UGA Wraps-Up Best Fall Performance in Program History, Stacks Teams for Spring

12.2.10 UGA completed the most successful fall invitationals season in program history this week, with the school's five "unstacked" teams receiving eight team awards in five tournaments.

The teams tallied a final record of 56-22-2 and a winning percentage of .7125, as the program now stacks its teams in preparation for spring competitions.

UGA's five "unstacked" invitationals teams this fall consisted of 11 members each, with teams balanced to include experienced and inexperienced members at various skill levels.

In the spring, the program sorts into four new teams of 8-10 members each, with the teams consisting of an A Team, a B Team, and two C Teams. The Executive Board "stacks" the newly-formed teams according to performance in the fall and expected performance in the spring, among other factors.

This semester was the most successful fall in UGA Mock Trial's eight-year history. Each of the program's five teams traveled to two invitationals, bringing home a total of eight team awards and 14 individual awards from five tournaments. All five of UGA's teams contributed to this total, with each team receiving team and individual awards this fall.

UGA's team awards included:

  • 1st and 2nd place at UGA's Classic City Invitational
  • 2nd and 3rd place at the University of Florida's Gator Growlin' Invitational
  • 3rd place and an Honorable Mention at Middle Tennessee State University's Mid-South Invitational
  • 2nd place and an Honorable Mention at Duke's Tobacco Road Invitational

For a look at UGA's stacked teams for the spring, go to our Meet Our Members page.

 

 

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2010-2011

1.15.12 UGA Takes 1st at Commodore Classic Invitational

 

UGA Places 3rd in Nation Out of 633 Teams!

4.18.11 UGA Mock Trial finished 3rd in the nation out of 633 teams that started the year, tying for the best record at this year's National Championship Tournament in Des Moines, IA. The Bulldogs barely missed out on the championship round in a tie-breaker with the eventual national champion, UCLA.

The victory puts UGA in the top 99.5 percent of Mock Trial teams nationally. 6,000 undergraduates participate in collegiate Mock Trial, representing 633 teams from 300 universities. UGA placed above every Ivy League school, and finished behind only UCLA and NYU, who both tied UGA's record of 6-2 during the tournament.

UGA finished tied for 1st with UCLA in their 24-team division. UCLA's opponents had half a win more than UGA's (17.5 to 17), breaking the tie between the two teams and sending UCLA to the finals. NYU was the champion of the other division, followed by the University of Chicago.

UGA won rounds against Tufts, Georgetown, and UC Santa Cruz. Their only loss was to Harvard, by -2, -4. UGA ended the weekend with the largest single ballot win (+28), the largest single round win (+35), and the largest margin of victory over all four rounds (+74) of any team in the 48-team tournament.