1996-1997

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 1996-1997 season. The topic was:

Resolved: That the federal government should establish a program to substantially reduce juvenile crime in the United States.

Elimination Round Appearances:

• Champions — Georgia GHSA State (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol, Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Champions — Richard B. Russell All State (Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Semifinalists — St. Mark's (Cyclone Covey & Eric Zampol)

• Semifinalists — Harvard (Cyclone Covey & Eric Zampol)

• Semifinalists — Northwestern Juniors Round Robin (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)

• Quarterfinalists — Wake Forest (Jacob Brown & Cyclone Covey)

• Quarterfinalists — New Trier (Jacob Brown & Todd Fine)

• Quarterfinalists — Tournament of Champions (Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Octafinalists — New Trier (Cyclone Covey & Eric Zampol)

• Octafinalists — St. Mark's (Jacob Brown & Todd Fine)

• Octafinalists — MBA (Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Octafinalists — Emory (Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Octafinalists — Northwestern (Cyclone Covey & Todd Fine)

• Double-Octafinalists — Greenhill (Cyclone Covey & Eric Zampol)

• Double-Octafinalists — Glenbrooks (Cyclone Covey & Eric Zampol) 

• Double-Octafinalists — Emory (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)

• Double-Octafinalists — Northwestern (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)

Individual Speaker Awards:

• 1st Speaker, affirmative — Georgia GHSA State (Eric Zampol)

• 1st Speaker, negative — Georgia GHSA State (Cyclone Covey)

• 2nd Speaker — Northwestern (Cyclone Covey)

• 3rd Speaker — Wake Forest (Eric Zampol)

• 5th Speaker — Tournament of Champions (Cyclone Covey)

• 6th Speaker — Emory (Jacob Brown)

• 7th Speaker — New Trier (Cyclone Covey)

• 7th Speaker — Emory (Eric Zampol)

• 15th Speaker — Emory (Cyclone Covey)

• 20th Speaker — Northwestern (Eric Zampol)

• 22nd Speaker — Harvard (Cyclone Covey)