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46th National Debate Tournament

Miami University of Ohio

Oxford, OH

April 3 – 6, 1992

 

Resolved: That one or more United States Supreme Court decisions recognizing a federal Constitutional right to privacy should be overruled.

Winner: Georgetown University – Ahilan Arulanantham & Kevin Kuswa
Runner Up: Harvard University – Fred Karem & Rebecca Tushnet

Top Speaker: Charles Smith – University of Iowa
Runner Up: Ryan Goodman – University of Texas

Copeland Award: Dartmouth College – Kenny Agran & Ara Lovitt
Runner Up: Georgetown University – Ahilan Arulanantham & Kevin Kuswa

Host: Jack Rhodes – Miami University of Ohio
Director: Al Johnson – Colorado College

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Glen Strickland – Emporia State University

Overall Points Winner:

Elim Seeds

  1. Iowa: Nathan Coco & Charles Smith (8-0, 24 ballots)
  2. Texas: Ryan Goodman & James Martin (7-1, 19)
  3. Dartmouth: Kenny Agran & Ara Lovitt (7-1, 19)
  4. Redlands: Paul Derby & Kevin Tessier (7-1, 18)
  5. Augustana SD: Michael LeMay & Chris Moorhead (6-2, 19)
  6. Michigan: Colin Kahl & Matthew Shors (6-2, 18)
  7. Texas: Brian McBride & David Wyrick (6-2, 18)
  8. Georgetown: Ahilan Arulanantham & Kevin Kuswa (6-2, 17)
  9. Baylor: Rod Phares & Bill Trapani (6-2, 16)
  10. Wayne State: Toby Arquette & Derek Gaffrey (6-2, 16)
  11. North Carolina: Tom Goldstein & Joy Rhyne (6-2, 16)
  12. Wake Forest: Rich Fledderman & Mark Grant (6-2, 15)
  13. Wake Forest: Brian Lain & Mike Ridge (5-3, 17)
  14. West Georgia: Michael Hester & Daniel Turner (5-3, 17)
  15. Harvard: Fred Karem & Rebecca Tushnet (5-3, 16)
  16. Baylor: George Unick & Todd Wade (5-3, 16)
  1. Northwestern: Bridget Brocken & Russell Keller (5-3, 15)
  2. Pittsburgh: Stefan Bauschard & Anand Rao (5-3, 15)
  3. James Madison: Dave Hall & Jean-Paul Lacy (5-3, 15)
  4. Iowa: Omar Guevara & Randal Sandler (5-3, 14)
  5. Northwestern: Elizabeth Murphy & Daniel Sturgis (5-3, 14)
  6. Stanford: Abe Newman & Jason Patil (5-3, 14)
  7. Georgetown: Kevin Scharff & Eric Truett (5-3, 13)
  8. Boston College: Craig Cerniello & Darren Schweibert (5-3, 13)
  9. Georgia: Jeff Griswold & Len Neighbors (5-3, 13)

Speaker Awards

  1. Charles Smith – University of Iowa
  2. Ryan Goodman – University of Texas
  3. Nathan Coco – University of Iowa
  4. Paul Derby – University of Redlands
  5. Kenny Agran – Dartmouth College
  6. Matthew Shors – University of Michigan
  7. Michael Hester – West Georgia College
  8. Omar Guevara – University of Iowa
  9. Kevin Kuswa – Georgetown University
  10. Mike Ridge – Wake Forest University
  11. Ara Lovitt – Dartmouth College
  12. Colin Kahl – University of Michigan
  13. Tom Goldstein – University of North Carolina
  14. Kevin Tessier – University of Redlands
  15. Ahilan Arulanantham – Georgetown University
  16. Rod Phares – Baylor University
  17. Brian Lain – Wake Forest University
  18. Toby Arquette – Wayne State University
  19. Russell Keller – Northwestern University
  20. Brian McBride – University of Texas

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Dartmouth: Kenny Agran & Ara Lovitt (10)
  2. Georgetown: Ahilan Arulanantham & Kevin Kuswa (24)
  3. Iowa: Nathan Coco & Charles Smith (24)
  4. Redlands: Paul Derby & Kevin Tessier (43)
  5. Texas: Ryan Goodman & James Martin (44)
  6. Wake Forest: Brian Lain & Mike Ridge (64)
  7. Iowa: Omar Guevara & Randal Sandler (64)
  8. Texas: Brian McBride & David Wyrick (89)
  9. Augustana SD: Michael LeMay & Chris Moorhead (93)
  10. North Carolina: Tom Goldstein & Joy Rhyne (100)
  11. Harvard: Fred Karem & Rebecca Tushnet (106)
  12. Wayne State: Toby Arquette & Derek Gaffrey (115)
  13. Baylor: Rod Phares & Bill Trapani (143)
  14. Georgetown: Anup Malani & Tim McCrae (144)
  15. Northwestern: Bridget Brocken & Russell Keller (148)
  16. Wake Forest: Rich Fledderman & Mark Grant (165)

Trivia

First year judges were allowed to give .5’s at the NDT.

  • 1992 Tournament Files