The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial program will compete Nov. 11-12 among 52 teams from more than 40 universities in the 23rd Annual Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
This year marks the fifth consecutive season that ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ will make the trip to MTSU. Last season, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial earned a top-10 finish at the MTSU tournament, one of the largest tournaments in the country. For the second straight year, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is sending three squads to this invitational tournament. The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ team members in attendance represent students from all majors and departments.
This will be the second tournament of the season for the team. In October, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial hosted its own tournament on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s campus. At this tournament, while not placing in the top five, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial defeated teams from Harvard University, Duke University and Vanderbilt University.
Among the teams in competition with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ this weekend will be Rhodes College, Emory University, Vanderbilt University, the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s team has been preparing since the beginning of the August, meeting three times a week for more than two hours per practice. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students in attendance this weekend are:
Andrew Stevenson, President
Parker Tobin, Vice President
Amanda Stearns, Secretary
Elayne Monjar, Treasurer
Matt Brekus
Alex Cuculici
Morgan D’Arcy
Will Galleher
Adrienne Greenberg
Jordan Greene
Ryan Griggs
Aubrey Kaplan
Ryan Lasnick
Christine Layer
Claire Long
Noah McCarn
Michael McFarland
Jenny McRobert
Michael McFarland
Patrick Morgioni
Rebecca Mutty
Tyler Nikola
Kelsey O’Connell
Jillian O’Donnell
Ricky Rosati
Julia Schast
Alex Schuler
Baron Smith
Shannon Temlak
The team is coached and accompanied by William Warihay ’07 L’10, a practicing attorney in Greensboro with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and an adjunct faculty member of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Warihay is assisted by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students Michael Koeltzow L’13, Marquis Barnett L’14 and Kristen DelForge ’11 L’14.
For more information on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial, please visit the web site listed to the right of this page.