With the upcoming start of a new season, we are taking the opportunity to archive last year’s accomplishments for posterity in this post. The AWARDS tab above will feature this year’s awards after we win something at Hopkins this weekend…
Awards and Rankings – Rutgers University Debate Union 2010-2011
Final Annual Rankings
College of the Year (COTY)
Rutgers University: 5th overall
Team of the Year (TOTY)
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl: 7th team
Chris Bergman & Ashley Novak: 17th team (tie)
Farhan Ali & Chris Bergman: 36th team (tie)
Kyle Bomeisl & Farhan Ali: 74th team (tie)
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette: 96th team (tie)
David Reiss & Gordon Morrisette: 115th team (tie)
Krishna Kavi & Bhargavi Sriram: 127th team (tie)
David Reiss & Chris Bergman: 127th team (tie)
Speaker of the Year (SOTY)
David Reiss: 14th speaker
Kyle Bomeisl: 30th speaker
Farhan Ali: 43rd speaker (tie)
Ashley Novak: 60th speaker (tie)
Krishna Kavi: 74th speaker (tie)
Novice of the Year (NOTY)
Ashley Novak: 2nd novice
Gordon Morrisette: 11th novice
Chris Mercurio: 27th novice
Nisha Kumar: 65th novice (tie)
Debaters Qualified for National Championships
Rutgers University: 5 (tied for 3rd)
(David Reiss, Kyle Bomeisl, Chris Bergman, Farhan Ali, & Ashley Novak)
APDA’s full rankings can be found here. The final official COTY standings are here.
2011 National Championships
Team Results
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 15th Team
Chris Bergman & Farhan Ali – 25th Team
Speaker Results
Kyle Bomeisl – 16th Speaker
APDA’s full National Championship results can be found here.
2010-2011 Tournament Awards
Tournament Champions
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – George Washington University (I) 2010
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – University of Pennsylvania 2010
Chris Bergman & Ashley Novak – University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
Tournament Finalists
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010
Farhan Ali & David Michael [Williams College] – Middlebury College 2011
Tournament Semifinalists
Farhan Ali & Chris Bergman – 3rd, University of Pennsylvania 2010
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 3rd, Middlebury College 2011
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 4th, College of William and Mary (I) 2010
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 4th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Kyle Bomeisl & Farhan Ali – 4th, University of Virginia 2011
Tournament Quarterfinalists
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 5th, Bates College 2011
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 5th, Amherst College 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 5th, Middlebury College 2011
David Reiss & Chris Bergman – 5th, University of Virginia 2011
Chris Bergman & Ashley Novak – 6th, Fordham University 2010
Farhan Ali & Chris Bergman – 6th, New York University 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 6th, University of Virginia 2011
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 7th, New York University 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 7th, Bryn Mawr College 2011
Farhan Ali & Chris Bergman – 8th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Krishna Kavi & Bhargavi Sriram – 8th, University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010 (incorrectly denied break by tabulation error)
Tournament Octofinalists
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 10th, Columbia University 2010
Chris Bergman & Ashley Novak – 13th, Boston University 2011
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 14th, Harvard University 2010
Tournament Top Ten Teams
David Reiss & Gordon Morrisette – 9th, University of Maryland at College Park (II) 2011
David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl – 10th, Fordham University 2010
Kyle Bomeisl & Adam Bomeisl – 10th, University of Maryland at College Park (II) 2011
Krishna Kavi & Bhargavi Sriram – 10th, Franklin and Marshall College 2010
Tournament Top Speakers
Farhan Ali – Middlebury College 2010
Tournament Top Ten Speakers
David Reiss – 2nd, University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010
David Reiss – 3rd, New York University 2011
David Reiss – 3rd, University of Virginia 2011
Kyle Bomeisl – 4th, New York University 2011
Kyle Bomeisl – 4th, University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010
David Reiss – 5th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Kyle Bomeisl – 5th, Amherst College 2011
David Reiss – 5th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
David Reiss – 5th, Middlebury College 2011
Krishna Kavi – 5th, University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
