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60th National Debate Tournament

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

March 24-27, 2006

 

Resolved: The United States Federal government should substantially increase deplomatic and economic pressure on the People’s Republic of China in one or more of the following areas: trade, human rights, weapons nonproliferation, Taiwan.

Winner: Michigan State University – Ryan Burke & Casey Harrigan
Runner Up: Wake Forest University – Jamie Carroll & Brad Hall

Top Speaker: Josh Branson – Northwestern University
Runner Up: Michael Klinger – Harvard University

Copeland Award: Harvard University – Michael Klinger & Nikhil Mirchandani
Runner Up: University of California, Berkeley – Mike Burshteyn & Craig Wickersham

Host: Scott Deatherage – Northwestern University
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Mike Eber – Michigan State University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: David Zarefsky – Northwestern University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Scott Harris – University of Kansas
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Scott Harris – University of Kansas

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

Elim Seeds

  1. Michigan State: Ryan Burke & Casey Harrigan (8-0, 22 ballots)
  2. Emory: Cyrus Ghavi & Scott Phillips (8-0, 21)
  3. Harvard: Michael Klinger & Nikhil Mirchandani (7-1, 20)
  4. Northwestern: Josh Branson & Noah Chestnut (7-1, 19)
  5. Wayne State: Matt Farmer & Gabe Murillo (6-2, 20)
  6. Wake Forest: Jamie Carroll & Brad Hall (6-2, 17)
  7. Emory: Stephen Chaudoin & Roy Levkowitz (6-2, 17)
  8. Missouri, Kansas City: Andy Culp & Malcolm Gordon (6-2, 17)
  9. Dartmouth: Kathryn Clark & Brian Smith (6-2, 16)
  10. Idaho State: Izak Dunn & Jessica Yeats (6-2, 16)
  11. Emory: Aimi Hamraie & Julie Hoehn (6-2, 16)
  12. Whitman: Jeff Buntin & Ben Meiches (5-3, 17)
  13. Oklahoma: Conor Cleary & Blake Johnson (5-3, 17)
  14. George Washington: Brian Linder & Brett Wallace (5-3, 16)
  15. Whitman: Matt Schissler & Eric Suni (5-3, 16)
  16. Mary Washington: Matt Struth & Clint Woods (5-3, 16)
  1. CSU Fullerton: Luis Magallon & Brenda Montes (5-3, 15)
  2. West Georgia: Geoff Lundeen & Jane Munkgaard (5-3, 15)
  3. Kansas: Matthew Cormack & Andrew Jennings (5-3, 15)
  4. Iowa: Todd Lantz & Brian Severson (5-3, 15)
  5. Southern California: Alex Iftimie & Mike Smith (5-3, 15)
  6. Northwestern: Avery Dale & Geoff Derrick (5-3, 15)
  7. Kentucky: Mike Jones & Reuben Schy (5-3, 15)
  8. Redlands: Scott Schneider & Jake Ziering (5-3, 15)
  9. California, Berkeley: Mike Burshteyn & Craig Wickersham (5-3, 14)
  10. Dartmouth: Hunter Brooks & David Marks (5-3, 14)
  11. Harvard: Eli Anders & Tripp Rebrovick (5-3, 14)
  12. Missouri State: Matthias Bostick & Michael Mapes (5-3, 13)
  13. Harvard: Dan Luxemburg & Ralph Paone (5-3, 13)
  14. California, Berkeley: Nick Lin & Daniel Richards (5-3, 13)

Speaker Awards

  1. Josh Branson – Northwestern University 
  2. Michael Klinger – Harvard University
  3. Scott Phillips – Emory University
  4. Brenda Montes – California State University, Fullerton
  5. Craig Wickersham – University of California, Berkeley
  6. Stephen Chaudoin – Emory University
  7. Hunter Brooks – Dartmouth College
  8. Jamie Carroll – Wake Forest University
  9. Brad Hall – Wake Forest University
  10. Malcolm Gordon – University of Missouri, Kansas City
  11. Casey Harrigan – Michigan State University
  12. Eric Suni – Whitman College
  13. Mike Burshteyn – University of California, Berkeley
  14. Brian Smith – Dartmouth College
  15. Brett Wallace – George Washington University
  16. Luis Magallon – California State University, Fullerton
  17. Ryan Burke – Michigan State University
  18. Brian Linder – George Washington University
  19. Kathryn Clark – Dartmouth College
  20. Roy Levkovitz – Emory University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Harvard: Michael Klinger & Nikhil Mirchandani (17)
  2. California, Berkeley: Mike Burshteyn & Craig Wickersham (24)
  3. Michigan State: Ryan Burke & Casey Harrigan (32)
  4. Northwestern: Josh Branson & Noah Chestnut (43)
  5. Dartmouth: Kathryn Clark & Brian Smith (53)
  6. Emory: Cyrus Ghavi & Scott Phillips (69)
  7. Dartmouth: Hunter Brooks & David Marks (77)
  8. Emory: Stephen Chaudoin & Roy Levkowitz (82)
  9. Wake Forest: Jamie Carroll & Brad Hall (99)
  10. Wayne State: Matt Farmer & Gabe Murillo (117)
  11. George Washington: Brian Linder & Brett Wallace (129)
  12. Kansas: Matt Cormack & Andrew Jennings (131)
  13. Whitman: Matt Schissler & Eric Suni (139)
  14. Idaho State: Izak Dunn & Jessica Yeats (158)
  15. Missouri State: Matthias Bostick & Michael Mapes (165)
  16. Georgia: Brent Culpepper & Kevin Rabinowitz (175)
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