Welcome to the home page for the 2024 Gorlok Gala tournament hosted by Webster University on Jan 24-28, 2024 for College students.

Status: Tournament Completed

IMPORTANT NOTE--The tournament is an on ground, live tournament.  We are offering Extemp Commentary and Broadcast Journalism only as async events.  We are also allowing hybrid judging for LD only.

 

Asynch links for Broadcast Journalism and Extemp Commentary are due by Wednesday January 24 at 12PM

Broadcast Journalism topics will be uploaded on Monday Janaury 22 after registration has ended.

 

Dear Forensic Colleagues,

 

The Webster University forensic program, Missouri Omega chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, and School of Communications invite you to the 26th Gorlok Gala Forensic Tournament, to be held on Webster’s campus January 26-28, 2024. We will be offering the 11 AFA individual events, along with open, junior and novice divisions of NFA-LD and IPDA debate, along with a professional division of IPDA debate. In addition, we are pleased once again to offer duo improvisational pairs. As an opportunity to practice and prepare events offered at the 2024 Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention, we are also offering interviewing, along with two asynchronous events—extemporaneous commentary and broadcast journalism. (Broadcast journalism will be an on-ground event at the March PKD tournament but offered in a different format at the Gorlok.) Students may compete in both debate and individual events, although some restrictions on cross-over are in place to help create a healthier schedule and adapt to campus space constraints. We have worked to ensure that the days do not become laborious for those who choose to participate in only individual events or debate. We do reserve the option of making last-minute schedule changes and apologize for the uncertainty and any inconvenience that may cause.

 

To help with planning and accommodating campus logistics, we must insist on meeting our Monday entry deadline. We have unique campus constraints that make the Monday deadline particularly imperative. WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT TURNING AWAY LATE ENTRANTS.

 

There are several incentives to entice you into attending the Gorlok...

 

  • Our traditional pasta and salad bar Friday night, and our St. Louis Fare for Saturday lunch, featuring a collection of food unique to St. Louis, including frozen custard, Fitz’s Root Beer, and more!
  • A very nice continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday
  • A proverbial plethora of awards
  • An opportunity to visit and play in St. Louis  

 

We are also continuing two annual awards—a Webster Alumni Award and a Community Citizenship Award. Please see these descriptions in the invitation and consider submitting a nomination.

 

Please contact us with any questions. We hope to see each of you in St. Louis this winter for the Gorlok Gala!

 

Sincerely,

 

Gina Jensen                                                                                                              Tom Serfass                

Director of Forensics                                                                                               Assistant Director of Forensics      

Tournament Director                                                                                               Webster University

Webster University                                                  


 

2024 Gorlok Gala Forensic Tentative Tournament Schedule

Thursday, January 25

6:30 – 10:00 pm                Early Registration—Sheraton Hotels, location TBA

 

Friday, January 26

  8:00 – 11:00 am              Registration—Conference Room—University Center (Main Floor)

  8:30                                   Release of Debate Pairings (Rds 1 and 2)

  9:00                                    Round 1, Lincoln-Douglas

10:15                                    Round 2, Lincoln-Douglas

11:30                                    IPDA Draw Flight 1A—Sunnen Lounge, UC

12:00                                    Round 1, IPDA & IPDA Draw Flight 1B

  1:00                                    IPDA Draw Flight 2A—Sunnen Lounge, UC

  1:30                                    Round 2, IPDA & IPDA Draw Flight 2B

  2:30                                    Round 3, Lincoln-Douglas

  3:45                                    IPDA Draw Flight 3A—Sunnen Lounge, UC

  4:15                                    Round 3, IPDA & IPDA Draw Flight 3B

  5:15                                    Round 4, Lincoln-Douglas

  5:45 – 7:30                        Dinner—Pasta & Salad Bar, PROVIDED BY WEBSTER

  7:00                                    IPDA Draw Flight 4A—Sunnen Lounge, UC

  7:30                                    Round 4, IPDA & IPDA Draw Flight 4B

 

