The Championship Group - Policy Institute Faculty

3-Week Policy Institute Faculty July 13 - August 1, 2008

	Mr. Mark Batik Jesuit College Prep, Dallas, TX Mark has been participating in competitive forensics for the better part of the last 20 years. Currently he is a coach at Jesuit College Prep in Dallas. Previously he has worked for Colleyville Heritage, Glenbrook North, and Brophy College Prep. Mark's debaters have consistently reached late eliminations of major national tournaments and competitions in the North Texas area. As the primary coach for the novice debate at Jesuit, Mark is strongly invested in advancing the young debater in her abilities in research and argument construction. This is Mark's fourth year at TCDG.

	Mr. Seth Gannon Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC Seth has proven to be one of the most successful college debaters in the country. This year debating for Wake Forest he won the Kentucky Round Robin and the West Georgia Tournaments. He also was top speaker at the University of Texas tournament, second speaker at West Georgia, and fourth speaker at USC. Seth had an outstanding high school career debating for Woodward Academy. Seth was in the late elimination rounds at Greenhill, Montgomery Bell Academy, the Barkley Forum, and the Tournament of Champions. This will be Seth's fourth summer at TCDG.

	Mr. Alex Pritchard Director of Debate, Westwood High School, TX Alex is Director of Forensics at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. Alex's record speaks for itself. He is among the two or three most successful high school coaches in the past fifteen years. His teams have won two NFL National Championships and one national runner up. His teams have placed first at every major invitational in the United States, including the Heart of Texas Invitational at the St. Mark's School of Texas, the National Invitational at Harvard University, the Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University, and the Southern Bell Forum at Montgomery Bell Academy. Alex coached the winners of the 2000 edition of the prestigious Tournament of Champions (TOC) at the University of Kentucky, as well as the 2000 Glenbrooks Debate Tournament. He also has three runner-up finishes at the TOC. His teams have won the prestigious Texas Forensic Association State tournament six times. Alex has worked at the Zarefsky scholars for juniors and sophomores, the Coon Hardy institute, the NHSI institute, and the Iowa institute just to name a few. Alex has been inducted into the Tournament of Champions Hall of Fame and holds the honor of being a Key Coach at the Barkley Forum. Alex returns to The Championship Debate Group for his eighth summer.

	Mr. Brian Severson Assistant Debate Coach, Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, IA As a high school debater Brian reached the elimination rounds of every major tournament. At the University of Iowa he has continued that success by qualifying for the National Debate Tournament and being invited to the prestigious Kentucky Round Robin for the top eight teams in the nation. Brian has also proven his expertise coaching in high school students, with his team's First place finish at the prestigious Barkley Forum Debate tournament at Emory University, the Lexington Debate Tournament, Iowa State Championship, and a number of other national round robin tournaments. We are pleased to welcome Brian to his second year teaching at The Championship Debate Group.


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