{"id":19273,"date":"2025-03-05T10:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=19273"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:03:03","slug":"elizabethtown-college-delegation-wins-mock-trial-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/elizabethtown-college-delegation-wins-mock-trial-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Delegation Wins Mock Trial Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of 14 Elizabethtown College students recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for a regional tournament of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA)<\/a>, hosted by American University from Feb. 15 to 16.<\/p>\n

The students were split up into two teams, the \u201cA Team,\u201d composed of Curstin Carpenter \u201925, Emory Barton \u201927, Chikezie Emmanuel \u201927, Aaron Ghee \u201925, Erin Ford, Grady Zigner \u201926, Leah Thomas and the \u201cB Team,\u201d composed of Kalen Tendo \u201927, Alison Carneal \u201926, Olivia Addo \u201926, Aiden Valentine \u201926, Kylie Holl \u201926, Justin Marraccini \u201926, and Ali Al-Nawasreh ’25.<\/p>\n

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Elizabethtown College’s “B Team” accepting the Spirit of AMTA Award.<\/p><\/div>\n

The \u201cB Team\u201d won the Spirit of AMTA Award at the tournament<\/a>, which recognizes the team that best exemplifies the AMTA ideals of civility, justice, and fair play. At the end of the competition, each team captain scored the opposing team on a scale of 1-10 on AMTA ideals, and Etown\u2019s B Team received a perfect score.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth teams put in an impressive amount of work into this competition and the \u2018B Team\u2019 being honored with the Spirit of AMTA award shows how committed everyone was to our College\u2019s Educate for Service motto, loaning other teams our materials and helping them with filling out various forms,\u201d Carneal said. \u201cDespite the extreme stress and pressure of the competition, the \u2018B Team\u2019 stayed positive and showed kindness to all other teams.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the tournament, the teams participated in two trials on each day and put in more than 50 hours of preparation before the tournament.<\/p>\n

The group attended the event as part of Etown\u2019s Mock Trial 1 and Mock Trial 2 courses and attended the competitions with Elizabethtown College Adjunct Faculty in Politics, Philosophy & Legal Studies Chris Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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