AMTA Coaches Hall of Fame
The sole criterion for induction into the Coaches Hall of Fame is competitive success attained in an ethical and collegial manner. The most recent inductee(s) convenes the group, while the full group of inductees serve as the selection committee. The selection committee must unanimously agree on any new inductee.
Gonzalo Freixes, UCLA
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The year he was inducted, Gonzalo won his 3rd national championship in three final round tries. His teams have qualified for nationals in every year since 1998 and have been in the prestigious "top 10" in all but 2 of those years. From 2000 until the ORC system was created, his teams won their regional every single year, winning two different regionals in 2008. |
Dan Herron, Miami University
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When inducted in 2008, Dan Herron had coached for twelve years, finishing in the nation's elite "top 10" on seven occasions and winning the national championship in 2001. Herron's Miami teams had been Regional Champions every year with only one exception. |
Noel Myricks, University of Maryland
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When Noel was inducted in 2006, he had coached teams to four national championships, two runner-up finishes, and eleven eastern regional championships. |
Marcus Pohlmann, Rhodes College
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When Marcus was inducted in 2006, twenty-two Rhodes teams had placed in the nation's "top ten" and Rhodes held the record for consecutive national championship appearances. By 2006, Rhodes had made it to the national final round seven times, and won four national championships. |
Rob Tully, Drake University
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Rob started the Drake University Mock Trial program in 1985. In five years of active coaching, Rob's teams were always highly competitive, winning national championships both times they made the national final round (1989 and 1993). Rob was inducted in 2006. |
John Vile, Middle Tennessee State University
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When inducted in 2008, John Vile had coached for 20 years, qualifying for the national championship tournament in each of those years and finishing in the nation's "top 10" eleven times. John is especially proud of the number of MTSU teams that had earned the "Spirit of AMTA Award" for good sportspersonship. |
Ruth and Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College
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At the time they were inducted in 2007, Ruth and Jim had coached for 22 years and made it to the national championship tournament on 21 occasions. They had eleven "top 10" finishes, 3 more at the Silver nationals, 4 appearances in the national final round, and a national championship in 1999. |
Jim Walker, Wright State University
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Jim Walker's Wright State University program was truly one of the pace setters in AMTA's early days. In Jim's ten years of active coaching, Wright State won AMTA's second National Championship in 1986 and was also runner-up two years later. Jim was inducted in 2006. |
Neal Smith Award
The Neal Smith Award recognizes "contributions to AMTA's educational mission" in a broader sense.
In recognition of outstanding and exemplary contributions to law related education and its mission to promote public understanding of law and the legal process.
2011 - Dick Calkins, AMTA Founder
2010 - Ava Preacher, University of Notre Dame
2009 - Gonzalo Freixes, University of California - Los Angeles
2008 - Frank Guliuzza, Weber State University
2007 - Felicia Walker Stewart, Howard University
2006 - Sara Zeigler, Eastern Kentucky University
2005 - Bob Boland, Manchester Community College
2005 - Mark Pohlmann, Rhodes College
2004 - Dan Herron, Miami University
2003 - Mary Lynn Neuhaus, Loras College
2002 - Glen Halva-Neubauer, Furman University
2001 - Dan Stamatelos, AMTA co-founder
2000 - John Vile, Middle Tennessee State University
1999 - Mike Johnson, Buena Vista University and Iowa Lakes Community College
1999 - Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College
1998 - Jo Ann Scott, Ohio Northern University
1997 - John McKiernan, University of South Dakota
1996 - Faith O'Reilly, Hamline University
1995 - Brad Bloch, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
1994 - Judge Peter Handwork, University of Toledo
1993 - Ruth Wagoner, Bellarmine College
1992 - Peter Leigh, Eastern Illinois University
1991 - Don Racheter, Central College
W. WARD REYNOLDSON AWARD WINNERS
Awarded to coaches whose teams made AMTA's national final round.
| 1986 - | Peter Leigh, Eastern Illinois University; |
| Don Racheter, Central College of Iowa | |
| 1987 - | James Walker and Kanti Kotecha, Wright State University; |
| Helen Palmer, Storrs Downey, Northwestern University | |
| 1988 - | Steve Hatting and Logan Langwith, College of St. Thomas; |
| Ruth and Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College | |
| 1989 - | John McKiernan and Dean Spader, University of South Dakota; |
| Jim Walker, Wright State University | |
| 1990 - | Patty Notch, Nan Horvat, and Rob Tully, Drake University; |
| Steve Hatting and Logan Langwith, College of St. Thomas | |
| 1991 - | Marcus Pohlmann and Whit Gurkin, Rhodes College; |
| Dennis Lyle and Peter Handwork, Toledo Community &Technical College | |
| 1992 - | Marcus Pohlmann and Whit Gurkin, Rhodes College; |
| Ruth and Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College | |
| 1993 - | Noel Myricks, University of Maryland |
| 1994 - | Alan Olson and Patty Notch, Drake University; |
| Tim Cole and Bill Thrush, University of Maryland | |
| 1995 - | Marcus Pohlmann and Whit Gurkin, Rhodes College; |
| Ruth and Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College | |
| 1996 - | Marcus Pohlmann and Whit Gurkin, Rhodes College; |
| Mary Lynn Neuhaus, Edward Skaggs III, Charles Jacobs, Loras College | |
| 1997 - | Mary Pat Wilt and George Failla, Jr., University of Maryland; |
| Charles Fleener and Bradley Dede, St. Louis University | |
| 1998 - | Debyii Sababu Thomas and Felecia Walker, Howard University; |
| Marcus Pohlmann and Marty McAfee, Rhodes College | |
| 1999 - | Scott Hinshaw, Cathy Henger, and George Failla, Jr., University of Maryland; |
| Ruth Wagoner, Jim Wagoner, and Jason Cooper, Bellarmine College | |
| 2000 - | Ruth Wagoner, Jim Wagoner, and Jason Cooper, Bellarmine College; |
| Marcus Pohlmann and Marty McAfee, Rhodes College | |
| 2001 - | Noel Myricks, George Failla, Jr., Tim Cole, and Lilian Brown, University of Maryland |
| Bradley Bloch, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | |
| 2002 - | Dan Herron, Miami University; |
| Marcus Pohlmann, Rhodes College | |
| 2003 - | Timothy Hagle, Kristofer Lyons, and Beau Brindley, University of Iowa; |
| Anthony Arend, Georgetown University | |
| 2004 - | Kristofer Lyons, Ryan Seelau, and Beau Brindley, University of Iowa; |
| Felicia Walker and Torrance Colvin, Howard University | |
| 2005 - | Gonzalo Freixes, UCLA; |
| Rebecca Selvenis and David Cross, Columbia University | |
| 2006 - | Gonzalo Freixes, UCLA; |
| Kate Wasch, Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 2007 - | David Klein, David Cross, and Ryan Faulconer, University of Virginia; |
| Jerry Facher, Harvard University | |
| 2008 - | Ryan Faulconer, University of Virginia; |
| Cindy Skach and Jerry Facher, Harvard University | |
| 2009 - | Amir Sadeghy, Aisha Henry, George Failla, Jr. and Mark Graber, University of Maryland; |
| Andrew Blackwell, Jacob Chervinsky, George Washington University | |
| 2010 - | DeLois Leapheart, Northwood University; |
| Andrew Blackwell, Jacob Chervinsky, George Washington University | |
| 2011 - | Justin Matarrese, Vikram Kumar, and Justin Bernstein, New York University; |
| Jerome Facher, Harvard University |