Rhodes D mock trial team won the Louisville regional hosted by Bellarmine University Feb. 24. This and other successes at regional tournaments this year have earned the college five bids to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS). “This is a feat never before accomplished by Rhodes Mock Trial,” says Anna Smith, director of Mock Trial at Rhodes. “Only one other program in AMTA history has finished a season with more bids—Miami University with six bids in 2010.”
With regionals over, now Rhodes has to organize two mock trial teams to compete in the Memphis opening round of the National Championship Tournament to be held March 17-19 in the D’Army Bailey Courthouse and sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA).
The top six teams from each ORCS tournament will advance to AMTA's National Championship Tournament to be held in Los Angeles, CA, in April.
2016-2017 Mock Trial Program Roster:
Joe Angelillo
Anna Baker-Olson (captain)
Max Bauder
Jennifer Bitterly
Turner Booth
Anderson Brown
Matthew Broussard
Brian Burgess
Matthew Busbice
Ben Chappell
Josh Clardy
Meredith Clement
Michael Combs
JD Deming
Devin Dunkley (captain)
Corbin Eilmes (captain)
Daniel Elliott
Emily English
Ethan Fox
Harleigh Gathright
Jess Gaughan
Matthew Hobbs
Sam Holder (captain)
Hannah Hornsey (captain)
Connor Hurley (captain)
Brandon Johnson
Richard Madden
Sean Mattheisen (captain)
Elizabeth McAninch
Jamarr McCain
Kelsey McClain
Ian McCormick
Kensey McGlasson
Conner McKnight
Chris Meadows (captain)
Zach Monroe
Allissa Patton
Jeena Piriano
Alec Pollard
Ashley Plunk (captain)
Christian Roberts
Nathan Robinson
Ried Roshong
Jacob Rothschild
Tofu Schmude
Fisher Smith
Alex Schramkowski
Lillie Stephens
Faith Udobong
Jimmy Veloso
Gary Whittaker
Shehla Yousuf (captain)
Coaches: Ian Hunley, Marcus Pohlmann, Anna Smith, Dane Wendell, Amelia Yeomelakis