Allison Herren
Battle Ground Academy, Franklin
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Sarah Hildebrand
Bearden High School, Knoxville
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Ryan Pavloski
Dyersburg High School, Dyersburg
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Ethan Hargraves
Family Christian Academy, Chatt.
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Allison Dowdle
Harpeth Hall, Nashville
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Alex McFall
Jefferson County High School
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Judith Crews
McCallie School, Chattanooga |
B.J. Short
South Greene High School |
Emily Sharp-Keller
Springfield High School, Springfield
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Jenny Guyton
St. Mary's Episcopal, Memphis
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Melissa McSharry
Tennessee High School, Bristol |
Karimeh Moukaddem
Tullahoma High School, Tullahoma |
Edward Gottfried
University School of Nashville |
Kris Kirby
Warren County High School, McMinnville |
Ashley Shaunak
Westminster Academy, Memphis |
The Robert Horton Campbell Award
Best Advocate for the Plaintiff/Prosecution
The Robert Horton Campbell Award honors the best plaintiff or prosecution advocate each year at the Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition.
The award is named for Robert Horton Campbell, a member of the Chattanooga Central High School mock trial team in 1989 and 1990 and recipient of the “Best Attorney Award” in 1989. After graduating from high school, Campbell attended college and finished his freshman year with a perfect 4.0 grade average. On the last day of classes, he telephoned his mother from a convenient store to tell her the good news. An innocent bystander, he became the victim of an armed robbery at the store. He died on May 10, 1991 at the age 19.
In 1993, the “Best Attorney Award” was renamed the “Robert Horton Campbell Best Advocate Award” and presented for the first time to mock trial competitor Tom Springer of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy. Campbell’s mother Susan L. Campbell of Chattanooga was on hand for the ceremony and his former mock trial coach Gary Humble presented the award.
In 2006, the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Mock Trial Committee decided to award two best advocate recognitions: one for best defense advocate and another for best plaintiff or prosecution advocate. To continue honoring the memory of Robert Horton Campbell and his commitment to the ideals of mock trial, the award for best plaintiff/prosecution advocate is named the The Robert Horton Campbell Award, Best Advocate for the Plaintiff/Prosecution.
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