2021 August Rostrum - Nationals Chronicle

WHAT IS BIG QUESTIONS?

Big Questions is a debate format in which high school and middle school students will grapple with complex worldview questions. They debate both sides of a topic determined at the beginning of the school year. Schools are eligible to earn thousands of dollars by facilitating Big Questions debates. VIRTUAL EVENTS ARE WELCOME!

FORMAT AND STRUCTURE

Big Questions is an accessible debate format that can be added to your tournament, held during your classroom period, or even done internally amongst your team.

The Big Questions format involves two opposing sides debating a topic concerning the intersection of science, philosophy, and religion. Students can choose to compete individually or with a partner. Competitors are assigned a side, present the case, engage in rebuttal, and participate in question periods.

EARN MEMBERSHIP

Due to the demand for the Big Questions grant, only NSDA members will be eligible to receive funding. If you currently are a non-member school, you can use part of your Big Questions grant to cover the cost of membership!

Contact us at info@speechanddebate.org with questions about how to get involved today!

From the Tournament Director

The 2021 National Tournament was a celebration of the power of student voices and the strength of our speech and debate community.

This year’s tournament was different in a number of ways. We gathered online again for the largest event in our organization’s 96 year history, with 6,671 students competing in the National Tournament and 925 students competing in the Middle School Speech Challenge. This record-breaking participation was due in part to the online format allowing all schools competing in districts to enter two non-qualifying students who attended districts in pre-recorded supplemental events, including two new events, the Pro Con Challenge and Original Spoken Word Poetry.

For the first time, students were permitted to enter in both asynchronous and live Duo divisions based on their strengths and their area’s COVID-19 restrictions.

Much was different, but a few things always remain true about the National Tournament. It offered a chance for our communities to come together, learn, and lift each other up. Student voices were heard and celebrated. Dreams came true as we named our national champions.

Whether it was in an online room of four or a livestream watched by thousands, the messages, arguments, and perspectives shared during the tournament reached new audiences and expanded viewpoints.

In this special issue of Rostrum, we recap the highlights of the 2021 National Tournament and celebrate our award winners! Whether you joined us for competition, tuned in to one of the many livestreams, or are just flipping through these pages, I hope you take a moment to celebrate the power of student voices and meet our student award winners beginning on page 14.

We owe much of the week’s success to the hard work of our incredible team of volunteers and tournament officials, and to the coaches, communities, and families who provided advice and support to our student competitors all year long. Without your efforts, none of this would be possible.

The 2022 National Tournament takes us back to the south in Louisville, Kentucky. I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

J. Scott Wunn Executive Director National Speech & Debate Association

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Board of Directors

ELECTED MEMBERS

Pam Cady Wycoff

President Minnesota

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. Vice President California

Byron R. Arthur Louisiana

David Huston Texas Adam Jacobi Wisconsin

Jennifer M. Jerome Nebraska Renee C. Motter Colorado

James W. Rye III Alabama APPOINTED

MEMBERS

Alan Coverstone Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mike Edmonds Colorado Sara Gibson Washington, D.C.

Anoop Mishra Alabama To learn more about the Board and for contact information, please visit www.speechanddebate.org/ meet-the-team.

SPONSORS

Our generous sponsors make the National Tournament possible! Thank you for showing your commitment to fostering excellence in young people through competitive speech and debate activities.

Arthur N. Rupe f o u n dat i on

Learn more about our tournament sponsors, visit www. speechanddebate. org/sponsors-andadvertising

RICHARD BITNER JAMES M. COPELAND TOM AND VICKI ROLLINS JOE AND PAM WYCOFF

SUNDAY

Tournament Registration and Opening Ceremony

Coaches logged in to Zoom rooms to check in with NSDA staff for online registration throughout the day. In the evening, the tournament officially began with an Opening Ceremony recognizing four-time qualifiers, milestone schools, and coach award winners, including Assistant Coach of the Year Pedro Sanchez-Villa from Kentucky, New Coach of the Year Megan Bonfield from Colorado, and James Madison Copeland Coach of the Year Victoria Freeman from Nebraska. During the 2021 Donus D. Roberts Diamond and Specialty Awards Assembly presented by Colorado College, we celebrated coaches earning a new Diamond award in the 2020-2021 school year. Finally, the night concluded with a celebration of our Middle School Speech Challenge, presented by Summit Debate. We recognized Middle School Coach of the Year Chris Wardner of California, Middle School Administrator of the Year Alfred F. Dugan III of New Jersey, and announced the showcase winners.

