National Debate Tournament - Rex Copeland Award

Rex Copeland Award

The Rex Copeland award, presented on the eve of the NDT, goes to the team with the best season-long performance, ranked #1 among the 16 teams with automatic bids to the tournament. Rex Copeland, a debater at Samford University, was murdered by his debate coach, William Slagle, in 1989.

Academic Year	Copeland Award Winner	School
TOP FIRST ROUND TEAMS - (Prior to establishing the Copeland Award)
1972–1973	Stewart Jay & Bradley Ziff	Georgetown University
1973–1974	Charles Garvin & Greg Rosenbaum	Harvard University
1974–1975	Thomas Rollins & Bradley Ziff	Georgetown University
1975–1976	Robert Feldhake & Richard Godfrey	Augustana College
1976–1977	David Ottoson & John Walker	Georgetown University
1977–1978	David Ottoson & Tom Rollins	Georgetown University
1978–1979	Chris Wonnell & Susan Winkler	Northwestern University
1979–1980	James Kirkland & John Thompson	Georgetown University
1980–1981	Cy Smith & Mark Weinhardt	Dartmouth College
1981–1982	Mark Gidley & Zac Grant	University of Kansas
1982–1983	Melanie Gardner & Erik Walker	Samford University
1983–1984	Leonard Gail & Mark Koulogeorge	Dartmouth College
1984–1985	David Bloom & Greg Mastel	Claremont McKenna College
1985–1986	Dan Povinelli & Mark Friedman	University of Massachusetts Amherst
1986–1987	Griffin Vincent & Lyn Robbins	Baylor University
1987–1988	Ben Attias & Gordon Mitchell	Northwestern University
1988–1989	Martin Loeber & Daniel Plants	Baylor University
Copeland Award Winner
1989–1990	David Coale & Alex Lennon	Harvard University
1990–1991	Roger Cole and Marc Rubinstein	University of Redlands
1991–1992	Kenny Agran & Ara Lovette	Dartmouth College
1992–1993	Ara Lovitt & Steven Sklaver	Dartmouth College
1993–1994	Paul Skiermont & Jason Patil	University of Kentucky
1994–1995	John Hughes & Adrienne Brovero	Wake Forest University
1995–1996	Sean McCaffity and Mason Miller	Northwestern University
1996–1997	Scott Hessell and Corey Stoughton	University of Michigan
1997–1998	George Kouros and Anjan Sahni	Emory University
1998–1999	Michael Gottlieb & Ryan Sparacino	Northwestern University
1999–2000	Kristen Langwell & Andy Ryan	University of Iowa
2000–2001	Randy Luskey & Dan Shalmon	University of California, Berkeley
2001–2002	Alex Berger & Ben Thorpe	Dartmouth College
2002–2003	Geoff Garen & Tristan Morales	Northwestern University
2003–2004	Dan Shalmon & Tejinder Singh	University of California, Berkeley
2004–2005	Tristan Morales & Josh Branson	Northwestern University
2005–2006	Michael Klinger & Nikhil Mirchandani	Harvard University
2006–2007	Brent Culpepper & Kevin Rabinowitz	University of Georgia
2007–2008	Jacob Polin & Michael Burshteyn	University of California, Berkeley
2008–2009	Matt Fisher & John Warden	Northwestern University
2009–2010	Stephen Weil & Ovais Inamullah	Emory University
2010–2011	Stephen Weil & Ovais Inamullah	Emory University
2011–2012	Ryan Beiermeister & Layne Kirshon	Northwestern University

"Copeland Award Winners By School"

7- Northwestern
5- Dartmouth, Georgetown
3- Cal-Berkeley, Harvard, Emory
2- Baylor
1- Augustana, Claremont McKenna, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, UMass, Redlands, Samford, Wake Forest

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