Tournament of Champions (debate)
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The Tournament of Champions is a national caliber high school debate tournament which is held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is regarded as the championship tournament of the "national circuit." In order to qualify, competitors in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy debate, or Public Forum Debate must earn two bids at designated qualifying tournaments. Debaters who earn only one bid can apply for an at-large bid, which are handed out early in the spring by the TOC Committee based upon their records in comparison to the records of everyone else applying for the at-large bid within the region.
The tournament is directed by J.W. Patterson, the director of debate at the University of Kentucky.
[edit] Tournament Procedure
In Lincoln-Douglas debate and policy debate, the TOC employs seven preliminary rounds and clears to octafinals. All entries with a 5-2 record have the opportunity to advance into the outrounds; as such, when more than sixteen entries have a 5-2 record, the Tournament of Champions holds the appropriate number of run-off rounds to determine which of the lower-seeded debaters will advance. For the first three years of its existence, the Public Forum division of the TOC was conducted in a Round Robin format.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate debates the January-February National Forensic League topic. Public Forum Debate debates the April National Forensic League topic. Policy Debate teams debate that season's national high school topic.
[edit] Tournament of Champions Qualifying Tournaments
Debaters earn entry to the tournament of champions by earning two bids at qualifying tournaments, selected based on the strength of their competition and judging. Bids are awarded to teams reaching a certain point in the elimination rounds at these tournaments. Two bids guarantees admission into the Tournament, provided that there are seventy or fewer fully qualified entries. If there are more than seventy entries, the TOC Advisory Committees shall examine and rank the two-bid applications for their respective events and the Tournament Director admits the most qualified entries. Debaters who earn only one bid can apply for an at-large bid, which are announced early in the spring by the tournament; bids are decided by the Tournament Director on the advice of the TOC Advisory Committee. The 2006-2007 qualifying tournaments are as follows:
Lincoln-Douglas Octofinals Bids
- Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
- The Glenbrooks (Northbrook, IL)
- Greenhill Fall Classic (Addison, TX)
- Harvard National Invitational (Cambridge, MA)
- The Minneapple (Apple Valley, MN)
- St. Mark's Heart of Texas (Dallas, TX)
- Stanford University Spring National (Palo Alto, CA)
- UC Berkeley National Invitational (Berkeley, CA)
Lincoln-Douglas Quarterfinals Bids
- Blake School Edie Holiday Tournament (Minneapolis, MN)
- Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament at Hendrick Hudson (Montrose, NY)
- Crestian Classic (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Florida Blue Key at the University of Florida (Gainsville, FL)
- Lexington Winter Classic (Lexington, MA)
- Tim Averill Invitational (Manchester, MA)
- Valley Mid-America Cup (Des Moines, IA)
- Alta Silver and Black Invitational (Sandy, UT)
- Wake Forest National Earlybird (Winston-Salem, NC)
- Yale Invitational (New Haven, CT)
Lincoln-Douglas Semifinals Bids
- Auburn Invitational (Auburn, WA)
- The Big Bronx New York City Invitational (Bronx, NY)
- Grapevine Classic (Grapevine, TX)
- Iowa Caucus (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Isidore Newman (New Orleans, LA)
- Monticello (Monticello, NY)
- Ohio Valley Invitational at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
- Princeton University Invitational (Princeton, NJ)
- UT Austin Invitational (Austin, TX)