Saturday, January 27

  7:00                                     Individual Events-Only Registration & Continental Breakfast

                                              Sunnen Lounge—University Center (Main Floor)

  8:00                                    Extemp Draw—TBA

  8:15                                    Round 1, Individual Events “A”

  9:45                                    Round 1, Individual Events “B” & Round 5 LD

11:15                                    IPDA Draw Flight 5A—Sunnen Lounge, UC

11:45                                    Round 5, IPDA & IPDA Draw Flight 5B

12:00 – 2:00                        St. Louis FARE, PROVIDED BY WEBSTER

  1:00                                    Extemp Draw

  1:30                                    Round 2, Individual Events “A”

  3:00                                    Round 2, Individual Events “B” & Round 6 LD

  4:30                                    IPDA Draw—Sunnen Lounge, UC

  5:00                                    IPDA Elimination Round 1

  5:45                                    Extemp Draw

  6:15                                    Semi’s/Finals, Individual Events “A” + Semi’s B

  6:45                                    LD Elimination Round 1

                                                               

Sunday, January 28—Events to be Held on Webster’s Campus—EAB Building

  7:30                                    Continental Breakfast – EAB 2nd Floor Commons

  8:15                                    Extemp Draw—TBA 

  8:30                                    Remaining Individual Events Finals and Round 3, Interviewing

  9:00                                    LD Elimination Round 2

10:15                                    IPDA Draw—TBA

10:45                                    IPDA Elimination Round 2

11:45                                     Awards—TBA

12:45                                     Elimination rounds will continue, each format running concurrently when possible 

 

 

General Tournament Notes

 

Tournament Hotel

The Sheraton Westport Plaza Tower 900 Westport Plaza will serve as the tournament hotel. The tournament rate is $132.00. The rate includes complimentary Internet access in each guest room reserved through the block. 

 

For reservations, click the link Book your group rate for Gorlok Gala or call (314) 878-1500 and ask for "Gorlok Gala" rates. Should you encounter problems, ask for Nancy, or call Gina Jensen at Webster. Our block will be released Thursday, January 5th!  PLEASE make your reservations early! Rates may well go up after this date!  Earlier reservations will also alert us to any need to increase the block prior to its cut-off date.

 

Awards

Awards will be presented to all students reaching elimination rounds--including duplicate awards for duo and improvisational pairs. Pentathlon, debate speaker, and outstanding novice individual event awards will also be presented. Additionally, sweepstakes awards will be given to the top three teams in individual events, debate, and overall sweepstakes (a school must be entered in debate and individual events to be eligible for overall sweepstakes). Awards will also be given to the Pi Kappa Delta chapter and two-year school earning the most sweepstakes points.

Student Eligibility

Students must be currently enrolled at the college or university for which they are competing. Students may not have attended a collegiate national forensic/debate tournament in four or more academic years OR completed eight semesters of collegiate competition. A semester is defined as having competed in more than two tournaments. Either of these standards being met (eight semesters of college competition or four years of collegiate national tournament participation) will render a student ineligible to compete in this tournament.

Local Host Entries

Webster University may enter some events, although host entries will be very limited. Competing Webster students will be eligible for awards.

Sweepstakes

Points will be awarded to a school’s top three individual event entries per event and top six debate entries total. ALL of a school's elimination round entries will count toward sweepstakes. The points system will be:

IEs                          3-2-1 for a 1, 2 or 3 rank in preliminary rounds

1 for all semifinalists

6-5-4-3-2-1 for 1st through 6th or 7th in finals

Debate                 7 points per win, up to 4 wins per entry

7 points per advancement to elimination rounds for entries

 

 

Fees and Judging

The tournament fee schedule is…

                *Friday participation fee (per student/judge)                      $12.00

                *Saturday participation fee (per student/judge)                 $12.00

                IE entries—on ground (including duos)                                  $10.00

                IE entries—asynchronous                                                          $ 8.00

                Debate entries                                                                            $40.00

                Uncovered IE entries                                                                  $10.00 plus entry fee

                Uncovered debate entries                                                         $80.00 plus entry fee

                Changes at registration                                                              $25.00 per change

                Dropped judge after Thursday, January 25th 6:00 pm          $100.00 per judge

                *Participation fees are paid for on-ground participants; asynchronous-only participants are

                  exempt.