Cheryl Frazier, ‘Thank You’ Coach Tribute Video

Pam Cady Wycoff, NSDA Board President

Megan Bonfield, New Coach of the Year

Victoria Freeman Coach of the Year

Brandon Thornton Coach Tribute Video

Dr. Mike Edmonds, Colorado College

Colorado Grande District Committee introducing the New Coach of the Year

Peter Paik, ‘Thank You’ Coach Tribute Video

Pedro Sanchez-Villa Assistant Coach of the Year

MONDAY

First Day of Debate Competition

Students in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Big Questions Debate, World Schools Debate, Congressional Debate–House, and Congressional Debate–Senate began with a round zero to allow students and judges the chance to acclimate to the online format.

TUESDAY

First Day of Speech Competition

Preliminary debate rounds continued throughout the day and competition began for students in speech with a round zero. United States Extemp, International Extemp, Original Oratory, Informative

Speaking, Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, and Program Oral Interp were held live, while Duo Interp competitors chose to enter in Live Duo, Asynchronous Split-Screen Duo, or both!

TUESDAY

Supplemental Competition

This year, the tournament was bigger than ever due to increased entries in pre-recorded supplemental events. Double octafinals began in those events: Prose, Poetry, Storytelling, Expository, Original Spoken Word Poetry, Prepared Prompt Speaking (revised version of Impromptu), Prepared Commentary (revised version of Extemp Commentary), and Pro Con Challenge.

Chair of the Year

Adam Thane Montana East District

Ralph E. Carey Award

Linda Shipley East Oklahoma District

Best Chair Communications

Julie Roos Golden Desert District, Nevada

Best New Chair

Micah Everson Magnolia District, Mississippi

Posting Party and Awards

In the evening, debaters tuned into the online posting party to learn which students would advance to outrounds. Plus, we recognized our 2021 Hall of Fame inductees: Brother Anthony K. Cavet from Massachusetts, Dr. Rich Edwards from Texas, Michael Marks from Mississippi, Gail Nicholas from South Carolina, and J. Scott Wunn from Iowa. Finally, we celebrated the High School Administrator of the Year, Sharron Heinrich from California, and honored 2021 District Leadership award winners. Linda Shipley, chair of the East Oklahoma District, received the Ralph E. Carey Award for Distinguished Career Service. Adam Thane from Montana East received the Chair of the Year award. Julie Roos from Golden Desert in Nevada was recognized for Best Chair Communications. Micah Everson from Magnolia in Mississippi was named Best New Chair. Other district chairs from across the country received Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards for their outstanding leadership.

For more photos and bios of Hall of Fame members, visit www.speechanddebate.org/ hall-of-fame

Brother Anthony K. Cavet

Dr. Rich Edwards

Michael Marks

Gail Nicholas

J. Scott Wunn

WEDNESDAY

Rounds Continue

Preliminary speech rounds continued while debate and supplemental speech progressed through outrounds. In the afternoon, we announced the students advancing in speech via livestream and held the first speech outrounds.

THURSDAY

Debate Final Rounds Begin, Speech Competition Continues

Senate and Big Questions Debate finals took place, speech and debate outrounds continued, and Extemp Debate rounds began.

Posting Party

We announced the finalists in Policy, LincolnDouglas, Public Forum, World Schools, and the House, semifinalists in speech, and finalists in pre-recorded supplemental events.

Tom Llamas, Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

FRIDAY

Competition Continues

Main debate concluded with final rounds in Public Forum, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, World Schools Debate, and Congressional Debate–House while speech finals began with both Live and Asynch Duo and Original Oratory, and supplemental speech finals kicked off with Original Spoken Word Poetry and Pro Con Challenge. Meanwhile, Extemp Debate competition continued.

Debate Awards Assembly

In the evening, we crowned our national champions in debate at the online Debate Awards Assembly and named Theia Szymanski the 2021 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year.

For additional tournament results, visit www.speechanddebate.org/ nationals-history

Ed Lee III, The Barkeley Forum

SATURDAY

Speech Awards Assembly

Remaining speech and supplemental event final rounds took place throughout the day. We closed the 2021 National Tournament with the Speech Awards Assembly and crowned our national champions in main speech, Extemp Debate, and supplemental speech events.

