This weekend will be the last major national circuit tournament of first semester will kick off at George Mason University. An astounding 140 extempers will be facing off against each other over three preliminary rounds and three outrounds to become the 2009 Patriot Games champion and potentially unlock a bid to the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin in Nashville, Tennessee next month. For extempers aspiring to make it into that tournament this constitutes their last shot to win a bid. This tournament will also award 70 points to the winner since it is a fourth tier tournament in the 2009-2010 Extemp Central National Points race.
What makes the George Mason University tournament intriguing is that it will have the most national circuit winners competing against each other of any previous national circuit tournament this semester. Dillon Huff (winner of both halves of St. Mark’s), Aaron Lutkowtiz (winner of Yale and defending champion in this tournament), and Emily Martin (winner of the Wake Forest National Early Bird) will all be in the field. They will be joined by other notables such as NFL semi-finalists Oscar Wang, Carl David Goette-Luciak, and Gabriela Barahona. Jane Kessner, runner-up to Stacey Chen in last year’s George Mason Round Robin, and sixth place finisher at the MBA Round Robin is also in the field.
We don’t have the round robin field, but we do have the field for the general tournament. Find out who’s going after the jump.
Here are the participants in this year’s 2009 George Mason University Patriot Games. Participants in bold are currently in the top 15 in the 2009-2010 Extemp Central National Points Race. Participants that are italicized have earned points in the National Points Race but are currently sitting outside of the top 15.
Lexi Athens (Albany High School, New York)
Matthew Alonsozana (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Bernadette Aylward (Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School, Virginia)
Rishi Bajaj (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Erik Bakke (West Springfield High School, Virgina)
Rachael Bandstra (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Gabriela Barahona (Spring High School, Texas)
Olivia Barket (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Jeremiah Baxter (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Winston Berg (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Kaitlyn Bertolet (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Jono Beto (Danville High School, Kentucky)
Jay Bishen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Geoffrey Block (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Sam Blumkin (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Carlton Bone (Wellington High School, Florida)
Andrew Bryk (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
Charlie Burke (Wellington High School, Florida)
Parker Burns (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Alexis Caddell (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Joe Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Daniel Carlen
John Cassel (Wellington High School, Florida)
Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Michael Clarke (Lake Mary Preparatory School, Florida)
Ben Constine
Isis Cordova (Coral Glades High School, Florida)
Ethan Corey (Loch Raven High School, Maryland)
Caroline Alair Cormyn
Jordan Costick (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Jimmy Dingess (Sherando High School, Virginia)
Karuna Doraiswamy (Unionville High School, Pennsylvania)
Shane Ennis (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Gia Faroogi (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Lauren Fiatoa (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
Jordan Foster (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Jesse Freeman (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Emma Furth (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Andreea Gabor (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Nick Gabor (Calvert Hall College High School, Maryland)
Paavan Gami (Southside High School, South Carolina)
Raffi Garnighan (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
Mirza Germovic (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Carl David Goette-Luciak (Blacksburg High School, Virginia)
David Goldman (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Matthew Goodson-Orr (Coral Glades High School, Florida)
Rohan Goswami (Loch Raven High School, Maryland)
Matthew Gruda (Michael Krop High School, Florida)
Emirhan Guler (Calvert Hall College High School, Maryland)
Nikhil Gupta (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Nick Hansen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Alex Hernicz (Wellington High School, Florida)
Morgan Herring (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Craig Hoefling (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Richard Holland (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
Jonathan Holtzman (Loch Raven High School, Maryland)
Kyle Hopkins (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Andy Hwang (Southside High School, South Carolina)
Stefan Iacono (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Sona Jain (San Marino High School, California)
Ashton Jakcsy (West Springfield High School, Virginia)
Chandini Jha (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Vanessa Johnston (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
Ryan Karrer (Southside High School, South Carolina)
Kaila Kelly (Wellington High School, Florida)
Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Rafe Kettler (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
James Kiselik (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Harry Lambert (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Clarie Littlefield (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
Sarah Larson (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Jerrel Ledbetter (Salem High School, Virginia)
Ben Lewis (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Monica Lindsay
Lori Lovell (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Nikki Luke (Blacksburg High School, Virginia)
Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Jeremy Majerovitz (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
Amelia Martin (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Peter Milios (Lake Mary Preparatory School, Florida)
Becca Miller (Coral Glades High School, Florida)
Jamie Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
Kyle Mulholland (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
Mike Neubaeuer (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Jennifer Nguyen (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Jessica Olavage (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Rohun Pai (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Andrew Pentland (Taravella High School, Florida)
George Phillipose (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Hank Pin (San Marino High School, California)
Steve Prager
Joseph Puma (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
Benjamin Rauch (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
Bryce Rees
Johnathan Regalado (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Peter Restrpo (Sherando High School, Virginia)
Martin Robinson (Albany High School, New York)
Ben Rogers (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
Jack Ryan (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
Paul Samuel (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Nicole Sanfilippo (McDowell High School, Pennsylvania)
Michael Scheiner (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Daniel Schwindt (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Ryon Scott (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Taz Sella (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Anand Shah (Southside High School, South Carolina)
Jaina Shah (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Medina Shanan-Kayoumy
Jessica Sheehan (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Taylor Shippling (McDowell High School, Pennsylvania)
Ross Slaughter (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
Daniel Smith (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Tyler Smith (Truman High School, Pennsylvania)
Alex Smyk (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Taylor Smyth (Calvert Hall College High School, Maryland)
Alexandra Song (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Justin Suarez (Coral Glades High School, Florida)
Arielle Swett
Michael Tich (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Mariah Trisch (Gwynedd Mercy Academy, Pennsylvania)
Arya Vaseghi (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Bardia Vaseghi (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Arvind Venkataramen (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Lucas Vilella (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
Vijay Viswanathan (Upper St. Clair High School, Pennsylvania)
Vinay Viswanathan (Upper St. Clair High School, Pennsylvania)
Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
Kyle Walter (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Oscar Wang (San Marino High School, California)
Alyssa Weinstein (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Joe Weston (Danville High School, Kentucky)
Jordan Wilson (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Nick Wilson (Blacksburg High School, Virginia)
Kellen Wright (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Rachel Yang (San Marino High School, California)
Hani Zewail (San Marino High School, California)