American Moot Court National Championship Tournament University of North Texas Dallas

January 19-20, 2018

ORAL ADVOCACY CHAMPIONSHIP

National Champions Caleb Engle & Chris Baldacci (Patrick Henry College)

Runner-up Henry Filosa & Rebecca Lin (University of Chicago)

Semifinalists Shane Roberts & Clare Downing (Patrick Henry College) Cameron Steckbeck & Jordan Griffith (College of Wooster)

Elite Eight Josh Upham & Hannah Vecseri (Baylor University) Alexandria Cross & Madeline Person (Regent University) Caroline Cordell & Madeline Callaghan (University of Chicago) Thomas Siu & Meridian Paulton (Patrick Henry College)

Sweet Sixteen Brianna Workman & Emma Walsh (St. Thomas University) Jordan Hahn & Isaac Sommers (Howard Payne University) Alex Vance & Brian Poythress (United States Air Force Academy) Emma Walsh & Brianna Workman (St. Thomas University) Elyse Burns & Atteeq Rehman (Loyola University, Chicago) Lakshmi Achari & Sarah Colley (Texas A & M Univeristy)

Sarah Geesaman & Myles Chaney (Hybid – PHC & Long Beach) Samuel Lillemo & Kana Turley (Regent University) Marina Barnes & Brenna Bakke (Patrick Henry College)

Thrilling Thirty Two Macey Mayes & Robert Gassman (University of Louisville) Abigail Taylor & Tyler Shannon (Liberty University) Mindy Vo & Anna Sasaki (California State University, Long Beach) Michael Carboni & Daniel Murphy (College of the Holy Cross) William Bock & Claire Atwood (Patrick Henry College) Julienne Miranda & John Tuley (University of Central Florida) Keely Wright & Sarah Brown (Patrick Henry College) Cooper Millhouse & Kyle Ziemnick (Patrick Henry College) Gabe Klotz & Joshua Atkins (Saginaw Valley State University) Jacob Deutsch & Sarah Reasoner (Eastern Michigan University) Morganne Ramsey & Kennedy Greene (University of Chicago) Evan Loughlin & Samantha Potter (United States Air Force Academy) Dominique Goguen & Jarrod Ryan (St. Thomas University) Chad Wylie & Nathan Wilson (Liberty University) Joel Beacher & Delaney Gold-Diamond (University of Chicago) Andrew Shelton & Nicole Cordaro (Patrick Henry College)

BRIEF-WRITING CHAMPIONSHIP Petitioner:

1) Isaac Sommers/Jordan Hahn—Howard Payne University—93.5 2) Karsyn Keener/Tyler Shannon—Liberty—91.5 3) Jacob Deutsch/Sarah Reasoner—Eastern Michigan—90.5 4) Mindy Vo/Anna Sasaki—Long Beach—90 5) Luke Rodriguez/Charron Varona—Fullerton—89.5 (won tie breaker) 6) Cameron Cerf / Abby Rogers—UNT—89.5 (second in tie breaker) 7) Riley Grinkis/Aidan Horgan—Fitchburg State –89.5 (third in tie breaker) 8) Andrew Pollard/Bailey VanNatta—Baylor—88 (won tiebreaker) 9) Dina Rabinovitz/Parker Chusid—U. of Chicago—88 10) Hannah Wickman/Josh Gurwell—Eastern Michigan—87.5

Respondent:

1) Dawson Honey/Brianna Schmidt—The College of Wooster—94.5 2) Thomas Siu/Christopher Baldacci—PHC—89 3) Emma Walsh/Brianna Workman—St. Thomas—88.5 (won tie breaker) 4) Joshua West/Rachel Kester—Air Force—88.5 (second in tie breaker) 5) Cassidy Wray/Trey Winslett—UNT—88 6) Evan Laughlin/Samantha Potter—Air Force—85.5 7) Jerrid Tisdale/Cierra McKinney—Eastern Michigan—84.5 8) Andrea Poma/Marc Anthony Basurto-Avila –Fullerton—84 9) Elizabeth Main/Emily Stoehr—Wooster—82.5 10) Kathleen Kohler/Hunter Parnell—Air Force—80

There were 88 submissions (55 petitioner/33 respondent). All briefs were scored twice. Where ties existed, a third reader broke the tie.

