[eDebate] KENTUCKY HENRY CLAY DEBATES

[JW Patterson]

PRESEASON NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND TOP SPEAKER AWARDS

Approximately 125 collegiate debate teams will participate in the 35th
annual Henry Clay College Debates in Lexington this weekend.  The events
include the "Pre-Season Novice National Championship," as well as the "Top
Novice Speaker Award."  The following are vying for the Pre-Season Novice
National Championship.  The next list will include novice debaters who are
debating with upper classmen but are eligible for the top novice speaker
award.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Shane Avidan and Kirby Liu
Caroline Harkins and Shawn Hiner-Leamon

EMORY UNIVERSITY
Nick Miller & Pradeep Pramanick
Thi Lam & Daniyal Inumallah
Tye Taveras & Vickie Stipick

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Raymond Tolentino and Trevor Howell

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Duncan Meisel/Roi Ceren

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Brent Hamilton/Melissa Hanna

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Ralph Paone and Kavita Kannan
Rebecca Friedman and Eric Lu

KANSAS UNIVERSITY
Kasten/Press*

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Erika Jerwick and Danny Farra

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Zack Brown and John Warden
Nathan Baum and Robbie Mulholland
Cameron Conner and Sasha Tuzel

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Chad Macumber & Erin Ramsey

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Seungwon Chung and Forrest Pearce
Alex Lamballe and Seth Gannon

In addition to the above Novice Debaters, the following, who are debating
with upperclassmen, will still be eligible for the Top Novice Speaker award.

William Landau -- University of Alabama
Chris Rooney -- Baylor University
Chipp Schwaab -- Emory University
Sam Iola -- UC Santa Cruz
Cameron O'Bannon -- Georgetown University
Jon Williamson -- Gonzaga University
Anusha Deshpande -- Harvard University
Tripp Rebrovick -- Harvard University
Kevin Weick -- Miami (OH) University
Aaron Vinson -- Miami (OH) University
Mike Richardson -- Miami (OH) University
Jon Gair -- Miami (OH) University
Garrett Ablekop -- Michigan State University
Amit Bindra -- Michigan State University
Stuart Crichton -- Northwestern
Clare Velasquez -- University of Southern California
Rohit Nath -- Wake Forest University
KC Vernon -- University of Wyoming

Sincerely,

JW Patterson
Tournament Director