1997-1998

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 1997-1998 season. The topic was:

Resolved: That the federal government should establish a policy to substantially increase renewable energy use in the United States.

Elimination Round Appearances:

  • Champions — Georgia GHSA State (Sriohar Dronavalli & Eric Zampol, Deepak Gupta & Jacob Brown)
  • 2nd Place — Stanford Round Robin (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Semifinalists — St. Mark's (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Quarterfinalists — Berkeley (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Quarterfinalists — University of Georgia (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Octafinals — Greenhill (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Octafinals — MBA (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Octafinals — Emory (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Double-Octafinalists — Glenbrooks (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Participant — Greenhill Round Robin (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)
  • Participant — Pace Round Robin (Jacob Brown & Eric Zampol)

Individual Speaker Awards:

  • 1st Speaker, affirmative — Georgia GHSA State (Eric Zampol)
  • 1st Speaker, negative — Georgia GHSA State (Jacob Brown)
  • 1st Speaker — West Georgia (Jacob Brown)
  • 2nd Speaker — Greenhill (Eric Zampol)
  • 4th Speaker — Pace Round Robin (Eric Zampol)
  • 4th Speaker — Stanford Round Robin (Eric Zampol)
  • 4th Speaker — West Georgia (Eric Zampol)
  • 14th Speaker — Emory (Eric Zampol)
  • 14th Speaker — Berkeley (Eric Zampol)