 In order to keep the tournament running smoothly, food will be provided as noted in the schedule. Participation fees don’t cover our costs but help to offset.  All on ground participants are required to pay this fee.

One individual events judge will cover ten entries. One debate judge will cover two LD and/or four IPDA entries. A single judge may cover…

  • four IPDA and/or 10 IE entries
  • four IPDA entries and/or two NFA LD entries
  • two NFA LD entries & 5 flight A only IE entries

For purposes of clarification, each IPDA entry will require three rounds of coverage since an odd number of preliminary rounds are being offered. IPDA will be flighted unless room availability can accommodate a single schedule. A single judge may not cover both LD and flight B individual event entries. Schools needing to hire a substantial number of judges should contact the tournament director before tournament week.  PLEASE--we would rather have your judges. 

 Schools entering asynchronous events must provide one judge for every six entries. Each judge should be available for both the preliminary and final rounds. While in person judges can be the same person/people as your asynchronous judges, we encourage you to explore other coaches, judges, and alumni to fill this role.

 Special note regarding LD judges and uncovered LD entries…because of consistently having an overwhelming number of uncovered LD entries, we must insist at least half of any school’s LD entries are covered.  We will turn away entries not meeting this request.  For example, a school with 12 LD entries must provide at least three judges who are able to cover LD commitments; with only three judges we will not accept a 13th entry. There are absolutely no exceptions to this rule.

 New this year—we ARE allowing hybrid judging in NFA-LD only.

 IPDA does allow undergraduate judges and as such a limited number of undergraduate judges may be used in the preliminary rounds.  Teams are encouraged to offer their students who were eliminated to judge outrounds.

 Entry Deadlines and Instructions

This year’s Gorlok is using the tournament entry services at www.forensictournament.net.  The invitation, tournament notes, and tournament entry are all located at this site. Search for Webster University Gorlok Gala.  Schools not using this service in the past will need to enter a roster of students and judges prior to entering the tournament. This site will also allow schools to view the entire tournament entry. All schools must submit entries on www.forensictournament.net. Entries will not be accepted in any other form.

 Fees are assessed at 6:00 pm CST Tuesday, January 23rd.  Direct questions to Gina Jensen at jensen@webster.edu.

 

 

Individual Events Notes

 

Events/Flights

All 11 AFA-NST events plus improvisational pairs and interviewing will be offered in two flights.

Flight A--extemp, persuasive, impromptu, dramatic, poetry, improvisational pairs

Flight B--prose, informative, poi, duo, after-dinner, communication analysis, interviewing

Asynchronous events will include extemporaneous commentary and broadcast journalism.

 Rules

AFA-NST rules will be followed for all events.  Students should not enter material that has been used in competition before September 1, 2023. 

 Extemp topics will be taken from socio-political, international, and economic areas.  Each round will be one of these three.  In the instance that the tournament holds semifinals, final round topics will be editorial cartoons. For extemp draw, electronic access is allowed during draw; live Internet access is allowed. No extemper will be allowed access to electricity in the draw room as outlets are not readily available for all competitors.

 Students in impromptu will have a choice of two topics that will vary by round and section.  Topics will be selected from philosophical quotations and song lyrics.

