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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

Ord 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