Sweepstakes Information

Sweepstakes Awards

Awarded Prizes: We will provide trophies for participants in elimination rounds in Debate and finalists in Individual Events. Semifinalists in Individual Events will receive a keychain in their packet. We will give awards to the top ten speakers in each division of team Debate. We will award trophies to the top 10 competitors in each division of Student Congress.

Awards: We will award trophies to the top three schools in the following categories: Debate, Individual Events, and Overall. Unlike past years, there is no “IE only” or “Debate only” award. Awards recognize the team who earns the highest percentage of total points in the respective category.

Individual Events: Sweepstakes points will be issued to all participants in semifinals and finals based on the following scale. No points will be given for preliminary rounds.

Division 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Finalist Semifinalist

Open 30 pts. 20 pts. 10 pts. 6 pts. 4 pt.

Novice 15 pts. 10 pts. 5 pts. 3 pts. 2 pt.

Debate:

In the Open Division:

3 points will be given for each preliminary round win IF the team has a 50% or better preliminary round win/loss record. Teams with less than a 50% record will receive no preliminary round points.

3 points will be given to each team that reaches the elimination rounds.

In the Junior Division

2 points will be given for each preliminary round win IF the team has a 50% or better preliminary round win/loss record. Teams with less than a 50% record will receive no preliminary round points.

2 points will be given to each team that reaches the elimination rounds.

In the Novice Division:

1 point will be given for each preliminary round win IF the team has a 50% or better preliminary round win/loss record. Teams with less than a 50% record will receive no preliminary round points.

1 point will be given to each team that reaches the elimination rounds.

Congress: Student Congress will be calculated as a debate event (meaning the points will count towards Debate/Overall sweepstakes, not Individual Events), using the same points system as described above for Individual events

Equalization of Debate and Individual Events: For Overall team sweepstakes, debate and individual events will be equalized. This equalization is achieved by the use of percentiles. All sweepstakes points earned by all debate teams/entries are summed. The points earned by each squad are divided by the total number of points earned in debate in order to determine what percentage of all debate points were earned by the team. Similarly, all sweepstakes points earned by all individual events competitors are summed. A similar percentile score is calculated in individual events for each squad.

The two percentile scores for a school (debate and IE) are added together in order to determine an equalized aggregate sweepstakes score. Assuming a school earned all of the possible sweepstakes points in the tournament (a mathematical impossibility), the maximum score they could earn would be 200 points (100% for debate, and 100% for IE). For swing sweepstakes, points from both tournaments are pooled to determine the winners.

Please note that no additional sweepstakes points will be given for debating in elimination rounds.