American Moot Court National Championship Tournament Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA January 17-18, 2020

ORAL ADVOCACY CHAMPIONSHIP

National Champions: 456 Eastern Michigan University (Kelsey Hall & Charles Graham III)

Runner Up: 431 Bentley University (Isabella Burrell & Dana Polihovsky)

Semifinals: 434 Liberty University (Corey Jones & Alyssa Rumbuc) 448 University of Southern California (Harmon Gill & Shauli Bar-On)

Quarterfinals: 402 Youngstown State University (Samantha Fritz & Jacob Tomory) 416 Patrick Henry College (Andrew Shelton & Emil Meintjes) 406 Colorado Christian University (Janson Requist & Courtney Reanier) 412 College of Wooster (Cecilia Payne & Elyse Evans)

“Sweet Sixteen”: 426 Patrick Henry College (James Dunning & Tyler Dunning) 458 University of North Texas (Ty Hayes & Cassidy Wray) 470 Morehouse College (Kenyon Spotts & Jonathan Dixon) 467 Liberty University (Dalton Davis & Kayla Sargent) 415 University of Chicago (Henry Filosa & Anna Selbrede) 413 Cal State University, Long Beach (Vaishalee Chaudhary & Marco Romero) 464 University of South Florida (Anna Zomer & Trace Gerber) 401 Patrick Henry College (Marina Barnes & Kyle Ziemnick)

Double Octofinal: 442 Regent University (Ashley Turner & Caleb Cummings) 404 Youngstown State University (Michael Factor & Moataz Abdelrasoul) 429 Patrick Henry College (Isaac Bock & Hope Turner) 462 Cal State University, Fullerton (Marisol Alvarez & Ian Finley) 443 Michigan State University (Christopher Shanley & Madison Van Natter) 410 University of North Texas (Hillary Shah & Huzaifa Siddiqui) 421 University of Central Florida (Michael McWaters& Danielle Hoyer) 427 University of Georgia (Gigi Scerbo & Rosa Brown) 454 St. Thomas University (Megan Cormier & Grace Baker) 423 University of Central Florida (Connor DiMatteo & John Tuley) 471 Loyola University, Chicago (Quentin Arnold & Will Baker) 407 St. Thomas University (Husoni Raymond & Elizabeth Tuck) 408 Patrick Henry College (Elle Reynolds & Beckett Milhouse) 477 Patrick Henry College (David Bainbridge & Riley Anderson) 472 Regent University (Kana Turley & Grayson Smith) 459 San Francisco State University (Aaron Gamez & Owen Nelson)

BRIEF-WRITING CHAMPIONSHIP

Petitioner: 1) Ema Shipe/Jacob Smith—Patrick Henry College 2) Tyler Long/Joel Erickson—Wheaton College (Illinois) 3) Ian Fisher/Navdeep Sidhu— California State University, Fullerton 4) Alyssa Canova/Sophia Cefolia—University of Louisiana, Lafayette 5) Marisol Alvarez/Ian Finely— California State University, Fullerton 6) Tina Pham/Abigail Richards-Hatton—San Francisco State University 7) Shauli Bar-On/Harmon Gill—University of Southern California 8) Vaishalee Chaudhary/Marco Romero—Cal State University, Long Beach 9) Samantha Beauchamp/Crystal Aneke—Fitchburg State University 10) Lillian Hong/Bertrand—University of Chicago

Respondent: 1) Amanda Shoemaker/Sally Kim—Bentley University 2) James Dunning/Tyler Dunning—Patrick Henry College 3) Amanda Botelho/Barry Klein— Cal State University, Long Beach 4) Justin Weller/Lindsey Mead—Saginaw Valley State University 5) Jennifer Nakano/Lauren Petierkin—California State University, Fullerton 6) Nicholas Suchezky/Monica Laschober—Eastern Michigan University 7) Matthew Murphy/Matthew Badagliacca—Fitchburg State University 8) Michael McWaters/Danielle Hoyer—University of Central Florida 9) Brianna Schmidt/Tim Cotter—College of Wooster 11) Megan Cistulli/Owen Nelson— San Francisco State University Individual Orator Rankings

