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72nd National Debate Tournament

Wichita State University

Wichita, KS

March 22 – 26, 2018

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

Winner: University of Kansas – Will Katz & Quaram Robinson
Runner Up: Georgetown University – David Bernstein & Natalie Knez

Top Speaker: Natalie Knez – Georgetown University
Runner Up: Hemanth Sanjeev – Harvard University

Copeland Award: University of Kansas – Will Katz & Quaram Robinson
Runner Up: Harvard University – Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev

Host: Jeffrey Jarman – Wichita State University
Director: Sarah Partlow Lefevre – Idaho State University

Ovid Davis Award: Brett Bricker – University of Kansas
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Arnie Madsen & Cate Palczewski – University of Northern Iowa
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: David Cram-Helwich – University of Minnesota
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Scott Harris – University of Kansas
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Jacob Thompson – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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

Elim Seeds

  1. Harvard: Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev (8-0, 23)
  2. California, Berkeley: Nathan Fleming & Miles Gray (7-1, 19)
  3. Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (7-1, 19)
  4. Nevada, Las Vegas: Matt Gomez & Jeffrey Horn (6-2, 18)
  5. Kansas: Will Katz & Quaram Robinson (6-2, 18)
  6. Oklahoma: Jazmine Pickens & Taylor Sanchez (6-2, 18)
  7. Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (6-2, 18)
  8. Emory: Saul Forman & Alex Gazmararian (6-2, 17)
  9. Cornell: Gabriella Knight & David Rooney (6-2, 17)
  10. Louisville: Chinnel Williams & Deontrey Yeargin (6-2, 16)
  11. Wake Forest: Nae Edwards & Roberto Fernandez (6-2, 15)
  12. Iowa: Coco Christophersen & Brooke Kimbrough (6-2, 15)
  13. Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (5-3, 18)
  14. Georgetown: David Bernstein & Natalie Knez (5-3, 17)
  15. Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & DJ Williams (5-3, 16)
  16. Baylor: Andrew Barron & Greg Zoda (5-3, 16)
  1. Harvard: Lev Asimow & Manny Medrano (5-3, 16)
  2. Michigan: Jacob Goldschlag & Caitlin Walrath (5-3, 16)
  3. Harvard: Emily Gordon & Isabel Slavinsky (5-3, 16)
  4. Central Oklahoma: Derek Hilligoss & Jasmine Stidham (5-3, 15)
  5. Northwestern: Gabriel Jankovsky & Joe Weideman (5-3, 15)
  6. Minnesota: Rohit Asirvatham & Teja Leburu (5-3, 15)
  7. Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (5-3, 14)
  8. Oklahoma: Nicolas Juarez & Jacob Smith (5-3, 14)
  9. Liberty: Michael Harrington & Kristopher Samuel (5-3, 14)
  10. Kentucky: Amar Adam & Theo Noparstak (5-3, 14)
  11. Emporia State: Arriq Singleton & Kalese Warfield (5-3, 13)
  12. Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (5-3, 13)
  13. Emory: Zahir Shaikh & Gabi Yamout (5-3, 12)

Speaker Awards

  1. Natalie Knez – Georgetown University
  2. Hemanth Sanjeev – Harvard University
  3. Charles Athanasopoulos – Wake Forest University
  4. Quaram Robinson – University of Kansas
  5. Ayush Midha – Harvard University
  6. Hex Larsen – University of Southern California
  7. Christopher Callahan – Northwestern University
  8. Dan Bannister – University of Kentucky
  9. Pauline Esman – Northwestern University
  10. Nae Edwards – Wake Forest University
  11. Jazmine Pickens – University of Oklahoma
  12. Matt Gomez – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  13. Gabriella Knight – Cornell University
  14. Aron Berger – University of Southern California
  15. Jeffrey Horn – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  16. Anthony Trufanov – University of Kentucky
  17. Saul Forman – Emory University
  18. Taylor Sanchez – University of Oklahoma
  19. Deontrey Yeargin – University of Louisville
  20. Brianna Thomas – Liberty University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Kansas: Will Katz & Quaram Robinson (11)
  2. Harvard: Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev (19)
  3. Nevada, Las Vegas: Matt Gomez & Jeffrey Horn (35)
  4. Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & DJ Williams (40)
  5. Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (45)
  6. Emory: Saul Forman & Alex Gazmararian (64)
  7. Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (67)
  8. Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (88)
  9. Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (91)
  10. Georgetown: David Bernstein & Natalie Knez (94)
  11. Wake Forest: Nae Edwards & Roberto Fernandez (119)
  12. Central Oklahoma: Derek Hilligoss & Jasmine Stidham (127)
  13. Harvard: Lev Asimow & Manny Medrano (128)
  14. Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (149)
  15. Emory: Zahir Shaikh & Gabi Yamout (149)
  16. Kentucky: Amar Adam & Theo Noparstak (163)
  • 2018 Tournament Files