Georgia Forensic Coaches Association

Georgia Forensic Coaches Association 3 rd Annual Varsity State Championships University of North Georgia Oakwood, GA March 8-9, 2013 Jeffrey Miller, Tournament Director Tom Preston, Tournament Host Richard Bracknell, Individual Events Tab Room Director John McClellan, Public Forum/Lincoln Douglas Debate Tab Room Director Maggie Berthiaume, Policy Debate Tab Room Director

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GFCA Varsity State Championships Schedule As Always It s subject to change. Please do not leave campus. Friday, March 8th CX PF LD IE's 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Phone Registration 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Round 1 & 2 Released Online 12:00 PM 12:30 PM Round 1 Round 1 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM Round 2 3:00 PM Round 1 Released Round 2 3:30 PM Online 4:00 PM Extemp Prep 4:30 PM Round 3 5:00 PM (High/Low) 5:30 PM Round 1 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Round 3 (H/L) Dinner Dinner Break Extemp Prep 8:00 PM Break Round 4 (High/Low) 8:30 PM Round 2 9:00 PM 9:30 PM Round 4 (High/Low) 10:00 PM

Saturday March 9 CX PF LD IE's 7:30 AM Extemp Prep 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Round 3 Round 5 Released Online 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Extemp Round 5 10:00 AM Round 5 Prep 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Round 4 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Lunch Break/HOF Induction Ceremony 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Quarters Quarters 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM Quarterfinals 3:00 PM Semis Semis Extemp Prep Round 5 Extemp 3:30 PM Prep 4:00 PM Finals 4:30 PM IM Semis Semifinals Finals DI Semis 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM Finals Awards Ceremony IM Finals DI Finals

2013 GFCA Coach of the Year Debate Coach of the Year Nominees Maggie Berthiaume, Woodward Shunta Jordan, Pace John McClellan, Warner Robins Speech Coach of the Year Nominees Mario Herrera, Grady HS David Gay, Alpharetta HS

Past Winners 1983 Sandra Worthington Silvers Calhoun High School 1984 Martha Dye Lee County High School 1985 Bruce Rogers Northside High School 1986 Eric Brannen Westminster Schools 1987 Paula Nettles Woodward Academy 1988 Chuck Spurlock Pace Academy 1989 Richard Bracknell Carrollton High School 1990 Ted Carter Lee County High School 1991 Lionel Clark Pickens County High School 1992 John McClellan Warner Robins High School 1993 Leslie Watkins Brookwood High School 1994 Chris Wheatley Pace Academy 1995 Barbara Wilson Rome High School 1996 Phillip Wertz Thomas County Central High School 1997 Medgar Roberts Hart County High School 1998 Donald Rhodes Houston County High School 1999 Martha Kelley Dublin High School 2000 Chuck Heywood Lakeside High School 2001 Kenneth Grodd St. Pius X Catholic School 2002 Allan Hayes Trion High School 2003 Frank Seaver Woodward Academy 2004 Lisa Willoughby Henry W. Grady High School 2005 Adam Smiley Chattahoochee High School 2006 James Holt Camden County High School 2007 Lee Robinson Lincoln County High School 2008 Beth McMahon Milton High School 2009 Beverly Kelly Fayette County High School 2010 Jenny Heidt Westminster Schools 2011 Debate: Matt Bartula Sequoyah High School Speech: Mario Herrera Henry W. Grady High School 2012 Debate: Jeffrey Miller Marist School Speech: Bill Swafford Lee County High School

Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame Inducted 1994 Chester Gibson Thomas Glenn Pelham Sandra Worthington Silvers Inducted 1995 Martha Dye Jackson Farabee Ted Wolfe Inducted 1996 Elizabeth Hall-Vickery Bruce Rogers Paul Slappey Inducted 1997 Charles Clark Mickey Foreman Inducted 1998 George Mengert Paula Nettles Melissa Maxcy Wade Inducted 1999 Eric Brannen Ted Carter Gail Ingram Philip Wertz Inducted 2000 Betty Maddox Larry Moss Carlton Thomas Inducted 2001 Richard Bracknell Rich Edwards Leslie Watkins Inducted 2002 Chris Wheatley Inducted 2003 Sarah Finger Inducted 2004 Helen McClellan Inducted 2006 Anne Duke Inducted 2007 John McClellan Mary Lisa Willoughby Inducted 2010 Charles Heywood Lenalee Robinson Inducted 2011 Jim Wade Inducted 2013 Jenny Heidt Steven Stein Bill Swafford Congratulations to Jenny Heidt, Steven Stein and Bill Swafford for their induction into the GFCA Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame Inductees, Class of 2013 Jenny Heidt, Westminster Schools In her time at Pace and Westminster, Jenny Heidt has helped increase the prestige and quality of policy debate in the state of Georgia. On the National circuit, teams coached by Jenny have won the National Tournament of Champions 5 times, the Baker Award 3 times, and a number of Georgia State Championships. In 2012, Jenny was inducted in the National Tournament of Champions Hall of Fame for Coaches. In addition to her success on the local and national circuit, she has done a great deal to support the development of debate in Georgia. First, she hosts the first novice debate tournament of the year every year. At this tournament, she helps promote a great educational environment that helps introduce and retain students in the activity. She also provides a beginner workshop for students and coaches. Second, she has been a contributor to the novice evidence packet produced for policy debate. Third, she has provided a number of wonderful power points and resources to help coaches teach novice debaters. Finally, she has been very supportive and instrumental in the development of the middle school debate circuit. Steven Stein, Chattahoochee High School Steve Stein coached at Chattahoochee from 1999 to 2004, where he began a tradition of excellence in policy debate in a community. Steve helped begin several educational institutions in the Atlanta area before departing to the Boston Urban Debate League. In 2002, Steve, alongside Lisa Willoughby of Grady, created the GFCA 1st & 2nd Year State Championships to honor young debaters for their achievements. Along with this tournament, Steve co-founded the Atlanta Urban Middle School Debate League. This league continues to feed strong middle school debaters into high school programs today. Not only did Steve help the state and community but he built Chattahoochee High School into a local and national powerhouse. He qualified six teams to the Tournament of Champions, and won two Varsity State championships, 3 JV State Championships, and 3 Novice State Championships. Steve was the first coach to ever win all three levels of Policy Debate in the same year back to back. Bill Swafford, Lee County High School Bill Swafford certainly has enough years of service. For 44 years, Bill Swafford has coached programs all over the United States, including Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, and Georgia. Bill began in Georgia coaching Albany High School, where he was able to coach to his oldest son to many successful tournaments. He later moved to Lee County High School, where he was able to achieve many successes including the 2013 GFCA Varsity Congressional Debate State Championship, and many NFL, NCFL and TOC qualifiers in speech. It can be said that Bill Swafford is the reason why debate still exists today in the Albany area. One of his former students has this to say, Aside from my father, no other man has had such a significant impact in my life as Mr. Swafford. He has worked with me for countless hours after school, on weekends, and even over multiple summer breaks. Without his help and critiques, I would be nowhere near the public speaker I am today. Instead, I would still be the stumbling and bumbling freshman who had a propensity to talk too much. For having such an impact, I can never thank him enough. And even though he s retiring this year, he still will remain committed to coaching the team and, hopefully, continuing to lead them to more victories across the state and country.

Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Schools of Excellence Recipients The Schools of Excellence Awards are given to the school in each size classification who qualified the most number of students to the State Championships. Each award is named after a GFCA Hall of Fame coach. This tradition was started in 2011 by Claude Robinson of Lincoln County High School. Congratulations to the winners! Year School Name City Head Coach Helen McClellan Division (500 or fewer students) 2011 Lincoln County High School Lincolnton Lee Robinson 2012 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan 2013 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan Sandra Silvers Division (500 1000 students) 2011 Lovett School Atlanta Ann Swartz 2012 Marist School Atlanta Jeffrey Miller 2013 Carrollton High School Carrollton Richard Bracknell Ted Wolf Division (1000 1500 students) 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2013 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera Philip Wertz Division (1500 2000 students) 2011 Fayette County High School Fayetteville Jeffrey Miller 2012 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Hickey 2013 Alpharetta Speech Team Alpharetta David Gay Leslie Watkins Division (2000 or more students) 2011 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta Amy Waldman 2012 Alpharetta Speech Team Alpharetta David Gay 2013 Central Gwinnett High School Lawrenceville Keith Haber

