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Matt Shields Wins the MBA Round Robin

posted by Jon Cruz on January 8th, 2006

Matt Shields and Jacob Levi
Matt Shields and Jacob Levi
NASHVILLE, TN - Congratulations to Scarsdale High School’s Matt Shields and the Berkeley Carroll School’s Jacob Levi for qualifying to participate in the demo round of the prestigious MBA Round Robin. The round robin is not divided by pods, so the demo round does not determine the champion; rather, overall ballot count is the basis for awarding the title. While Jacob won the demo round on a 6-4 decision (the remaining students cast the ballots), Matt claimed the round robin title by winning a total of seventeen ballots.

Matt is coached by Joe Vaughan and Chetan Hertzig. Jacob is coached by Jim Shapiro and Max Stevens.

MBA ROUND ROBIN
1. Matt Shields (Scarsdale High School, NY) [17 ballots]
2. Jacob Levi (Berkeley Carroll School, NY) [13 ballots]
3. Prashant Rai (Mountain View High School, CA) [13 ballots]
4. Michael Mangus (St. James School, AL) [13 ballots]
5. Ronni Toledo (Apple Valley High School, MN) [13 ballots]
Tripti Bhattacharya (Lynbrook High School, CA)
Pam Brown (Pine Crest High School, FL)
John Lewis (Houston-Memorial High School, TX)
Evan Mayo (Battleground Academy, TN)
Ari Parker (Glenbrook North High School, IL)
Katie Poulos (Highland Park High School, MN)
Grace Van Voorhis (Iowa City West High School, IA)

DEMO ROUND
Berkeley Carroll JL def. Scarsdale MS (Matt Shields)
6-4 (Tripti Bhattacharya, Pam Brown, *John Lewis, Michael Mangus, *Evan Mayo, Ari Parker, Katie Poulos, Prashant Rai, *Ronni Toledo, *Grace VanVoorhis)

WINNER OF DEMO ROUND
Berkeley Carroll JL (Jacob Levi)

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48 Responses to “Matt Shields Wins the MBA Round Robin”

  1. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 66.108.83.214

    January 8th, 2006 12:58
    1

    YAY JACOB AND MATT!!! Way to represent the Northeast. :o)

  2. yea
    Posted from: 205.188.117.11

    January 8th, 2006 13:29
    2

    that picture is so vintage.

  3. aaron m
    Posted from: 68.161.102.129

    January 8th, 2006 13:38
    3

    Congratulations, Shields.

    Any word on extemp?

  4. Jason Fernandez
    Posted from: 64.2.184.130

    January 8th, 2006 14:27
    4

    The four way tie was broken down by record against each other. Prashant and Michael had the same record. That tie was broken by speaker points.

    Jacob Levi won the demonstration round 6-4.

    Congrats to all the competitors on a great weekend. This was the most competitive round robin in our history (22 years).

  5. matt aks
    Posted from: 205.188.117.11

    January 8th, 2006 14:28
    5

    YES SHIELDS!!!!!!

  6. matt aks
    Posted from: 205.188.117.11

    January 8th, 2006 14:46
    6

    alex stephenson (sp?) won extemp.
    congrats to matt and to charlie alderman for taking 4th in extemp.

  7. Jon Gordon
    Posted from: 68.198.150.207

    January 8th, 2006 14:46
    7

    Congrats to everyone!

  8. ap
    Posted from: 65.35.15.199

    January 8th, 2006 14:50
    8

    YAY COUSIN JACOB. way to make the family proud! :-)

  9. reenie patel
    Posted from: 4.252.31.47

    January 8th, 2006 15:11
    9

    <3 jacob and his bowling luck.

  10. corey
    Posted from: 69.180.210.210

    January 8th, 2006 15:12
    10

    thanks to everyone for coming to nashville and i hope everyone had a good time w/ goo goos and all

  11. Jason Baskin
    Posted from: 66.188.184.112

    January 8th, 2006 15:16
    11

    Alex Stephenson (Eagan) won extemp

  12. Charlie
    Posted from: 71.36.129.161

    January 8th, 2006 15:19
    12

    Eagan seems to have a heg on extemp.

  13. Isaac Bloch
    Posted from: 69.112.174.134

    January 8th, 2006 15:27
    13

    Jacob you ROCK. Congratulations.

