2024 National Champions - UVA
Apr. 21, 2024 - The University of Virginia is AMTA's 38th National Champion, prevailing over Hillsdale College in the National Final Round held in Chicago, Illinois, on April 21, 2024. Congratulations to UVA and Hillsdale on their outstanding performances in the final round! If you missed the National Final Round, the video is now available for purchase or rent from the AMTA Store! AMTA expects to post Team Power Rankings for 2024-2025 in the coming days!
AMTA thanks all of the volunteers who worked tirelessly to help us host all of our successful Regionals, ORCS tournaments, and our National Championship Tournament. We especially want to thank all of the volunteer judges and our distinguished panel of National Final Round judges for volunteering their time this weekend and throughout the AMTA season. For more information on the 39th National Championship Tournament's results, please click here, which includes a published tabulation summary for the National Final Round. For more information on the history of AMTA's National Championship Final Round, please click here.
At the Opening Ceremony for the National Championship Tournament, AMTA honored several individuals with annual awards. Mr. Joshua Leckrone, Lawyer, AMTA Director and Coach of the University of Cincinnati, was honored with the Neal Smith Award in recognition of his contributions to AMTA's educational mission in a broader sense. AMTA also recognized the winners of the W. Ward Reynoldson Award by virtue of coaching teams to the National Final Round in 2023. All winners can be found here.
At our Awards Ceremony, Nick Gowen, Partner, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. congratulated the 48 National Championship teams and offered his words of wisdom and advice to the community. We also presented the Spirit of AMTA Awards to University of California, Irvine and University of Oregon in recognition of their commitment to AMTA's ideals of civility, justice, and fair play. The full Awards Ceremony is available here.
Thank you to everyone who competed in AMTA in 2024. This was yet another unprecedented season and we are so glad that we were able to travel from Regionals to Chicago with you. We look forward to seeing you all in 2024 on the road to AMTA's 40th National Championship Tournament. Best wishes for the remainder of the spring semester and we look forward to being in touch this summer and to seeing you all in the fall!