Georgia Forensic Coaches Association N. Bruce Rogers President s Cup The N. Bruce Roger s Presidents Cup is a traveling Trophy Award given to the school with the highest number of rounds at the State Tournament. Each year your school s total number of rounds rolls over to the next year. A school can only win the trophy once in five years. Here are the standings entering the 2013 State Championship: 1 st Lee County High School 210 2 nd Fayette County High School 169 3 rd Starr s Mill High School 151 4 th Henry W. Grady High School (2011) 156 5 th Sequoyah High School 109 6 th Carrollton High School 111 7 th Central Gwinnett High School 80 8 th Johns Creek High School 72 9 th North Hall High School 60 10 th Warner Robins High School 50 11 th Pace Academy 49 12 th Marist School 66 13 th St. Pius X Catholic School 42 14 th Gwinnett School 41 15 th Chattahoochee High School 40 16 th Houston County High School 39 17 th Jackson High School 38 18 th Lincoln County High School 33 19 th Westminster Schools 32 20 th Rockdale Magnet School 29 21 st Northview High School 27 22 nd Woodward Academy 24 23 rd Dunwoody High School 22 24 th McEachern High School 19 25 th Lakeview Academy 18 26 th Lassiter High School 17 27 th Jasper County High School 16 27 th Roswell High School 16 29 th RW Johnson High School 15 29 th Walton High School 15 31 st Wheeler High School 12 31 st Greater Atlanta Christian Schools 12 33 rd Pope High School 11 33 rd Evans High School 11 33 rd Parkview High School 11 36 th Cairo High School 10 37 th Allatoona High School 7 37 th Walker School 7 37 th Milton High School 7 37 th SW Dekalb High School 7 41 st North Cobb High School 6 42 nd Tift County High School 5 42 nd Lakeside Evans High School 5 42 nd Griffin High School 5 42 nd Riverside Military Academy 5 46 th Scholars Academy 4 47 th Alpharetta High School (2012) 0 2011 Champion: Henry W. Grady High School 2012 Champion: Alpharetta High School

2013 GFCA State Championship Tournament Sponsors Richard B. Russell Foundation Proud Sponsor of the Policy Debate Divisions at the GFCA State Championships Georgia Debate Institutes, June 16-29, 2013 Proud Sponsor of the First & Second Year Championship Trophies in Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate All American Specialties Official Trophy Vendor for all State Championship tournaments

2013 Participating Schools and Coaches Allatoona High School Alpharetta Debate Team Alpharetta Speech Team Cairo High School Carrollton High School Central Gwinnett High School Chamblee Charter High School Chattahoochee High School Columbus High School Dunwoody High School Fayette County High School Grovetown High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology Henry W. Grady High School Houston County High School Jackson High School Johns Creek High School Lakeside High School Lassiter High School Lee County High School Marist School Milton High School North Cobb High School North Hall High School Northview High School Pace Academy R.W. Johnson High School Rockdale Magnet School Roswell High School Sequoyah High School St. Pius X Catholic High School Starr s Mill High School The Walker School Warner Robins High School Wheeler High School Woodward Academy Coach: Tyler Gwynn Coach: Adam Smiley, Muhammed Al-Ahmar Coach: David Gay Coach: Hank Smith Coach: Richard Bracknell Coach: Keith Haber, Lee Tucciarone Coach: Coach: Garrett Abelkop, Rebecca Rivera Coach: Sandra Shorey Coach: Kevin Travis Coach: Kahlilah Pagan Coach: Jonathan Waters Coach: Ryan Vamplew Coach: Mario Herrera, Lisa Willoughby Coach: James Brock, Ken Cavanaugh Coach: Laura LaChappelle Coach: Jeremy Spiegel Coach: Elaine Griswell Coach: Walter Cotter Coach: Bill Swafford Coach: Jeffrey Miller, Craig Skelton Coach: Lee Redding Coach: Quandus Patterson Coach: Steven Wang Coach: Ashley Ulrich Coach: Shunta Jordan, Jordana Sternberg Coach: Charity Wang Coach: Cherri Ullo Coach: Ned Granville Coach: Matt Bartula, Jamie Wills Coach: Sean Hiland Coach: Sean Hickey, Brandon Kendall Coach: Clay Stewart Coach: John McClellan Coach: Laura Astorian, Stephanie Miller Coach: Maggie Berthiaume, Bill Batterman THE WARM ROOM FIND PAIRINGS/RESULTS ONLINE LIVE THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT. Visit http://thegfca.org/warmroom

