2016-2017
2016-2017 Season
This will be our 6th full season of competition.
Civil case – Riley Winter is a prominent professional writer. On December 23, 2015, Winter was fired from Winter’s job at the defendant’s magazine. Winter contends that the termination violated the Midlands Age Discrimination Act.
2016-2017 Executive Board
President: Mary Preston Austin
Treasurer/Fundraising: Andrew Reay
Assistant Tournament Chair: Richard Green
Tournaments & Results
Thunderdome Invitational (Wheaton College) – October 14-15, 2016
Richard Calkins Invitational (Drake University) – October 29-30, 2016
ISU Invitational (Illinois State) – November 4-6, 2016
Cornshucker Challenge (University of Iowa) – November 19-20, 2016
Queen City Invitational (Xavier University) – December 3-4, 2016
Loras Invitational (Loras College) – January 27-28, 2017
Regionals (Joliet, IL) – February 18-19, 2017
ORCS (Geneva, IL) – March 24-26, 2017
Thunderdome Invitational – October 14-15, 2016
Team Tor: record 4-3-1 8th place
Team Perry: record 4-4
Tab Summary
Teams Tor and Perry
Outstanding Attorneys
Blake VanKerkhoff (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (20P/19D ranks), and Richard Green (18 ranks)
Richard Calkins Invitational – October 29-30, 2016
Team Tor: record 4-2-2, 8th place
Team Perry: record 4-4
Tab Summary
Perry and Tor
Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (19P/20D ranks)
Illinois State University Invitational – November 4-6, 2016
Team Tor: record 4-3-1, 15th place
Team Perry: record 5-2-1, 5th place
Tab Summary
Team Tor
Team Perry
Outstanding Witness
Joel Erickson (18 ranks)
Cornshucker Challenge – November 19-20, 2016
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 5-2-1, 4th place
Tab Summary
Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (18 ranks)
Queen City Invitational – December 3-4, 2016
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 7-1, 2nd place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 1-6-1
Tab Summary
Outstanding Witnesses: Blake VanKerkhoff (20 ranks, far left), Isaac Hendren (19 ranks, far right). Outstanding Attorneys: Nicole Miller (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks P, 18 ranks D) and Isaac Hendren (17 ranks)
Loras Invitational – December 3-4, 2016
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 7-1, 1st place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 3-4-1
Tab Summary
Make Midlands Great Again
$hawyers Lawyers
Outstanding Witness Isaac Hendren (20 ranks)
Outstanding Attorneys Nicole Miller (19 ranks), Richard Green (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks)
Regionals (Joliet, IL) – February 18-19, 2017
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 5-2-1, 5th place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 3-5
Make Midlands Great Again
$hawyerz Lawyerz
Outstanding Attorney Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks)
Outstanding Witness Alex Zebutis (17D/16P)
ORCS (Geneva, IL) – March 24-26, 2017
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 3-5
Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (16 ranks)
(obligatory award photo missing as they were short trophies)