Carthage Mock Trial teams complete invitational tournament season
Carthage Mock Trial teams competed in several “virtual pandemic” invitational tournaments for the fall 2020-21 season. Both Carthage Black and Carthage Red began the season on Oct. 16-18 at Loras College. Andrew Kline ’22 won an Outstanding Attorney Award on both the plaintiff and defense sides of the case in his first college mock trial competition.
On Nov. 7-8, Carthage Black represented the College at Creighton University while Carthage Red was at the University of Mississippi. Both teams competed next at Hamline University on Nov. 14-15 and finished the invitational season at St. Bonaventure University in New York on Jan. 30-31. Team member Annie Ewart ’22 won an Outstanding Attorney Award at the final competition.
In addition to participating in the tournament, both teams honed their skills through virtual scrimmages with the University of Southern California and Marquette.
The teams will move on to the Regional Tournament the weekend of Feb. 27-28. If they succeed, they will then have the opportunity to advance to the Opening Round Championship Series for the third consecutive year. Carthage Black will compete at Florida State while Carthage Red will compete at Brown University.
This year’s team members
Carthage Black
- Jonathan Allen ’22
- Ashley Castillo ’23
- Kayle Czischki ’23
- Anne Ewart ’22 **
- Liv Higgins ’23
- Alicia Lederhaus ’24
- Elizabeth Stroh ’21 **
Carthage Red
- Mariah Bader ’24
- Sam Croak ’21
- Ashleigh Espinoza ’24
- Angel Garcia ’24 **
- Andrew Kline ’22
- Michaela Moore ’24
- Melissa Wallner ’24
- Abby Vidruk ’23 **
** Team captains
The team is coached by Professor Michael Phegley, with the assistance of attorney Margaret Johnson, adjunct faculty of management and marketing. Brittney Frederick ’17, Hailey McClung ’17, DaQuawn Bruce ’18, Michelle Knapp ’18, and Joshua Kundert ’19 all continue to provide assistance to the teams as well. Additionally, Professor Art Cyr and the A. W. Clausen Center for World Business provide support at each tournament and throughout the season.
SPONSORING DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, OR ORGANIZATION:
Carthage Mock Trial
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Michael Phegley, mphegley@carthage.edu