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Wake Debate Awards 2008-2009

Link to College Tournament Results Online

Championships, Final Rounds, Special Honors

Kentucky Round Robin - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon
Liberty University - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza (1st)
University of Southern California - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon (1st)
Cal State Fullerton - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon (1st)
University of Texas at Dallas - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti (2nd)
Dartmouth Round Robin - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon (3rd)
US Naval Academy - JP Lacy (Most Preferred Judge)
University of Miami - Francisco Bencosme & Andrew McCarty

Semi-Finals

University of Kentucky - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon
Liberty University - Francisco Bencosme & Michael Carlotti (close-out)

West Georgia University - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
US Naval Academy - Kurt Zemlicka & Andrew McCarty

Northwestern University - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon

Quarter-Finals

Georgia State University - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon
Georgia State University - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
Vanderbilt University - Kurt Zemlicka & Francisco Bencosme
Liberty University - Tom DeFranco & Andrew McCarty
West Georgia University - Will Sears & Ryan Stevens

Octa-Finals

Harvard University - Alex Lamballe & Seth Gannon
Harvard University - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
Cal State Fullerton - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
University of Southern California - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears
West Georgia University - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
Northwestern University - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung

Double Octa Finals

Georgia State University - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears (close-out)
Georgia State University - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza (close-out)
University of Kentucky - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
University of Kentucky - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
University of Kentucky - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears
University of Southern California - Doowon Chung & Seungwon Chung
University of Southern California - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
Cal State Fullerton - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
Cal State Fullerton - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears
University of North Texas - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti
Northwestern University - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
Northwestern University - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears

Cut-on-Points

Georgia State University - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti
University of Kentucky - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti
Vanderbilt University - Odile Hobeika & Jon Zaikowski
Harvard University - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti
Harvard University - Ryan Stevens & Will Sears
Harvard University - Lauren Sabino & Carlos Maza
West Georgia University - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti
Northwestern University - Sam Crichton & Michael Carlotti



SPEAKER AWARDS 2008-2009

Georgia State University - 3rd Alex Lamballe
Georgia State University - 7th Seth Gannon
Georgia State University - 16th Doowon Chung
Georgia State University - 17th Seungwon Chung
Kentucky Round Robin - 3rd Seth Gannon
University of Kentucky - 4th Alex Lamballe
University of Kentucky - 5th Seth Gannon
Harvard University - 8th Seth Gannon
Harvard University - 12th Alex Lamballe
Liberty University - 1st Lauren Sabino
Liberty University - 4th Carlos Maza
University of Southern California - 8th Alex Lamballe
University of Southern California - 4th Seth Gannon
University of Southern California - 18th Will Sears
Cal State Fullerton - 2nd Alex Lamballe
Cal State Fullerton - 8th Seth Gannon
Cal State Fullerton - 17th Will Sears
University of Texas at Dallas - 11th Sam Crichton
West Georgia University - 6th Seungwon Chung
West Georgia University - 7th Doowon Chung
West Georgia University - 17th Carlos Maza
West Georgia University - 20th Lauren Sabino
Dartmouth Round Robin - 2nd Seth Gannon
Dartmouth Round Robin - 3rd Alex Lamballe
Northwestern University - 2nd Seth Gannon
Northwestern University - 6th Alex Lamballe
University of Miami - 1st Francisco Bencosme
University of Miami - 4th Andrew McCarty

2008-2009: Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its agricultural support, at least eliminating nearly all of the domestic subsidies, for biofuels, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, corn, cotton, dairy, fisheries, rice, soybeans, sugar and/or wheat.
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