{"id":89157,"date":"2019-03-29T15:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T19:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=89157"},"modified":"2019-03-29T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T19:43:10","slug":"umw-debate-team-topples-harvard-in-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/29\/umw-debate-team-topples-harvard-in-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Debate Team Topples Harvard in National Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mary Washington dynamic duo Parker Coon and Gabriel Lewis, both seniors, used their debate team super powers to outperform top contenders \u2013 including Harvard \u2013 last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As first-year students, Coon, who hails from Bakersfield, California, and Lewis, a Salt Lake City native, traveled across the United States to join the award-winning, nationally ranked UMW Debate Team. In the final policy debate tournament of their UMW careers, the pair landed double-octa finalist spots, besting the Harvard team ranked second coming into the competition. The Mary Washington win was one of the biggest upsets of the 73rd National Debate Tournament (NDT), which took place March 21 to 25 in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89159\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/29\/umw-debate-team-topples-harvard-in-national-competition\/parkergabe-banquetpicture-3-24-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1798,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Parker&amp;amp;Gabe-BanquetPicture-3-24-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW seniors Parker Coon and Gabriel Lewis landed the octa-finalist spot, toppling a Harvard team ranked second at the start of the competition, in last weekend&amp;#8217;s National Debate Tournament.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-89159 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"UMW seniors Parker Coon and Gabriel Lewis landed the octa-finalist spot, toppling a Harvard team ranked second at the start of the competition, in last weekend's National Debate Tournament.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-768x513.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-1140x761.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19-600x400.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Parker2020Gabe-Banquet20Picture-3-24-19.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW seniors and debate team members Parker Coon (left) and Gabriel Lewis landed the octa-finalist spot in last weekend&#8217;s National Debate Tournament, toppling a Harvard team ranked second at the start of the competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coon, who will graduate this May with a degree in economics, and Lewis, who studied political science, won five of eight preliminary rounds, losing only to the universities of Georgia; California, Berkeley; and Nevada, Las Vegas, all top 16-ranked teams going into the tournament. After advancing to the elimination rounds as the 25th seed, Coon and Lewis lost to another top-16 team, the University of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89160\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/29\/umw-debate-team-topples-harvard-in-national-competition\/coon-and-lewis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5176,4016\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Alex Sakes&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519448797&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alex Sakes Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coon and lewis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gabriel Lewis (left) and Parker Coon competed in last year&amp;#8217;s National Debate Tournament.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-300x233.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-1024x795.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel Lewis (left) and Parker Coon competed in last year's National Debate Tournament.\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-300x233.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-768x596.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-1024x795.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-1140x885.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/coon-and-lewis-600x466.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel Lewis (left) and Parker Coon, shown here after last year&#8217;s National Debate Tournament, have been members of UMW&#8217;s Debate Team since they first arrived on campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a pleasure coaching Parker and Gabe,\u201d said UMW Director of Debate Adrienne Brovero, newly appointed chair of the NDT Committee. \u201cTo have their careers culminate in fierce competition with top-notch opponents is rewarding, and an indication that even small schools can compete among the elite programs in intercollegiate debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brovero received the Lucy M. Keele Award for outstanding service to the debate community during the tournament\u2019s opening ceremony. Along with Assistant Debate Coach Judd Kimball and alumni coaches Terrell Taylor \u201911 and Thomas Linder-Pacheco \u201914, she worked closely with Coon and Lewis throughout their four years at UMW. The pair reached the elimination rounds at each of eight tournaments in which they competed this season, finishing first at the UMW Debate Tournament and the NDT District VII Qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>Brovero, who has coached the University\u2019s nationally ranked intercollegiate policy debate team since arriving at Mary Washington in 2006, led them to top finishes in the American Debate Association National Championship in 2009 and 2014. She received the association\u2019s Founders\u2019 Award for Service in Intercollegiate Debate last year and the NDT\u2019s Ross K. Smith National Coach of the Year Award in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The UMW Debate Team has two remaining public debate competitions, both in April \u2013 the Madison Cup at JMU and the Lafayette Debates at GW.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the UMW Debate Team on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%40UMWDebate&amp;src=typd\">@UMWDebate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mary Washington dynamic duo Parker Coon and Gabriel Lewis, both seniors, used their debate team super powers to outperform top contenders \u2013 including Harvard \u2013 last weekend. 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