The University of Nevada, Reno Debate Team finished No.6 out of 163 at the National Parliamentary Debate Association tournament held at California State University, Long Beach. During the tournament, five teams and one hybrid team which included debaters from College of Idaho, performed exceptionally well. Three of the teams finished the preliminary rounds with a 6-2 record, two teams finished 4-4 and one team finished 3-5 giving the team an overall 60 percent win in the preliminary rounds. In the elimination rounds, three teams advanced to the quad-octafinal without debating. Daniel Armbrust and Evelyn Valencia lost their triple octafinal round to tie for No.33. Grace Miller and Jakob Christensen, Michael Ausburn and John Suzuki, were eliminated in the double-octafinal round and finished tied No.17.
"Though the team was hoping for deep runs in the elimination rounds, the quality of the performance ranks as one of Nevada's best ever," Phil Sharp, the debate team coach and forensics director in the College of Liberal Arts at the University. "The debaters should be applauded for gutting it out and giving it their all in every round".