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. NSDA Board Vice President

2021 Four-Time Qualifiers

(listed in alphabetical order by last name)

Lauren Adams Bakersfield High School, CA

Cecilia Alali Westmoore High School, OK

Milca Altamirano Torres Orosi High School, CA

Owen Anderson Valdosta High School, GA

Tyler Bayliff Mulvane High School, KS

Michael Bellia Chaminade High School, NY

Mattie Blackburn Clay Center Community High School, KS

Kennedy Bland Clarke Community High School, IA

Nirmit Chandan Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL

Noah Coffman Jenks High School, OK

Marielle Cornes Mountain Brook High School, AL

Linda Corona Chiawana High School, WA

Dylan Council Hereford High School, TX

Genevieve Cox W. B. Ray High School, TX

Tyler Cronin Blue Valley West High School, KS

Ausha Curry Mount Vernon High School, WA

Jack Czyz Lovejoy High School, TX

Kaya Czyz Lovejoy High School, TX

Surya Dasgupta All Saints Episcopal School, TX

Jackson Davis Derby High School, KS

Caden Denning Coral Academy Of Science Las Vegas, NV

Lars Deutz A and M Consolidated High School, TX

Riley Dison Bakersfield High School, CA

Hannah Eckstein Frontenac High School USD #249, KS

Claire England Green Canyon High School, UT

Aamil Farishta W. B. Ray High School, TX

Gabriel Gallagher Fruita Monument High School, CO

Alexa Grechishkin Mount Vernon High School, WA

Caitlin Hamilton The Davidson Academy Of Nevada, NV

Laurel Holley Riverside High School, SC

Joan Joseph Ransom Everglades, FL

Gabrielyn Kieh James Logan High School, CA

Jeremy Lee St. Paul High School, CA

Divya Lobo Dominion High School, VA

Kaitlyn Maher The Potomac School, VA

Sean Manning Valdosta High School, GA

Andrew Mao Lovejoy High School, TX

Tiana Marion Salina South High School, KS

Caylie McConnaha Muscatine High School, IA

Alexa Mejia Cheyenne East High School, WY

Dominic Mendlik Creighton Preparatory School, NE

Macy Meunier Noblesville High School, IN

Bo Miller

Shawnee Heights High School, KS

Abby Morey Bishop Kelley High School, OK

Gracie Mueller

Garden City High School, KS

Ursula Neuner Bonita Vista High School, CA

Lucas Osborn Helix Charter High School, CA

Gillian Palacios

Anaya Parikh

Ashna Patel

Santa Ana High School, CA

Wichita East High School, KS

North Allegheny High School, PA

Pranav Pattatathunaduvil Plano West Sr. High School, TX

Hannah Pautz Muscatine High School, IA

Ruby Perry-Mize A and M Consolidated High School, TX Gabbie Petentler Truman High School, MO

Sanjana Raj Ardrey Kell High School, NC

Vedanth Ramabhadran Bellaire High School, TX

Jaden Rams Central Of Grand Junction High School, CO

Nathaniel Reyes Creighton Preparatory School, NE

Griffin Richie Henry W. Grady High School, GA

Emma Richman Sayre High School, PA

Sasha Rieser Needham High School, MA

Troy Roach Atlantic High School, IA

Adley Robbins Rock Springs High School, WY

Jayden Roccaforte Cheyenne East High School, WY

Neil Rohan Montpelier High School, VT

Katherine Rollins The Potomac School, VA

Yessenia Sanchez Orosi High School, CA

Blake Seidel Lyons High School, KS

Vivek Shah Kent Denver School, CO

Tajvir Singh Lovejoy High School, TX

Sarabaesh Srikumar Mira Loma High School, CA

Christina Stepin Bear Creek High School, WA

Jakob Taylor Loyola Blakefield, MD

Audra Totten Chiawana High School, WA

Teagan Townsend Olathe East High School, KS

Alyjah Travis Mulvane High School, KS

Allen Tugade Thomas Jefferson High School, WA

Matthew Tweden Round Rock Christian Academy, TX

Angela Wang Plano West Sr. High School, TX

Alexandre Widman Orosi High School, CA

Jenesis Williams Cypress Bay High School, FL

Cara Wilson Westridge School, CA

William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year

Seven finalists participated in an interview process with the national panel of judges who selected the 2021 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year, one of the most prestigious individual student honors awarded by the National Speech & Debate Association.

Theia Chatelle representing the Northern Lights District was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from Richard Bitner in honor of Bob Stockton and will represent the Association in various public capacities throughout the 2021-2022 academic year.

The other student finalists, in alphabetical order, include Ari Arias representing the Florida Manatee District, Nirmit Chandan representing the Florida Oceanfront District, Mya Harris representing the Eastern Missouri District, Ben Lu representing the Central Minnesota District, Akshat Parthiban representing the New Jersey District, and Joshua Timmons representing the Lone Star District.

(below, left to right) Ari Arias, Nirmit Chandan, Mya Harris, Ben Lu, Akshat Parthiban, and Joshua Timmons.

