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64th National Debate Tournament

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

March 20-23, 2010

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce the size of its nuclear weapons arsenal, and/or substantially reduce and restrict the role and/or missions of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

Winner: Michigan State University – Eric Lanning & Carly Wunderlich
Runner Up: Northwestern University – Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies

Top Speaker: Stephen Weil – Emory University
Runner Up: Eric Lanning – Michigan State University

Copeland Award: Emory University – Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil
Runner Up: Northwestern University – Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies

Host: Dave Arnett & Greg Achten – University of California, Berkeley
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Greta Stahl – Michigan State University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Jim Hanson and Aaron Hardy – Whitman College
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Roger Solt – University of Kentucky
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Ed Lee – Emory University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Tim O’Donnell – University of Mary Washington

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

Elim Seeds

  1. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (8-0, 21 ballots)
  2. Michigan State: Eric Lanning & Carly Wunderlich (7-1, 21)
  3. Missouri State: Jordan Foley & Matt Kearney (7-1, 21)
  4. Wake Forest: Sam Crichton & Will Sears (7-1, 20)
  5. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (6-2, 19)
  6. Mary Washington: Kevin Kallmyer & Peter Susko (6-2, 18)
  7. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (6-2, 17)
  8. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Brian Rubaie (6-2, 17)
  9. California – Berkeley: James Brockaway & Rahul Jaswa (6-2, 17)
  10. Georgia: Brittany Cambre & Mike Lacy (6-2, 17)
  11. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (6-2, 16)
  12. Trinity: Brendon Bankey & Michael Hart (6-2, 16)
  13. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (6-2, 15)
  14. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Chris Stone (5-3, 18)
  15. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (5-3, 16)
  16. West Georgia: Tyler Boykin & Jim Schultz (5-3, 16)
  1. Emory: Ana Nikolic & Megan Swenson (5-3, 16)
  2. Northwestern: Jordan Blumenthal & Greg Friend (5-3, 16)
  3. Wake Forest: Mike Carlotti & Carlos Maza (5-3, 15)
  4. Emory: Ross Gordon & Rajesh Jegadeesh (5-3, 15)
  5. Baylor: Amanda Luppes & Chris Rooney (5-3, 15)
  6. Whitman: Nate Cohn & Daniel Straus (5-3, 14)
  7. Texas: Kenny Cauthen & Drew McNeil (5-3, 14)
  8. Iowa: Corey Stone & Kyle Vint (5-3, 13)
  9. Baylor: John Cook & Alex McVey (5-3, 13)
  10. Northwestern: Mary Gregg & Peyton Lee (5-3, 13)
  11. Georgia State: Josh Grace & Zak Schaller (5-3, 13)
  12. Kentucky: Sohin Gautam & Michael Gentile (5-3, 13)
  13. Idaho State: Daniel Jennings & Tony Johnson (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Stephen Weil – Emory University
  2. Eric Lanning – Michigan State University
  3. Stephanie Spies – Northwestern University
  4. Matt Fisher – Northwestern University
  5. Nate Cohn – Whitman College
  6. Will Sears – Wake Forest University
  7. Nick Watts – University of Oklahoma
  8. Jim Schultz – University of West Georgia
  9. Brian Rubaie – University of Texas – Dallas
  10. Kevin Kallmyer – University of Mary Washington
  11. Ovais Inamullah – Emory University
  12. Eli Jacobs – Harvard University
  13. Andrew Baker – University of Texas – Dallas
  14. Rahul Jaswa – University of California – Berkeley
  15. Chris Stone – University of Kansas
  16. R.J. Giglio – University of Oklahoma
  17. Carly Wunderlich – Michigan State University
  18. James Brockaway – University of California – Berkeley
  19. Dylan Quigley – University of Kansas
  20. Kenny Cauthen – University of Texas

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (10)
  2. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (20)
  3. Michigan State: Eric Lanning & Carly Wunderlich (30)
  4. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (40)
  5. Whitman: Nate Cohn & Daniel Straus (52)
  6. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Brian Rubaie (62)
  7. Mary Washington: Kevin Kallmyer & Peter Susko (69)
  8. Wake Forest: Sam Crichton & Will Sears (85)
  9. West Georgia: Tyler Boykin & Jim Schultz (100)
  10. Georgia: Brittany Cambre & Mike Lacy (104)
  11. California – Berkeley: James Brockaway & Rahul Jaswa (111)
  12. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (112)
  13. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Chris Stone (129)
  14. Wake Forest: Mike Carlotti & Carlos Maza (132)
  15. Missouri State: Jordan Foley & Matt Kearney (152)
  16. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (160)
  • 2010 Tournament Files