1(tie) 383.5 Alyssa Rumbuc Liberty University 1(tie) 383.5 Amber John College of the Holy Cross 3 380.8333 Charles Graham III Eastern Michigan University 4 380.6667 Will Hamilton College of the Holy Cross 5 380.5 Jacob Tomory Youngstown State University 6 380.3333 Ty Hayes University of North Texas 7 379.8333 Ian Finley California State University, Fullerton 8 379.3333 Cheyenne Elliott Baylor University 9 379.1667 Brandon Case St. Thomas University 10 378 Victor Huertas University of North Texas 11 377.3333 Harmon Gill University of Southern California 12 376.6667 Amanda Botelho California State University, Long Beach 13 376.5 Tyler Dunning Patrick Henry College 14 375.5 Burke Craighead Baylor University 15 375.5 Victoria Nevarez University of North Texas 16 375.3333 Ashley Turner Regent University 17 374.8333 Lindsey Mead Saginaw Valley State University 18 374.6667 Henry Filosa University of Chicago 19 373.3333 Corey Jones Liberty University 20 373 Christopher Shanley Michigan State University 21 373 Willem McGee College of the Holy Cross 22 372.6667 Matthew Pryor United States Air Force Academy 23 371.5 James Dunning Patrick Henry College 24 371.5 Moataz Abdelrasoul Youngstown State University 25 370.5 Kana Turley Regent University 26 370.1667 Spencer Caron College of the Holy Cross 27 370 Hillary Shah University of North Texas 28 370 Anna Zomer University of South Florida 29 369.8333 Shauli Bar-On University of Southern California 30 369.5 Michael Factor Youngstown State University 31 369.3333 Caleb Cummings Regent University 32 369.3333 Sam Smith Fresno State University 33 369.3333 Sophia Cefolia University of Louisiana, Lafayette 34 369.1667 Andrew Valentine Loyola University, Chicago 35 368.8333 Cecilia Payne College of Wooster 36 368.8333 Amelia Paulsen Duke University 37 368.8333 Riley Anderson Patrick Henry College 38 368.8333 Vaishalee Chaudhary California State University, Long Beach 39 368.6667 Elise Hegarty Colorado Christian University 40 368.6667 John Tuley University of Central Florida 41 368.5 Alyssa Canova University of Louisiana-Lafayette 42 368.5 Oria Daugherty College of Wooster 43 368.5 Matthew Murphy Fitchburg State University 44 368.1667 Chad Wylie Liberty University 45 368.1667 Matthew Badagliacca Fitchburg State University 46 368 Dalton Davis Liberty University 47 367.8333 Anna Selbrede University of Chicago 48 367.3333 Huzaifa Siddiqui University of North Texas 49 367.1667 Zachary Soled California State University, Fullerton 50 367.1667 Andrew Shelton Patrick Henry College 51 366.8333 Hope Turner Patrick Henry College 52 366.6667 Kenyon Spotts Morehouse College 53 366.5 Isaac Bock Patrick Henry College 54 366.5 Weston Lindner Duke University 55 365.3333 Beckett Milhouse Patrick Henry College 56 365.1667 Micah Clark Moody University of Chicago 57 364.6667 Gigi Scerbo University of Georgia 58 364.6667 Megan Snyder Liberty University 59 364.6667 Mihir Bedi University of Chicago 60 364.6667 Zachary Moniz College of the Holy Cross 61 364.5 Marina Barnes Patrick Henry College 62 364.3333 Devyn Simon University of Chicago 63 364.3333 Emil Meintjes Patrick Henry College 64 364 Annika Agrawal Duke University 65 363.5 Owen Nelson San Francisco State University 66 363.5 Tanner Morgan Fresno State University 67 363.5 Megan Cormier St. Thomas University 68 363.5 Olivia Ricketts St. Thomas University 69 363.5 Trace Gerber University of South Florida 70 363.1667 Aaron Gamez San Francisco State University 71 363 Chelsea Divins Loyola University, Chicago 72 362.8333 Marcus Motter University of Chicago 73 362.8333 Kelsey Hall Eastern Michigan University 74 362.8333 Benjamin Crosby Patrick Henry College 75 362.6667 Josiah Mancha Regent University 76 362.5 Madison Van Natter Michigan State University 77 362.3333 Caitlin Bitting United States Air Force Academy 78 362.3333 Abigail McGovern Regent University 79 362.3333 Dasha Kolyaskina University of Louisville 80 362.1667 Haley Huett College of Wooster 81 362 Kayla