WE HAD AN AMAZING YEAR OF COMPETITION AND TRAVEL! THE PROGRAM’S TOURNAMENT RESULTS ARE POSTED BELOW…
Fall 2022 (Unstacked Teams)
UIUC: Team Laa-Laa and Team Po kicked off an incredible fall season! Team Laa-Laa placed 2nd with a record of 7-1 and Team Po placed 4th with a record of 5-2-1! NUMT took home 4 individual awards: Laa-Laa captain Abigail Roman-Ahlgrim and senior Tahj Burnett both received 20-rank attorney awards. Po’s captains Rand Meyer earned a 19-rank witness award and Will Hopkins earned a 17-rank attorney award.
Scarlet & Gray (OSU): Team Tinky Winky had an amazing drive-away tournament where they went 4-3-1. Captains Claire Foltz and Philip Wang both earned attorney awards.
Mumbo Jumbo (Tufts): Our first team in Boston for the year was Team Dipsy! They represented NUMT at one of the most competitive invitationals of the season where earned a record of 3-5.
Tobacco Road (Duke): At another competitive invitational, Team Laa-Laa went 3-5. Tahj Burnett received an 18-rank attorney award while new member, Claire Humphrey earned a 16-rank witness award!
Boston Tea Party (Harvard): Team Po had an amazing time in Boston and brought home our first SPAMTA of the year! Captain Will Hopkins earned both a 19-rank attorney and witness award.
Mock at the Rock (Northwestern): Team Tinky Winky and Team Dipsy competed at our very own invitational and earned records of 4.5-3.5 and 4-4, respectively. Tinky Winky captain Claire earned a 19-rank attorney award.
Winter 2023 (Stacked Teams)
Beach Party (UC Irvine): Team All Too Well and Team Big Emissions kicked off an incredible winter season! With 10 wins across both teams, NUMT placed 4th and brought home 4 individuals awards: Rand Meyer (19-rank witness award) and Tahj Burnett (17-rank attorney award) from Team All Too Well; Shawn Liang (18-rank attorney award) and Isaac Seltz (17-rank witness award).
UCLAssic (UCLA): Team Champagne Problems flew back out to California the next week for UCLA’s competitive winter invitational where they went 3-3-2. Ben Hempker earned a 17-rank witness award!
Swamp Invitational (UF): The Last Great American D Team came ready to see gators in Gainesville, FL! They earned a record of 3-4-1 and Cole Prieto earned an 18-rank witness award.
Ramblin’ Wreck (Georgia Tech): Team Big Emissions flew to Georgia for this challenging tournament! With (hopefully) small emissions, they came home with a record of 3-5.
Hilltop Invitational (Georgetown): Team Champagne Problems showed up to the Capitol well-dressed and ready for two days in trial. They had a fantastic time and left court with a record of 2-6.
AtypiCAL (UC Berkeley): The Last Great American D Team finished our travels to California at AtypiCAL. They left feeling as golden as the state itself about their 4-4 record and captain Josh Ezrol’s two awards (17-rank attorney and 17-rank witness)!
2023 Regionals: NUMT qualified 3 of its 4 teams at regionals with an honorable mention for its 4th team!
Evanston Regional: At our very own regional tournament, The Last Great American D Team earned 3rd place with a record of 6-1-1 with three individual awards! Cole Prieto earned a perfect 20-rank witness award while captain (and new member) Jordyn Howard earned two attorney awards for her incredible performance.
We are also proud of Team Champagne Problems for earning an honorable mention for their 6-2 record! Members Graham Umbanhower and Ben Hempker both earned individual witness awards.
St. Louis Regional: Team All Too Well and Team Big Emissions received two more bids at the St. Louis Regional! Team All Too Well earned 2nd place for their perfect 8-0 record and Team Big Emissions earned 4th place for their 6-2 record. 5 members came home as an All-Regional witness or attorney: Rand Meyer (18-rank witness), Tahj Burnett (17-rank witness), Claire Foltz (17-rank witness), Isaac Seltz (19-rank witness), and Jessica Ma (16-rank witness).
2023 ORCS: At the Geneva ORCS, Team All Too Well, renamed to Team Apybara with the addition of Champagne Problem’s Graham Umbanhower, earned 4th place for their 6-1-1 record and earned a bid to the National Championship Tournament! Captain Tahj Burnett earned an 18-rank witness award while Will Hopkins earned both a 17-rank witness and attorney award.
Team Babybara, a restacked combination of NUMT’s three other teams, came to Geneva ready to compete! We couldn’t be prouder of them for their 4-3-1 record and of Shawn Liang for his two attorney awards (19-rank and 17-rank).
2023 National Championship Tournament: Team Apybara brought home another national title for NUMT with their 10th place win. We are also proud to have another All American Attorney, Claire Foltz! Tahj Burnett, an All American Attorney from the 2022 NCT, can now also be referred to as an All American Witness.