DeLois Leapheart
Northwood University
Inducted: April 15, 2016 at the 32nd National Championship Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina
As coach of the Northwood mock trial program, DeLois Leapheart led the Timberwolves' meteoric rise. After founding the mock trial team in the 2004-05 season, Professor Leapheart coached the team to the National Championship Tournament in just its second season, to a second place finish at Nationals in just its fourth season, and to a National Championship title in just its fifth season. As of 2016, Northwood had since earned two other top ten Nationals finishes.