CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR MONTEREY COUNTY STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR 23RD ANNUAL MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM, AND OUR 1ST VIRTUAL RENDITION.

1st Place 2021 Champions - Carmel High School, with their team coach, Bill Schrier.


Our participating teams overcame great obstacles, having to practice with their teams virtually and learn an entirely new set of virtual rules. They ALL performed remarkably well, and far exceeded our expectations of how a virtual Mock Trial tournament could be done. Congratulations to ALL of you!!

2020-21 Participating Schools:
Carmel High, Gonzales High, Palma,
Pacific Grove High, Santa Catalina, and Stevenson.

2020-21 Mock Trial took place virtually from Feb 3rd - Feb 13th, 2021. This was our first ever tournament held virtually and we thank all of the students, coaches, families, judges and attorneys for all their efforts to make this program successful.

Tournament Results:

  • 1st Place: Carmel High School (will go on to a virtual State Competition in May)

  • 2nd Place: Pacific Grove High School

  • 3rd Place: Palma High School

Courtroom Artist Awards:

  • 1st Place: Janica Soro, Pacific Grove High School

  • 2nd Place: Darrell Wang, Carmel High School

  • 3rd Place: Hayley Armstrong, Carmel High School

Courtroom Journalist Awards:

  • 1st Place: Cassandra Gorman, Carmel High School

  • 2nd Place: Riley Palshaw, Carmel High School

  • 3rd Place: Aryan Nahal, Palma

Special Awards (nominated by attorneys and judges for outstanding performances):

  • Outstanding Pretrial Prosecution Attorney

    MJ Apfel, Carmel High School

  • Outstanding Pretrial Defense Attorney

    Leah Tullis, Pacific Grove High School

    Neil Beach, Palma High School

    Dalia Cervantes, Gonzales High School

  • Outstanding Prosecution Attorney

    Nathan Hubanks, Stevenson High School

    Sierra Siefert, Carmel High School

  • Outstanding Defense Attorney

    Logan Falkel, Carmel High School

    Ryan Roggio, Palma High School

  • Outstanding Prosecution Witness

    Fatemeh Sharoudi, Santa Catalina High School

    Sophie Sparano, Stevenson High School

  • Outstanding Defense Witness

    Norah Schramm, Pacific Grove High School

    Shayla Dutta, Carmel High School

  • Outstanding Clerk

    Julianna Poppe, Carmel High School

    Alejandro Ramirez, Gonzales High School

  • Outstanding Bailiff

    Sophia Cho, Carmel High School

    Oliver Page, Pacific Grove High School