Leah
Moczulski, Gonzaga University.
Leah is a Junior at Gonzaga majoring in Political Science. Since
joining the team she has competed in elimination rounds of many
college tournaments including Idaho State, Cal, NW CEDA Champs,
Freshman/Sophomore Nationals, Wake Forest, and CEDA Nationals.
In 2010 Leah and her partner were the top NDT qualifier from
District 2 and advanced to the octa finals at CEDA Nationals. She was a semi finalist at the 2007 TOC as a debater for The
Woodlands HS in Texas. This will be Leahs third year on the GDI
faculty.
Adam Symonds,
Director of Forensics, Arizona State University. As an assistant at
CSU Fullerton and the University of Southern California, he has
coached teams to the semifinals of CEDA nationals and the
Quarterfinals of the NDT. Adam and his partner won the 1999 CEDA
Nationals Tournament while debating for Whitman College. Adam is
also the Director of the Arizona Debate Institute, the nation's
premier college institute. Interesting side note -
Adam is the only known person on the planet to
possess the only complete collection of GDI t-shirts. He will wear
them all during GDI. This
will be his 11th GDI.
Eric Lanning,
Michigan State University. The 2010 National Debate
Tournament Champion. In addition to the NDT Eric has won or
appeared in late elimination rounds of every major college
tournament including Kentucky, Wake Forest, Texas, Northwestern
and others. In high school Eric was the spunky sidekick
to Leah Moczulski at The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands,
TX where he reached the semi-finals of the TOC in 2007. Eric has
taught at the GDI since 2009.
Scott Odekirk,
debate coach at Idaho State University. Scott was a nationally
competitive college debater and has coached college debate for five
years. Since Scott arrived ISU has received its first two first
round at large bids to the National Debate Tournament. His teams
regularly clear to the elimination rounds at major
nationals, including many late elim runs. Scott has a strong
interest in critical theory and alternative styles in debate and his
teams have enjoyed great success through the use of innovative and
experimental approaches.
Dave Arnett -
Head Coach, University of California Berkeley. Professor
Arnett has coached the Cal team since 1999. He has coached numerous
first round bids, finalists in all major national tournaments, and
three Copland Award winners (given the top individual team in the
nation). He has taught at numerous debate institutes including
Kentucky, Stanford, and Cal and was recently named the College coach
of the year. He taught at GDI in 2007 and is
making his triumphant return in the summer of 2010.
Tyler Boykin
-
University of West Georgia -
Tyler debated
for Fort Lauderdale where he qualified for the TOC in 2008 and 2009.
As a senior in high school he debated in elimination rounds of every
major national tournament including MBA, Greenhill, Emory, Wake,
Alta, Glenbrooks, Harvard, and received speaker awards at all of
them. He was invited to three round robins that year including Pace,
Greenhill, and Harvard. As a Freshmen at West Georgia he has reached
the octos of Harvard, semis of GSU and Kentucky, quarters of
Wake and earned a first round bid to the 2010 NDT. He likes included ice cream, french fries, and cheese burgers.
He will challenge anyone to a dance battle since they are obviously
willing to lose. This is Tylers first year on the GDI faculty.
Liz Kim,
Assistant Coach, Harvard University - Liz attended Wellesley College
and debated for Harvard (no program at Wellseley). During her
college career she advanced to elimination rounds at every major
national including Wake Forest, GSU, USC, and CEDA Nationals (where
she unjustly lost on a 2-1 decision in the octas). Liz has a
successful high school career at Glenbrook South where she is
currently an assitant coach.
Tiara Naputi -
University of Texas-Austin -
In previous years she has taught at the University of Kansas and the
UTNIF summer debate camps. She
debated for Emporia State University,
making it to out rounds of many regional and national tournaments
including the CEDA National Tournament. During her academic year
abroad in Pamplona, Spain she debated for the Universidad de
Navarra. She is currently the assistant coach at The University of
Texas at Austin where she has coached for the past three years; she
is also the assistant administrator for UT Bilingual Debate, a
university grant project that promotes Spanish-English debate in
Austin-area high schools.
Phil Samuels
-
University of Minnesota -Phillip
has been involved in college debate for nearly ten years.
He debated at Emporia State University where he cleared at
most national tournaments, including the National Debate Tournament.
As a coach Phil did his graduate work under Scott Harris at
the University of Kansas where together they coached five first
rounds in five years and an NDT champion. Phil now coaches and
teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Finally, Phil has worked at
numerous debate camps over the last decade including the Jayhawk
Debate Institute, the NYUDL, and the Spartan Debate Institute at
Michigan State. This is
Phil’s first summer at the GDI.