Theia Chatelle Northern Lights District

2021 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year

RICHARD B. SODIKOW

Policy Debate

presented by the NSDA

Policy Debate Top Speakers

Public Forum Debate

presented by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation

Champions – Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman, Ani Prabhu, and Tyler Vergho

2nd Place – Bess Olshen and Jared Shirts Gunn Sr. High School, California Coached by Tim Johnson, Hoon Ko, and Will Halverson

3rd Place – Aiden Basore and Ethan Harris Lawrence Free State High School, Kansas Coached by Kelly Thompson

4th Place – Jiyoon Park and Zach Willingham Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff

5th Place – Aerin Engelstad and Claudia Liverseed Eagan High School, Minnesota Coached by Christopher McDonald, Travis Panneck, Robert Groven, and Josh Groven

6th Place – Sonya Doubledee and Donna Jalosjos Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff

Phyllis Flory Barton Trophy 1st Place – Arnav Kashyap Coppell High School, Texas Coached by Dr. Jason Sykes, SunHee Simon, and Eric Melin

2nd Place – Blaine Montford Kickapoo High School, Missouri Coached by Chris Roberds and Makayla Jordan-Diemler

3rd Place – Joanna Gusis Glenbrook North High School, Illinois Coached by Michael Greenstein

4th Place – Ananya Chintalapudi Coppell High School, Texas Coached by Dr. Jason Sykes, SunHee Simon, and Eric Melin

5th Place – Donna Jalosjos Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff

6th Place – Brendan Foody Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman, Ani Prabhu, and Tyler Vergho

Harland B. Mitchell Trophy

The national champion Policy Debate team receives the Harland B. Mitchell Trophy, named after the Association’s legendary debate coach.

Champions – Carina Guo and Jennifer Lin Richard Montgomery High School, Maryland Coached by Adam Thane and Morgan Coffin

2nd Place – Kilin Tang and Aaron Joy Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire Coached by Jeremy Russell

3rd Place – Jess Chisholm and Ethan Potter All Saints Episcopal School, Texas Coached by Kristi Braley

4th Place – Owen Spargo and Stephanie Su Dougherty Valley High School, California Coached by Aleisha Readye, Shreyas Kiran, Vivian Kuang, and Rahi Kotadia

5th Place – Leah Tan and Sowmya Chundi Carmel High School, Indiana Coached by Dylan Gentilcore

6th Place – Emma Rogers and Sreyas Sureneni Ardrey Kell High School, North Carolina Coached by Chris Harrow

Lincoln-Douglas Debate presented

by the NSDA

Lincoln-Douglas Top Speakers presented in

memory of Tina Wang

Big Questions Debate

presented

by the John Templeton Foundation

Champion – Katie Jack

George Washington High School, Colorado

Coached by Maryrose Kohan, Devin Sarno, and Miles Owens

2nd Place – Catherine Liu

Washington High School, South Dakota Coached by Eric Uecker and Travis Dahle

3rd Place – Sophia Avery Chagrin Falls High School, Ohio

Coached by Ken Kasee, Corinne Midlik, and Richard Haber

4th Place – Siya Sharma Monte Vista High School, California Coached by David Matley

5th Place – Allie Dettelbach Hawken School, Ohio

Coached by Robert Shurtz and Eva Lamberson

6th Place – Madalene Gomez

Bishop Kelley High School, Oklahoma Coached by Linda Shipley and Erin Clark

Dale Lauder McCall Trophy

1st Place – Caden Metcalf

Independence Chrisman High School, Missouri

Coached by Shelia Holt

2nd Place – Gabriel Schuhl

Ardrey Kell High School, North Carolina Coached by David Edwards and Chris Harrow

3rd Place – Mary Abi-Karam

American Heritage Broward High School, Florida Coached by Spencer Orlowski, Joseph Quintana, Joele Denis, and Ryan Levesque

4th Place – Allie Dettelbach Hawken School, Ohio Coached by Robert Shurtz and Eva Lamberson

5th Place – Ali Holtz

Chagrin Falls High School, Ohio Coached by Ken Kasee, Corinne Midlik, and Richard Haber

6th Place – Mia Lupica McClintock High School, Arizona Coached by Richard Glover and Timothy Cornwell

Champion – Oam Patel

Mountain Home High School, Idaho Coached by Robin Christensen

2nd Place – Danju Liu

Hillcrest High School, Utah

Coached by Ronald Hill

3rd Place – Greenlee Crow Fayetteville High School, Arkansas

Coached by Samantha Johnson

4th Place – Archan Sen

Eagan High School, Minnesota

Coached by Christopher McDonald

Visit www.speechanddebate.org/nationals2021-livestream-archive Available through September

2021 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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The National Speech & Debate Tournament marks the capstone of speech and debate activities for more than 140,000 members across the country. To attend, students must qualify at one of the Association’s 112 district tournaments or through one of our eight international qualifying programs. The student competitors represent the best and brightest young people across the United States and the globe.

