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70th National Debate Tournament

Binghamton University

Binghamton, NY

March 31 – April 4, 2016

 

Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce its military presence in one or more of the following: the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the Greater Horn of Africa, Northeast Asia.

Winner: Harvard University: David Herman & Hemanth Sanjeev
Runner Up: University of Kansas: Sion Bell & Quaram Robinson

Top Speaker: John Spurlock – University of California, Berkeley
Runner Up: Taylor Brough – University of Vermont

Copeland Award: Harvard University: David Herman & Hemanth Sanjeev
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Joe Krakoff & Will Morgan

Host: Joe Schatz – Binghamton University
Director: Sarah Partlow Lefevre – Idaho State University

Ovid Davis Award: Dallas Perkins – Harvard University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: David Hingstman – University of Iowa
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Jonathan Paul – Georgetown University
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Sherry Hall – Harvard University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Will Mosley-Jensen – Trinity University

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: University of California, Berkeley
Community College Points Winner: Kansas City Kansas Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Michigan: Joe Krakoff & Will Morgan (7-1, 20 ballots)
  2. Emory: Viveth Karthikeyan & Jason Sigalos (7-1, 18)
  3. Liberty: Timothy Byram & Vida Chiri (7-1, 14)
  4. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (6-2, 19)
  5. Cal, Berkeley: Mimi Sergent-Leventhal & Michael Wimsatt (6-2, 18)
  6. Kentucky: Donald Grasse & Theo Noparstak (6-2, 18)
  7. Harvard: David Herman & Hemanth Sanjeev (6-2, 17)
  8. Rutgers – Newark: Devane Murphy & Nicole Nave (6-2, 17)
  9. Wake Forest: Charles Athanalopoulos & Corinne Sugino (6-2, 17)
  10. Vermont: Taylor Brough & Khalil Lee (6-2, 17)
  11. Missouri – Kansas City: Corey Fisher & Anthony Joseph (6-2, 16)
  12. West Georgia: Hakeem Muhammad & Khalid Sharif (6-2, 16)
  13. Kansas: Sion Bell & Quaram Robinson (6-2, 15)
  14. Michigan State: Marge Strong & Tyler Thur (5-3, 18)
  15. Georgetown: Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis (5-3, 18)
  16. Northwestern: Evan McCarty & Connor O’Brien (5-3, 17)
  1. Kentucky: Holmes Hampton & Marcel Roman (5-3, 17)
  2. Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (5-3, 17)
  3. Emory: Saul Forman & Tanner Lewis (5-3, 17)
  4. Emory: Brian Klarman & Kristen Lowe (5-3, 16)
  5. Texas – Dallas: Jacob Loehr & Anthony Ogbuli (5-3, 15)
  6. Kentucky: Jonathan Geldof & Ava Vargason (5-3, 15)
  7. West Point: Michael Barlow & Bryan Silverman (5-3, 15)
  8. Trinity: Nathan Rothenbaum & Maggie Solice (5-3, 14)
  9. Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (5-3, 14)
  10. Michigan State: Connor Munsinger & Luc Walkington (5-3, 14)
  11. George Mason: Rich Kaye & Young Kwon (5-3, 13)
  12. Kansas: Amit Bhatla & Chris Carey (5-3, 13)
  13. Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (5-3, 12)
  14. Wyoming: Mary Marcum & Hunter McFarland (5-3, 12)
  15. Nevada – Las Vegas: Sara Beth Brooks & Roman Kezios (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. John Spurlock – University of California, Berkeley
  2. Taylor Brough – University of Vermont
  3. Hemanth Sanjeev – Harvard University
  4. Mimi Sergent-Leventhal – University of California, Berkeley
  5. Will Morgan – University of Michigan
  6. Quaram Robinson – University of Kansas
  7. David Herman – Harvard University
  8. Joe Krakoff – University of Michigan
  9. Donald Grasse – University of Kentucky
  10. Marge Strong – Michigan State University
  11. Nicole Nave – Rutgers University, Newark
  12. Michael Barlow – West Point
  13. Michael Wimsatt – University of California, Berkeley
  14. Charles Athanasopoulos – Wake Forest University
  15. Devane Murphy – Rutgers University, Newark
  16. Tyler Thur – Michigan State University
  17. Jason Sigalos – Emory University
  18. Srinidhi Muppalla – University of California, Berkeley
  19. Vida Chiri – Liberty University
  20. Corey Fisher – University of Missouri, Kansas City

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Harvard: David Herman & Hemanth Sanjeev (11)
  2. Michigan: Joe Krakoff & Will Morgan (22)
  3. Emory: Viveth Karthikeyan & Jason Sigalos (34)
  4. Michigan State: Marge Strong & Tyler Thur (43)
  5. Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & Corinne Sugino (58)
  6. Cal, Berkeley: Mimi Sergent-Leventhal & Michael Wimsatt (65)
  7. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (84)
  8. Georgetown: Natalie Knez & Ezra Louvis (90)
  9. Rutgers – Newark: Devane Murphy & Nicole Nave (101)
  10. Kentucky: Donald Grasse & Theo Noparstak (108)
  11. Northwestern: Evan McCarty & Connor O’Brien (115)
  12. Liberty: Timothy Byram & Vida Chiri (136)
  13. West Georgia: Hakeem Muhammad & Khalid Sharif (144)
  14. Vermont: Taylor Brough & Khalid Lee (163)
  15. Emory: Brian Klarman & Kristen Lowe (164)
  16. Kentucky: Jonathan Geldof & Ava Vargason (176)
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