On April 16th, 2012, the PSUMTA elected representatives for the 2012-13 Executive Board. Additionally, amendments to the Constitution were made. View the current PSUMT Constitution here.
Congratulations to the following members on their positions:
- Andrew D'Aversa - President
- Anthony Panichelli - Executive Vice President
- Mandy Stango - Administrative Vice President
- Ashley Tarriff - Treasurer
- Sara Truemann - Secretary
The transition of power is effective May 1st, 2012. After appointed position (4) selections, the board member profiles will be updated online.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
The site will likely re-open in the Summer of 2012. For more information on the current state of Penn State Mock Trial, click here.
This weekend, the Penn State Mock Trial Association sent teams to compete at invitationals at Cornell University (2) and Georgetown University (1). Results are as followed:
BRIC VIII Invitational - Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Team "A"
Team Record: 5-3; 7th Place
Team "B"
Team Record: 6-1-1; 3rd Place
Individual Award(s): Brenna Thorpe, Attorney (19Δ); Mandy Stango, Witness (19π).
Tab Summary will be posted when available.
1st Annual Hilltop Invitational - Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
Team "C"
Team Record: 5-3; 6th Place
Individual Award(s): Steven Michelen, Witness (17π).
Results
Pictures
Next up for PSUMT are the AMTA-sanctioned Regional Tournaments, which will take place during the weekend of February 11th-12th. The "A" & "D" teams will be attending the Regional in Pittsburgh, PA, while the "B" & "C" teams will be attending the Regional in Buffalo, NY. Stay posted for Regionals results!
BRIC VIII Invitational - Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Team "A"
Team Record: 5-3; 7th Place
Team "B"
Team Record: 6-1-1; 3rd Place
Individual Award(s): Brenna Thorpe, Attorney (19Δ); Mandy Stango, Witness (19π).
Tab Summary will be posted when available.
1st Annual Hilltop Invitational - Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
Team "C"
Team Record: 5-3; 6th Place
Individual Award(s): Steven Michelen, Witness (17π).
Results
Pictures
Next up for PSUMT are the AMTA-sanctioned Regional Tournaments, which will take place during the weekend of February 11th-12th. The "A" & "D" teams will be attending the Regional in Pittsburgh, PA, while the "B" & "C" teams will be attending the Regional in Buffalo, NY. Stay posted for Regionals results!
The Penn State Mock Trial Association (PSUMT) began its spring season this past weekend by traveling to invitationals in Swarthmore, PA and New York, NY. Results are as followed:
Swarthmore College Invitational (Swarthmore, PA)
Team "A"
Team Record: 4-3-1
Individual Award(s): Noah Simmons, Attorney; Chelsea Cramer, Attorney; Paul Pavelka, Witness; Suzanne Zakaria, Witness.
Tab Summary will be posted if made available.
Sapienta at Doctrina (Fordham) Invitational (New York, NY) | Tab Summary
Team "B"
Team Record: 4-2-2; 5th Place
Individual Award(s): Brenna Thorpe, Attorney (20π).
Team "C"
Team Record: 6-2-; 3th Place
Individual Award(s): Patrick Boynton, Witness (17Δ).
Pictures
Pictured above: "C" Team with their 3rd place trophy at Fordham.
Swarthmore College Invitational (Swarthmore, PA)
Team "A"
Team Record: 4-3-1
Individual Award(s): Noah Simmons, Attorney; Chelsea Cramer, Attorney; Paul Pavelka, Witness; Suzanne Zakaria, Witness.
Tab Summary will be posted if made available.
Sapienta at Doctrina (Fordham) Invitational (New York, NY) | Tab Summary
Team "B"
Team Record: 4-2-2; 5th Place
Individual Award(s): Brenna Thorpe, Attorney (20π).
Team "C"
Team Record: 6-2-; 3th Place
Individual Award(s): Patrick Boynton, Witness (17Δ).
Pictures
Pictured above: "C" Team with their 3rd place trophy at Fordham.
This past weekend, the final Penn State stacked teams ("B" + "D")
competed at the Yale Invitational in New Haven, CT. This marked the end of our fall invitational season. Results are as
followed*:
Yale Invitational (New Haven, CT)
Team "B" (pictured above)
Team Record: 8-4; 3rd Place - Top Division*
Individual Award(s): Noah Simmons, Attorney (23Δ*).