Ashley Novak – 6th, Fordham University 2010
David Reiss – 6th, University of Pennsylvania 2010
David Reiss – 7th, Bates College 2011
David Reiss – 7th, Amherst College 2011
Kyle Bomeisl – 7th, University of Virginia 2011
David Reiss – 8th, Columbia University 2010
Ashley Novak – 8th, Middlebury College 2011
Ashley Novak – 8th, University of Virginia 2011
David Reiss – 9th, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
David Reiss – 9th, Johns Hopkins University 2010
Kyle Bomeisl – 9th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 9th, Bryn Mawr College 2011
Kyle Bomeisl – 9th, University of Maryland at College Park (II) 2011
Tournament Novice Champions
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – George Washington University (II) 2011
Stephen Yellin & Adam Bomeisl – West Point 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – Middlebury College 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – University of Virginia 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – Bryn Mawr College 2011
Stephen Yellin & Christine O’Donnell [University of Virginia] – University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
Tournament Novice Finalists
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – Bates College 2011
Tournament Novice Semifinalists
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, North American Championships 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, New York University 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, Princeton University 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, Dartmouth College 2011
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Isaac Woodward & Arbi Llaveshi – 4th, Princeton University 2011
Nisha Kumar & Adam Bomeisl – 4th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Ashley Novak & Chris Andrews – 4th, Johns Hopkins University 2010
Stephen Yellin & Adam Bomeisl – 4th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Nisha Kumar & Adam Bomeisl – University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010 (incorrectly denied break by tabulation error)
Tournament Novice Quarterfinalists
Ashley Novak & Gordon Morrisette – 5th, Swarthmore College (Novice Only) 2010
Tournament Novice Top Ten Teams
Nisha Kumar & Adam Bomeisl – 3rd, University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
Adam Bomeisl & Stephen Yellin – 7th, Columbia University 2010
Nisha Kumar & Adam Bomeisl – 10th, George Washington (II) 2011
Tournament Top Novice Speakers
Ashley Novak – Fordham University 2010
Ashley Novak – George Washington University (II) 2011
Ashley Novak – Middlebury College 2011
Ashley Novak – University of Virginia 2011
Tournament Top Ten Novice Speakers
Chris Mercurio – 2nd, Princeton University 2011
Chris Andrews – 2nd, Johns Hopkins University 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 2nd, Dartmouth College 2011
Ashley Novak – 2nd, Swarthmore College (Novice Only) 2010
Ashley Novak – 2nd, University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 2nd, University of Maryland at College Park (II) 2011
Ashley Novak – 3rd, American University (Pro-Am) 2010
Ashley Novak – 3rd, Johns Hopkins 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, University of Virginia 2011
Gordon Morrisette – 3rd, Bryn Mawr College 2011
Ashley Novak – 4th, New York University 2011
Ashley Novak – 4th, Boston University 2011
Grodon Morrisette – 4th, George Washington University (II) 2011
Ashley Novak – 4th, University of Maryland at College Park (I) 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 4th, Middlebury College 2011
Ashley Novak – 4th, College of William and Mary (I) 2010
Alex Weiss – 5th, Johns Hopkins University 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 5th, Swarthmore College (Novice Only) 2010
Nisha Kumar – 6th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Ashley Novak – 6th, West Point 2011
Ashley Novak – 6th, Brandeis University 2011
Ashley Novak – 7th, Princeton University 2011
Ashley Novak – 7th, Dartmouth College 2011
Stephen Yellin – 7th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Adam Bomeisl – 7th, University of Virginia 2011
Arbi Llaveshi – 7th, Bryn Mawr College 2011
Chris Mercurio – 8th, American University (Pro-Am) 2010
Ashley Novak – 8th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Adam Bomeisl – 9th, George Washington University (I) 2010
Nisha Kumar – 9th, Brandeis University 2011
Ashley Novak – 9th, Bates College 2011
Gordon Morrisette – 9th, University of Pennsylvania 2010
Gordon Morrisette – 9th, College of William and Mary (II) 2011
Gordon Morrisette – 10th, New York University 2011
Alex Weiss – 10th, Princeton University 2011
APDA’s full tournament results for this year can be found here.
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