Orator Rankings 1 388.0000 Christopher Baldacci Patrick Henry College 2 383.6667 Daniel Murphy College of the Holy Cross 3 383.2222 Gabe Klotz Saginaw Valley State University

4 382.3333 Abbie LeBlanc St. Thomas University 5 382.0000 Alexandria Cross Regent University 6 381.6667 Navy Vezina St. Thomas University 7 381.6667 Cooper Millhouse Patrick Henry College 8 381.2222 Arian Ahmadpour Loyola University Chicago 9 380.8889 Kyle Ziemnick Patrick Henry College 10 380.3750 Emma Walsh St. Thomas University 11 380.3750 Clare Downing Patrick Henry College 12 380.1111 Nicole Cordaro Patrick Henry College 13 379.8889 Jordan Hahn Howard Payne University 14 379.7500 Brianna Workman St. Thomas University 15 379.3333 Kennedy Green University of Chicago 16 379.1111 Macey Mayes University of Louisville 17 379.1111 Lindsey Mead Saginaw Valley State University 18 378.4444 Julienne Miranda University of Central Florida 19 378.3333 Dina Rabinowitz University of Chicago 20 378.2222 Chad Wylie Liberty University 21 378.2222 Isaac Sommers Howard Payne University 22 378.0000 Ateeq Rehman Loyola University Chicago 23 378.0000 Shane Roberts Patrick Henry College 24 377.8889 Delaney Gold-Diamond University of Chicago 25 377.3333 Janson Requist Colorado Christian University 26 377.2222 Michael Carboni College of the Holy Cross 27 376.4444 Dasha Kolyaskina University of Louisville 28 376.1111 Morganne Ramsey University of Chicago 29 376.0000 Caleb Engle Patrick Henry College 30 375.0000 Meridian Paulton Patrick Henry College 31 375.0000 Samantha Potter United States Air Force Academy 32 375.0000 Nathan Wilson Liberty University 33 375.0000 Jarrod Ryan St. Thomas University 34 374.6667 John Tuley University of Central Florida 35 374.5000 Hannah Vecseri Baylor University 36 374.3333 Thomas Siu Patrick Henry College 37 374.2222 Madeline Person Regent University 38 374.2222 Elyse Burns Loyola University Chicago 39 374.1111 Madeline Callaghan University of Chicago 40 374.0000 Mindy Vo California State University, Long Beach

41 373.8889 Joel Beacher University of Chicago 42 373.8750 Jessica Wollum Regent University 43 373.5556 Karsyn Keener Liberty University 44 373.5000 Josh Upham Baylor University 45 373.4000 Spencer Caron College of the Holy Cross 46 373.0000 Corey Jones Liberty University 47 373.0000 Tyler Shannon Liberty University 48 372.8889 Brenna Bakke Patrick Henry College 49 372.7778 Anna Sasaki California State University, Long Beach 50 372.6667 Connor Medina California State University, Fullerton 51 372.2000 Cassidy Wray University of North Texas 52 371.8889 Sebastian Campbell University of Central Florida 53 371.4444 Tolly Colby College of Wooster 54 370.7778 Joshua Atkins Saginaw Valley State University 55 370.7500 Sarah Reasoner Eastern Michigan University 56 370.6667 Kana Turley Regent University 57 370.5556 Robert Gassman University of Louisville 58 370.5556 Sarah Geesaman Hybrid 59 370.4444 Jordan Griffith College of Wooster 60 370.2222 Marina Barnes Patrick Henry College 61 369.8889 Caroline Cordell University of Chicago 62 369.7778 Lillian Spikings Loyola University Chicago 63 369.4444 Audrey Schoenike Youngstown State University 64 369.3333 Olivia Ricketts St. Thomas University 65 369.1111 Michael Clement Bentley University 66 369.1000 Ryan Parslow College of the Holy Cross 67 369.0000 Claire Atwood Patrick Henry College 68 368.7778 Rebecca Lin University of Chicago 69 368.6667 Shelley Grostefon College of Wooster 70 368.6667 Mellicent Costarella Youngstown State University 71 368.4444 Stephanie Dorris University of Chicago 72 368.4000 Trey Winslett University of North Texas 73 368.0000 Maha Rashid College of Wooster 74 367.5556 Luke Rodriguez California State University, Fullerton 75 367.3333 Chelsey Wilson Liberty University 76 367.2222 Oria Daugherty College of Wooster 77 367.1250 Michael McWaters University of Central Florida

