Jacob Schriner-Briggs
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  • Class of 2017
  • Youngstown, OH

Jacob Schriner-Briggs member of second-in-the-nation YSU Ethics Bowl team

2016 Mar 3

Jacob Schriner-Briggs of Austintown, Ohio, a senior Political Science and Philosophy major at Youngstown State University, is one of three students on the YSU Ethics Bowl team that recently placed second nationally in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in Virginia.

In all, teams from 36 universities competed, including the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Indiana University, Northwestern University and the U.S. Military and Naval academies.

"After the competition was completed, someone who had seen our team during the day and watched the final round said that their 'arguments were goosebump worthy,'" said Alan Tomhave, YSU associate professor of Philosophy and the team's coach. "This is a pretty amazing compliment to our team."

The team qualified for the national contest after excelling at a regional competition in Indianapolis last fall. The national competition was in Reston, Va., hosted by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.