The National Debate & Speech Tournament has been held across the country since 1931, and today is the largest academic competition in the world. Each year, more than 4,500 high school students compete in a week-long competition to determine the most prestigious title in high school academics: national champion.

Congressional Debate – House presented by the Stennis Center

Top Presiding Officer (House)

Rep. Alexandra Smith

East Ridge High School, Minnesota

Coached by Katie Scholz, Tammy Trout McIntyre, and Kevin Jacobson

Congressional Debate – Senate presented by

the Stennis Center for Public Service

Champion – Alexandra Smith

East Ridge High School, Minnesota

Coached by Katie Scholz, Tammy Trout McIntyre, and Kevin Jacobson

2nd Place – Thomas Lai

Bellaire High School, Texas

Coached by Jay Stubbs

3rd Place – Andrew Sun

The Harker School, California

Coached by Scott Odekirk

4th Place – Evelyn Huang

Louis D. Brandeis High School, Texas

Coached by Leslie Crady

5th Place – Divya Mehrotra

Dougherty Valley High School, California

Coached by Aleisha Readye, Keshav Raghu, and Tanya Mahadwar

6th Place – Zachary Wu

Naperville North High School, Illinois

Coached by Michelle Pitts

The

Top Presiding Officer (Senate)

Sen. Arthav Kulkarni

Jasper High School, Texas

Coached

Leadership Bowl (Senate)

Monte

Champion – Atharv Kulkarni

Jasper High School, Texas

Coached by Tom McCaffrey

2nd Place – Veer Juneja

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California

Coached by DeeDee Sullivan

3rd Place – Alex Zhang

Stratford High School, Texas

Coached by Harry Yu

4th Place – Matthew Tweden

Round Rock Christian Academy, Texas Coached by Cathleen Ferose

5th Place – Olivia Orren

Tyler Legacy High School, Texas

Coached by Melody Daniels

6th Place – Charles Gu

Monte Vista High School, California

Coached by David Matley

for Public Service

by Tom McCaffrey

Leadership Bowl (House)

Rep. Andrew Sun

Harker School, California

Coached by Scott Odekirk

Sen. Charles Gu

Vista High School, California

Coached by David Matley

CARMENDALE FERNANDES

United States Extemporaneous Speaking

presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute

A. C. ELEY

International Extemporaneous Speaking

presented by the Council on Foreign Relations

Informative Speaking

presented by the NSDA

Champion – Laurel Holley Ì

Riverside High School, South Carolina

Coached by Julia Murray, McGregor Cook, Heather Brown-Cook, David Dejesa, and Pete Martin

2nd Place – Gabriel Frank-McPheter Gabrielino High School, California Coached by Derek Yuill and Eric Chen

3rd Place – William Chien

The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk

4th Place – Ananth Veluvali

Edina High School, Minnesota Coached by Joseph Schmitt

5th Place – Timothy Huffman

Lawrence Free State High School, Kansas Coached by Kelly Thompson

6th Place – Katelyn Cai

BASIS Scottsdale High School, Arizona

Coached by Jason Warren and Scott Woods

Champion –Pranav Pattatathunaduvil

Plano West Sr. High School, Texas Coached by Robey Holland

2nd Place – Mukta Dharmapurikar

Durham Academy, North Carolina Coached by Crawford Leavoy, Kellen Kane, and Jeff Welty

3rd Place – Kay Rollins Ì

The Potomac School, Virginia Coached by Harry Strong, Danny Drane, and Kayla Williamson

4th Place – McKinley Paltzik Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona Coached by Carolyn Evans and Nick Klemp

5th Place – Michelle Jin

The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk

6th Place – Natasha Banga Coppell High School, Texas Coached by Dr. Jason Sykes, SunHee Simon, and Eric Melin

Champion – Anneteke Adoga Woodbury High School, Minnesota

Coached by Suzanne White, Dillon White, and Suha Musa

2nd Place – Lauren Manna Chanhassen High School, Minnesota Coached by Tali Sinjem

3rd Place – Ceceilia Voss Ì Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Tzitel Voss and Pam Cady Wycoff

SIBLINGS! Ceceilia Voss (INF) and Lydia Voss (POI, page 23) are siblings.