Team "D"
Team Record: 5-5-2; 7th Place - Lower Division*
Individual Award(s): Perri Atkinson, Witness (25π*).
* Note that every round has three scoring judges. Thus, every round was out of three (12 total ballots) and ranks were out of 30.
View Tab Summary Here
With the 3rd place finish from the "B" stacked team, that marks the sixth top finish (UMass 8th; Yale 3rd; Tufts 5th; Pitt 2nd; W&J 2nd; Colgate 4th) for the PSUMT organization this fall, its best in recent history. (See how PSU ranks compared to the rest of the country here.)
PSUMT's four AMTA teams will be selected this Friday. After that, the teams will begin preparing for the Regional Competitions in Buffalo, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.
Congratulations to all members on a very successful fall!
Yale Invitational (New Haven, CT)
Team "B" (pictured above)
Team Record: 8-4; 3rd Place - Top Division*
Individual Award(s): Noah Simmons, Attorney (23Δ*).
Team "D"
Team Record: 5-5-2; 7th Place - Lower Division*
Individual Award(s): Perri Atkinson, Witness (25π*).
* Note that every round has three scoring judges. Thus, every round was out of three (12 total ballots) and ranks were out of 30.
View Tab Summary Here
With the 3rd place finish from the "B" stacked team, that marks the sixth top finish (UMass 8th; Yale 3rd; Tufts 5th; Pitt 2nd; W&J 2nd; Colgate 4th) for the PSUMT organization this fall, its best in recent history. (See how PSU ranks compared to the rest of the country here.)
PSUMT's four AMTA teams will be selected this Friday. After that, the teams will begin preparing for the Regional Competitions in Buffalo, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.
Congratulations to all members on a very successful fall!
Some pictures from PSMT's endeavors this fall...
View Here
Feel free to send other pictures for inclusion to amp5672@psu.edu.
View Here
Feel free to send other pictures for inclusion to amp5672@psu.edu.
As the end of the fall semester approaches, Penn State Mock Trial has began its process of selecting teams (4*) to represent the organization in the official American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) national intercollegiate competition this spring. This being said, the assignments, locations and dates for the first round of the national tournament have been released and are as followed:
Buffalo, New York (Saturday-Sunday, February II-I2)
*Historical Note: Last year, PSMT was one of only five teams in the country to have all four AMTA teams earn a bid to ORCS.
Buffalo, New York (Saturday-Sunday, February II-I2)
Bids earned to the Hamilton, OH ORCPittsburgh, Pennsylvania - G. Alec Stewart Regional (Saturday-Sunday, February 11-12)
Hosted by and held at Buffalo State College
Tournament Contact: Prof. jon Lines, linesjj@buffalostate.edu
Binghamton A & B
Buffalo A& B
Canisius A
Cornell A
Geneseo A
Ithaca A & B
Penn State A & D
St. Bonaventure A
Syracuse A & B
Bowling Green A & B
Buffalo State A
Colgate A & B
Fredonia A
Hamilton A
Michigan A
Rochester A & B
St. John Fisher A & B
Bids earned to the Hamilton, OH ORCThe Regionals Assignments document as provided by AMTA can be viewed in its entirety here.
Hosted by and held at the University of Pittsburgh
Tournament Contact: Jen Satler, Esq., jsatler@mac.com
Allegheny A
Carnegie Mellon A & B
Grove City A
Kentucky C
Miami A & D
Mount Aloysius A
Ohio State A & B
Pittsburgh A & B
Shippensburg A
Baldwin-Wallace A & B
Cincinnati C
Kent State A
Kenyon A
Michigan B & C
Oberlin A
Penn State B & C
Robert Morris A
Washington & Jefferson A
*Historical Note: Last year, PSMT was one of only five teams in the country to have all four AMTA teams earn a bid to ORCS.
While most students were making the trip home for Thanksgiving break, Penn State Mock Trial sent three "stacked" teams to compete in invitationals. This being said, the "A" stacked team was sent to Pittsburgh University and the "C" and "E" teams were sent to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, respectively. Results are as followed:
Steel City Invitational (Pittsburgh University) - Team "A" (pictured above)
Team Record: 6-2; 2nd Place*
Individual Award(s): Suzanne Zakaria, Witness (18π).