78 367.1111 Tyler King Colorado Christian University 79 367.0000 Dominique Goguen St. Thomas University 80 367.0000 Erik Glasgow Youngstown State University 81 367.0000 Cayla Miller Liberty University 82 366.6667 Kathleen Kohler United States Air Force Academy 83 366.6667 Marissa Snyder Youngstown State University 84 366.6000 Abigail Barnes Cedarville University 85 366.4444 Abigail Taylor Liberty University 86 366.3333 Isabella Davis Youngstown State University 87 366.1111 Jrew Brickel Saginaw Valley State University 88 366.0000 Jasper Noble University of Louisville 89 366.0000 Levi Gross Cedarville University 90 365.8889 Logan Kirkpatrick Duke University 91 365.5000 Dawson Honey College of Wooster 92 365.2222 Kathleen Edmiston University of Chicago 93 365.2222 Isabel Ivanescu Duke University 94 364.3333 Charron Varona California State University, Fullerton 95 364.3000 Victoria Magallanes University of North Texas 96 364.1111 Amitav Kamani University of Virginia 97 364.1000 Brianna Schmidt College of Wooster 98 364.0000 Lakshmi Achari Texas A&M University 99 363.8889 Mia Tolliver University of Louisiana 100 363.8889 Willem McGee College of the Holy Cross 101 363.5556 Brandon Velez University of Virginia 102 363.4444 Coral Ciupak College of Wooster 103 363.4444 Megan Snyder Liberty University 104 363.3750 Jacob Deutsch Eastern Michigan University 105 363.3333 Kevin Forbes Bentley University 106 363.2222 Elizabeth Tuck St. Thomas University 107 363.1429 William Bock Patrick Henry College 108 363.1250 Hannah Liemo Regent University 109 362.8889 Henry Filosa University of Chicago 110 362.8000 Sarah Colley Texas A&M University 111 362.6667 Cameron Steckbeck College of Wooster 112 362.0000 Matthew Murphy Fitchburg State University 113 362.0000 Brian Duricy Youngstown State University 114 362.0000 Alex Vance United States Air Force Academy

115 361.7778 Natalie DeCoste College of the Holy Cross 116 361.6667 Brian Poythress United States Air Force Academy 117 361.6667 Abbey Block Texas Christian University 118 361.5000 Evan Loughlin United States Air Force Academy 119 361.1111 Alexa Gorman Liberty University 120 361.0000 Avery Broome University of Chicago 121 360.5556 Andrew Shelton Patrick Henry College 122 360.3333 Sarah Brown Patrick Henry College 123 360.2222 Blacin Doucet University of Louisiana 124 360.1111 Keely Wright Patrick Henry College 125 359.7000 Victoria Nevarez University of North Texas 126 359.4444 Charlotte Troyan University of Virginia 127 359.3333 Vittoria Calello University of Central Florida 128 359.1111 Myles Chaney Hybrid 129 359.1000 Nathan Guerro California State University, Fullerton 130 358.7000 Rana Salem California State University, Fullerton 131 358.3750 Danielle Hoyer University of Central Florida 132 357.8889 Jill Leslie Texas Christian University 133 357.7778 Heather Hartmann College of Wooster 134 357.7500 Chelsea Strawn Baylor University 135 357.5556 Francisco Alvarez Lamar University 136 357.1111 Jamin Enquist Liberty University 137 357.1111 Peter Allevato Colorado Christian University 138 357.0000 A.J. Temple University of Virginia 139 356.7778 Hunter Parnell United States Air Force Academy 140 356.5556 William Martin Colorado Christian University 141 356.4444 Claire Jenkins California State University, Fullerton 142 355.8889 Michael Brunetti Duke University 143 355.7778 Griffin Keller University of Virginia 144 355.2222 Aaron Lozano Texas A&M University 145 354.3750 Aislinn Sroczynski University of Tampa 146 354.2500 Greg Abel Baylor University 147 354.0000 Riley Grinkis Fitchburg State University 148 353.7500 Kelly Brennan St. Thomas University 149 353.2222 Aidan Horgan Fitchburg State University 150 352.6250 Elizabeth Lapp Liberty University 151 351.4444 Samuel Lillemo Regent University

