2019 Pre-Regionals Top Performers

As the fall invitational season wraps up, we have compiled a list of top performers from the fall. Just like last year, we are defining a top performer as someone who has taken at least two awards at top invites (ones where 25% or more of the field was made up of people from last year’s nationals). This means that the following invites qualify: Black Squirrel (Haverford), Carolina Classic (Elon), Classic City (Georgia), Cornshucker (Iowa), CUBAIT (Columbia), GAMTI (UVA), Grand Ole’ Tournament (Vanderbilt), Habeas Hippopotamus (GW), Mumbo Jumbo (Tufts), Peach Bowl (Emory), and Yale Invitational (Yale).

Clearly these are pretty clustered in the East Coast and Midwest since it’s easier to get a critical mass of top teams together in those areas without making people travel for hours. We are in no way claiming that these are the only top competitors out there. There are certainly many great competitors on teams not invited to these particular invitationals. But we do think that these competitors deserve a shout out for prevailing against such tough competition.

We will add addenda after any future top tournament tab summaries are released.


Attorneys:
Elizabeth Bays, Yale (Yale 18P, 17D)
Regina Campbell (GAMTI 30P; GOT 19P, 19D)
Lindsey China, NYU (CUBAIT 17D; Mumbo Jumbo 20P)
Paul Cumberland, Brown (Classic City 19P; GOT 16P)
Daniel Elliot, Rhodes (GOT 18P; GAMTI 28D)
Drew Evans, Haverford (Habeas Hippopotamus 19D, 18P)
Natalie Garson, Boston University (Mumbo Jumbo 20D; Yale 17P)
Sydney Gaskins, UMBC (Black Squirrel 18P; GAMTI 29.5D)
Brianna Goodchild, Minnesota (Cornshucker 20P, 17D)
Sabrina Grandhi, Virginia (Carolina Classic 20P; Black Squirrel 18P, 18D; GAMTI 36D, 30P)
Chris Grant, Northwood (Black Squirrel 18P; Yale 20P)
Claudine Isaac, NYU (Mumbo Jumbo 18D; Black Squirrel 18P; GAMTI 29D)
Aanha Joshi, Rutgers (Habeas Hippopotamus 17P; Black Squirrel 18D)
Heather Pincus, Wesleyan (Mumbo Jumbo 19P, 19D)
Sam Porta, Georgia Tech (Carolina Classic 17D; Peach Bowl 17D)
Spencer Richardson, Furman (Classic City 18P, 18D)
Sarah Stebbins, Georgia Tech (Peach Bowl 20D; GAMTI 26.5D, 25P)
Steven Torres, Cornell (Mumbo Jumbo 18D; GAMTI 32D)

Witnesses:
Brooke Bowerman, Ohio State (Carolina Classic 19D, 16P; GAMTI 25P)
Sam Edwards, William & Mary (CUBAIT 18D, Black Squirrel 19D)
Jamie Haas, Fordham (CUBAIT 19D; Mumbo Jumbo 16P)
Jessica Howell, Furman (Carolina Classic 15D; GAMTI 24D)
Connor Hurley, Rhodes (Classic City 17D; Cornshucker 16D; GOT 16D)
Thomas Kiley, UMBC (Black Squirrel 18P; GAMTI 24P)
Charles Koepp, Vanderbilt (GOT 17P, 17D)
Kai Nugent, Yale (CUBAIT 18D; Mumbo Jumbo 20D)
Tarrick Qahash, Penn State (Habeas Hippopotamus 19P; Mumbo Jumbo 17D)
Dorothy Rau, Georgia (Classic City 17P, Black Squirrel 19D)
Sean Rogers, Yale (Black Squirrel 17D; Yale 17P)
Deniz Tunceli, Virginia (Carolina Classic 17P, 16D; GAMTI 24P)
Joseph Young-Perez, Yale (Mumbo Jumbo 16P; Black Squirrel 17D)

Double Threats:
Mike Kleynman, Rutgers (Mumbo Jumbo 18P Witness; Yale 20P Attorney)
Tristan Malhotra, Duke (Classic City 19D Attorney, 17P Witness; GAMTI 26 Attorney)
Dan Peale, Virginia (Carolina Classic 19P Attorney; GAMTI 24D Witness)
Papa Yaw Senchery, NYU (CUBAIT 18D Attorney; GAMTI 24D Witness)
Tiffany Tam, NYU (CUBAIT 18D Witness; Black Squirrel 18P Attorney; GAMTI 24P Witness)
Patrick Wu, Brown (Habeas Hippopotamus 19D Attorney, 17P Witness)