Picture of Trophy
Tab Summary
Thanksgiving Classic (UMass Amherst) - Teams "C" & "E"
Team Record(s): 3-4-1 ("C"), 5-3 ("E")
Individual Award(s): Ashley Tariff, Attorney (20Δ, "C"); Christine Testa, Witness (18π, "E")
Tab Summary
*Denotes the highest finish for a PSMT at the Steel City Invitational in recent history. The "A" team's 2nd Place finish at Pitt is not only tied for the best finish by a PSMT team this fall, but it also marks the fourth "Top 5" finish for the organization (W&J, Colgate, Tufts).
The organization will attempt to continue this success in the final invitational of the fall season this forthcoming weekend at Yale University, where the "B" and "D" stacked teams will compete. Results will be posted for this tournament as they are made available. Additionally, since this tournament marks the last of the fall season, a cumulative results portfolio for the season will be compiled at its completion.
Steel City Invitational (Pittsburgh University) - Team "A" (pictured above)
Team Record: 6-2; 2nd Place*
Individual Award(s): Suzanne Zakaria, Witness (18π).
Picture of Trophy
Tab Summary
Thanksgiving Classic (UMass Amherst) - Teams "C" & "E"
Team Record(s): 3-4-1 ("C"), 5-3 ("E")
Individual Award(s): Ashley Tariff, Attorney (20Δ, "C"); Christine Testa, Witness (18π, "E")
Tab Summary
*Denotes the highest finish for a PSMT at the Steel City Invitational in recent history. The "A" team's 2nd Place finish at Pitt is not only tied for the best finish by a PSMT team this fall, but it also marks the fourth "Top 5" finish for the organization (W&J, Colgate, Tufts).
The organization will attempt to continue this success in the final invitational of the fall season this forthcoming weekend at Yale University, where the "B" and "D" stacked teams will compete. Results will be posted for this tournament as they are made available. Additionally, since this tournament marks the last of the fall season, a cumulative results portfolio for the season will be compiled at its completion.
This past weekend, the Penn State Mock Trial Association concluded its unstacked invitational season with teams competing at American University (Washington, D.C.,) Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts), and The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA).
Results are as followed:
Inagural Wonk Trial Invitational (American University)
Team Record: 3-5
Individual Award(s): Rachel Polisner, Attorney (17π); Steven Michelen, Witness (17π).
Spirit of AMTA Award*
Tab Summary
Mumbo Jumbo Invitational (Tufts University)
Team Record: 4-3-1, 5th Place (CS 19.5)
Individual Award(s): Andrew D'Aversa, Attorney (18π); Mandy Stango, Witness (17π); Laura Beltz, Witness (18Δ).
Tab Summary
Quaker Classic Invitational (University of Pennsylvania)
Team Record: 3-4-1
Results
With the Tufts team finishing fifth, that is the third top five finish for Penn State teams this fall (Colgate, Washington&Jefferson).
Results for the stacked invitationals (Pitt, UMass, Yale) will be posted as they are made available.
*Denotes that this team won the Spirit of AMTA award at this competition. This means that they displayed the most sportsmanship of all teams at the tournament and have earned PSMT free registration for next year's invitational.
Results are as followed:
Inagural Wonk Trial Invitational (American University)
Team Record: 3-5
Individual Award(s): Rachel Polisner, Attorney (17π); Steven Michelen, Witness (17π).
Spirit of AMTA Award*
Tab Summary
Mumbo Jumbo Invitational (Tufts University)
Team Record: 4-3-1, 5th Place (CS 19.5)
Individual Award(s): Andrew D'Aversa, Attorney (18π); Mandy Stango, Witness (17π); Laura Beltz, Witness (18Δ).
Tab Summary
Quaker Classic Invitational (University of Pennsylvania)
Team Record: 3-4-1
Results
With the Tufts team finishing fifth, that is the third top five finish for Penn State teams this fall (Colgate, Washington&Jefferson).
Results for the stacked invitationals (Pitt, UMass, Yale) will be posted as they are made available.
*Denotes that this team won the Spirit of AMTA award at this competition. This means that they displayed the most sportsmanship of all teams at the tournament and have earned PSMT free registration for next year's invitational.