152 350.8889 Anthony Ferrari Fitchburg State University 153 349.6250 Vanessa Gungor University of Tampa 154 348.4444 Jacob Chasen Duke University 155 347.1111 Sannika Reddy Texas A&M University 156 346.5000 Laura Robinson St. Thomas University 157 346.3333 Camille Xavier St. Thomas University 158 345.6667 Robert Root Lamar University 159 344.2222 Will Gorick University of Virginia 160 331.0000 Emily Williams St. Thomas University

Final Preliminary Round Rankings Rank Team School Ballots CombStr PD 1 Jordan Hahn Isaac Sommer s ( Team 109 ) Howard Payne University 6.000 6.000 (75.333) W:3 T:0 L:0 2 Christopher Baldacci Caleb Engle ( Team 107 ) Patrick Henry College 6.000 6.000 (37.167) W:3 T:0 L:0 3 Sarah Geesaman Myles Chaney ( Team 201 ) Hybrid 5.667 6.333 (24.667) W:3 T:0 L:0 4 Emma Walsh Brianna Workma n ( Team 105 ) St. Thomas University 5.340 6.660 (31.833)

W:3 T:0 L:0 5 Alexandria Cross Madeline Person ( Team 404 ) Regent University 5.340 6.660 (30.667) W:3 T:0 L:0 6 Gabe Klotz Joshua Atkin s ( Team 211 ) Saginaw Valley State University 5.340 6.660 (22.167) W:3 T:0 L:0 7 Dominique Goguen Jarrod Ryan ( Team 208 ) St. Thomas University 5.340 6.660 (21.167) W:3 T:0 L:0 8 Michael Carboni Daniel Murphy ( Team 114 ) College of the Holy Cross 5.340 6.660 (17.833) W:3 T:0 L:0

9 Shane Roberts Clare Downing ( Team 101 ) Patrick Henry College 5.340 5.980 (29.667) W:3 T:0 L:0 10 Chad Wylie Nathan Wilso n ( Team 302 ) Liberty University 5.340 5.980 (22.667) W:3 T:0 L:0

11 Cameron Steckbeck Jordan Griffith ( Team 111 ) College of Wooster 4.680 7.320 (24.333) W:3 T:0 L:0 12 Keely Wright Sarah Brown ( Team 103 ) Patrick Henry College 4.680 7.320 (13.667) W:3 T:0 L:0 13 Rebecca Lin Henry Filosa ( Team 209 ) University of Chicago 4.680 7.320 (8.833) W:3 T:0 L:0 14 Morganne Ramsey Kennedy Green ( Team 115 ) University of Chicago 4.680 7.320 (25.000) W:3 T:0 L:0 15 Marina Barnes Patrick Henry College 4.674 7.326 (21.000) 1/25/2018 American Collegiate Moot Court Association http://moot.fitchburgstate.edu/national/showResultsP.shtml 2/5 Brenna Bakke ( Team 116 ) W:3 T:0 L:0 16 Josh Upham Hannah Vecse ri ( Team 104 ) Baylor University 5.000 7.000 (20.667)

W:2 T:1 L:0 17 Abigail Taylor Tyler Shannon ( Team 218 ) Liberty University 4.660 7.340 (48.333) W:2 T:0 L:1 18 Joel Beacher Delaney GoldDiam ond ( Team 305 ) University of Chicago 4.660 7.340 (17.500) W:2 T:0 L:1 19 Caroline Cordell Madeline Callaghan ( Team 120 ) University of Chicago 4.333 7.667 (25.333) W:2 T:0 L:1 20 Julienne Miranda John Tuley ( Team 213 ) University of Central Florida 4.327 7.673 (17.833) W:2 T:0 L:1 21 Elyse Burns Ateeq Rehma n ( Team 108 ) Loyola University Chicago 4.000 8.000 (21.333) W:2 T:0 L:1 22 Arian Ahmadpour Lillian Spikings ( Team 315 ) Loyola University Chicago 4.000 8.000 (14.833)