Teams with more than one top performer:
NYU: 4
Yale: 4
Virginia: 3
Brown: 2
Furman: 2
Georgia Tech: 2
Rhodes: 2
Rutgers: 2
UMBC: 2

GCF Addendum
Our first tab summary of 2019 with more than 25% of the teams returning from nationals is out! Chicago’s, Great Chicago Fire (GCF) had 29.2% national teams, so award winners from this tournament earn spots on our top competitors list. First of all, we have some new awards for people already on our list:

Regina Campbell, Chicago, Attorney (GAMTI 30P; GOT 19P, 19D; GCF 19P 17D)
Dorthy Rau, Georgia, Witness (Classic City 17P; Black Squirrel 19D; GCF 20P)

And we also have some new top competitors:
Attorney:
Charlotte Gemma, Michigan (GAMTI 27P; GCF 18D)
Pranav Govindaraju, Michigan (Black Squirrel 19D; GCF 17D)
Caroline Pearson, Georgia (GCF 18P, 17D)

Witness
Cory Zayance, Michigan (GCF 20D; 17P)
Tamara Joseph, Ohio State (HVI 19D; GCF 18P)


This leaves our list of schools with more than one top competitor as:

Teams with more than one top performer:
NYU: 4
Yale: 4
Virginia: 3
Michigan: 3
Brown: 2
Furman: 2
Georgia Tech: 2
Rhodes: 2
Rutgers: 2
UMBC: 2
Georgia: 2
Ohio State: 2

Ramblin’ Wreck Addendum
Our next tournament with more than 25% of the teams returning from nationals is Georgia Tech’s Ramblin’ Wreck with 60.9% national teams, so award winners from this tournament earn spots on our top competitors list. First of all, we have some new awards for people already on our list:

Sarah Stebbins, Georgia Tech (Peach Bowl 20D; GAMTI 26.5D, 25P; RW 19D)
Deniz Tunceli, Virginia (Carolina Classic 17P, 16D; GAMTI 24P; RW 16P)

And we also have some new top competitors:
Attorney:
Claudia Cornelison, Georgia State (Peach Bowl 18P; RW 19P)
Mikaela Johnson, Duke (HVI 19P; RW 17P)
Hailey Kairab, Florida (GOT 18D; RW 18D)
Richard Madden, Rhodes (Cornshucker 18D; RW 17D)
Anna Stoneman, Chicago (GCF 17P; RW 17P)
Peter Zegler, Tennessee Chattanooga (Classic City 20P; RW 17P)

Witness
Casey Witte, Florida (Carolina Classic 20D; RW 16P)
Hannah Oliver, Tennessee Chattanooga (GOT 20D; RW 17D)
Keyes Gilmer, Georgia Tech (Peach Bowl 18P; RW 20P)

Double Threat
Stevin Smith, Florida State (RW 16P, 20D)
Umar Kahn, Emory (RW 18P, 19D)


This leaves our list of schools with more than one top competitor as:

Teams with more than one top performer:
NYU: 4
Yale: 4
Georgia Tech: 3
Michigan: 3
Rhodes: 3
Virginia: 3
Brown: 2
Chicago: 2
Duke: 2
Florida: 2
Furman: 2
Georgia: 2
Ohio State: 2
Rutgers: 2
Tennessee Chattanooga: 2
UMBC: 2

Shutdown Showdown Addendum
Our next tournament with more than 25% of the teams returning from nationals is the Downtown Replacement Tournament, Shutdown Showdown with 88.9% national teams, so award winners from this tournament earn spots on our top competitors list. This tournament was a bit weird in that they gave out “All Star” awards for the best performers in each role. So we will be listing them by the role in which they won their award rather than their ranks. First of all, we have some new awards for people already on our list:

