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26th National Debate Tournament

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

April 14 – 17, 1972

 

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Winner: University of California, Santa Barbara – Mike Clough & Mike Fernandez
Runner Up: University of Southern California – Ron Palmieri & Dennis Winston

Top Speaker: Terry McKnight – Canisius University
Runner Up: Ron Palmieri – University of Southern California

Host: Jack Rhodes – University of Utah
Director: John C. Lehman – Emporia State University

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: David Zarefsky – Northwestern University

Elim Seeds

  1. Southern California: Ron Palmieri & Dennis Winston (7-1, 18)
  2. California – Santa Barbara: Mike Clough & Mike Fernandez (7-1, 17)
  3. Emory: Bruce Albrecht & Melissa Maxcy (6-2, 18)
  4. Canisius: Mary Grace Diehl & Terry McKnight (6-2, 17)
  5. Southern California: Geoff Goodman & King Schofield (6-2, 15)
  6. Michigan: Bill Black & Mike Hartmann (6-2, 15)
  7. Wyoming: David Burman & Mike Kleppinger (6-2, 15)
  8. George Washington: Jerry Ledford & Mary Alice McKeen (6-2, 14)
  9. California – Los Angeles: Don Hornstein & Barrett McInerney (5-3, 15)
  10. Northwestern: David Brown & Ron Welsh (5-3, 15)
  11. Northwestern: Ron Marmer & Elliot Minceberg (5-3, 15)
  12. CSU Fullerton: Robert Conaway & Patricia Peoples (5-3, 15)
  13. Georgetown: Thomas Devine & Jeffrey Ruch (5-3, 14)
  14. Brown: Tuna Snider & Hotep X (5-3, 14)
  15. Kansas: William Hensley & William Russell (5-3, 13)
  16. Oberlin: Sallie Birket & Paul Centolella (5-3, 13)

Speaker Awards

  1. Terry McKnight – Canisius University
  2. Ron Palmieri – University of Southern California
  3. Mike Fernandez – University of California, Santa Barbara
  4. Joe Loveland – University of North Carolina
  5. Barrett McInerney – University of California, Los Angeles
  6. Joe McGuire – University of North Carolina
  7. Don Hornstein – University of California, Los Angeles
  8. Mary Alice McKeen – George Washington University
  9. Geoff Goodman – University of Southern California
  10. King Schofield – University of Southern California

Trivia

Henceforth all speaker award ties would be broken by repeatedly dropping high-low ballots.

  • 1972 Tournament Files