W:2 T:0 L:1 23 Meridian Paulton Thomas Siu ( Team 318 ) Patrick Henry College 4.000 7.340 (12.667) W:2 T:0 L:1 24 Michael McWaters Danielle Hoyer ( Team 306 ) University of Central Florida 3.680 8.320 (9.667) W:2 T:1 L:0 25 William Martin Peter Allevato ( Team 410 ) Colorado Christian University 3.340 8.660 (1.333) W:2 T:0 L:1 26 Samuel Lillemo Kana Turley ( Team 319 ) Regent University 3.340 9.320 (0.167) W:2 T:0 L:1 27 Michael Clement Kevin Forbes ( Team 413 ) Bentley University 3.340 8.660 (41.667) W:2 T:0 L:1 28 Cooper Millhouse Kyle Ziemnick ( Team 117 ) Patrick Henry College 3.340 8.660 (18.667) W:2 T:0 L:1

29 Spencer Caron Ryan Parslow ( Team 307 ) College of the Holy Cross 3.340 8.660 (18.000) W:2 T:0 L:1 30 Shelley Grostefon Coral Ciupak ( Team 312 ) College of Wooster 3.340 8.660 (12.500) W:2 T:0 L:1 31 Marissa Snyder Audrey Schoenike ( Team 113 ) Youngstown State University 3.340 8.660 (11.500) W:2 T:0 L:1 32 Macey Mayes Robert Gassman ( Team 314 ) University of Louisville 3.340 8.660 (5.333) W:2 T:0 L:1 33 Mellicent Costarella Isabella Davis ( Team 309 ) Youngstown State University 3.340 8.660 (7.500) W:2 T:0 L:1 34 Andrew Shelton Nicole Cordaro ( Team 118 ) Patrick Henry College 3.340 8.000 (14.667) W:2 T:0 L:1 35

Jacob Deutsch Sarah Reasoner ( Team 119 ) Eastern Michigan University 2.680 9.980 (10.833) W:2 T:0 L:1 36 Cayla Miller Elizabeth Lap p ( Team 419 ) Liberty University 2.680 6.660 (21.500) W:2 T:0 L:1 37 Evan Loughlin Samantha Potter ( Team 304 ) United States Air Force Academy 3.660 8.340 (28.000) W:1 T:1 L:1 38 William Bock Claire Atwood ( Team 106 ) Patrick Henry College 3.340 8.660 (19.333) W:1 T:2 L:0 39 Logan Kirkpatrick Isabel Ivanescu ( Team 110 ) Duke University 3.320 8.680 (17.333) W:1 T:0 L:2 40 Lakshmi Achari Sarah Colley ( Team 202 ) Texas A&M University 3.320 8.680 (9.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 41 Hannah Liemo

Jessica Wollum ( Team 112 ) Regent University 3.320 8.680 (1.500) W:1 T:0 L:2 42 Alex Vance Brian Poythres s ( Team 215 ) United States Air Force Academy 3.320 8.680 (4.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 43 Mindy Vo Anna Sasak i ( Team 203 ) California State University, Long Beach 3.000 9.000 (5.000) W:1 T:1 L:1 44 Erik Glasgow Brian Duricy ( Team 102 ) Youngstown State University 3.000 9.680 (0.667) W:1 T:1 L:1 45 Kathleen Kohler Hunter Parnell ( Team 316 ) United States Air Force Academy 2.660 9.340 (23.667) W:1 T:0 L:2 46 Navy Vezina Abbie LeBlanc ( Team 207 ) St. Thomas University 2.660 9.340 (18.833) W:1 T:0 L:2 47 Chelsey Wilson Alexa Gorman

( Team 408 ) Liberty University 2.660 9.340 (7.667) W:1 T:0 L:2 48 Abbey Block Jill Leslie ( Team 210 ) Texas Christian University 2.660 9.340 (18.667) W:1 T:0 L:2 49 Olivia Ricketts Elizabeth Tuck ( Team 402 ) St. Thomas University 2.660 9.340 (27.500) W:1 T:0 L:2 50 Claire Jenkins Connor Medina ( Team 220 ) California State University, Fullerton 2.660 8.660 (8.500) W:1 T:0 L:2 51 Victoria Magallanes Victoria Nevarez ( Team 405 ) University of North Texas 2.493 9.507 (16.333) W:1 T:0 L:2 52 Lindsey Mead Jrew Brickel ( Team 206 ) Saginaw Valley State University 2.327 9.673 (14.333) W:1 T:0 L:2 53 Nathan Guerro Rana Salem

