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62nd National Debate Tournament

California State University – Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

March 28-31, 2008

 

Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should increase its constructive engagement with the government of one or more of: Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Syria, and it should include offering them a security guarantee(s) and/or a substantial increase in foreign assistance.

Winner: Wake Forest University – Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe
Runner Up: Darmouth College – Josh Kernoff & Kade Olsen

Top Speaker: Martin Osborn – Missouri State University
Runner Up: Julie Hoehn – Emory University

Copeland Award: University of California, Berkeley – Michael Burshteyn & Jacob Polin
Runner Up: Emory University – Julie Hoehn & Stephen Weil

Ord Davis Award: Ross Smith – Wake Forest University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Bill Southworth – University of Redlands
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Eric Morris – Missouri State University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Sarah T. Partlow Lefevre – Idaho State University

Overall Points Winner: SUNY Binghamton
Varsity Points Winner: University of Kansas
Community College Points Winner: Kansas City Kansas Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Emory: Julie Hoehn & Stephen Weil (8-0, 21 ballots)
  2. Harvard: Eli Anders & Jason Murray (7-1, 19)
  3. Michigan: Adam Farra & Dylan Keenan (7-1, 17)
  4. West Georgia: Geoff Lundeen & Jim Schultz (6-2, 19)
  5. Wake Forest: Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe (6-2, 19)
  6. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & John Warden (6-2, 19)
  7. Missouri State: Meggie Mapes & Michael Mapes (6-2, 19)
  8. Missouri State: Martin Osborn & Clay Webb (6-2, 18)
  9. Wyoming: Travis Cram & Will Jensen (6-2, 18)
  10. Kansas: Brett Bricker & Andrew Jennings (6-2, 17)
  11. Wake Forest: Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung (6-2, 17)
  12. Texas: Chris Thiele & Nick Whitaker (6-2, 17)
  13. Southern California: Chris Jones & Mike Jones (6-2, 17)
  14. Harvard: Tripp Rebrovick & Jonathan Warsh (6-2, 16)
  15. Dartmouth: Josh Kernoff & Kade Olsen (6-2, 16)
  16. Georgia State: Kirk Gibson & Joel Lemuel (5-3, 17)

 

  1. California – Berkeley: Mike Burshteyn & Jacob Polin (5-3, 16)
  2. Michigan State: Garrett Abelkop & Carly Wunderlich (5-3, 16)
  3. Southern California: Mima Lazarevic & Mike Smith (5-3, 16)
  4. Emory: Nicholas Miller & Chipp Schwab (5-3, 14)
  5. Michigan State: Gustavo Eyzaguirre & Eric Lanning (5-3, 14)
  6. Gonzaga: Nick Bormann & Grace Saez (5-3, 14)
  7. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (5-3, 14)
  8. Kansas: Nate Johnson & Chris Stone (5-3, 13)
  9. Towson: Deven Cooper & Dayvon Love (5-3, 13)
  10. Whitman: Nate Cohn & Daniel Straus (5-3, 13)
  11. Kentucky: Mike Gentile & Angelo Theodosopoulos (5-3, 12)
  12. Central Oklahoma: Andy Casey & Jack Ewing (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Martin Osborn, Missouri State University
  2. Julie Hoehn, Emory University
  3. Brett Bricker, University of Kansas
  4. Luis Magallon, California State University – Fullerton
  5. Tripp Rebrovick, Harvard University
  6. Geoff Lundeen, West Georgia University
  7. Stephen Weil, Emory University
  8. Andrew Jennings, University of Kansas
  9. Jason Murray, Harvard University
  10. Seth Gannon, Wake Forest University
  11. John Warden, Northwestern University
  12. Kuntal Cholera, University of North Texas
  13. Dylan Keenan, University of Michigan
  14. Jim Schultz, West Georgia University
  15. Mike Burshteyn, University of California – Berkeley
  16. Chris Thiele, University of Texas
  17. Michael Mapes, Missouri State University
  18. Kade Olsen, Dartmouth College
  19. Alex Lamballe, Wake Forest University
  20. Matt Fisher, Northwestern University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. California – Berkeley: Michael Burshteyn & Jacob Polin (11)
  2. Emory: Julie Hoehn & Stephen Weil (25)
  3. Harvard: Eli Anders & Jason Murray (39)
  4. Dartmouth: Josh Kernoff & Kade Olsen (47)
  5. Kansas: Brett Bricker & Andrew Jennings (48)
  6. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & John Warden (70)
  7. Wake Forest: Seth Gannon & Alex Lamballe (71)
  8. Michigan: Adam Farra & Dylan Keenan (95)
  9. Harvard: Tripp Rebrovick & Jonathan Warsh (99)
  10. Emory: Nicholas Miller & Chipp Schwab (112)
  11. West Georgia: Geoff Lundeen & Jim Schultz (122)
  12. Missouri State: Martin Osborn & Clay Webb (132)
  13. Michigan State: Garrett Abelkop & Carly Wunderlich (148)
  14. Kansas: Nate Johnson & Chris Stone (154)
  15. Southern California: Chris Jones & Mike Jones (166)
  16. Northwestern: Caitlin Bruce & Rob Mulholand (178)
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