Mock Trial Team Boasts Top Record in Opening Round of National Championship

The EKU Mock Trial Team finished with the top record in the opening round of the National Championship Mock Trial Tournament, held March 19-20 in Cincinnati.

The EKU team went undefeated, tying a single ballot with Miami University and winning ballots against Miami University (of Ohio), the University of Michigan, Bowling Green State University and Bellarmine University.

Only the top 10 percent of teams in the country qualify for the championship. Other teams qualifying for the next level of competition this past weekend were The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, Miami, Bowling Green and Bellarmine. Other teams in the competition were the Coast Guard Academy, The College of William and Mary, Columbia College, University of Pittsburgh, Binghampton University, Swarthmore College, the University of Buffalo and Carnegie Mellon University.

EKU’s James Pennington, Manchester, received individual honors as Outstanding Witness. Other members of the team were Sara Martin, Dawson Springs; Alexandra Sipes, Mt. Sterling; William Foster, Gilbertsville; Zac Caldwell, Elizabethtown; Benica Triplet, Fulton; Chloe Richardson, Orient, Ohio; Alyssa McNabb, Jonesborough, Tenn.; and Cody Ison, Catlettsburg. Martin and Sipes are members of EKU’s nationally recognized Honors Program.

Coaches are Sara Zeigler, Lynnette Noblitt and Tom Parker. Financial support is provided by the College of Justice & Safety, the College of Arts & Sciences, University Programs, the Department of Government, and Distinguished Alumnus Robert Sanders.

(Pictured above - top row: Benica Triplet, Sara Martin, Alexandra Sipes, Alyssa McNabb, Chloe Richardson; bottom row: Zac Caldwell, James Pennington, Cody Ison, William Foster)