  14. Ardevan Yaghoubi
    Posted from: 68.198.158.134

    January 8th, 2006 15:42
    14

    well done Matthew

  15. aaron m
    Posted from: 68.161.102.129

    January 8th, 2006 15:47
    15

    Awesome job, Shields and Charlie.

  16. David L.
    Posted from: 69.249.68.66

    January 8th, 2006 15:55
    16

    Congrats to Daniel Rauch (Millburn High School) #2 in extemp.

  17. corey
    Posted from: 69.180.210.210

    January 8th, 2006 16:07
    17

    sry for the redundant post w/ results once again, my browswer wasn’t showing the earlier postings when i had made mine

  18. Joe S.
    Posted from: 70.104.141.108

    January 8th, 2006 16:14
    18

    congrats to matt and charlie
    scarsdale represent!

  19. Shrenil
    Posted from: 68.198.153.246

    January 8th, 2006 16:19
    19

    awesome job matt!!!
    congrats to charlie tooo
    fabulous!!

  20. james
    Posted from: 71.96.189.208

    January 8th, 2006 16:32
    20

    shields is my hero
    so is ari

  21. Craig Gilbert
    Posted from: 141.155.119.12

    January 8th, 2006 16:42
    21

    Ever sit at a computer for five mintes wondering what you are going to say in an attempt to not sound cliche or insincere? Well I do.

    However, for the sake of saying something to congratulate two of my favorite people in debate, hurray for Jacob and Matt!!!

  22. Salant
    Posted from: 162.84.216.180

    January 8th, 2006 16:49
    22

    Shieldsy Shieldsy Shieldsy!!!!

  23. David Lebowitz
    Posted from: 140.247.152.196

    January 8th, 2006 17:03
    23

    I cried a little when I saw this.

  24. Jon Gordon
    Posted from: 68.198.150.207

    January 8th, 2006 17:13
    24

    Congrats to Matt on an extremely well-deserved win!

  25. reenie patel
    Posted from: 4.252.31.47

    January 8th, 2006 17:16
    25

    i actually edit my comment from:
    <3 jacob and his bowling luck
    to:
    <3 jacob and his bowling skills

    because that’s what it was. PURE SKILL! <3<3

  26. Chetan
    Posted from: 59.95.160.188

    January 8th, 2006 17:22
    26

    So I’ve been in New Delhi going crazy because I barely have e-mail access, but I swear to God, I dreamed last night that Matt had won the Round Robin…and I was right! Perhaps I can have a career as a psychic.

    - A very proud and VERY curried coach

  27. Anonymous
    Posted from: 65.34.243.131

    January 8th, 2006 17:40
    27

    Anyone have full extemp rankings?

  28. Sonia
    Posted from: 209.6.251.133

    January 8th, 2006 17:44
    28

    Congrats Matt and Jacob!!

    <3’s to Ari and Prai.

  29. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 66.108.83.214

    January 8th, 2006 17:52
    29

    Jason — when you get a chance and your colleagues find the complete list of that twenty-two-year history, send it my way!

  30. katie
    Posted from: 68.117.54.129

    January 8th, 2006 17:59
    30

    RONNI!

  31. Salant
    Posted from: 162.84.216.180

    January 8th, 2006 18:02
    31

    Yo. Liz Mullins, somewhat distressed, mentioned to me a few minutes ago that someone had posted something here with her name and email. As her paralegal, I was immediately dispatched to make amends. Anyways, while it may or may not be true that Sr. Shieldsy is so freaking hot that if he were ever to sweat it would instantly turn to steam (that is, from the liquid or aqueous phase to the gaseous phase), it’s not true that Srta. Mullins would ever, ever, EVER post a comment so grammatically incorrect (come on, it’s just begging for a semicolon). An investigation is underway and the appropriate legal action will be taken.

  32. Josh Meah
    Posted from: 68.38.209.138

    January 8th, 2006 18:46
    32

    Matt Shields is one of the most incredible people I have ever met.

    Congratulations Matt - you deserve this title so very much.

  33. Chetan
    Posted from: 59.95.160.188

    January 8th, 2006 19:35
    33

    Assistant District Attorney Salant, that was awfully persuasive. (And I wanted to confirm that Liz did not write that post.)

  34. Melissa
    Posted from: 71.106.97.104

    January 8th, 2006 19:41
    34

    yay jacob!

    and max!

