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69th National Debate Tournament

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

April 3-6, 2015

 

Resolved: The United States should legalize all or nearly all of one or more of the following in the United States: marihuana, online gambling, physician-assisted suicide, prostitution, the sale of human organs.

Winner: Northwestern University – Alex Miles & Arjun Vellayappan
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas

Top Speaker: Michael Suo – Harvard University
Runner Up: Bradley Bolman – Harvard University

Copeland Award: Northwestern University – Alex Miles & Arjun Vellayappan
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas

Host: Paul Bellus – University of Iowa
Director: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa

Ovid Davis Award: Dan Fitzmier – Northwestern University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: John Fritch – University of Northern Iowa
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Ed Lee – Emory University
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Dan Fitzmier – Northwestern University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Jarrod Atchison – Wake Forest University

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

Elim Seeds

  1. Harvard: Anna Dimitrijevic & David Herman (7-1, 21 ballots)
  2. Harvard: Bradley Bolman & Michael Suo (7-1, 21)
  3. Michigan: Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas (7-1, 20)
  4. Northwestern: Alex Miles & Arjun Vellayappan (7-1, 19)
  5. Cal, Berkeley: Mimi Sergent-Leventhal & Michael Wimsatt (6-2, 19)
  6. Michigan State: Marge Strong & Tyler Thur (6-2, 18)
  7. Michigan: Joe Krakoff & Will Morgan (6-2, 18)
  8. Emory: Viveth Karthikeyan & Jason Sigalos (6-2, 17)
  9. Minnesota: Cody Crunkilton & Miranda Ehrlich (6-2, 16)
  10. Oklahoma: Marquis Ard & James Chiles (6-2, 16)
  11. Georgetown: Ezra Louvis & Andrew McCoy (6-2, 16)
  12. Kentucky: Donald Grasse & Theo Noparstak (6-2, 16)
  13. Kentucky: Jonathan Geldof & Ava Vargason (6-2, 14)
  14. Kansas: Jyleesa Hampton & Quaram Robinson (5-3, 17)
  15. Liberty: Vida Chiri & Meagan Edwards (5-3, 16)
  16. Emory: Brian Klarman & Kristen Lowe (5-3, 16)
  1. Georgetown: Anastasia Kazteridis & Natalie Knez (5-3, 16)
  2. Towson: Troi Thomas & Kevin Whitley (5-3, 15)
  3. George Mason: Young Kwon & Kyle Lastovica (5-3, 15)
  4. Texas – Dallas: Anthony Ogbuli & Jacob Loehr (5-3, 15)
  5. West Georgia: Osayame Gaius & Vanova Robles (5-3, 14)
  6. Michigan State: Jack Caporal & Quinn Zemel (5-3, 14)
  7. Georgia: Robert Galerstein & Chetan Hebbale (5-3, 14)
  8. Kansas City KS CC: Matt Casas & Danielle Nicole Nave (5-3, 14)
  9. Iowa: Brooke Kimbrough & Geordano Liriano (5-3, 14)
  10. Oklahoma: Kaine Cherry & Jefferson Yahom (5-3, 13)
  11. Michigan: Tommy Donovan & Dustin Meyers-Levy (5-3, 13)
  12. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (5-3, 12)
  13. Stanford: Sukhi Gulati & Ella Lowry (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Michael Suo – Harvard University
  2. Bradley Bolman – Harvard University
  3. Ellis Allen – University of Michigan
  4. Jason Sigalos – Emory University
  5. Alex Pappas – University of Michigan
  6. Alex Miles – Northwestern University
  7. Marquis Ard – University of Oklahoma
  8. Arjun Vellayappan – Northwestern University
  9. Tyler Thur – Michigan State University
  10. Kaine Cherry – University of Oklahoma
  11. Marge Strong – Michigan State University
  12. David Herman – Harvard University
  13. Kevin Whitley – Towson University
  14. Will Morgan – University of Michigan
  15. Osayame Gaius – University of West Georgia
  16. Anna Dimitrijevic – Harvard University
  17. Viveth Karthikeyan – Emory University
  18. John Spurlock – University of California, Berkeley
  19. Andrew McCoy – Georgetown University
  20. Maddie Langr – Wake Forest University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Northwestern: Alex Miles & Arjun Vellayappan (13)
  2. Michigan: Ellis Allen & Alex Pappas (30)
  3. Harvard: Bradley Bolman & Michael Suo (38)
  4. Harvard: Anna Dimitrijevic & David Herman (50)
  5. Emory: Viveth Karthikeyan & Jason Sigalos (78)
  6. Michigan State: Marge Strong & Tyler Thur (78)
  7. Minnesota: Cody Crunkilton & Miranda Ehrlich (88)
  8. Georgetown: Ezra Louvis & Andrew McCoy (94)
  9. Michigan: Joe Krakoff & Will Morgan (123)
  10. Oklahoma: Marquis Ard & James Chiles (139)
  11. Michigan State: Jack Caporal & Quinn Zemel (142)
  12. Cal, Berkeley: Mimi Sergent-Leventhal & Michael Wimsatt (160)
  13. George Mason: Young Kwon & Kyle Lastovica (173)
  14. Kansas: Jylessa Hampton & Quaram Robinson (177)
  15. Wake Forest: Erica Duff & Maddie Langr (203)
  16. California, Berkeley: Srinidhi Muppalla & John Spurlock (203)
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