The GFCA State Championship Historical Archive Since 2002, the GFCA has awarded 155 State Championships. Every year, 31 additional State Champions are added. The concept of a state championship awarded by the coaches association originated from Steve Stein, former coach at Chattahoochee High School, and Lisa Willoughby, coach at Henry W. Grady High School. Year School Name City Coach(es) Varsity Policy Debate (GFCA started to recognize in 2005) 2005 Chattahoochee High School Johns Creek Adam Smiley, James Herndon McIntosh High School Peachtree City Gwin Jordan Westminster Schools Atlanta Jenny Heidt Pace Academy Atlanta Chris Wheatley, Shunta Jordan Trion High School Trion Kevin Trobaugh 2006 Brookwood High School Snellville Leslie Watkins Chamblee High School Chamblee Susan Mistretta Westminster Schools Atlanta Jenny Heidt Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan Trion High School Trion Kevin Trobaugh 2007 Chattahoochee High School Johns Creek James Herndon, Luke Hill Woodward Academy College Park Frank Seaver, Avery Dale Chamblee High School Chamblee Susan Mistretta Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan, Mike Greenstein Trion High School Trion Kevin Trobaugh 2008 Chattahoochee High School Johns Creek James Herndon, Luke Hill Woodward Academy College Park Roy Levkovitz, Whit Whitmore Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Lisa Willoughby Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan, Scott Phillips Trion High School Trion Kevin Trobaugh 2009 Milton High School Alpharetta Jeremy Spiegel Fayette County High School Fayetteville Jeffrey Miller Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Lisa Willoughby Calhoun High School Calhoun J. Lane Bearden Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan, Jordana Sternberg 2010 Chattahoochee High School Johns Creek Maggie Berthiaume, Lauren Vevoda Marist School Atlanta Cheryl Stanga Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Lisa Willoughby Westminster Schools Atlanta Jenny Heidt Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan, Jordana Sternberg 2011 Woodward Academy College Park Roy Levkovitz, Bill Batterman 2012 Woodward Academy College Park Maggie Berthiaume, Bill Batterman Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (Began in 2002) 2002 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Lisa Willoughby 2003 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2004 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Lisa Willoughby 2005 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2006 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2007 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2008 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan 2009 Fayette County High School Fayetteville Beverly Kelly, Jeffrey Miller 2010 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Brandon Kendall, Sean Hickey

Varsity Public Forum Debate (Began in 2006) 2006 St. Pius X Catholic School Atlanta Sean Hiland 2007 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2008 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2009 Pope High School Marietta Betty Whitlock 2010 Carrollton High School Carrollton Richard Bracknell 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Marist School Atlanta Jeffrey Miller Varsity Extemporaneous Commentary (Began in 2005) 2005 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2006 Centennial High School Alpharetta Kelly Parker Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2007 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2008 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2009 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Hickey 2010 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera Varsity Impromptu Speaking (Began in 2004) 2004 Centennial High School Alpharetta Kelly Parker 2005 2006 Brunswick High School Brunswick James Holt 2007 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan 2008 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay 2009 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Hickey 2010 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera Varsity Humorous Interpretation (Began in 2004) 2004 Centennial High School Alpharetta Kelly Parker 2005 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett 2006 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2007 Pace Academy Atlanta Shunta Jordan 2008 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay 2009 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay 2010 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta Mary Kay Swartz 2011 Evans High School Evans Steven Hahn, Elizabeth Hahn 2012 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay Varsity Dramatic Interpretation (Began in 2008) 2008 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2009 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2010 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay Varsity Duo Interpretation (Began in 2004) 2004 Cherokee High School Canton Matt Gantz 2005 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Bennett

2006 Centennial High School Alpharetta Kelly Parker 2007 Lassiter High School Marietta David Childree 2008 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay 2009 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay 2010 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta Mary Kay Swartz 2011 Starr s Mill High School Fayetteville Sean Hickey, Juliana Wright 2012 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta David Gay Varsity Original Oratory (Began in 2004) 2004 Cherokee High School Canton Matt Gantz 2005 2006 Lovett School Alpharetta Ann Swartz 2007 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2008 Northview High School Alpharetta Ashley Ulrich 2009 2010 Warner Robins High School Warner Robins John McClellan 2011 Sequoyah High School Canton Jamie Wills 2012 Rockdale Magnet School Conyers Cherie Ullo Varsity Prose & Poetry (Began in 2010) 2010 Jackson High School Jackson Laura LaChappelle 2011 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera 2012 Henry W. Grady High School Atlanta Mario Herrera Some statistics regarding the GFCA Varsity State Championships Most GFCA Varsity State Championships by School Henry W. Grady HS 25 Starr s Mill HS 13 Alpharetta HS 10 Pace Academy 9 Most GFCA Championships by Coach Mario Herrera 20 Sean Bennett 9 David Gay 8 Shunta Jordan 8 Lisa Willoughby 5 29 different schools have won a GFCA Varsity State Championship.

The GFCA would like to especially thank the following individuals and institutions Richard Bracknell Robinson Rewards University of North Georgia 2012-2013 GFCA Executive Committee President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Area 1 Coordinator Area 2 Coordinator Area 3 Coordinator Area 4 Coordinator Area 5 Coordinator Jeffrey Miller, Marist School Richard Bracknell, Carrollton HS Maggie Berthiaume, Woodward Academy John McClellan, Warner Robins HS Adam Smiley, Alpharetta HS Jeremy Spiegel, Johns Creek HS Jenny Heidt, Westminster Schools Lee Robinson, Lincoln County HS James Brock, Houston County HS