Brian Rubiae -
University of Texas-Dallas - Brian is completing his senior year at
the University of Texas-Dallas. He participated in the Kentucky and
Dartmouth Round Robin invitationals and was a top 5 speaker at CEDA,
Georgia State and Cal and earned speaker awards at the NDT,
Harvard, Wake, Kentucky, and USC. He won GSU, was a semi-finalist at
CEDA and Harvard, a quarterfinalist at Wake and Cal and an elim
participant at the NDT, Northwestern, Kentucky, Wake Forest, USC and
others. He recently earned a first round bid to the NDT and was
honored at CEDA Nationals as the Debater of they Year. He is an assistant coach for Coppell HS, where his students
have cleared and won speaker awards at several national tournaments
and qualified to the TOC for third time in his four years of
coaching. Brian was a former lab leader at Baylor, North Texas, UMKC
and the World Debate Institute.
Beth
Mendenhall - Kansas State University - Beth Mendenhall
is a senior at Kansas State University, studying political science
and philosophy. As the 2006 Kansas State policy debate champion,
Beth emphasizes the fundamentals of debate, including evidence
comparison and analytical arguments. Her accomplishments include
three NDT-qualifications, top speaker at UNT in 2008 and 2010, and
breaking at major national tournaments, and she has an ill-disguised
penchant for topicality and a good word PIC.
Andrea Reed -
University of California - Berkeley -Andrea was a successful college
and high school debater currently
coaching at UC-Berkeley.
Prior to arriving at Cal, she coached at Wake Forest University
while getting her Masters in Communication. At Wake Forest, Andrea
coached the 2008 NDT Champion and the 2009 Second Place team at the
NDT. She debated in college at Michigan State, reaching the
elimination rounds of the NDT and CEDA national tournaments, and in
high school at Highland Park, TX, where she reached the semi-finals
of the TOC.
Nick Watts, University of Oklahoma
- Nick Watts, University of Oklahoma. Nick is the
2009 and 2010 CEDA national champion. He is a two time NDT first
round at large bid recipient to the NDT and 3 time NDT elimination
round competitor. Along with receiving an invitation to the Kentucky
round robin, Nick has competed in the outrounds of ever major
national debate tournament. Nick has also received numerous speaker
awards including Top Speaker at the 2010 CEDA nationals and 7th
speaker at the 2010 NDT. Nick has previously worked at the Michigan
7 week junior program. This will be Nick's first year at the GDI.
Paul Kanellopoulos,
Gonzaga University - As a sophomore on the Gonzaga
team Paul was the top district qualifier to the NDT and an
elimination rounds participant at many national tournaments
including Wake Forest, Texas, and most recently Octa Finals at the
2010 CEDA National Championships. He debated in high school at
Kincaid and Mercer Island and currently coaches at St. Georges HS in
Spokane where he recently coached a team to St. Georges first TOC
bid.
Will Sears, Wake Forest
University - Will is graduating from Wake Forest this
year and has debated for eight years. His accomplishments
include making it to the octas or better at every tournament he
attended in 2009-2010, 1st speaker at West Georgia, 2nd speaker
at Berkeley, 6th speaker at the NDT, and reaching the
semi-finals of both the TOC and NDT. He is also a great
freestyle rapper and has been working on a killer beard all
semester. This will be his first year at the GDI.
Patrick Kennedy,
University of Kansas, Just finished my second year debating for
KU, including clearing at all of the major national tournaments,
like CEDA, the NDT, Kentucky, Wake, Texas, etc. I was the
two-time champion of the NJDDT and the 2009 Freshmen-Sophomore
national champion. This past year I was a first round qualifier
to the NDT. In high school I debated at Shawnee Mission East,
reaching the finals of the state tournament and finishing in the
top 25 at the NFL national tournament. I have coached for SME
for 2 years and worked at the Jayhawk Debate Institute for 2
years. This is my first year the GDI.
Doug Dennis, Saint
Francis High School. Doug Dennis is the Director of Forensics at
Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, CA. In the 20 years
he has been coaching high school, Doug has had teams in the late
elimination rounds of every major tournament in the country,
including but not limited Greenhill, Michigan, St. Marks, The
Glenbrooks, MBA, Stanford, Berkeley, the Tournament of
Champions, Catholic Nationals and NFL Nationals. His passion and
knowledge of topcs educates and inspires his students.
