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78th National Debate Tournament

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

April 5 – 8, 2024

 

Resolved: The United States should restrict its nuclear forces in one or more of the following ways: adopting a nuclear no-first-use policy; eliminating one or more of the legs of its nuclear triad; disarming its nuclear forces.

Winner: University of Michigan – Bennett Dombcik & Kelly Phil
Runner Up: University of Kansas – Graham Revare & William Soper

Top Speaker: Grace Kessler – Emory University
Runner Up: Shreyas Rajagopal – Emory University

Copeland Award: Emory University – Grace Kessler & Shreyas Rajagopal
Runner Up: University of Michigan – Bennett Dombcik & Kelly Phil

Host: Mikaela Malsin – Emory University
Director: Gordon Stables – University of Southern California

Ovid Davis Award: Aaron Kall – University of Michigan
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Sherry Hall – University of Houston
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Deven Cooper – California State University, Long Beach
Laurence Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award: John Patrick Dolan
James J. Unger Coaching Award: Mikaela Malsin – Emory University
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Edward Panetta, University of Georgia

Elim Seeds

  1. Emory: Grace Kessler & Shreyas Rajagopal (7-1, 21)
  2. Kansas: Graham Revare & William Soper (7-1, 20)
  3. Texas: Het Desai & Arnav Kashyap (7-1, 18)
  4. Michigan: Bennett Dombcik & Kelly Phil (7-1, 18)
  5. CSU Long Beach: Diego Flores & Curtis Ortega (6-2, 19)
  6. Dartmouth: Holland Bald & Nora Cai (6-2, 19)
  7. Kentucky: Jordan Di & David Griffith (6-2, 18)
  8. Emory: Henry Mitchell & Bella Piekut (6-2, 17)
  9. Georgetown: Kumail Zaidi & Zachary Zinober (6-2, 17)
  10. Georgetown: Connelly Cowan & Adam White (6-2, 17)
  11. Emory: Daniel Gallagher & Margaret Hecht (6-2, 17)
  12. Wichita State: Thomas Babcock & Travis Babcock (6-2, 15)
  13. Georgetown: Kieran Lawless & Zidao Wang (5-3, 17)
  14. Wake Forest: Sebastian Cho & Dimarvin Puerto (5-3, 17)
  15. Binghamton: Akif Choudhury & Eli T. Louis (5-3, 16)
  16. Northwestern: Max Chuang & Akash Deo (5-3, 16)
  1. California – Berkeley: Nick Fleming & Taylor Tsan (5-3, 16)
  2. Harvard: Christian Gines & Oge Ogbogu (5-3, 15)
  3. Northwestern: Antonio Souchet & Nik Stamenkovic Diez (5-3, 15)
  4. Macalester: Will Kochel & Sam Price (5-3, 15)
  5. Michigan State: David Koster & Stephen Lewis (5-3, 15)
  6. Houston: Kiran Khan & Parker Traxler (5-3, 15)
  7. Kansas: John Marshall & Jiyoon Park (5-3, 14)
  8. Wake Forest: Gene Bressler & Alex Mojica (5-3, 14)
  9. California – Berkeley: Emilio Menotti & Riley Reichel (5-3, 14)
  10. Wake Forest: Raunak Dua & Jazmyn Luckett (5-3, 13)
  11. Michigan: Natalie Gao & Conner Shih (5-3, 13)
  12. Pennsylvania: Maya El-Sharif & Armaan Yarlagadda (5-3, 13)
  13. Michigan State: Joanna Gusis & Tony Miklovis (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Grace Kessler – Emory University
  2. Shreyas Rajagopal – Emory University
  3. Kelly Phil – University of Michigan
  4. Diego Flores – California State University, Long Beach
  5. Het Desai – University of Texas
  6. Zidao Wang – Georgetown University
  7. Kieran Lawless – Georgetown University
  8. Graham Revare – University of Kansas
  9. William Soper – University of Kansas
  10. Arnav Kashyap – University of Texas
  11. Curtis Ortega – California State University, Long Beach
  12. Kumail Zaidi – Georgetown University
  13. David Griffith – University of Kentucky
  14. Henry Mitchell – Emory University
  15. Oge Ogbogu – Harvard University
  16. Eli T. Louis – Binghamton University
  17. Ryan Cavanaugh – University of Iowa
  18. John Marshall – University of Kansas
  19. Maya El-Sharif – University of Pennsylvania
  20. Bennett Dombcik – University of Michigan

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Emory: Grace Kessler & Shreyas Rajagopal (15)
  2. Michigan: Bennett Dombcik & Kelly Phil (16)
  3. CSU Long Beach: Diego Flores & Curtis Ortega (31)
  4. Georgetown: Kieran Lawless & Zidao Wang (42)
  5. Texas: Het Desai & Arnav Kashyap (47)
  6. Wake Forest: Raunak Dua & Jazmyn Luckett (70)
  7. Harvard: Sam Church & Chanden Climaco (74)
  8. Kansas: John Marshall & Jiyoon Park (76)
  9. Kansas: Graham Revare & William Soper (95)
  10. Kentucky: Jordan Di & David Griffith (105)
  11. Harvard: Christian Gines & Oge Ogbogu (111)
  12. Dartmouth: Holland Bald & Nora Cai (119)
  13. Emory: Henry Mitchell & Bella Piekut (122)
  14. Michigan State: Joanna Gusis & Tony Miklovis (134)
  15. Michigan: Natalie Gao & Conner Shih (150)
  16. Northwestern: Max Chuang & Akash Deo (170)

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