 

The event description for improvisational pairs is as follows:

Preparation time is three minutes. Preparation time is separate from performance time. Performance

time must be a minimum of three minutes and a maximum of six with a 30-second grace period. The

judge should clarify with the students before they begin how time signals will be communicated and must

then give hand signals as the contestants are performing to help them stay within the time limit. No make-

up, costumes, props, or lighting are permitted, but a table and/or two chairs may be used. Doors and walls

are considered props and must not be used. The scene must contain only two characters with equal

sharing of dialogue. An introduction by one or both students is REQUIRED to set the scene, and a

resolution of the conflict must be evident at the end of the scene. Excessive profanity, sexual innuendo, or

excessive physicality (i.e. pushing, shoving, and striking) will not be tolerated. Contestants are to remain

outside of the room until it is their time to perform. Once they have finished with their performance, they

must remain in the room until the round is complete.

 

The event description for interviewing is as follows:

Interviewing will mirror the rules to be used at the 20024 Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and

Convention. Rounds 1 and 2 will consist of an interview lasting no longer than 10 minutes, conducted by

a judge utilizing the same question-set for each competitor. In round 3, judges evaluate/rank student

résumés based on writing techniques and overall strength. Competitors entered in Interviewing must

provide an accessible link to their resume (either Google Doc Dropbox or other similar option) of their

résumé by registration. Please double check the permissions settings on document links to ensure judges

are permitted to view the document. There is no final round for interviewing.

 Asynchronous Events

Registration & video links are due by Monday, January 22 on ForensicsTournament.net. Links will be sent to judges by approx. 9 am CST on Tuesday, January 23rd for preliminary rounds and will be due by 5 pm on Thursday, January 25th.  Final ballots will be due by Saturday, January 27th at 2 pm. Broadcast Journalism topics will be released roughly 24 hours before the entry deadline.

 Link Upload Process

The tournament will require you to upload a URL with your student’s speech.  Unlisted YouTube videos are recommended. The video uploaded for the 2024 Gorlok Gala should be unique to this tournament. Previously recorded versions of the speeches are not allowed. Coaches are responsible for ensuring unique recordings for the tournament.

 Extemporaneous Commentary will replicate the rules and procedures to be used at the 2024 Pi Kappa

Delta National Tournament and Convention. In a speech not to exceed 7-mins, participants conduct

research and record a speech that proposes reform and responds to the following question:

 

        “What actions are best suited for making youth sports in America safer and more accessible?”

  Because this topic is wide-ranging, it is up to participants to define the central concerns/problems and

their reasonable solutions/implementation. Here are some recommendations for participants to consider

while thinking through reform: League/Club Management; Economic Management; Training &

Certification; Equipment and Venue for Play; Equity in Player Opportunities. We encourage students to

think broadly—not all solutions are necessarily national nor political; speeches may consider local,

relational, social, communicative and/or economic efforts to effect productive change. There is no

specific organizational structure for this speech. In fact, we encourage participants to break out of

conventional speech patterns and be creative with arrangement. Ask: what format will best represent my

arguments and evidence? Judging Criteria Includes: Substance of Proposal │Viability – Proof of

Solvency Feasibility of Plan │Clarity in Explanations and Advocacy.

 

Broadcast Journalism will largely mirror the performances to be delivered in the on-ground version to

be offered at the 2024 Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and Convention. The focus of this event is to

demonstrate skill in selection, organization, and presentation of a simulated broadcast news/talk program.

Speakers will choose and edit their own material to be exactly five minutes in length. Previous versions of

this event focused on tournament staff providing copious written material. To be more mindful of the

actual processes of contemporary radio news/talk, we have updated the rules to best reflect current trends

as a competitive event. Students will receive a randomized list of topics each broadcaster must cover

(participants will not receive a packet of pre-selected articles). Students, then, create an entirely factual

account of the topics identified. A portion may be the student’s opinion about any of the topics. Like in

Extemporaneous Speaking, each speaker will receive a different set of topics to ensure fairness. For

example, the speaker might be prompted to provide stories about Central America, the US Congress and

Climate Change, or European Football, the Chinese Yuan and U.S. Higher Education recruitment

practices. While other stories can be included to make time, judging criteria will favor those identified in

the round’s prompt. Judges will be made aware of the topics in advance. Call letters/radio-platform

identification, as well as references to weather, sponsors, programming, etc., are acceptable, but not

required.

