First Semester/Winter Break

The first semester has ended with several notable successes. The first tournament of the year was Georgia State. The three Mary Washington teams that attended the tournament were Matt Struth and Kevin Kallmyer, Nick Ryan and Scott Berry, and the team of Will Collins and I (The Original A Team). The school defeated several highly ranked teams including Northwestern, Harvard, Kansas and Wake Forest. Matt and Kevin finished with a record of 5-3, barely missing on points.















Matt & Kevin After Defeating Kansas BJ

Following Georgia State, Mary Washington attended the University of Richmond tournament. Nick Ryan & Scott Berry won the tournament, and Matt & Kevin made the semifinals.

After Richmond, the team attended the Cap Cities debate tournament at Catholic University. The novice debaters, Cassie Carlton and Amanda Gardner defeated teams from Kings College, Liberty and United States Military Academy to take first place in the novice division.

The last national tournament of the semester for Mary Washington was at Wake Forest University.  This tournament is one of the premier debate tournaments of the year.  Mary Washington sent the teams of Nick & Scott and Matt & Kevin. Matt & Kevin finished with a record of 5-3, and once again, barely missed the elimination rounds.

The last tournament of the semester was at John Carroll University. The team of Nick Ryan & I finished the preliminary rounds undefeated and reached the semifinals in varsity. In the novice division, the teams of Amanda Gardner & Cassie Carlton and Farrah Tek & Sara Kelley reached the elimination rounds. Nick also received 2nd speaker in the varsity division and Amanda took 2nd speaker in the novice division.

















(Sean Jansen, Diligent Worker)