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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
- Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (8-0, 24 ballots)
- Emory: Alex Gazmararian & Zahir Shaikh (7-1, 18)
- California, Berkeley: Nathan Fleming & Miles Gray (7-1, 17)
- Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (6-2, 19)
- Kansas: Jacob Hegna & Nate Martin (6-2, 19)
- Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (6-2, 18)
- Binghamton: James Allan & Jefferey Yan (6-2, 18)
- Oklahoma: Jazmine Pickens & Darius White (6-2, 17)
- Northwestern: Gabriel Jankovsky & Joe Weideman (6-2, 17)
- Wake Forest: Nae Edwards & Roberto Fernandez (6-2, 17)
- Michigan: Jacob Goldschlag & Caitlin Walrath (6-2, 16)
- Oklahoma: Nicolas Juarez & Jacob Smith (6-2, 16)
- Dartmouth: Joseph Estrada & Raam Tambe (5-3, 18)
- Harvard: John Cooper & Ayush Midha (5-3, 17)
- Rutgers, Newark: D. Asafu-Adjaye & R. Hemnarine (5-3, 16)
- Liberty: Michael Harrington & Brianna Thomas (5-3, 15)
- Nevada, Las Vegas: Jeffrey Horn & Ember Smith (5-3, 15)
- Wake Forest: Tessa Harper & Reed Van Schenck (5-3, 15)
- Georgetown: David Bernstein & Raffi Piliero (5-3, 15)
- Louisville: Jahne Benthall & Deontrey Yeargin (5-3, 14)
- Harvard: Michelle Borbon & Emily Gordon (5-3, 14)
- Baylor: Jonas Thrasher-Evans & Greg Zoda (5-3, 14)
- Kansas: Azja Butler & Kenny Delph (5-3, 14)
- Wichita State: Dom Lett & Jamie Welch (5-3, 14)
- Mary Washington: Parker Coon & Gabe Lewis (5-3, 14)
- Georgia: Tripp Haskins & Alyssa Hoover (5-3, 14)
- Nevada, Las Vegas: Reece Aguilar & Brian Warren (5-3, 14)
- Baylor: Alec Ramsey & Elan Wilson (5-3, 13)
- Cal, Berkeley: Nishad Neelakandan & Rahul Ramesh (5-3, 12)
- Indiana: Harry Aaronson & Cameron Dehmlow Dunne (5-3, 12)
Speaker Awards
- Jacob Hegna – University of Kansas
- Athony Trufanov – University of Kentucky
- Harry Aaronson – Indiana University
- Dan Bannister – University of Kentucky
- Caitlin Walrath – University of Michigan
- Brianna Thomas – Liberty University
- Advait Ramanan – University of Georgia
- Miles Gray – University of California, Berkeley
- Swapnil Agrawal – University of Georgia
- Ayush Midha – Harvard University
- Michael Harrington – Liberty University
- Zahir Shaikh – Emory University
- Nae Edwards – Wake Forest University
- Alex Gazmararian – Emory University
- Nathan Rice – University of Georgia
- Jacob Goldschlag – University of Michigan
- Jeffery Horn – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Nicolas Juarez – University of Oklahoma
- Johnnie Stupek – University of Georgia
- Jazmine Pickens – University of Oklahoma
First Round At-Large Bids
- Kansas: Will Katz & Quaram Robinson (11)
- Harvard: Ayush Midha & Hemanth Sanjeev (19)
- Nevada, Las Vegas: Matt Gomez & Jeffrey Horn (35)
- Wake Forest: Charles Athanasopoulos & DJ Williams (40)
- Kentucky: Dan Bannister & Anthony Trufanov (45)
- Emory: Saul Forman & Alex Gazmararian (64)
- Northwestern: Christopher Callahan & Pauline Esman (67)
- Georgia: Swapnil Agrawal & Advait Ramanan (88)
- Southern California: Aron Berger & Hex Larsen (91)
- Georgetown: David Bernstein & Natalie Knez (94)
- Wake Forest: Nae Edwards & Roberto Fernandez (119)
- Central Oklahoma: Derek Hilligoss & Jasmine Stidham (127)
- Harvard: Lev Asimow & Manny Medrano (128)
- Georgia: Nathan Rice & Johnnie Stupek (149)
- Emory: Zahir Shaikh & Gabi Yamout (149)
- Kentucky: Amar Adam & Theo Noparstak (163)