Elizabeth Bays, Yale, Attorney (Yale 18P, 17D; SS Best Overall Attorney)
Brooke Bowerman, Ohio State, Witness (Carolina Classic 19D, 16P; GAMTI 25P; SS Best Grace)
Sabrina Grandhi, Virginia, Attorney (Carolina Classic 20P; Black Squirrel 18P, 18D; GAMTI 36D, 30P; SS Overall Runner Up)
Claudine Isaac, NYU, Attorney (Mumbo Jumbo 18D; Black Squirrel 18P; GAMTI 29D; SS P Closer)
Kai Nugent, Yale, Witness (CUBAIT 18D; Mumbo Jumbo 20D; SS Best Villafana)
Papa Yaw Senchery, NYU, Double Threat (CUBAIT 18D Attorney; GAMTI 24D Witness; SS Best Hollis/McClellan)

And we also have some new top competitors:
Attorney:
Steven Becker, Tufts, Attorney (Yale 17D; SS Best D Middle)

Witness
Karli Zubeck, Northwood (Yale 18P; SS Best McClellan)
Natalia Heguaburo, Virginia (GAMTI 28D; SS Best Hollis)

This leaves our list of schools with more than one top competitor as:

Teams with more than one top performer:
NYU: 4
Virginia: 4
Yale: 4
Georgia Tech: 3
Michigan: 3
Rhodes: 3
Brown: 2
Chicago: 2
Duke: 2
Florida: 2
Furman: 2
Georgia: 2
Georgia Tech: 2
Northwood: 2
Ohio State: 2
Rutgers: 2
Tennessee Chattanooga: 2
UMBC: 2

Seminole Smackdown Addendum
Our next tournament with more than 25% of the teams returning from nationals is Florida State’s Seminole Smackdown with 37.5% national teams, so award winners from this tournament earn spots on our top competitors list. First of all, we have a new award for Sarah Stebbins who is already on our list (many times):

Sarah Stebbins, Georgia Tech, Attorney (Peach Bowl 20D; GAMTI 26.5D, 25P; RW 19D; Seminole 20P)

And we also have some new top competitors:
Attorney:
Jack Fitzgerald, Florida State (Peach Bowl 18P; Seminole 17P)
Brianna Palmer, EKU (GOT 18D; Seminole 16P)

Witness
Lara Soysal, Florida (Classic City 18D; Seminole 17D)

Double Threat:
Jake Kalphat, Florida (GOT 17D; Seminole 20P)

This leaves our list of schools with more than one top competitor as:

Teams with more than one top performer:
Florida: 4
NYU: 4
Yale: 4
Georgia Tech: 3
Michigan: 3
Rhodes: 3
Virginia: 3
Brown: 2
Chicago: 2
Duke: 2
Florida State: 2
Furman: 2
Georgia: 2
Ohio State: 2
Rutgers: 2
Tennessee Chattanooga: 2
UMBC: 2

Hilltop Invitational Tournament Addendum
Our next tournament with more than 25% of the teams returning from nationals is Georgetown’s Hilltop Invitational with 29.2% national teams, so award winners from this tournament earn spots on our top competitors list. First of all, we have a new award for someone already on our list:

Sydney Gaskins, UMBC, Attorney (Black Squirrel 18P; GAMTI 29.5D; HIT 20P, 19D)

And we also have some new top competitors:
Attorney:
Amelia Browne, Fordham (CUBAIT 17D; HIT 18D)
Molly Giguiere, George Washington (HVI 19P; HIT 19P)
Rhyan Lake, Howard (Habeas Hippopotamus 19D; HIT 17D)
Quinton Weinstein, George Washington (Black Squirrel 18D; HIT 19P; 17D)

Witness
Jonathan Mandel, Chicago (GCF 17P; HIT 19P)
Vivian Mao, North Carolina (Carolina Classic 16P; HIT 18D)

Double Threat:
Andrew Del Vecchio, Yale (HIT 17P Witness, 18D Attorney)

This leaves our list of schools with more than one top competitor as:

Teams with more than one top performer:
Yale: 5
Florida: 4
NYU: 4
Chicago: 3
Georgia Tech: 3
Michigan: 3
Rhodes: 3
Virginia: 3
Brown: 2
Duke: 2
Florida State: 2
Fordham: 2
Furman: 2
George Washington: 2
Georgia: 2
Ohio State: 2
Rutgers: 2
Tennessee Chattanooga: 2
UMBC: 2