WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM

Address: Dr. Frank Guliuzza
Department of Political Science
1203 University Circle
Ogden, UT 84408-1203

Phone: (801) 626-6698

FAX: (801) 626-7994

E-mail: fguliuzza@weber.edu

History of the Program

The WSU Mock Trial Team was formed in 1995-1996. Dr. Frank Guliuzza started a mock trial program at the University of Minnesota, Duluth in 1994-1995 while on leave from Weber State. When he returned, he developed a course in mock trial, and put together a competitive team from the students in his class. The primary purpose of the the Weber State University Mock Trial Team is to compete in intercollegiate regional and national mock trial tournaments. Much like the WSU basketball team, which competes in tournaments sponsored by the Big Sky Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), or the WSU debate team, which contends in tournaments sponsored by the American Forensics Association (AFA), WSU Mock Trial competes in tournaments sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA).  In 2002, we started competing in intercollegiate moot court at the national tournament sponsored by the American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA).  

Since 1997, Weber State has emerged an outstanding intercollegiate program in the Intermountain West. The team can boast:

*Eight top ten finishes in national tournaments (3 in mock trial; 5 in moot court);

*Three AMTA regional championships (1997, 2003, 2004);

*Three invitational championships (Macalester in 1999, Yeshiva in 2001, UCLA in 2002);

*Eleven All-Americans and thirty one All-Regional competitors.

Program Highlights

  Invitational Tournaments:

 *Macalester Invitational (Minneapolis; 1999).    First Place.

                    All Tournament Attorney: Anna Conrad

*The Select Invitational of Mock Trial (Milwaukee; 2000).    Fifth Place/Quarterfinals.

*Yeshiva Invitational (New York City; 2001).     First Place.

*U.C.L.A. Invitational (Los Angeles; 2002.     First Place.

*Western Kentucky Invitational (Bowling Green, KY; 2002).    Fourth Place.

                    All Tournament Witness: Blake Hamilton, Jay Wren.

*Roger Williams/Brown Invitational (Providence, RI; 2003).     Third Place, Sixth Place.

                    All Tournament Attorney:  Clint Heiner, Tim Foster.

                    All Tournament Witness:   Rachel Robison, Cody Mounteer.

*U.C.L.A. Invitational (Los Angeles; 2004).   Fifth Place, Tenth Place.

*University of Virginia Invitational (Washington, D.C.; 2004).  Fourth Place.

1997:        Team 308        8-0         Regional Champions  (qualified "Gold" Nationals)        Champs:  Weber State University

1998:        Team 308        4-3-1      Fifth Place (qualified "Silver" Nationals)                        Champs:  University of Texas

2000         Team 308        4-3-1       Sixth Place (invited "Gold" Nationals)                              Champs:  Arizona State University

2001         Team 308        5-2-1       Fourth Place (qualified "Silver" Nationals)                     Champs:  University of Texas

2002         Team 308        6-2           Fourth Place (qualified "Gold" Nationals)                        Champs:  Arizona State University

                  Team 309       5-3            Seventh Place (qualified "Silver" Nationals)

2003         Team 308        8-0            Regional Champions (qualified "Gold" Nationals)        Champs:   Weber State University

                  Team 309       7-1            Third Place (qualified "Gold" Nationals)

2004         Team 308        8-0            Regional Champions (qualified "Gold" Nationals)        Champs:   Weber State University 

                 Team 309        7-1            Second Place (qualified "Gold" Nationals)            

                                                All Regional Attorneys:
1997:  Heidi Hansen (97),  Andrea Sutton (97), Troy Rackham (97)

1998:  Andrea Sutton*

1999:  Sally Farrar*

2000:  Anna Conrad

2001:  Chris Garner 

2002:  Josh Allred 

2003:  Clint Heiner*, Raven Rivera

2004:  Joey Thurgood*, Clint Heiner 

1997:  Jason Poppleton, Matt Liggett, Rowdy Samuels

1998:  Britt Bachtel, Tim Mills, Sean Swapp, Jason Poppleton, Dan Linford

1999:  Matt Liggett*, Terri Sloyer*, Will Rodgers 

2001:  Mike Christiansen

2002:  Todd Creer*, Katie Burton, Blake Hamilton, 

2003:  Todd Creer, Cody Mounteer

2004:  Rachel Robison*, Jay Wren, Becky Merrill

2000        Gold Flight Nationals           5-3          Tenth Place!!!

2001       Silver Flight Nationals           4-4          Eleventh Place

                            All American Witness:  Andrew King

                                        All American Witness:  Todd Creer

2003        Gold Flight Nationals             4-3-1 (309)    Thirteen Place

                                                                     4-3-1 (308)     Fifthteen Place

MOOT COURT:

Regionals:

2003               Luke Francis & John Hugie                   2-0    W-L                Third Place

                      All Regional:  Francis

2004              John Hugie & Dan Gividen                   2-0    W-W-L           Second Place

                       All Regional:  Hugie (Top orator!)                       

Nationals:

2003             Raven Rivera & Kyle Hoskins              2-0    W-W-L          Fifth Place

                      James Parke & Shannon Kitten          2-0    W-L                Fifth Place   

2004:              Luke Francis & John Hugie                 3-0    W-L                 Fifth Place

                       Katie Burton & Daniel Widdison         2-0-1 L                       Ninth Place

                       All Americans:  Francis, Hugie, Widdison

            Captain:                    Outstanding Attorney:            Outstanding Witness:

1996   Troy Rackham                Andrea Sutton                                     Charles Parada

1997   Troy Rackham                Troy Rackham                                     Jason Poppleton

1998      Ed Edge                          Andrea Sutton                                      Matt Liggett   

                  Jason Poppleton

1999    Dave Smith                     Sally Farrar, Anna Conrad                  Charles Pierce

                 Matt Liggett

2000    Terri Sloyer                    Anna Conrad                                         Branden Miles

                  Anna Conrad

2001    Mark Tolman                  Mark Tolman                                       Andrew King

                  Andrea Myers

2002    Andrea Myers                 Raven Rivera                                    Todd Creer, Blake Hamilton

2003    Raven Rivera                  Clint Heiner, Raven Rivera               Katie Burton

                 Jay Wren

                 Clint Heiner

                 Brian Hardy

2004   Clint Heiner                        Clint Heiner                                        Rachel Robison

                Jay Wren

                Kaylyn Betts

                Joey Thurgood

Tim Mills (98) Willamette University

Tim Curtis (01)  University of Utah

Kyle Hoskins (02, 03)  University of Utah

Brian Hardy (02, 03)  University of Nevada Las Vegas

Marian Ito (02, 03)  Brigham Young University

Blake Hamilton (02, 03) Gonzaga University 

James Parke (02, 03)  Gonzaga University

Raven Rivera (01, 02, 03) University of Southern California

Todd Creer (02, 03)  Cornell University

Clint Heiner (02, 03, 04)  University of Denver

Katie Burton (01, 02, 03, 04)  Vermont University

Luke Francis (03, 04)  University of Minnesota

Daniel Widdison (03, 04)  Georgetown University

 

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