The 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin is now a part of history. The 2011 winner is Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California. Zewail went wire-to-wire, never relinquishing first place during the ten rounds of the tournament. He also took first place on nine of the eleven ballots in the Exhibition Round, which is an MBA record. Both of Zewail’s national circuit victories have been in round robin tournaments. He won the George Mason University Extemp Round Robin last month. He is the first California extemper to win the Round Robin and the fourth extemper in the tournament’s thirteen year history to win the tournament and the Exhibition Round in the same year. Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina, the leader in the National Points Race, placed second in the tournament. In the Exhibition Round, Jared Odessky of Nova High School in Florida, who placed third in the tournament, finished second to Zewail. The topic area of the Exhibition Round was recent news, as all questions were taken from news that had transpired over the last twenty-four hours.
The Exhibition Round was recorded by the National Forensic League and will be posted on NFL TV. Jason Warren provided some post-round comments, which will make the video very insightful for extempers. When the video is posted on NFL TV, we will link to it here at Extemp Central.