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42nd National Debate Tournament
Weber State College
Ogden, UT
March 25 – 28, 1988
Resolved: That the United States should reduce substantially its military commitments to NATO member states.
Winner: Dartmouth College – Shaun Martin & Rob Wick
Runner Up: Baylor University – Martin Loeber & Danny Plants
Top Speaker: Gloria Cabada – Wake Forest University
Runner Up: Barry Pickens – University of Kansas
Copeland Award: Northwestern University – Ben Attias & Gordon Mitchell
Runner Up: Dartmouth College – Shaun Martin & Rob Wick
Host: Randy Scott – Weber State College
Director: David Zarefsky – Northwestern University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Allan Louden – Wake Forest Unviersity
Overall Points Winner: University of Michigan
![1988 Elim Bracket](https://nationaldebatetournament.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1988-Elim-Bracket.jpg)
Elim Seeds
- Dartmouth: Shaun Martin & Rob Wick (7-1, 20)
- Northwestern: Ben Attias & Gordon Mitchell (7-1, 18)
- Michigan: Michael Green & Andrew Schrank (7-1, 18)
- Wake Forest: Gloria Cabada & Alan Coverstone (6-2, 19)
- Kansas: Barry Pickens & Pat Whalen (6-2, 19)
- Michigan: Denise Loshbough & Jim Speta (6-2, 19)
- Baylor: Martin Loeber & Danny Plants (6-2, 18)
- Weber State: Tony Justman & Jimmy Summers (6-2, 18)
- Harvard: David Coale & Chris Decker (6-2, 16)
- Emory: Joseph Bellon & Drew Dowell (6-2, 16)
- Georgetown: Casey Anderson & John Garcia (6-2, 15)
- Northwestern: Scott Maberry & Dani Reiter (5-3, 17)
- Loyola Marymount: Todd Flaming & Madison Laird (5-3, 16)
- Wayne State: Dean Groulx & Scott Thomson (5-3, 16)
- Kansas: Erik Doxtader & Andrea Richard (5-3, 16)
- Wake Forest: Judd Kimball & Ted Tyson (5-3, 16)
- Iowa: Shawn Shearer & Carey Stamp (5-3, 15)
- Northern Iowa: Aaron Hawbaker & Ken Schuler (5-3, 15)
- Louisville: Mike Greco & Russ Rogers (5-3, 14)
- Kentucky: Scott Hodges & T.A. McKinney (5-3, 14)
- Redlands: David Herrick & Marc Rubinstein (5-3, 14)
- Pittsburgh: Carl Craver & Jarle Crocker (5-3, 14)
- Concordia: Joe Schmitt & Courtney Ward (5-3, 13)
- Texas: Traci Jones & Thadeaus Swiderski (5-3, 13)
- CSU Fullerton: Jon Bruschke & Chris Daley (5-3, 13)
Speaker Awards
- Gloria Cabada – Wake Forest University
- Barry Pickens – University of Kansas
- Mark Friedman – University of Massachusetts
- Gordon Mitchell – Northwestern University
- Michael Green – University of Michigan
- Andrew Schrank – University of Michigan
- Ben Attias – Northwestern University
- Chris Decker – Harvard University
- Madison Laird – Loyola Marymount University
- Shaun Martin – Dartmouth College
- Martin Loeber – Baylor University
First Round At-Large Bids
- Northwestern: Ben Attias & Gordon Mitchell (12)
- Dartmouth: Shaun Martin & Rob Wick (26)
- Michigan: Michael Green & Andrew Schrank (29)
- Massachusetts: Mark Friedman & Stacey Kinnamon (59)
- Wake Forest: Gloria Cabada & Alan Coverstone (62)
- Baylor: Martin Loeber & Danny Plants (62)
- Kansas: Barry Pickens & Pat Whalen (66)
- Weber State: Tony Justman & Jimmy Summers (92)
- Harvard: David Coale & Chris Decker (109)
- Michigan: Denise Loshbough & Jim Speta (111)
- Emory: Frank Lowrey & Gus Puryear (120)
- Kentucky: Scott Hodges & T.A. McKinney (129)
- Loyola Marymount: Todd Flaming & Madison Laird (147)
- Northern Iowa: Aaron Hawbaker & Ken Schuler (153)
- Baylor: David Giardina & Robert Wood (176)
- Louisville: Mike Greco & Russ Rogers (187)