Sargent Liberty University 82 361.5 Sarah Brown Patrick Henry College 83 361.1667 Thomas Keith Patrick Henry College 84 361 Jasper Noble University of Louisville 85 360.6667 Samantha Fritz Youngstown State University 86 360.6667 Marisol Alvarez California State University, Fullerton 87 360.5 Mitchell Baker College of the Holy Cross 88 360.3333 Janson Requist Colorado Christian University 89 360.3333 Elle Reynolds Patrick Henry College 90 360.3333 Hannah Bagley Regent University 91 360 Simon Sefzik Patrick Henry College 92 359.6667 Zachariah Leatherman Berea College 93 359.5 Erik Byron Saginaw Valley State University 94 359.5 Heather Hartmann College of Wooster 95 359.5 David Korn Liberty University 96 359.5 Alex McGrath Yale University 97 359 Connor DiMatteo University of Central Florida 98 359 Michael Nahhas College of Wooster 99 358.8333 Elyse Evans College of Wooster 100 358.6667 Laura Williamson Colorado Christian University 101 358.5 Sarah Schroan Berea College 102 358.1667 Chris Kuo Duke University 103 358.1667 Courtney Reanier Colorado Christian University 104 357.8333 Drew Medway Yale University 105 357.8333 Cassidy Wray University of North Texas 106 357.5 Marco Romero California State University, Long Beach 107 357.3333 Navdeep Sidhu California State University, Fullerton 108 357.3333 Jonathan Dixon Morehouse College 109 357.1667 Anusha Sarathy Yale University 110 357.1667 Wesley Chen University of Chicago 111 356.5 Michael McWaters University of Central Florida 112 356.3333 Esmiralda Lopez University of North Texas 113 356.1667 Aryemis Brown United States Air Force Academy 114 356.1667 Erick Murillo California State University, Fullerton 115 355.8333 Ashley Franch Saginaw Valley State University 116 355.8333 Grace Baker St. Thomas University 117 355.1667 Abbigayle Weaver United States Air Force Academy 118 355 Moira Casey United States Air Force Academy 119 354.6667 Barry Klein California State University, Long Beach 120 354.5 Nate Swigart Regent University 121 354.5 Anna Gumberg Yale University 122 353.6667 Kyle Ziemnick Patrick Henry College 123 353.5 Will Baker Loyola University, Chicago 124 353.5 Husoni Raymond St. Thomas University 125 351.8333 Rosa Brown University of Georgia 126 351.8333 Grayson Smith Regent University 127 351.3333 Eric Meinerding Liberty University 128 351 Isabella Burrell Bentley University 129 350.8333 Margaret Thonnard Baylor University 130 350.6667 Alexa Kathol Liberty University 131 350.1667 David Bainbridge Patrick Henry College 132 350.1667 Justin Weller Saginaw Valley State University 133 349.8333 Danielle Hoyer University of Central Florida 134 349.3333 Ian Fisher California State University, Fullerton 135 349.3333 Justine Brabow Saginaw Valley State University 136 348 Anthony Fimognari College of the Holy Cross 137 348 Natalie DeCoste College of the Holy Cross 138 347.8333 Avery Wright Eastern Michigan University 139 347.3333 Joshua High Saginaw Valley State University 140 346.3333 Luke Davis Baylor University 141 344.6667 Dana Polihovsky Bentley University 142 344.5 Anushka Limaye University of Texas, Dallas 143 344.3333 Elizabeth Tuck St. Thomas University 144 344.1667 Hisham Qutob Fresno State University 145 343.1667 Richa Gupta University of Virginia 146 342.8333 Hannah Ragnone Hybrid-Loyola/Dubuque 147 342.3333 Mikaela Johnson University of Central Florida 148 342 Nick Matoian Fresno State University 149 340 Noah Jenson United States Air Force Academy 150 339.8333 Rory Gates University of Chicago 151 339.1667 James Nyberg Liberty University 152 339 Lydia McVeigh University of Virginia 153 337.6667 Areeb Siddiqui University of Texas, Dallas 154 334 Tiffany Contessa University of North Texas 155 333.5 Shakiah Bell Hybrid-Loyola/Dubuque 156 333 Jordan Mochko Notre Dame College 157 332.5 David Rodriguez University of Central Florida 158 327.1667 Blake Mullican Eastern Michigan University 159 326 Quentin Arnold Loyola University, Chicago 160 321 Katherine Esser Notre Dame College

