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75th National Debate Tournament

Harvard Debate Council

Online

March 25 – 30, 2021

 

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should reduce its alliance commitments with Japan, the Republic of Korea, North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states, and/or the Republic of the Philippines, by at least substantially limiting the conditions under which its defense pact can be activated.

Winner: Dartmouth College – Raam Tambe & Tyler Vergho
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Rafael Pierry & Giorgio Rabbini

Top Speaker: Azja Butler – University of Kansas
Runner Up: Nate Martin – University of Kansas

Copeland Award: Dartmouth College – Raam Tambe & Tyler Vergho
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Rafael Pierry & Giorgio Rabbini

Host: Tripp Rebrovick – Harvard University
Director: Sarah Partlow Lefebvre – Idaho State University

Ovid Davis Award: John Turner – Dartmouth College
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Matthew Vega – University of Missouri, Kansas City
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Jacob Thompson – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Laurence Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award: Erwin Chemerinsky
James J. Unger Coaching Award: John Turner – Dartmouth College
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Eric Morris – Missouri State University

Overall Points Winner:
Varsity Points Winner:
Community College Points Winner:

Elim Seeds

  1. Kansas: Azja Butler & Ross Fitzpatrick (8-0, 19 ballots)
  2. Northwestern: Nina Fridman & Timothy Wegener (7-1, 21)
  3. Dartmouth: Raam Tambe & Tyler Vergho (7-1, 20)
  4. Kansas: Mickey McMahon & Michael Scott (7-1, 18)
  5. Michigan: Rafael Pierry & Giorgio Rabbini (6-2, 19)
  6. Kansas: Nate Martin & Graham Revare (6-2, 19)
  7. Emory: Eugenia Giampetruzzi & Grace Kessler (6-2, 17)
  8. Cal State Fullerton: Jared Burke & Vontrez White (6-2, 17)
  9. Wake Forest: Roberto Fernandez & Tessa Harper (6-2, 16)
  10. Southern California: Julian Kuffour & Kevin Sun (6-2, 16)
  11. Wake Forest: Ana Bittner & Ari Davidson (6-2, 16)
  12. Wake Forest: Ruby Klein & Alex Marban (6-2, 16)
  13. Kentucky: Jordan Di & David Griffith (6-2, 16)
  14. Harvard: Samar Ahmad & Aden Barton (5-3, 17)
  15. California, Berkeley: Julian Bellavita & Katie Wimsatt (5-3, 16)
  16. Dartmouth: Nicholas Mancini & Arvind Shankar (5-3, 16)
  1. Minnesota: Josiah Ferguson & Bryce Rao (5-3, 15)
  2. George Mason: Eliza Buckner & Noah Graham (5-3, 15)
  3. George Mason: Nick Loew & Ian Morris (5-3, 15)
  4. Michigan: Kelly Phil & Brandon Stras (5-3, 14)
  5. Georgetown: Bernard Medeiros & Zidao Wang (5-3, 14)
  6. Cal, Berkeley: Mark Eusterman & Michael Eusterman (5-3, 14)
  7. Michigan: Jeremy Margolin & Ethan Muse (5-3, 13)
  8. Liberty: Morgan Copeland & Natalie Robinson (5-3, 13)
  9. Dartmouth: Madeline Gochee & Ali Safieddine (5-3, 13)
  10. Pittsburgh: Christian Mendoza & Kwudjwa Osei (5-3, 12)
  11. Pittsburgh: Zachary Lim & Alex Reznik (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Azja Butler – University of Kansas
  2. Nate Martin – University of Kansas
  3. Nina Fridman – Northwestern University
  4. Rafael Pierry – University of Michigan
  5. Raam Tambe – Dartmouth College
  6. Eugenia Giampetruzzi – Emory University
  7. Tyler Vergho – Dartmouth College
  8. Tessa Harper – Wake Forest University
  9. Grace Kessler – Emory University
  10. Roberto Fernandez – Wake Forest University
  11. Giorgio Rabbini – University of Michigan
  12. Graham Revare – University of Kansas
  13. Julian Kuffour – University of Southern California
  14. Katie Wimsatt – University of California, Berkeley
  15. Ari Davidson – Wake Forest University
  16. Ruby Klein – Wake Forest University
  17. Vontrez White – California State University, Fullerton
  18. Kevin Sun – University of Southern California
  19. Het Desai – University of Texas
  20. Kenji Aoki – Harvard University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Dartmouth: Raam Tambe & Tyler Vergho (10)
  2. Michigan: Rafael Pierry & Giorgio Rabbini (22)
  3. Emory: Eugenia Giampetruzzi & Grace Kessler (28)
  4. Kansas: Nate Martin & Graham Revare (43)
  5. Northwestern: Nina Fridman & Timothy Wegener (47)
  6. Southern California: Julian Kuffour & Kevin Sun (70)
  7. Michigan: Kelly Phil & Brandon Stras (73)
  8. Wake Forest: Ruby Klein & Alex Marban (85)
  9. Harvard: Kenji Aoki & Anna Farronay (95)
  10. Louisville: Raveen Bryant & Deontrey Yeargin (111)
    ***  Michigan: Jeremy Margolin & Ethan Muse (115)
  11. Wake Forest: Roberto Fernandez & Tessa Harper (122)
  12. Texas: Het Desai & Zachary Watts (132)
  13. California, Berkeley: Julian Bellavita & Katie Wimsatt (140)
  14. Kentucky: Jordan Di & David Griffith (145)
  15. Kansas: Azja Butler & Ross Fitzpatrick (154)
    ***  Wake Forest: Ana Bittner & Ari Davidson (157)
  16. Emory: Andrew Pak & Shreyas Rajagopal (181)

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

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