley Bolman & Michael Suo (31)
  4. Wake Forest: Joe LeDuc & Ian Miller (39)
  5. Mary Washington: Patrick McCleary & Colin McElhinny (54)
  6. Michigan: Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas (57)
  7. West Georgia: Damiyr Davis & Miguel Feliciano (76)
  8. Harvard: Anna Dimitrijevic & Daniel Taylor (83)
  9. Michigan State: Evan Hebert & Kaavya Ramesh (94)
  10. Emory: Matthew Pesce & Jason Sigalos (100)
  11. Michigan: Kyle Deming & Kevin Hirn (118)
  12. Oklahoma: Rashid Campbell & George Lee (129)
  13. Oklahoma: Chris Leonardi & Michael Masterson (129)
  14. Emporia State: Elijah Smith & Ryan Wash (130)
  15. Wake Forest: Ken Bailey & Richard Min (149)
  16. Minnesota: Cody Crunkilton & Miranda Ehlich (167)
  • 2013 Tournament Files