( Team 205 ) California State University, Fullerton 2.173 9.827 (28.333) W:1 T:0 L:2 54 Levi Gross Abigail Barnes ( Team 214 ) Cedarville University 2.160 9.840 (3.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 55 Greg Abel Chelsea Straw n ( Team 301 ) Baylor University 2.000 10.680 (7.667) W:1 T:0 L:2 56 Luke Rodriguez Charron Varona ( Team 217 ) California State University, Fullerton 2.000 10.000 (1.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 57 Sebastian Campbell Vittoria Calello ( Team 310 ) University of Central Florida 2.000 10.000 (4.333) W:1 T:0 L:2 58 Willem McGee Natalie DeCoste ( Team 212 ) College of the Holy Cross 2.000 10.000 (10.833) W:1 T:0 L:2 59 Jacob Chasen Michael Brunett i ( Team 303 )

Duke University 2.000 10.000 (19.833) W:1 T:0 L:2 60 Dawson Honey Brianna Schmid t ( Team 216 ) College of Wooster 1.500 10.500 (5.667) W:1 T:0 L:2 61 Jamin Enquist Karsyn Keener ( Team 320 ) Liberty University 1.340 10.660 (21.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 62 Brandon Velez A.J. Temple ( Team 411 ) University of Virginia 1.340 10.660 (35.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 63 Heather Hartmann Maha Rashid ( Team 204 ) College of Wooster 1.340 10.660 (38.167) W:1 T:0 L:2 64 Will Gorick Amitav Kaman i ( Team 417 ) University of Virginia 1.340 10.660 (49.833) W:1 T:0 L:2 65 Janson Requist Tyler King ( Team 317 ) Colorado Christian University 1.980 10.020 (11.167)

W:0 T:0 L:3 66 Aislinn Sroczynski Vanessa Gungor ( Team 415 ) University of Tampa 1.660 10.340 (24.833) W:0 T:1 L:2 67 Trey Winslett Cassidy Wray ( Team 219 ) University of North Texas 1.660 11.020 (3.000) W:0 T:1 L:2 68 Dasha Kolyaskina Jasper Noble ( Team 403 ) University of Louisville 1.660 10.340 (25.000) W:0 T:1 L:2 69 Dina Rabinowitz Avery Broome ( Team 420 ) University of Chicago 1.320 13.340 (28.000) W:0 T:0 L:3 70 Stephanie Dorris Kathleen Edmiston ( Team 311 ) University of Chicago 1.320 10.680 (7.000) W:0 T:0 L:3 71 Oria Daugherty College of Wooster 0.993 11.007 (25.500) W:0 T:0 L:3 1/25/2018 American Collegiate Moot Court Association http://moot.fitchburgstate.edu/national/showResultsP.shtml 5/5

Tolly Colby ( Team 406 ) 72 Laura Robinson Kelly Brennan ( Team 409 ) St. Thomas University 0.660 11.340 (22.833) W:0 T:0 L:3 73 Aidan Horgan Riley Grinkis ( Team 313 ) Fitchburg State University 0.660 11.340 (25.000) W:0 T:0 L:3 74 Blacin Doucet Mia Tolliver ( Team 401 ) University of Louisiana 0.660 11.340 (28.833) W:0 T:0 L:3 75 Corey Jones Megan Snyde r ( Team 407 ) Liberty University 0.660 11.340 (31.333) W:0 T:0 L:3 76 Matthew Murphy Anthony Ferrari ( Team 418 ) Fitchburg State University 0.660 11.340 (42.167) W:0 T:0 L:3 77 Francisco Alvarez Robert Root ( Team 412 ) Lamar University 0.660 11.340 (57.000)

W:0 T:0 L:3 78 Charlotte Troyan Griffin Keller ( Team 416 ) University of Virginia 0.500 11.500 (43.667) W:0 T:0 L:3 79 Sannika Reddy Aaron Lozano ( Team 414 ) Texas A&M University 0.500 11.500 (58.333) W:0 T:0 L:3 80 Emily Williams Camille Xavier ( Team 308 ) St. Thomas University 0.333 11.667 (80.833) W:0 T:0 L:3