 

Ballots

We will be using electronic ballots. Judges should bring a device to use for filling out ballots. We suggest

using a laptop or tablet for ease of use. Judges are also reminded to use only Google Chrome as their

browser. Judges may submit their ballots electronically with ranks/rates and come back later and recall

their ballots to write comments if they find this necessary in order to keep the tournament on time. All

judges and coaches must have an account on Forensicstournament.net. Please ensure your ballot

preference is set to “email” and that you have included a cell number and an email address for each

person. If your preference is set to “paper” you won’t receive a ballot or any announcements. 

 

Cross-Entering

Individual event competitors may enter up to three events per flight. We are, however, committed to running a tournament that stays on time. Critics will be instructed to not wait beyond the allotted ending time for each round.  A student may enter only two duos and two improvisational pairs.  We will make efforts to accommodate multiple entered students in flight A with early speaking positions in extemp. 

 Students in Lincoln-Douglas may enter two flight A individual events—they may NOT enter flight B individual events.

 Elimination Rounds

Semi-finals will be held in all events with 50 or more entries. Semi-final round brackets will be seeded into unbroken brackets. Final place finishes will be determined based on (1) majority of 1's, (2) ranks, (3) judges' preference, (4) points, and (5) seedings.

 Pentathlon

In an attempt to reward diversity in competitive excellence, students must enter a minimum of four events and compete in public address, limited preparation, and interpretation events to be eligible for pentathlon.  A maximum of five events will count toward a student's pentathlon score. Duo Improvisation will count as a limited preparation or interpretation event. Interviewing will count as a limited preparation event. Asynchronous entries will count toward pentathlon consideration as public address events.

Novice Awards

The top novice in each AFA-NST event will be given a special award.  To be eligible, the student should be in their first collegiate year in the appropriate genre of event (public address, interpretation, or limited preparation).

 

IMPORTANT IE JUDGING NOTE:  In addition to the obligation of the final round in each flight, all judges are obligated for any semifinal rounds in either flight. Again, all individual event judges are obligated for final rounds, regardless of whether or not they are used in or qualify students for semi-final rounds.

 

 

Debate Notes

 

Divisions Defined

Any student may enter an open division. Junior division is open to students in their first four semesters of collegiate debate (of any kind). Novice division is open to students with less than two semesters of any debate at any level (high school or college).

 NFA Lincoln-Douglas

An open, junior, and novice division of NFA Lincoln Douglas will be offered. Debates will use a 6-3-7-3-6-6-3 format with 4 minutes of preparation. We will use the 2023-24 NFA LD topic. All divisions will adhere to the NFA rules for Lincoln-Douglas debate. We are allowing hybrid judging in NFA-LD only.

 IPDA

An open, junior, novice and professional division of IPDA will be offered.  Debates will use a 5-2-6-2-3-5-3 with 30 minutes to prep.  Rounds will be flighted unless room availability can accommodate a single schedule. All divisions will adhere to the IPDA Constitution and By-Laws. Teams are encouraged to offer their students who were eliminated to judge outrounds.

 Warm-Room, Breaking Brackets, and Sexual Harassment

The Gorlok Gala will have a warm room available during the tournament, meaning results will be posted for all formats and divisions. Since ballots are electronic, we will not have a coaches review of ballots for IPDA. The tournament will not break brackets for elimination rounds. The tournament will adhere to the NPDA statement on sexual harassment, as well as the Pi Kappa Delta Statement on Discrimination.

 Ballots

We will be using electronic ballots.  Judges should bring a device to use for filling out ballots.  We

suggest using a laptop or tablet for ease of use. Judges will want to use Google Chrome as their browser.

