Cougar Clash Tournament
This year, Clark University Mock Trial hosted our first annual Cougar Clash tournament on November 9th and 10th, to which several teams from all over the Northeast attended. The tournament was a great success, and we look forward to hosting tournaments in the future! The link to the tournament packet for this year is linked below.
Top three teams:
At the end of the tournament, Quinnipiac B finished in first place with 7.5 wins, Trinity College finished in second place with 6 wins, and Roger Williams University finished in third place with 6 wins. While these are the top three teams, each of the teams that participated were amazing, and so fun to work with!
SPAMTA:
I am very excited to announce that our very own Clark A team won the SPAMTA award at our own tournament! The SPAMTA award or spirt of AMTA is an award given to the team that displayed values that represents the mission of AMTA; such as providing support and respect to competing teams. This award is voted on by the other teams competing and given to the team with the most votes. We are so honored to have won this award, especially on our own campus!
Outstanding Attorney:
Outstanding Attorney Awards are given to those attorneys who ranked 15 points or higher after all four rounds. Those who met those qualifications at our tournament include:
- Julia DeLuca (Trinity College)
- Emma Wood (Quinnipiac University)
- Julia Cabral (Quinnipiac University)
- Piper St. John (Quinnipiac University)
- Haleigh Newton (Quinnipiac University)
- Lily Summerfield (Clark University)
- Cassandra Pay (Roger Williams University)
- Audrey Sheehan (Quinnipiac University)
- Henry Siravo (Roger Williams University)
Outstanding Witness:
Outstanding Witness Awards are given to those witnesses who ranked 15 points or higher after all four rounds. Those who met those qualifications at our tournament include:
- Michael Blum (Trinity College)
- Piper St. John (Quinnipiac University)
- Sadie Zernier-Morrish (Trinity College)
- Anna Vredvoogd x2(Connecticut College)
- Boyuan Duan (Brandeis University)
- Briar Woods (Clark University)
- Haleigh Newton (Quinnipiac University)
- Claire Daley (Providence College)
- Julia Cabral (Quinnipiac University)
Full list of Schools that attended:
We are so thankful to each of the teams that attended our first annual Cougar Clash this year! It was such a wonderful experience with each of these teams, and look forward to future events with them! The full list of the schools that attended including how many schools they sent includes:
- Clark University (two teams)
- Connecticut College (two teams)
- Providence College
- Quinnipiac University (two teams)
- Roger Williams University
- Brandeis University
- Trinity College