4th Place – Annie Borders Leland High School, California Coached by Gay Brasher

5th Place – Holly Restad East Ridge High School, Minnesota Coached by Alex Carlson

6th Place – Namrata Nair Notre Dame San Jose, California Coached by Mariel Cruz, Ivan Goree, and Bob Ickes

Humorous Interpretation

presented by the NSDA

LANNY D. AND B. J. NAEGELIN Dramatic Interpretation

presented by Simpson College

DR. TOMMIE LINDSEY, JR. Asychronous Split-Screen Duo Interpretation presented

by Colorado College

Champion – Pranay Mathur Ì Millard North High School, Nebraska Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak

2nd Place – Cecilia Alali Ì

Westmoore High School, Oklahoma Coached by Billy Elles, Amber Justmann, and Lauren Berry

Champion – Giana Martinez L. C. Anderson High School, Texas Coached by Miguel Harvey and Michael Jennings

2nd Place – Gabrielyn Kieh Ì James Logan High School, California Coached by Justin Kurup and Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

3rd Place – Bri’yon Watts Southland College Prep Charter High School, Illinois Coached by Cheryl Frazier

Champions – Patrick Pham and Augustus Boettcher

St. Thomas High School, Texas Coached by Darrell Yarbrough

2nd Place – Ryan Seagrave and Loren Seagrave

Austin East Magnet High School, Tennessee Coached by Doug James

3rd Place – Ella Erdahl Eastview High School, Minnesota Coached by Brady Beckmana and Jakob Gomez

4th Place – Jeremy Ferguson Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Illinois Coached by David DeMarzo

5th Place – Lorena San Pedro Tuloso Midway High School, Texas Coached by Tasha Jones and Lyn Esquivel

6th Place – Gabriella Egozi NSU University School, Florida Coached by Aly Fiebrantz, Daniel Swerdlow, and Jenee Cidel

4th Place – Destiny Ceja Santa Ana High School, California Coached by Corin Serrano and Salvador Tinajero

5th Place – Amy-Ruth Gyang Trinity Preparatory School, Florida Coached by Cadi Kadlecek and Morgan Green

6th Place – Jomi Omoya Roseville Area High School, Minnesota Coached by Bret Hemmerlin and Jodi Kyllonen

3rd Place – Alice Hovendon and Colin Roberts Eagan High School, Minnesota Coached by Kristi Anderson

4th Place – Alexander Bailey and Norah Shea

Roseville Area High School, Minnesota Coached by Bret Hemmerlin

5th Place – Alex Miller and Isaac Machar Wadsworth City Schools, Ohio Coached by Sam Zulia

6th Place – Rachel Odell and Jasmin Chess

Westmoore High School, Oklahoma Coached by Billy Elles, Amber Justmann, and Lauren Berry

This is Cece Alali’s THIRD event on the NSDA stage in three years! She was in DI finals in Dallas (5th), POI last year (2nd), and HI this year.

SIBLINGS! Austin East Magnet Asynch Duo team (Seagrave/Seagrave) are siblings!

DR. TOMMIE LINDSEY, JR. Live Duo Interpretation presented by Colorado College

Program Oral Interpretation

presented by Quaker Bakery

JOE AND PAM WYCOFF Original Oratory

presented by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Auxiliary

Champions – Frank Knier and Jonah Johnson Ì

Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Daniel Hodges

2nd Place – Thor Reimann and Hanna Olson

Eastview High School, Minnesota Coached by Brady Beckman

3rd Place – Tyler Rockwood and Hudson Aikins Marshfield High School, Missouri

Coached by Greg Holtschneider and Angela Holtschneider

4th Place – Marysa Lozano and Lauren Cavada

Tuloso Midway High School, Texas Coached by Tasha Jones and Lyn Esquivel

5th Place – Jack Nichol and CeCe Bedore

Moorhead High School, Minnesota

Coached by Laramie Jackson and Rebecca Meyer-Larson

6th Place – Ani Heikkila and Wyatt Dierks

Roseville Area High School, Minnesota

Coached by Bret Hemmerlin

Champion – Sophia Williams Miramar High School, Florida Coached by Nicole AllenRyan

2nd Place – Abigail Canalejo

American Heritage Broward High School, Florida Coached by Joele Denis, Ryan Levesque, Spencer Orlowski, and Joseph Quintana

3rd Place – Joshua Timmons Ì Greenhill School, Texas Coached by Aaron Timmons and Cindi Timmons

Champion – Blythe Castille

St. Thomas More Catholic High School, Louisiana

Coached by Megan Broussard and Veronica Colmenarez

2nd Place – Kalani Seymore

James Logan High School, California Coached by Justin Kurup and Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

3rd Place – Addison Fulton Ì

Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico Coached by Sheridan Johnson