Judges may submit their ballots electronically with ranks/rates plus win/loss then and come back later and

recall their ballots to write comments if they find this necessary in order to keep the tournament on time;

this early submission of results is strongly encouraged for Friday morning and early afternoon rounds. All

judges and coaches must have an account on Forensicstournament.net. Please ensure your ballot

preference is set to “email” and that you have included a cell number and an email address for each

person. If your preference is set to “paper” you won’t receive a ballot or any announcements. 

 

Elimination Rounds and Speaker Awards

Appropriate elimination rounds will be held in accordance with the standards of the national organizations’ sanctioning the respective debate divisions. Debaters advancing will be determined and seeded based on (1) win/loss record, (2) adjusted points, (3) total points, (4) double adjusted total points, and (5) opposition record. Brackets will not be broken. All winning records will advance in all divisions.

 Speaker awards will be determined based on (1) adjusted points, (2) total points, (3) double adjusted points, (4) z-score, and (5) speaker ranks. 

 Power-Matching

Rounds will be power-matched beginning with round three. Rounds three and five will be hi/hi while four and six will be hi/low within brackets.

 IMPORTANT DEBATE JUDGING NOTE:  In addition to the obligation of the first elimination round after the point at which a school’s competitors are eliminated, all judges are obligated for the first full elimination round for all formats in which they have debaters. If partial elimination rounds are held and a judge is assigned to that round, they remain obligated for the next elimination round.

  

Tournament Speech Statement

 

The Gorlok Gala affirms the importance of all tournament participants’ cooperation in creating an educational and competitive environment that is fair, humane and responsible while, at the same time, encouraging debates that are devoted to full and robust argument about a diverse range of ideas.  Specifically, this tournament affirms that:

 

1.            Judges and students are encouraged to talk about the expectations that they have for creating a debate that focuses on ideas instead of personal attacks.

 2.            Debaters are encouraged to communicate with respect, not attacking each other or the judge.

 3.            Judges are encouraged to communicate with respect, not attacking or devaluing students.

 4.            Debaters and judges are encouraged to reject discourse which devalues other members of our community based on their race, age, gender, [ability], class, sexual or religious orientation or any reason that is not directly related to the arguments that they present.

 5.            Students and judges are encouraged to communicate with each other when they observe instances of verbally aggressive attacks rather than silently watching something happen before them to which they object.

 6.            Judges are encouraged to reward courteous and respectful behavior toward the judge and other

                competitors in awarding speaker points.

 7.            If serious and/or repeated demeaning speech materially or substantially disrupts the opportunity for debaters to compete fairly or the judge to evaluate fairly, judges are encouraged to dock speaker points or give a team a loss.

 Bartanen, K. & Hanson, J.  (1994). Advocating humane discourse.  The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta, 80, 16-22.

 

 

Land Acknowledgement Statement

 

It is important for us here at Webster University, in alignment with our mission to enrich lives and build community through communication, to acknowledge that the land beneath us owes its vitality to generations who have come before us. In the spirit of making erased and silenced histories visible, Webster Forensics and Debate chooses to learn about, come to terms with, and share the truth of Westward Expansion. Webster Forensics acknowledges its community spaces rest on the traditional land of Indigenous People that have stewarded and cared for this land for centuries. We acknowledge that we are standing on the ancestral and occupied lands of the Illini Confederacy, Osage Nation and the Myaamia, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, O-ga-xpa Ma-zho (Quapaw), Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), and Missouria tribes. They are the peoples to whom we pay our respects. We acknowledge that this land was stolen and acquired through a history of violence. While Webster remains on these lands, we will attempt to do honor to their histories and ask you to join us in uncovering such histories at any and all public in-person and virtual events. We encourage you to learn more about Indigenous communities and land where you live and to honor those who made their homes on this land before us."

 

Webster Outstanding Forensic Alumni Award

An annual award will be presented each year to an alumna of the Webster University forensic and debate program. The winner will be selected from a list of nominees submitted by any individual familiar with the Webster forensic program. Nominees should be past members of the Webster University forensic and debate program and be committed to forensics as important life-preparation. This commitment should be a focus of any nomination for the award.