Final Preliminary Round Rankings

Ballots-Comb Str- Rank Team School (PD) James Dunning 6.000 6.000 (14.500) 1 Tyler Dunning Patrick Henry College W:3 T:0 L:0 ( Team 426 )

Ty Hayes 5.500 6.500 (12.500) 2 Cassidy Wray University of North Texas W:3 T:0 L:0 ( Team 458 )

Ashley Turner 5.000 7.000 (32.833) 3 Caleb Cummings Regent University W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 442 )

Michael Factor 5.000 7.000 (27.667) 4 Moataz Abdelrasoul Youngstown State University W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 404 )

Harmon Gill 5.000 7.000 (27.167) 5 Shauli Bar-On University of Southern California W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 448 )

Isaac Bock 5.000 7.000 (18.333) 6 Hope Turner Patrick Henry College W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 429 )

Isabella Burrell 5.000 7.000 (7.500) 7 Dana Polihovsky Bentley University W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 431 )

Marisol Alvarez 5.000 7.000 (6.833) 8 Ian Finley California State University, Fullerton W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 462 )

Kelsey Hall 5.000 7.000 (5.167) 9 Charles Graham III Eastern Michigan University W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 456 )

Christopher Shanley 4.500 7.500 (3.167) 10 Madison Van Natter Michigan State University W:2 T:1 L:0 ( Team 443 )

Hillary Shah 4.000 10.500 (25.500) 11 Huzaifa Siddiqui University of North Texas W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 410 )

Marina Barnes 4.000 8.000 (53.000) 12 Kyle Ziemnick Patrick Henry College W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 401 )

Janson Requist 4.000 8.000 (25.333) 13 Courtney Reanier Colorado Christian University W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 406 )

Cecilia Payne 4.000 8.000 (21.167) 14 Elyse Evans College of Wooster W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 412 )

Andrew Shelton 4.000 8.000 (18.500) 15 Emil Meintjes Patrick Henry College W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 416 )

Matthew Murphy 4.000 8.000 (15.333) 16 Matthew Badagliacca Fitchburg State University W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 469 )

Luke Davis 4.000 8.000 (13.333) 17 Margaret Thonnard Baylor University W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 461 )

Micah Clark Moody 4.000 8.000 (11.500) 18 Marcus Motter University of Chicago W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 445 )

Noah Jenson 4.000 8.000 (10.667) 19 Moira Casey United States Air Force Academy W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 453 )

Michael McWaters 4.000 8.000 (8.667) 20 Danielle Hoyer University of Central Florida W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 421 )

21 Gigi Scerbo University of Georgia 4.000 8.000 (6.333) Rosa Brown W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 427 )

Justin Weller 4.000 8.000 (4.500) 22 Lindsey Mead Saginaw Valley State University W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 444 )

Vaishalee Chaudhary 4.000 8.000 (2.667) 23 Marco Romero California State University, Long Beach W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 413 )

Megan Cormier 4.000 8.000 (2.500) 24 Grace Baker St. Thomas University W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 454 )

Henry Filosa 4.000 7.000 (14.500) 25 Anna Selbrede University of Chicago W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 415 )

Sam Smith 4.000 7.000 (-1.167) 26 Tanner Morgan California State University, Fresno W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 435 )

Corey Jones 4.000 6.000 (21.000) 27 Alyssa Rumbuc Liberty University W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 434 )

Benjamin Crosby 4.000 5.500 (35.167) 28 Simon Sefzik Patrick Henry College W:1 T:2 L:0 ( Team 409 )

Dalton Davis 4.000 5.000 (4.167) 29 Kayla Sargent Liberty University W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 467 )

Kenyon Spotts 3.500 8.500 (6.500) 30 Jonathan Dixon Morehouse College W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 470 )

Connor DiMatteo 3.500 8.500 (1.667) 31 John Tuley University of Central Florida W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 423 )

Quentin Arnold 3.500 8.500 (-7.167) 32 Will Baker Loyola University Chicago W:2 T:0 L:1 ( Team 471 )

Anthony Fimognari 3.000 9.000 (26.167) 33 Natalie DeCoste College of the Holy Cross W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 411 )

Cheyenne Elliott 3.000 9.000 (12.000) 34 Burke Craighead Baylor University W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 479 )

Aryemis Brown 3.000 9.000 (11.667) 35 Abbigayle Weaver United States Air Force Academy W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 425 )

Victoria Nevarez 3.000 9.000 (10.167) 36 Victor Huertas University of North Texas W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 449 )

Husoni Raymond 3.000 9.000 (9.167) 37 Elizabeth Tuck St. Thomas University W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 407 )

Andrew Valentine 3.000 9.000 (8.167) 38 Chelsea Divins Loyola University Chicago W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 441 )

Elle Reynolds 3.000 9.000 (6.833) 39 Beckett Milhouse Patrick Henry College W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 408 )

Brandon Case 3.000 9.000 (5.500) 40 Olivia Ricketts St. Thomas University W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 437 )

Hisham Qutob 3.000 9.000 (4.667) 41 Nick Matoian California State University, Fresno W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 440 )

42 Amanda Botelho California State University, Long Beach 3.000 9.000 (3.333) Barry Klein W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 438 )

Anna Zomer 3.000 9.000 (2.000) 43 Trace Gerber University of South Florida W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 464 )

James Nyberg 3.000 9.000 (-1.333) 44 David Korn Liberty University W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 473 )