- Victory Briefs Tournament (Brentwood, CA)
Lincoln-Douglas Finals Bids
- Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ)
- College Preparatory School (Oakland, CA)
- Colleyville Heritage Invitational (Colleyville, TX)
- Columbia University Invitational (New York, NY)
- Dowling Paradigm (Des Moines, IA)
- Federal Way (Federal Way, WA)
- Harker West Coast Finals (San Jose, CA)
- Houston-Memorial Endgame Tournament (Houston,TX)
- Martin Luther King Invitational at James Logan High School (Union City, CA)
- Nova Titan (Davie, FL)
- Newark Debates (Newark, NJ)
- Saint James School (Montgomery, AL)
- Vestavia Hills Over the Mountain Classic (Vestavia Hills, AL)
- Westside Warrior Invitational (Omaha, NE)
- Whitman College Invitational (Walla Walla, WA)
- Churchill Classic (San Antonio, TX)
[edit] Past LD Debate Championship Champions
- 1986: Hee-Sun Hong - Bronx High School of Science (NY)
- 1987: Scott Tucker - Twin Lakes High School (FL)
- 1988: Jonathan Koppell and Peter Colavito - Bronx High School of Science (NY)
- 1989: David Kennedy - Regis High School (NY)
- 1990: Chris Keller - Tampa Jesuit High School (FL)
- 1991: Jeff Marcus - Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
- 1992: Michael Erickson - La Cueva High School (NM)
- 1993: Jason Baldwin - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
- 1994: Ann Miura - Palo Alto High School (CA)
- 1995: Greg Goldfarb - Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
- 1996: Courtney Ballentine - Valley High School (IA)
- 1997: Hetal Doshi - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
- 1998: Ari Simon - Valley High School (IA)
- 1999: Tom Zimpleman - Valley High School (IA)
- 2000: Seamus Donovan - Edmond North High School (OK)
- 2001: Tom Pryor - Hopkins High School (MN)
- 2002: Jenn Larson - Millard West High School (NE)
- 2003: Andrew Garvin - Mission San Jose High School (CA)
- 2004: John McNeil - Edina High School (MN)
- 2005: David Wolfish - Greenhill School (TX)
- 2006: Stephen Hess - Mountain View High School (CA)
[edit] Past Lincoln Douglas Debate Top Speakers
- 1993: Jason Baldwin - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
- 1997: Hetal Doshi - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
- ????: Noah Grabowitz - Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
- 2003: Satyan Gajwani - Palmetto (FL)
- 2004: Eric Palmer - Howland High School (OH)
- 2005: David Wolfish - Greenhill School (TX)
- 2006: Jacob Levi - Berkeley Carroll High School (NY)
[edit] Past Policy Debate Championship Champions and Runner Ups
- 1972 Marquette - Jeff Clark & Mark Foley; Marquette - Mark Miner & David Dries
- 1973 Hillsboro - Mary Thomson & Kather Zickert; Upper Arlington - Peter Koeniz & Doug Dougherty
- 1974 Walter Panas - Denise Gilbert & Larry Falkin; Wilkinsburg - John Umazos & David Snowball
- 1975 Cardinal Spellman - Leo Gagion & John Bredehoft; Lakeland - Amy Davidoff & Virginia Taymond
- 1976 Cardinal Spellman - Leo Gagion & John Bredehoft; Soquel - Ron Aitken & Jeff Lorenzen
- 1977 Lake Forest - Karen Albrecht & High Adams; Robinson - Michael Laurence & Shelly Coleman
- 1978 Walter Panas - Donna Gilbert & Patrick O'Neill; Bronx Science - Eric Raps & Matt Mandel
- 1979 Bronx Science - Andrew Berman & Herschel Goldfield; Marquette - Jim Boehner & John Barrett
- 1980 Glenbrook North - Jeff Wagner & Brad Malis; Bronx Science - Stuart Weich & Andrew Merman
- 1981 Glenbrook South - Jeffrey Wortman & Mark Koulogeorge; Firestone - Alan Gerber & Steve Dist
- 1982 Oak Park & River Forest - Todd Martin & Eric Brackett; Glenbrook North - Peter Braverman & Ken Karas
- 1983 Oak Park & River Forest - Macklin Trimnell & C.V. Doherty ;Creighton Prep - Wally Mullin & Don Erfmier
- 1984 Lake Braddock - Shaun Martin & Mike Green; New Trier - Laura Michaelis & Moria McDermott
- 1985 Lake Braddock - Joe Pettit & Mike Green; Marquette - Ed Lynch & Kevin Roe
- 1986 Albany - Peter Gross & Andrew Schrank; Bishop Guertin - Pete Klamka & Tim Pramas
