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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial to attend Invitational Tournament at Middle Tennessee State University

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial program will compete Nov. 12-13 among 66 teams from over 40 universities in the 22nd Annual Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

For the first time in its eight year history, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is sending three teams to an invitational tournament. The tournament, at 66 teams, is the largest tournament in the country for 2010-2011. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ team members in attendance represent students from all majors and departments.

This will be the third tournament of the season for the team. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial recently competed at an invitational tournament at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. At Brandeis, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ competed against teams from Boston University and Brown University, among others.

In October, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial hosted its own tournament on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s campus. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ placed 10th in that tournament out of 26 teams and looks to achieve another Top Ten finish this weekend.

Among the teams in competition will be Rhodes College, The College of William & Mary, Vanderbilt University, the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Tennessee.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s team has been preparing since the beginning of the August, meeting up to three times a week for more than two hours per gathering. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students in attendance this weekend are:

Team 1144
Carolyn Baumgarten, Captain, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial President
Michael McFarland, Captain, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial Treasurer
Jordan Greene
Noah McCarn
Kelsey O’Connell
Ricky Rosati
Kristen DelForge

Team 1145
Amanda Stearns, Captain
Parker Tobin, Captain
Alex Cuculici
Morgan D’Arcy
Patrick Morgioni
Tyler Nikola
Andrew Stevenson
Saige Subick

Team 1146
Amelie Busch, Captain, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial Vice President
Elayne Monjar, Captain
Sara Alpert
Leah Cronshaw
Michael Gross
Jillian O’Donnell
Baron Smith

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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

For more information on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial, please visit the web site listed to the right of this page.