Georgia Forensic Coaches Association 3rd Annual Varsity State Championships University of North Georgia Oakwood, GA March 8-9, 2013 Jeffrey Miller, Tournament Director Tom Preston, Tournament Host Richard Bracknell, Individual Events Tab Room Director John McClellan, Public Forum/Lincoln Douglas Debate Tab Room Director Maggie Berthiaume, Policy Debate Tab Room Director Welcome to the 3rd Annual Varsity State Championships FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! @thegfca LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/thegfca GFCA Varsity State Championships Schedule As Always… It’s subject to change. Please do not leave campus. Friday, March 8th CX PF LD IE's 10:00 AM Phone Registration 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Round 1 & 2 Released Online 12:00 PM 12:30 PM Round 1 Round 1 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM Round 2 3:00 PM Round 2 Round 1 Released 3:30 PM Online 4:00 PM Extemp Prep 4:30 PM Round 3 5:00 PM Round 1 (High/Low) 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Round 3 6:30 PM (H/L) Dinner Break 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Dinner Extemp Prep 8:00 PM Break Round 4 (High/Low) 8:30 PM Round 2 9:00 PM Round 4 9:30 PM (High/Low) 10:00 PM Saturday March 9 CX PF LD IE's Extemp 7:30 AM Prep 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Round 3 Round 5 Released Online 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Extemp Round 5 10:00 AM Round 5 Prep 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Round 4 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Lunch Break/HOF Induction Ceremony 12:30 PM Extemp 1:00 PM Quarters Quarters Prep 1:30 PM 2:00 PM Round 5 2:30 PM Quarterfinals 3:00 PM Semis Semis Extemp 3:30 PM Prep 4:00 PM Finals 4:30 PM IM Semis 5:00 PM Finals DI Semis Semifinals 5:30 PM 6:00 PM IM Finals 6:30 PM DI Finals 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Finals 8:00 PM 8:30 PM Awards Ceremony 9:00 PM 2013 GFCA Coach of the Year Debate Coach of the Year Nominees Maggie Berthiaume, Woodward Shunta Jordan, Pace John McClellan, Warner Robins Speech Coach of the Year Nominees Mario Herrera, Grady HS David Gay, Alpharetta HS Past Winners 1983 Sandra Worthington Silvers Calhoun High School 1984 Martha Dye Lee County High School 1985 Bruce Rogers Northside High School 1986 Eric Brannen Westminster Schools 1987 Paula Nettles Woodward Academy 1988 Chuck Spurlock Pace Academy 1989 Richard Bracknell Carrollton High School 1990 Ted Carter Lee County High School 1991 Lionel Clark Pickens County High School 1992 John McClellan Warner Robins High School 1993 Leslie Watkins Brookwood High School 1994 Chris Wheatley Pace Academy 1995 Barbara Wilson Rome High School 1996 Phillip Wertz Thomas County Central High School 1997 Medgar Roberts Hart County High School 1998 Donald Rhodes Houston County High School 1999 Martha Kelley Dublin High School 2000 Chuck Heywood Lakeside High School 2001 Kenneth Grodd St. Pius X Catholic School 2002 Allan Hayes Trion High School 2003 Frank Seaver Woodward Academy 2004 Lisa Willoughby Henry W. Grady High School 2005 Adam Smiley Chattahoochee High School 2006 James Holt Camden County High School 2007 Lee Robinson Lincoln County High School 2008 Beth McMahon Milton High School 2009 Beverly Kelly Fayette County High School 2010 Jenny Heidt Westminster Schools 2011 Debate: Matt Bartula Sequoyah High School Speech: Mario Herrera Henry W. Grady High School 2012 Debate: Jeffrey Miller Marist School Speech: Bill Swafford Lee County High School Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame Inducted 1994 Inducted 1999 Inducted 2004 Chester Gibson Thomas Glenn Pelham Eric Brannen Helen McClellan Sandra Worthington Silvers Ted Carter Gail Ingram Inducted 2006 Inducted 1995 Philip Wertz Anne Duke Martha Dye Inducted 2000 Jackson Farabee Inducted 2007 Ted Wolfe Betty Maddox Larry Moss John McClellan Inducted 1996 Carlton Thomas Mary “Lisa” Willoughby Elizabeth Hall-Vickery Inducted 2001 Inducted 2010 Bruce Rogers Paul Slappey Richard Bracknell Charles Heywood Rich Edwards Lenalee Robinson Inducted 1997 Leslie Watkins Inducted 2011 Charles Clark Inducted 2002 Mickey Foreman Jim Wade Chris Wheatley Inducted 1998 Inducted 2013 Inducted 2003 George Mengert Jenny Heidt Paula Nettles Sarah Finger Steven Stein Melissa Maxcy Wade Bill Swafford Congratulations to Jenny Heidt, Steven Stein and Bill Swafford for their induction into the GFCA Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame Inductees, Class of 2013 Jenny Heidt, Westminster Schools In her time at Pace and Westminster, Jenny Heidt has helped increase the prestige and quality of policy debate in the state of Georgia. On the National circuit, teams coached by Jenny have won the National Tournament of Champions 5 times, the Baker Award 3 times, and a number of Georgia State Championships. In 2012, Jenny was inducted in the National