- 1987 Manchester - Sarah Gannett & Zach Leber; Stuyvesant - Hanna Rosin & David Coleman
- 1988 Downers Grove South - Karrie Schwartz & Bill Fick; Bronx Science - John Brumberg & David Millman
- 1989 St. Marks School - Steven Sklaver & Jack Stroubie; Richmond Kennedy - Colin Kahl & Todd Cort
- 1990 Oak Park & River Forest - Eric Truitt & Brian Ruder; Harvard School - Ara Lovitt & Ahilan Arulanantham
- 1991 Omaha Westside - Paul Skiermont & Jason Patil; Georgetown Day School - Dan Nexon & Rebecca Tushnet
- 1992 Edgemont - Jason Feldman & Derek Schaffer; Albuquerque Academy - Jeremy Pena & Mark Kutny
- 1993 Isadore Newman - Ben Norwood & Taavi Reiss; Brookfield Central - David Frank & Joshua Heling
- 1994 Lexington - Li-Cheng Wang & Steve Lehotsky; Edgemont - Sanket Bulsara & Chris Lennon
- 1995 Niles West - Armands Revelins & George Kouros; Lexington - Steve Lehotsky & Matt Nichols
- 1996 Glenbrook North - Larry Heftman & Adam Hurder; Taylor - Jeff McNabb & Kim Sikora
- 1997 Caddo Magnet - Andy Ryan & Kamal Ghali; Greenhill - Josh Goldberg & Rashad Hussein
- 1998 Glenbrook South - Adam Goldstein & Todd Fine; Greenhill - Caitlin Talmadge & Andrew Bradt
- 1999: Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) - Raja Gaddipati/Robbie Quinn
- 2000: Greenhill School (TX) - Asher Haig/Jordan Pietzsch
- 2001: Glenbrook North High School (IL) - Michael Klinger/Stacey Nathan
- 2002: Pace Academy (GA) - Bob Allen/Brian Smith
- 2003: College Preparatory School (CA) - Michael Burshteyn/Eli Anders
- 2004: Glenbrook North High School (IL) - Jake Ziering/Michael Rosecrans
- 2005: Westminster Schools (GA) - Anusha Deshpande/Stephen Weil; Chattahoochee (GA) - Garrett Abelkop & John Warden
- 2006: Greenhill School (TX) - Matthew Andrews/Stephen Polley
[edit] Past Policy Debate Top Speakers
- 1972: Marquette - Jeff Clark, Mark Foley
- 1973: Hillsboro - Mary Thompson
- 1974: Woodson - Dave Ottoson
- 1975: Cardinal Spellman - John Bredehoft
- 1976: Soquel - Jeff Lorenzen
- 1977: Lakeland - Patrick Finegan
- 1978: Soquel - Sandra Seville-Jones
- 1979: Bronx Science - Herschel Goldfield
- 1980: University of Detroit - Kevin O'Shea
- 1981: Maine East - Lenny Gail
- 1982: Bronx Science - Erik Jaffe
- 1983: Montgomery Bell Academy - Lyn Robbins
- 1984: Bronx Science - Stuart Rabin
- 1985: Lake Braddock - Mike Green
- 1986: Lexington - Jonathon Bines
- 1987: Churchill - Michael Tomz
- 1988: Bronx Science - Noah Millman
- 1989: Detroit Catholic Central - Omar Guevara
- 1990: Kinkaid - Jon Brody
- 1991: Jefferson Science - Stephen Andrews
- 1992: Pace Academy - Sinan Aral
- 1993: Brookfield Central - Joshua Heling
- 1994: Martin Luther King - Dan Fitzmier
- 1995: Lexington - Steve Lehotsky
- 1996: Greenhill - Dustin Marshall
- 1997: Grapevine - David Harkin
- 1998: East Grand Rapids - Geoff Lundeen
- 1999: Head Royce - Jake Foster
- 2000: Pace Academy - Ben Thorpe
- 2001: St. Thomas Academy - Scott Phillips
- 2002: Glenbrook North - Reuben Schy
- 2003: Colleyville Heritage - Justin Murray
- 2004: Colleyville Heritage - Jason Murray
- 2005: Montgomery Bell Academy - Tripp Rebrovick
- 2006: Glenbrook North - Matt Fisher
[edit] Other Awards
The Julia Burke Award is presented each year, in memory of Julia Burke, a debater at The College Preparatory School who was killed in a car crash in 1998. The purpose of this award is to recognize a "policy debater who achieves competitive excellence in high school policy debate on the national circuit, and who demonstrates goodness of heart despite the pressures of competition at the highest level." The award is accompanied by a $1000 scholarship and $1000 to donate to the charity of the recipient's choice. Nominations can be submitted by any debater attending the TOC. They are then narrowed to a list of three or four debaters by a selection committee chosen by the Julia Burke foundation. The winner is chosen by a vote of all the attendees and coaches at the TOC.
