A team of six ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students finished fifth in a recent mock trial tournament held in Tucson, Ariz.
Will Warihay, Lauren Nichols, Patrick Elliott, Amanda Haefner, Amanda
Morrissey and Casandra Turner represented ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in the Desert Classic, a
mock trial tournament held Jan. 21-23 at the Pima County courthouse.
Twenty-two teams representing 16 colleges and universities from across
the nation participated in the tournament.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ scored victories over teams from the U.S. Air Force Academy,
Chicago University and the University of California, San Diego. Warihay
won honors as the tournament’s third-best attorney, while Nichols was
recognized as fifth-best witness.
Fifteen students are members of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s mock trial team. Matrice
Williams, adjunct in the political science department, serves as the
team’s coach. Founded in 2003, the team typically participates in 4 to
6 tournaments each academic year.
The team’s next tournament will be in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16-18.
Twenty teams representing 11 schools will take part, including teams
from Johns Hopkins University, University of Richmond, George
Washington University and the University of Virginia. With a fourth- or
fifth-place finish in the tournament, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ would move on to the St.
Paul National Tournament, hosted by Hamline University in St. Paul,
Minn., March 16-18. A top-three finish would qualify ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ for the AMTA
National Championship tournament, hosted by Stetson University April
13-15 in St. Petersburg, Fla.