4th Place – Gillian Palacios

Santa Ana High School, California Coached by Corin Serrano and Salvador Tinajero

4th Place – Ben Lu Ì Woodbury High School, Minnesota Coached by Suzanne White, Dillon White, Lily Indie, and Nadia Franzen

5th Place – Lydia Voss

Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Cade Shelton and Jamaka Davis

6th Place – Brandon Criswell Pinecrest High School, North Carolina Coached by Ben Denton

5th Place – Olivia Kramer

Elk River Sr. High School, Minnesota Coached by Allison Harmer

6th Place – Irene Newman

American Heritage Broward High School, Florida

Coached by Ryan Levesque, Joele Denis, Joseph Quintana, and Spencer Orlowski

SOY FINALISTS in POI! Joshua Timmons and Ben Lu are both Student of the Year finalists this year.

World Schools Debate Invitational presented by Simpson College

World Schools Debate Top Speakers

presented by Simpson College

Robert Shrum Award

1st Place – Will Ryan

Champions – Space City Violet in Texas

Ebenezer Appiah

Diego Castillo

Anthony Hoang

Rodrigo Trujillo

Coached by Ashley Freeman and Andy Stubbs

2nd Place – Rocky Mountain-South Silver in Colorado

Andrew Jackson

Rachel Muhr

Madigan Petri

Will Ryan

Sam Kang

Coached by Tammie Peters and Mike Trevithick Mullen

Semifinalists – Chesapeake Gold

Karam Weigert

Sophie Reeves

Leah Braden

Tristan May

Chris O’Brien

Coached by Tim Stroud

Semifinalists – New England Red

Timothy Colledge

Sasha Rieser

Victor Tong Abbey Xu

Aidan Healy

Coached by PJ Wexler, Sarah Culpepper, Sharyl Kaczmarek, Brother Anthony K. Cavet, Adam Nir, and Keith West

Rocky Mountain-South, Colorado

Coached by Mike Trevithick and Tammie Peters

2nd Place – Abby McGowan

North Coast District, Ohio

Coached by James Lewis, Tracy Coleman, and Stephanie Kahn

3rd Place – Leah Braden

Chesapeake District, Washington, DC Coached by Tim Stroud

4th Place – Erin Albers

South Carolina District

Coached by Chuck Nicholas, Greg Snoad, and John Anastasio

5th Place – Siddharth Satish

New Jersey District

Coached by Mary Gormley, Lori Schmidt, and Emily Carter

6th Place – Jane Jusko

North Coast District, Ohio

Coached by James Lewis, Tracy Coleman, and Stephanie Kahn

Expository presented

by the NSDA

Prepared Prompt Speaking presented by Bob and

Salli Stockton

Storytelling

presented

Champion – Caleb Brantley

Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Illinois

Coached by Bill Fleming

2nd Place – Shalini Biju Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts Coached by Marc Rischitelli and Hannah Hopkins

3rd Place – Krystal Mutebi

Lakeville North High School, Minnesota Coached by Jennifer Baese

4th Place – Jordan Phillips

Aberdeen Central High School, South Dakota

Coached by Kerry Konda and Mariah William

5th Place – Samantha Wiggins

Downers Grove South High School, Illinois

Coached by Jan Heiteen, Justin Matkovich, and Elighie Wilson

6th Place – William Lovin

Riverside High School, South Carolina

Coached by McGregor Cook, Heather Brown-Cook, David Dejesa, and Pete Martin

Champion – Nya Ware Southland College Prep Charter High School, Illinois Coached by Cheryl Frazier

2nd Place – Natalie Freisinger Woodbury High School, Minnesota Coached by Suzanne White and Dillon White

3rd Place – Clara Morgan Gilmour Academy, Ohio Coached by Sean Kelley and Gay Janis

4th Place – Meghan Chen Fishers High School, Indiana Coached by Paul Kennedy and Scott Black

5th Place – Adrian Baek Redlands High School, California Coached by Brittany Freibott and Ricardo Velasquez

6th Place – Laurie Frederickson Cherry Creek High School, Colorado Coached by Martha Benham

Champion – Meghan Galindo Classical Christian Academy, Missouri Coached by Kristen Gammon