  35. MBA
    Posted from: 64.232.127.190

    January 8th, 2006 20:33
    35

    everything was up for contention going into rd 11, the two people right below the 4-way tie were places: 6. ari and 7. katie; i think they each had 12 ballots

  36. Jacob Levi
    Posted from: 162.83.174.150

    January 8th, 2006 20:48
    36

    I just want to say thank you to everyone from MBA-Mr Tate, Fernandez, Spence, and all the students and others-it was a really really incredible experience. Also, congrats Matt and everyone else for a lot of really excellent debate. Similarly, I would like to thank Coca Cola for Vault. Vault speaks for itself.

  37. MBA
    Posted from: 35.9.6.175

    January 8th, 2006 22:24
    37

    prashant rai, michael mangus, katie poulos, ari parker, tripti bhattacharya, and pam brown were on top for jacob, while evan mayo, grace van vorhees, ronni toledo, and john lewis were on bottom for matt

  38. justin becker
    Posted from: 140.247.44.254

    January 8th, 2006 22:33
    38

    Not to be hopelessly unoriginal, but I just wanted to send a huge congratulations to Matt on an exceptional–and most certainly deserved–accomplishment. It’s nice to see a New Yorker take the MBA title again, especially one so ridiculously talented.

    I’m also, frankly, blown away by Jacob (incedentally, another fine Jewish boy from NY) and his incredible success this year. And hey, if you can take down Shields in the demo round, the great things I’ve been hearing about you must be true.

    Will you guys be at Lex? ‘Twould be cool to catch up.

  39. s.hess
    Posted from: 70.137.135.77

    January 8th, 2006 23:33
    39

    hot stuff. congrats to everyone - especially p.rai for having a 100 more speaker points than mangus.

  40. StudleyDudley
    Posted from: 205.196.188.155

    January 9th, 2006 05:26
    40

    Jaclev9 is mah boy!

  41. michael
    Posted from: 65.81.143.141

    January 9th, 2006 13:45
    41

    i proactively take back my congratulations for hess.

    props to all, especially prai for outspeaking me by a gap twice as large as the speaker point scale itself and jaclev/max for introducing me to vault. holy shit vault.

  42. Elizabeth Tam
    Posted from: 24.239.165.248

    January 9th, 2006 15:05
    42

    CONGRATS JACOB AND MATT!!!!!

    NY love!

  43. Extemp results guy
    Posted from: 206.149.128.64

    January 9th, 2006 17:59
    43

    Extemp:

    1. Alex Stephenson, Eagan, MN (48 rank total, 2733 speech point total)
    2. Daniel Rauch, Milburn, NJ (53/2739)
    3. Josh Rovenger, Nova, FL (61/2713)
    4. Charlie Alderman, Scarsdale, NY (65/2637)
    5. Tex Dawson, Plano West, TX (68/2700)
    6. Colin West, Rocky Mountain, CO (69/2715)
    7. Brian Stephan, Bellarmine, CA (70/2653)
    8. Gautam Thapar, Leland, CA (73/2610)
    9. Chase Nordengren, Valley, IA (76/2601)
    10. Akshay Rao, Leland, CA (78/2598)
    11. Trevor Bakker, Holland, MI (78/2579)
    12. Joseph Kapusnick, Saint Joseph’s Prep, PA (78/2596)
    13. Bharat Ayyar, Ridge, NJ (93/2563)
    14. Fernando Cutz, J.P. Travella, FL, (94/2588)
    15. Christine Halbert, Southlake Carrol, TX (97/2507)
    16. Larissa Atkinson, Plymouth, CA (100/2489)

    Exhibition results:
    1. Rauch (20)
    2. Rovenger (30)
    3. Alderman (33)
    4. Stephenson (36)
    5. Dawson (46)

  44. pam
    Posted from: 70.156.202.211

    January 9th, 2006 20:42
    44

    big thanks to mr. tate, fernandez, spence, and corey for a hosting such an enjoyable round robin. also congrats to jacob & shields for a fun demo round.

  45. P.Rai
    Posted from: 71.139.202.222

    January 10th, 2006 18:38
    45

    TIME TO REVAULT

  46. michael
    Posted from: 65.81.153.202

    January 11th, 2006 13:35
    46

    actually vault is kinda revaulting…but oh god its so good

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