Will Hamilton 3.000 9.000 (-1.667) 45 Amber John College of the Holy Cross W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 422 )

David Bainbridge 3.000 9.000 (-2.167) 46 Riley Anderson Patrick Henry College W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 477 )

Kana Turley 3.000 9.000 (-3.000) 47 Grayson Smith Regent University W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 472 )

Aaron Gamez 3.000 9.000 (-3.333) 48 Owen Nelson San Francisco State University W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 459 )

Samantha Fritz 3.000 9.000 (-7.000) 49 Jacob Tomory Youngstown State University W:1 T:1 L:1 ( Team 402 )

Oria Daugherty 3.000 8.000 (-7.500) 50 Heather Hartmann College of Wooster W:0 T:3 L:0 ( Team 447 )

Willem McGee 2.500 9.500 (1.333) 51 Spencer Caron College of the Holy Cross W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 418 )

Hannah Ragnone 2.500 9.500 (-34.667) 52 Shakiah Bell Hybrid-Loyola/Dubuque W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 430 )

Nate Swigart 2.000 13.000 (-20.833) 53 Josiah Mancha Regent University W:1 T:0 L:2 ( Team 433 )

Chris Kuo 2.000 11.000 (-3.167) 54 Weston Lindner Duke University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 466 )

Dasha Kolyaskina 2.000 11.000 (-7.667) 55 Jasper Noble University of Louisville W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 414 )

Anna Gumberg 2.000 10.000 (3.667) 56 Alex McGrath Yale University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 403 )

Elise Hegarty 2.000 10.000 (-1.333) 57 Laura Williamson Colorado Christian University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 460 )

Caitlin Bitting 2.000 10.000 (-4.667) 58 Matthew Pryor United States Air Force Academy W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 451 )

Erick Murillo 2.000 10.000 (-7.833) 59 Zachary Soled California State University, Fullerton W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 463 )

Eric Meinerding 2.000 10.000 (-8.333) 60 Alexa Kathol Liberty University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 405 )

Hannah Bagley 2.000 10.000 (-8.500) 61 Abigail McGovern Regent University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 476 )

Mitchell Baker 2.000 10.000 (-9.833) 62 Zachary Moniz College of the Holy Cross W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 465 )

63 Justine Brabow Saginaw Valley State University 2.000 10.000 (-10.500) Erik Byron W:1 T:0 L:2 ( Team 455 )

Chad Wylie 2.000 10.000 (-10.667) 64 Megan Snyder Liberty University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 457 )

Richa Gupta 2.000 10.000 (-12.000) 65 Lydia McVeigh University of Virginia W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 417 )

Anushka Limaye 2.000 10.000 (-14.833) 66 Areeb Siddiqui University of Texas, Dallas W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 424 )

Sophia Cefolia 2.000 10.000 (-15.167) 67 Alyssa Canova University of Louisiana, Lafayette W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 428 )

Drew Medway 2.000 10.000 (-20.167) 68 Anusha Sarathy Yale University W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 436 )

Ashley Franch 2.000 10.000 (-26.167) 69 Joshua High Saginaw Valley State University W:1 T:0 L:2 ( Team 420 )

Katherine Esser 2.000 10.000 (-60.333) 70 Jordan Mochko Notre Dame College W:0 T:2 L:1 ( Team 480 )

Ian Fisher 1.000 13.000 (-24.000) 71 Navdeep Sidhu California State University, Fullerton W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 468 )

Amelia Paulsen 1.000 12.000 (-5.167) 72 Annika Agrawal Duke University W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 446 )

Haley Huett 1.000 11.000 (-17.667) 73 Michael Nahhas College of Wooster W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 439 )

Devyn Simon 1.000 11.000 (-17.833) 74 Rory Gates University of Chicago W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 478 )

Mihir Bedi 1.000 11.000 (-19.000) 75 Wesley Chen University of Chicago W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 474 )

Thomas Keith 1.000 11.000 (-22.000) 76 Sarah Brown Patrick Henry College W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 419 )

Mikaela Johnson 1.000 11.000 (-46.667) 77 David Rodriguez University of Central Florida W:0 T:1 L:2 ( Team 432 )

Avery Wright 0.500 11.500 (-40.167) 78 Blake Mullican Eastern Michigan University W:0 T:0 L:3 ( Team 450 )

Zachariah Leatherman 0.000 12.000 (-29.333) 79 Berea College Sarah Schroan W:0 T:0 L:3 ( Team 475 )

Tiffany Contessa 0.000 12.000 (-29.500) 80 Esmiralda Lopez University of North Texas W:0 T:0 L:3 ( Team 452 )