 

Nominations should include the identification of the potential award winner, as well as a letter of support. There is no limit to the volume of support material that will be accepted in support of a single nomination.

 

2013—Ryan Louis

2014—Deanna Beaton

2015—Jason Roach

2016—Kim Runnion

2017—Melissa Benton & Justin Raymundo

2018—Sierra Weber

2019---Andy Hobin

2020---Kirby Weber

2021—Shawn Hoover

2022—John Wallis

2023—Liberty Weyandt

 

Community Forensic Citizenship Award

An annual award will be presented each year to a non-student member of the forensic community who advances the benefits of forensics in the broadest of terms. This should include but is not limited to outstanding teaching/coaching and service.

 Nominations should include an identification of the potential award winner as well as a letter of support. There is no limit to the volume of support material that will be accepted in support of a single nomination.

 2013—Robert Markstrom, McNeese State University

2014—John Boyer, Lafayette College

2015—Kevin Minch, Truman State University

2016—Phillip Voigt, Gustavus Adolphus College

2017—M’Liss Hindman, Tyler Junior College & Scott Jensen, Webster University

2018—Gary Harmon, Kansas Wesleyan

2019—Jack Rogers, University of Central Missouri

2020—Richard Paine, North Central College

2021—Jeannie Hunt, Northwest College & Connie McKee, West Texas University

2022—Danny Cantrell, Mt. San Antonio College

2023—Spencer Waugh, Simpson College

 

Nomination Procedures

Nominations should be submitted to Gina Jensen at jensen@webster.edu. All nominations should be received by Monday, January 15, 2024 to receive full consideration. Community Forensic Citizenship Award nominating packets will be distributed to a reading committee of intercollegiate forensic educators. Webster Outstanding Forensic Alumni Award nominating packets will be distributed to a reading committee of Webster alumni, students, and non-forensic faculty. Both awards will be presented at the Gorlok awards ceremony.


Travelling Gorlok Award Standings

A school’s overall sweepstakes totals are halved and entered into the travelling trophy standings. Schools’ totals are cumulative, with each winner’s totals converting to zero the next year. Standings for the 167 schools from 31 states that have attended the Gorlok in its 25-year history, going into this year’s Gorlok, are:

 

 

Marian University 688.25 

William Jewell College 682.5 

McKendree University 666 

Winner in ’00, ’07 & ‘13 

Cedarville University 584 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 570.25 