Tournament of Champions Hall of Fame for Coaches. In addition to her success on the local and national circuit, she has done a great deal to support the development of debate in Georgia. First, she hosts the first novice debate tournament of the year every year. At this tournament, she helps promote a great educational environment that helps introduce and retain students in the activity. She also provides a beginner workshop for students and coaches. Second, she has been a contributor to the novice evidence packet produced for policy debate. Third, she has provided a number of wonderful power points and resources to help coaches teach novice debaters. Finally, she has been very supportive and instrumental in the development of the middle school debate circuit. Steven Stein, Chattahoochee High School Steve Stein coached at Chattahoochee from 1999 to 2004, where he began a tradition of excellence in policy debate in a community. Steve helped begin several educational institutions in the Atlanta area before departing to the Boston Urban Debate League. In 2002, Steve, alongside Lisa Willoughby of Grady, created the GFCA 1st & 2nd Year State Championships to honor young debaters for their achievements. Along with this tournament, Steve co-founded the Atlanta Urban Middle School Debate League. This league continues to feed strong middle school debaters into high school programs today. Not only did Steve help the state and community but he built Chattahoochee High School into a local and national powerhouse. He qualified six teams to the Tournament of Champions, and won two Varsity State championships, 3 JV State Championships, and 3 Novice State Championships. Steve was the first coach to ever win all three levels of Policy Debate in the same year back to back. Bill Swafford, Lee County High School Bill Swafford certainly has enough years of service. For 44 years, Bill Swafford has coached programs all over the United States, including Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, and Georgia. Bill began in Georgia coaching Albany High School, where he was able to coach to his oldest son to many successful tournaments. He later moved to Lee County High School, where he was able to achieve many successes including the 2013 GFCA Varsity Congressional Debate State Championship, and many NFL, NCFL and TOC qualifiers in speech. It can be said that Bill Swafford is the reason why debate still exists today in the Albany area. One of his former students has this to say, “Aside from my father, no other man has had such a significant impact in my life as Mr. Swafford. He has worked with me for countless hours after school, on weekends, and even over multiple summer breaks. Without his help and critiques, I would be nowhere near the public speaker I am today. Instead, I would still be the stumbling and bumbling freshman who had a propensity to talk too much. For having such an impact, I can never thank him enough. And even though he’s retiring this year, he still will remain committed to coaching the team and, hopefully, continuing to lead them to more victories across the state and country.” Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Schools of Excellence Recipients The Schools of Excellence Awards are given to the school in each size classification who qualified the most number of students to the State Championships. Each award is named after a GFCA Hall of Fame coach. This tradition was started in 2011 by Claude Robinson of Lincoln County High School. Congratulations to the winners! Year School Name City Head Coach Helen McClellan Division (500 or fewer students) 2011 Lincoln County High School Lincolnton Lee Robinson 2012 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan 2013 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan Sandra Silvers Division (500 – 1000 students) 2011 Lovett School Atlanta Ann Swartz 2012 Marist School Atlanta Jeffrey Miller 2013 Carrollton High School Carrollton Richard Bracknell Ted Wolf Division (1000 – 1500 students) 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2013 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera Philip Wertz Division (1500 – 2000 students) 2011 Fayette County High School Fayetteville Jeffrey Miller 2012 Starr’s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Hickey 2013 Alpharetta Speech Team Alpharetta David Gay Leslie Watkins Division (2000 or more students) 2011 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta Amy Waldman 2012 Alpharetta Speech Team Alpharetta David Gay 2013 Central Gwinnett High School Lawrenceville Keith Haber Georgia Forensic Coaches Association N. Bruce Rogers President’s Cup The N. Bruce Roger’s Presidents Cup is a traveling Trophy Award given to the school with the highest number of rounds at the State Tournament. Each year your school’s total number of rounds rolls over to the next year. A school can only win the trophy once in five years.