3rd National Championships
Okemos High School & Michigan State University
Okemos & East Lansing, MI
April 12-14, 2008
Offered Policy Debate & Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Policy Debate
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Winner: St. Mark's — Jordan Blumenthal & Alex Katz
Runner Up: Colleyville Heritage — Evan DeFilippis & James Hamraie
Top Speaker: William Karlson — Stratford Academy
Runner Up: Evan Matthews — Woodward Academy
Baker Cup: Colleyville Heritage — Evan DeFilippis & James Hamraie
Tournament of the Year Award: Meadows Invitational (hosted by Tim Alderete, The Meadows School)
Elim Seeds
Stratford Academy CK — Brian Cole & William Karlson
Woodward Academy MN — Evan Matthews & Brittany Nehman
Cathedral Prep CH — Mike Carlotti & Leo Hayes
Glenbrook North OZ — Debbie Oh & Lucy Zhu
Colleyville Heritage DH — Evan DeFilippis & James Hamraie
St. Mark's BK — Jordan Blumenthal & Alex Katz
Carrollton Sacred Heart HS — Dorothy Hector & Catalina Santos
Damien EN — Reid Ehrlich-Quinn & Ian Nelson
Groves BG — Maya Bhardwaj & Sophia Goren
Lakeland RW — Taylor Roth & Jason Wright
Meadows KS — Bobby Kim & Jeremy Selesner
Glenbrook South DT — Richard Day & Will Thibeau
Tampa Prep HR — Nick Honegger & William Rains
Woodward Academy PP — Matthew Pesce & Max Plithides
Glenbrook South KP — Stacy Kapustina & Grant Peretz
Edgemont CJ — Ben Chang & Harsh Jhaveri
Speaker Awards
William Karlson — Stratford Academy
Evan Matthews — Woodward Academy
Jordan Blumenthal — St. Marks
James Hamraie — Colleyville Heritage
Lucy Zhu — Glenbrook North
Sophia Goren — Groves
Reid Ehrlich-Quinn — Damien
Evan DeFilippis — Colleyville Heritage
Grant Peretz — Glenbrook South
Jason Wright — Lakeland
Catalina Santos — Carrollton Sacred Heart
Alex Katz — St. Marks
Robin Gray — Fullerton Union
Mike Carlotti — Cathedral Prep
Brian Cole — Stratford Academy