- National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence
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The National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence operates an invitation-only national championship tournament once per year for parliamentary debate (a.k.a. parli). NPTE attracts teams that compete in the parli debate format supported by the National Parliamentary Debate Association.
Teams qualify for the NPTE based on their season-long performances at various invitational tournaments around the United States. The ranking system awards points for both preliminary and elimination round performances, and weighs tournaments with larger national fields more heavily than smaller tournaments.[1] The top 64 teams in the nation are invited to attend the NPTE.
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Recent Champions
Year Team School 2011 Hank Fields & Matt Gander University of Oregon 2010 Than Hedman & William Van Treuren University of Colorado, Boulder 2009 Max Alderman & David Pena University of Nevada, Reno 2008 Kevin Calderwood & Kyle Dennis Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2007 Kevin Garner & Luke Landry William Jewell College 2006 Josh Anderson & Rachel Safran University of Puget Sound 2005 Ian Samuel & Marie Tenny University of South Carolina 2004 Glenn Prince & J.D. Shipman University of South Carolina 2003 Michael Owens & Joshua Wilkerson University of Wyoming 2002 Kristine Clancy & Audrey Mink California State University, Long Beach 2001 Heidi Ford & Alan Tauber University of Oregon Top Speakers
Year Speaker School 2011 Joe Allen Washburn University 2010 Adam Testerman Texas Tech University 2009 David Pena University of Nevada, Reno 2008 Jess Ryan University of Wyoming 2007 Kevin Garner William Jewell College 2006 Josh Anderson University of Puget Sound 2005 Lilia Toson William Jewell College 2004 Audrey Mink California State University, Long Beach 2003 Michael Owens University of Wyoming 2002 Michael Owens University of Wyoming 2001 Amanda Myers United States Air Force Academy Those interested in learning more about the NPTE can visit the NPTE web page or can post questions on Net-Benefits.net - a parliamentary debate forum.
NPTE Board
Name School Affiliation Position Derek Buescher University of Puget Sound President Konrad Hack Concordia University Irvine Vice President Joe Gantt Texas Tech University Executive Secretary Jim Hanson Whitman College Treasurer Gina Lane William Jewell College At-Large Kristine Clancy Pepperdine University At-Large Joe Blasdel McKendree University At-Large References
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