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65th National Debate Tournament

University of Texas at Dallas

Dallas, TX

March 25-28, 2011

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase the number of and/or substantially expand beneficiary eligibility for its visas for one or more of the following: employment-based immigrant visas, nonimmigrant temporary worker visas, family-based visas, human trafficking-based visas.

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

Top Speaker: Stephanie Spies – Northwestern University
Runner Up: Alex Parkinson – Harvard University

Copeland Award: Emory University – Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil
Runner Up: Harvard University – Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson

Ord Davis Award: Dan Fitzmier – Northwestern University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Dallas Perkins – Harvard University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Adrienne Brovero – University of Mary Washington
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Ed Lee – Emory University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Gordon Stables – University of Southern California

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: Northwestern University
Community College Points Winner: Johnson County Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (8-0, 22 ballots)
  2. Northwestern: Ryan Beiermeister & Layne Kirshon (8-0, 22)
  3. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (7-1, 22)
  4. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (7-1, 18)
  5. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (6-2, 20)
  6. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (6-2, 19)
  7. Towson: Ben Crossan & Fernando Kirkman (6-2, 19)
  8. California, Berkeley: Kathy Bowen & Jacob Polin (6-2, 17)
  9. Wake Forest: Mike Carlotti & Andrew McCarty (6-2, 17)
  10. Georgia: Mike Lacy & Austin Layton (6-2, 17)
  11. Northwestern: Mary Gregg & Peyton Lee (6-2, 16)
  12. Emory: Kirk Gibson & Ana Nikolic (6-2, 16)
  13. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Collin Roark (6-2, 15)
  14. Wyoming: Kacey Ballard & Mike Bausch (5-3, 17)
  15. Loyola Marymount: Jack Ewing & James Mollison (5-3, 16)
  16. Kansas State: Beth Mendenhall & Derek Ziegler (5-3, 16)

  

  1. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (5-3, 15)
  2. Michigan State: Jessica Hockensmith & Kaavya Ramesh (5-3, 15)
  3. Gonzaga: Paul Kanellopoulos & Leah Moczulski (5-3, 14)
  4. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Mathew Petersen (5-3, 14)
  5. Missouri State: Jordan Foley & Wes Rumbaugh (5-3, 14)
  6. Harvard: William Karlson & Gabrielle Tandet (5-3, 14)
  7. Samford: Dan Bagwell & Logan Gramzinski (5-3, 13)
  8. Georgetown: Andrew Arsht & Anton Strezhnev (5-3, 12)
  9. Georgetown: Richard Day & Andrew Markoff (5-3, 12)
  10. Baylor: John Cook & Ashley Morgan (5-3, 12)
  11. California, Berkeley: Alejandres Gannon & Sarah Weiner (5-3, 12)
  12. Emporia State: Ryan Wash & Latoya Williams-Green (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Stephanie Spies, Northwestern University
  2. Alex Parkinson, Harvard University
  3. Eli Jacobs, Harvard University
  4. Matt Fisher, Northwestern University
  5. Stephen Weil, Emory University
  6. Nick Watts, University of Oklahoma
  7. Jacob Polin, University of California – Berkeley
  8. Edmund Zagorin, University of Michigan
  9. Andrew Baker, University of Texas – Dallas
  10. Kathy Bowen, University of California – Berkeley
  11. Jack Ewing, Loyola Marymount University
  12. Ovais Inamullah, Emory University
  13. R.J. Giglio, University of Oklahoma
  14. Ben Crossan, Towson University
  15. Andrew Markoff, Georgetown University
  16. Sean Kennedy, University of Kansas
  17. Latoya Williams-Green, Emporia State University
  18. James Mollison, Loyola Marymount University
  19. Drew McNeil, University of Texas
  20. Layne Kirshon, Northwestern University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Emory: Ovais Inamullah & Stephen Weil (13)
  2. Harvard: Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson (20)
  3. Northwestern: Matt Fisher & Stephanie Spies (27)
  4. California, Berkeley: Kathy Bowen & Jacob Polin (40)
  5. Oklahoma: R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts (50)
  6. Northwestern: Ryan Beiermeister & Layne Kirshon (67)
  7. Kansas: Sean Kennedy & Dylan Quigley (68)
  8. Michigan: Maria Liu & Edmund Zagorin (79)
    ***Northwestern: Mary Gregg & Peyton Lee (96)
  9. Vanderbilt: Nicholas Brown & Cameron Norris (107)
  10. Kansas: Patrick Kennedy & Mathew Petersen (113)
  11. Loyola Marymount: Jack Ewing & James Mollison (114)
  12. Gonzaga: Paul Kanellopoulos & Leah Maczulski (129)
  13. Georgia: Mike Lacy & Austin Layton (138)
  14. Towson: Ben Crossan & Fernando Kirkman (150)
  15. Texas – Dallas: Andrew Baker & Collin Roark (155)
  16. Georgetown: Richard Day & Andrew Markoff (168)

***NOTE: Only two teams per school may receive first round bids.

  • 2011 Tournament Files