1996-97 SEASON REPORT

Drew Brown, ‘99 (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
Russell Bruch, 2000 (Trenton, New Jersey)
Eric DeRose, ’99 (North East, Pennsylvania)
Emma Filstrup, 2000 (Alexandria, Virginia)
Joe Gagnon, ’99 (Greensboro, North Carolina)
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ‘98 (Ashland, Oregon)
Andy Geppert, ‘99 (Lawrenceville, Georgia)
Justin Green, ‘99 (Katy, Texas)
Andy Harris, ’97 (Colonial Heights, VA)
Khalid Jones, 2000, (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Kristin Langwell, ‘99 (Lincolnwood, Illinois)
Chris Mills, 2000 (Sacramento, California)
Sean Nowak, ‘99 (Erie, Pennsylvania)
Brian Prestes, ‘97 (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Clay Rhodes, ‘99 (Orange, Texas)
Nicole Runyan, ‘99 (Omaha, Nebraska)
Rob Shaw, ’99 (Greenville, North Carolina)
Courtney Smith, ‘97 (Omaha, Nebraska)
Emily Turner, ’98 (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Joy Vermillion, ’98 (Black Mountain, North Carolina)
Kelle Wallace, ’98 (Lititz, PA)
Bryan Yeazel, ‘97 (San Dimas, California)
Michelle Young, 2000 (Great Falls, Virginia)
Armen Zohrabian, ‘99 (Lexington, Massachusetts)

1996-97 SEASON REPORT ASSISTANT DEBATE COACHES Adrienne Brovero,’97 Jason Jarvis, ‘97 Patrick McMullen, ’97 Junya Morooka, ‘98 Maxwell Schnurer, ’97 Eric Truett, ‘98 Round by Round Results
WAKE FOREST DEBATE SQUAD Drew Brown, ‘99 (Poplar Bluff, Missouri) Russell Bruch, 2000 (Trenton, New Jersey) Eric DeRose, ’99 (North East, Pennsylvania) Emma Filstrup, 2000 (Alexandria, Virginia) Joe Gagnon, ’99 (Greensboro, North Carolina) Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ‘98 (Ashland, Oregon) Andy Geppert, ‘99 (Lawrenceville, Georgia) Justin Green, ‘99 (Katy, Texas) Andy Harris, ’97 (Colonial Heights, VA) Khalid Jones, 2000, (Little Rock, Arkansas) Kristin Langwell, ‘99 (Lincolnwood, Illinois) Chris Mills, 2000 (Sacramento, California) Sean Nowak, ‘99 (Erie, Pennsylvania) Brian Prestes, ‘97 (Worcester, Massachusetts) Clay Rhodes, ‘99 (Orange, Texas) Nicole Runyan, ‘99 (Omaha, Nebraska) Rob Shaw, ’99 (Greenville, North Carolina) Courtney Smith, ‘97 (Omaha, Nebraska) Emily Turner, ’98 (Charlottesville, Virginia) Joy Vermillion, ’98 (Black Mountain, North Carolina) Kelle Wallace, ’98 (Lititz, PA) Bryan Yeazel, ‘97 (San Dimas, California) Michelle Young, 2000 (Great Falls, Virginia) Armen Zohrabian, ‘99 (Lexington, Massachusetts)
HIGHLIGHTS OF 1996-97 SEASON * Top 10 Ranked Overall Squad-NDT rankings * Qualified three teams for NDT * Fifteen 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finishes * Won the National Debate Tournament	YEAR END AWARDS MOST VALUABLE DEBATER: Brian Prestes MOST IMPROVED Daveed Garteinstein-Ross GREATEST CONTRIBUTION Brian Prestes BEST FRESHMAN Emma Filstrup
DEBATE AWARDS 1996-97 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS and FINAL ROUNDS Univ. of Kentucky, Round Robin, 1^st Place, Brian Prestes & Justin Green Harvard University, 1^st Place, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross State Univ. of West Georgia, 1^st Place, Div. II, Rob Shaw & Joe Gagnon George Mason University, 1^st Place, Novice, Joe Gagnon & Rob Shaw Dartmouth, Round Robin, 1^st Place, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross US Naval Academy, 2^nd Place, Novice, Rob Shaw & Joe Gagnon NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT - 1^st Place, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
SEMI-FINALISTS Liberty University, Varsity, Josh O’Donnell & Drew Brown Liberty University, Novice, Joe Gagnon & Andy Harris Liberty University, Novice, Chris Mills & Michele Young University of Southern California, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross University of Redlands, Round Robin, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross State Univ. of West Georgia, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Northwestern University, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross University of Kansas, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Brian Prestes
