UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH – The Northern Tier Debate Conference concluded in March at John Carroll University.  The conference is six tournaments long and is also hosted by Lafayette, Clarion University, St. Anselm College, Ithaca College, and Hillsdale College over the course of the academic year.  The NTDC consists of schools from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Hampshire.

Over the course of the six tournaments, results and points are tracked to create season-long awards.  Congratulations to all of the NTDC award winners (Lafayette students, in bold):

Top Open Division Debater
1st – Sarah Stevenson-Peck, Penn State
2nd – Zak Zinda, John Carroll
3rd – Anshuman Mishra, Lafayette

Top Open Division Speaker
1st – Zak Zinda, John Carroll
2nd – Pammy Boulas, Capital
3rd – Sarah Stevenson-Peck, Penn State

Top Novice Division Debater
1st – Yordanos Mengistu, Lafayette
2nd – Bohan Xu, Penn State
3rd – Nolan McClung, Capital

Top Novice Division Speaker
1st – Nolan McClung, Capital
2nd – Stephanie Mooney, Ithaca
3rd – Yordanos Mengistu, Lafayette

NTDC Team Sweepstakes
1st – Lafayette College (Anshuman Mishra, Luisa Gunn, Yordanos Mengistu)
2nd – Pennsylvania State University (Sarah Stevenson-Peck, Elisa Vogel, Bohan Xu)
3rd – Central Michigan University (Gabrielle Pruitt, Bainbridge Scully, Gabe Butzke)

Congratulations to all of the award winners and especially Anshuman Mishra and Yordanos Mengistu for their individual awards.  The entire debate team contributed to our individual and team successes.  Luisa Gunn was instrumental as Lafayette’s third point scorer in the team sweepstakes race.  Chris Mayer, Lia Charles, Hank Scheffler and Emily Song all contributed to our success!