University of Central Missouri 566.25 

Winner in ’01, ‘16  

Missouri State University 560 

Washburn University 527.5 

Boise State University 514.5 

Winner in ‘18 

Kansas Wesleyan University 499.75 

Arkansas State University 477.25 

Simpson College 440 

Winner in ‘19 

Purdue University 408.5 

William Rainey Harper College 396 

Southeastern Illinois College 392 

Marshall University 383.75 

Sterling College 358.75 

University of the Pacific 358 

Illinois State University 356 

Carson Newman University 349.25 

Whitman College 348.5 

McNeese State University 343 

Northwest Missouri State U 340 

Southwest Baptist University 325.75 

Winner in ’03, ‘18 

University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign 318.5 

Kansas City Kansas Community College 300 

Ball State University 312.25 

Hutchinson Community College 289.5 

Wheaton College 283 

Cameron University 278.75 

Winner in ‘05 

Drury University 278.75 

College of DuPage 278.5 

Valdosta State University 275.5 

Metropolitan Community College Longview 271 

Winner in ‘99 

Central Michigan University 268.75 

Washington University 268.75 

Missouri Southern State University 264.75 

Winner in ‘04 

St. Anselm College 262.75 

Ottawa University 258.5 

University of Notre Dame 253 

Rice University 252.5 

University of Minnesota 248.5 

University of Missouri 248.25 

Winner in ‘12 

Truman State University 222 

Winner ’10 & ‘21 

Garden City Community College 211.5 

Crowder College 204.5 

Loyola University 204.5 

Texas Southern University 195 

William Carey University 195 

Winner in ‘98 

Ferris State University 183.25 

Northern Illinois University 153.75 

Creighton University 153 

Winner in ‘09 

Minnesota State University - Mankato 151.75 

Otterbein College 144.5 

Harding University 139.5 

University of Alabama 138.75 

John Carroll University (OH) 135.75 

North Central College 129.5 

Hillsdale College 126 

Winner in ’14, Winner ‘2 

California State - Sacramento 124.25 

Emerson College 123.75 

The Ohio State University 119 

University of North Texas 118.5 

Belmont University 116 

Oklahoma City University 115 

Illinois College 113.25 

California State - Chico 108.25 

The Pennsylvania State University 107 

Lewis and Clark College 101.5 

Johnson County Community College 99.75 

Southern Illinois University 97.75 

Tennessee State 95.25 

Carthage College 93.75 

Tyler Junior College 93 

Western Kentucky University 0 

Winner ’06,’08,’15, ‘22 

Texas State University 89.75 

San Joaquin Delta College 84.75 

University of Kentucky 82 

University of Missouri-St. Louis 77 

IUPUI 70.75 

Chapman University 67 

Sacramento State University 66.5 

Morehouse College 63 

Concordia College - Morehead 59 

University of Utah 53.75 

Diablo Valley College 52.5 

Concordia University--Nebraska 51.5 

Missouri Valley College 48 

Malone College 46 

Bethel College 45.5 

University of Oklahoma 44.5 

Carleton College 44 

Fort Scott Community College 43 

Pittsburg State University 40.5 

Concordia University Irvine 40.25 

Missouri Western State University 40.25 

Gustavus Adolphus College 40 

Ithaca College 39.5 

University of the South 39 

Wabash College 37 

Abilene Christian University 35.5 

Evangel University 35 

University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh 35 

Texas Christian University 33 

Park University 33 

Grand Canyon University 32.75 

West Texas A&M University 32.5 

Northwest College 29.75 

University of Tulsa 29 

Middle Tennessee State University 28.5 

Barton County Community College 28 

Henderson State University 28 

University of Northern Iowa 28 

University of Arkansas 27.5 

Cumberland College 27 

Nassau Community College 27 

Cleveland State Community College 26.25 

Baptist Bible College 25.75 

Tennessee Tech University 24.5 

McHenry County College 24 

Florida International University 23 

Capital University 22.75 

State Fair Community College 22.25 

University of Illinois - Springfield 21.5 

Point Loma Nazarene University 21 

The College of Idaho 21 

University of Texas - Tyler 21 

Illinois Institute of Technology 20 

Newman University 20 

Highland Community College 17.5 

Illini Global Forensics 17 

Hannibal-LaGrange College 16 

Clarion University 15.75 

William Woods University 15.5 

Oakton Community College 15.5 

East Tennessee State University 15 

LaBette Community College 14.5 

University of Miami 14.5 

Miami University - Ohio 13.5 

DePauw University 13 

Heston College 13 

Texas A&M University 12.5 

University of Illinois at Chicago 12 

Southwestern College 11 

Ohio University 10.5 

Wiley College 10.5 

Eastern Illinois University 9 

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville 9 

Southwestern Illinois College 9 

Baker University 8.5 

Kaskaskia College 7.5 

University of North Georgia 7.5 

Prairie State College 7 

Plymouth University 6.25 

Indiana University-Kokomo 5.5 

Southeastern Oklahoma State University 5.25 

Westminster College 5 

Harris-Stowe State College 3.5 

Lynn University 3.5 

University of West Florida 2 

Doane University 1.5 

Hofstra University 1 

Indiana University 1 

University of Nebraska - Kearney 0.5 

AIB College Business 0 

Kendall College 0 

Lafayette College 0 

                 Winner ‘23