QUARTER-FINALS Univ. of Northern Iowa, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Brian Prestes Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kristin Langwell & Nicole Runyan Univ. of North Carolina, Armen Zohrabian & Sean Nowak James Madison Univ., Novice, Chris Mills & Michelle Young Liberty University, Varsity, Emma Filstrup & Justin Green Liberty University, JV, Khalid Jones & Russell Burch Liberty University, Novice, Eric DeRose & Kelle Wallace George Mason University, JV, Khalid Jones & Chris Mills Baylor University, Clay Rhodes & Andy Geppert District VI NDT Qualifier, Qualified, Emma Filstrup & Justin Green
OCTA-FINALS Univ. of North Carolina, Justin Green & Emma Filstrup Harvard University, Nicole Runyan & Kristin Langwell State Univ. of West Georgia, Nicole Runyan & Kristin Langwell DOUBLE-OCTA-FINALS University of South Carolina - Emma Filstrup & Justin Green University of South Carolina - Kristin Langwell & Nicole Runyan University of South Carolina - Sean Nowak & Armen Zohrabian University of Kentucky - Justin Green & Brian Prestes University of Southern California, Clay Rhodes & Andy Geppert California State Univ.-Long Beach, Clay Rhodes & Andy Geppert Baylor University, Justin Green & Emma Filstrup Northwestern University, Justin Green & Emma Filstrup Northwestern University, Clay Rhodes & Andy Geppert Towson State University, Rob Shaw & Joe Gagnon National Debate Tournament, Andy Geppert & Clay Rhodes National Debate Tournament, Emma Filstrup & Justin Green CUT-ON-POINTS Liberty University, Novice, Joy Vermillion & Emily Turner
SPEAKER AWARDS - 1996-1997 University of Northern Iowa, 2^nd Speaker, Brian Prestes University of Kentucky, Round Robin, 1^st, Brian Prestes University of Kentucky, 6^th Speaker, Brian Prestes University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 8^th Speaker, Kristin Langwell University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 12^th Nicole Runyan University of Richmond, 12^th Speaker, JV, Tom Segars University of North Carolina, 12^th Speaker, Emma Filstrup University of North Carolina, 20^th Speaker, Justin Green James Madison University, 10^th Speaker, JV, Kalid Jones Harvard University, 2^nd Speaker, Brian Prestes Harvard University, 9^th Speaker, Kristin Langwell Harvard University, 14^th Speaker, Gartenstein-Ross Liberty University, Var., 6^th Speaker, Josh O’Donnell Liberty University, Var., 7^th Speaker, Justin Green Liberty University, Var., 9^th Speaker, Emma Filstrup Liberty University, JV, 5^th Speaker Khalid Jones Liberty University, Nov., 6^th Speaker, Eric DeRose Liberty University, Nov., 7^th Speaker, Joe Gagnon Liberty University, Nov., 10^th Speaker, Michele Young Univ. of Southern California, Var., 6^th Speaker, Brian Prestes Univ. of Southern California, Var., 16^th Speaker, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Univ. of Redlands, Var., 7^th, Brian Prestes State Univ. of West Georgia, Var. , 2^nd Brian Prestes State Univ. of West Georgia, Var., 6^th Daveed Gartenstein-Ross State Univ. of West Georgia, Nov., 2^nd Joe Gagnon State Univ. of West Georgia, Nov., 4^th, Rob Shaw Dartmouth College, Round Robin, Var., 2^nd, Brian Prestes George Mason University, Nov., 4^th, Joe Gagnon, US Naval Academy, Nov., 3^rd, Joe Gagnon US Naval Academy, JV, 11^th, Khalid Jones US Naval Academy, JV, 19^th, Chris Mills US Naval Academy, JV, 13th, Rob Shaw Northwestern University, Var., 3^rd, Brian Prestes Northwestern University, Var., 21^st, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross University of Kansas, Var., 4^th, Brian Prestes University of Kansas, Var., 6^th, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross District VI Qualifier, Var., 5^th, Clay Rhodes Novice Nationals, Northwestern, Var., 3^rd, Emma Filstrup National Debate Tournament, 3^rd, Brian Prestes National Debate tournament, 6^th, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
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