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73rd National Debate Tournament

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

March 21 – 25, 2019

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase statutory and/or judicial restrictions on the executive power of the President of the United States in one or more of the following areas: authority to conduct first-use nuclear strikes; congressionally delegated trade power; exit from congressional-executive agreements and Article II treaties; judicial deference to all or nearly all federal administrative agency interpretations of statutes and/or regulations; the bulk incidental collection of all or nearly all foreign intelligence information on United States persons without a warrant.

Winner: University of Kentucky – Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov
Runner Up: University of Georgia – Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek

Top Speaker: Jacob Hegna – University of Kansas
Runner Up: Anthony Trufanov – University of Kentucky

Copeland Award: University of Kentucky – Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov
Runner Up: Harvard University – John Cooper & Ayush Midha

Ord Davis Award: Dave Arnett – University of Kentucky
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Adrienne Brovero – Mary Washington University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award:
Laurence Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award: Laurence Tribe
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Dave Arnett – University of Kentucky
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Joe Schatz – Binghamton University

Overall Points Winner: George Mason University
Varsity Points Winner: University of Georgia
Community College Points Winner: Johnson County Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (8-0, 24 ballots)
  2. Emory: Alex Gazmararian & Zahir Shaikh (7-1, 18)
  3. California, Berkeley: Nathan Fleming & Miles Gray (7-1, 17)
  4. Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (6-2, 19)
  5. Kansas: Jacob Hegna & Nate Martin (6-2, 19)
  6. Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (6-2, 18)
  7. Binghamton: James Allan & Jefferey Yan (6-2, 18)
  8. Oklahoma: Jazmine Pickens & Darius White (6-2, 17)
  9. Northwestern: Gabriel Jankovsky & Joe Weideman (6-2, 17)
  10. Wake Forest: Nae Edwards & Roberto Fernandez (6-2, 17)
  11. Michigan: Jacob Goldschlag & Caitlin Walrath (6-2, 16)
  12. Oklahoma: Nicolas Juarez & Jacob Smith (6-2, 16)
  13. Dartmouth: Joseph Estrada & Raam Tambe (5-3, 18)
  14. Harvard: John Cooper & Ayush Midha (5-3, 17)
  15. Rutgers, Newark: D. Asafu-Adjaye & R. Hemnarine (5-3, 16)
  16. Liberty: Michael Harrington & Brianna Thomas (5-3, 15)

 

  1. Nevada, Las Vegas: Jeffrey Horn & Ember Smith (5-3, 15)
  2. Wake Forest: Tessa Harper & Reed Van Schenck (5-3, 15)
  3. Georgetown: David Bernstein & Raffi Piliero (5-3, 15)
  4. Louisville: Jahne Benthall & Deontrey Yeargin (5-3, 14)
  5. Harvard: Michelle Borbon & Emily Gordon (5-3, 14)
  6. Baylor: Jonas Thrasher-Evans & Greg Zoda (5-3, 14)
  7. Kansas: Azja Butler & Kenny Delph (5-3, 14)
  8. Wichita State: Dom Lett & Jamie Welch (5-3, 14)
  9. Mary Washington: Parker Coon & Gabe Lewis (5-3, 14)
  10. Georgia: Tripp Haskins & Alyssa Hoover (5-3, 14)
  11. Nevada, Las Vegas: Reece Aguilar & Brian Warren (5-3, 14)
  12. Baylor: Alec Ramsey & Elan Wilson (5-3, 13)
  13. Cal, Berkeley: Nishad Neelakandan & Rahul Ramesh (5-3, 12)
  14. Indiana: Harry Aaronson & Cameron Dehmlow Dunne (5-3, 12)

Speaker Awards

  1. Jacob Hegna – University of Kansas
  2. Athony Trufanov – University of Kentucky
  3. Harry Aaronson – Indiana University
  4. Dan Bannister – University of Kentucky
  5. Caitlin Walrath – University of Michigan
  6. Brianna Thomas – Liberty University
  7. Advait Ramanan – University of Georgia
  8. Miles Gray – University of California, Berkeley
  9. Swapnil Agrawal – University of Georgia
  10. Ayush Midha – Harvard University
  11. Michael Harrington – Liberty University
  12. Zahir Shaikh – Emory University
  13. Nae Edwards – Wake Forest University
  14. Alex Gazmararian – Emory University
  15. Nathan Rice – University of Georgia
  16. Jacob Goldschlag – University of Michigan
  17. Jeffery Horn – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  18. Nicolas Juarez – University of Oklahoma
  19. Johnnie Stupek – University of Georgia
  20. Jazmine Pickens – University of Oklahoma

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)
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