Published on October 19, 2021 by Morgan Black  
The Verdict team

National Trial Team members Tyler Flowers, Kazia Hale, Jayme Leadmon, Owen Mattox and Morgan Vardaman competed in The Verdict competition hosted by UCLA, Oct. 15-17, 2021.  

The competition was the first of its kind in that the students were judged on the merits of the case by lay jurors.  

The team finished the competition in third place after facing four other top eight teams. They were coached by Matt Woodham ’15 and Setara Foster ’14. 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.