2nd Place – Ophilea Abidoye Western High School, Florida

Coached by Dario Camara and Nancy Dean

3rd Place – Natalie Engh

East Ridge High School, Minnesota Coached by Alex Carlson and Caitlyn Parsons

4th Place – Olivia Sherman

Liberty Sr. High School, Missouri Coached by Mick Turpin

5th Place – Akansha Kamineni

Eastview High School, Minnesota Coached by Jakob Gomez and Neal Beckmann

6th Place – Alek Zabel Araguz

Harlingen High School South, Texas Coached by Brian Gunter and Eddy Cavazos

by Bob and Salli Stockton

Poetry Reading

presented

by the NSDA

Prose Reading

presented by Lafayette College

BROTHER RENÉ STERNER Prepared Commentary

presented

by the NSDA

Champion – Jayden Roccaforte Ì Cheyenne East High School, Wyoming Coached by Ashley Schulz

2nd Place – Andrew Kern

Laramie High School, Wyoming

Coached by Patricia Smith

3rd Place – Ashley Green Woodbury High School, Minnesota

Coached by Suzanne White and Dillon White

4th Place – Casey Simpson

Agoura High School, California

Coached by Iain Lampert

5th Place – Danielle Williams

White House High School, Tennessee Coached by Emily Higdon

6th Place – Vincent Vo Blue Springs High School, Missouri

Coached by A.J. Taula

Champion – Divya Krishnan Ridge High School, New Jersey

Coached by David Yastremski, Stephanie Fletcher, and Sam Hoffman

2nd Place – Neeley Robertson Laurel Christian School, Mississippi Coached by Anita Boyd

3rd Place – Nicholas Olwell Catholic Memorial School, Massachusetts Coached by Brother Anthony K. Cavet

4th Place – Logan Green Hattiesburg High School, Mississippi Coached by Reginald Chapman and Scott Waldrop

5th Place – Emily Weston Harlingen High School, Texas Coached by Christopher Esparza and Bradley Durio

6th Place – Alaina Vergara Downers Grove South High School, Illinois Coached by Jan Heiteen, Justin Matkovich, and Elighie Wilson

Champion – Eric Lee Monta Vista High School, California Coached by Eric D’sa

2nd Place – Michelle Park Solon High School, Ohio Coached by Dan Ceci

3rd Place – Reece Christian George Washington High School, Colorado Coached by Maryrose Kohan

4th Place – Pierce McDade University High School, Illinois Coached by Brian Rohman, Shannon Maney, and Rebekah Hoffman

5th Place – Victoria Wei Montville High School, New Jersey

Coached by Michael Miller, Alexandra Iemmello, and Andrew Prescott

6th Place – Connor Eubank

Crescenta Valley High School, California Coached by Brian Walker

Pro Con Challenge presented

by the NSDA

Original Spoken Word Poetry

presented by The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men

Extemporaneous Debate

presented by Colorado College

Champion – Aaron Chen

Grand Rapids City, Michigan

Coached by William Harris

2nd Place – Connor Eubank

Crescenta Valley High School, California

Coached by Brian Walker

3rd Place – Matthew Anderson

Cherry Creek High School, Colorado

Coached by Martha Benham

4th Place – Ryan Tung

Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri

Coached by Molly Beck, Brandon Murray, and Casie Sambo

5th Place – Rhea Skariah

Mountain Vista High School, Colorado

Coached by Natalie Sprigg and Jennifer Smith

6th Place – Dylan Liu

Brentwood School, California

Coached by Victor Jih and Kate Totz

Champion – Logan Green

Hattiesburg High School, Mississippi

Coached by Reginald Chapman and Scott Waldrop

2nd Place – Landon Hudson

Blue Springs High School, Missouri Coached by A.J. Taula

3rd Place – Caitlin Williams

Everglades High School, Florida Coached by Jason AlFord

4th Place – Hezekiah Bryant

Cumberland Polytechnic High School, North Carolina

Coached by Michelle Boswell

5th Place – Amaya Starks

Piper High School, Kansas

Coached by Tori Deneault, Christopher Teters, and Claire Haflich-Hazel

6th Place – Roaa Kordeir

Theodore Roosevelt High School, Iowa Coached by Loan Nguyen

Champion – Kaitlyn Maher

The Potomac School, Virginia

Coached by Harry Strong, Max Hardt, Jeremy Metz, and Danny Drane

2nd Place – Shruti Narayanabhatla Ridge High School, New Jersey

Coached by David Yastremski, Kevin Tang, and Alex Rivera

3rd Place – Kaelyn Wellman

Olathe Northwest High School, Kansas Coached by Eric Skoglund

4th Place – Jackson Kaiser

Dripping Springs High School, Texas Coached by David Holmes

5th Place (tie) – Tyler Han

Springfield Catholic High School, Missouri

Coached by Chasity Hance and Danielle Colvin

5th Place (tie) – Katherine Shao

Mercer Island High School, Washington Coached by Lisa Weber

President’s Bowls

Interp Bowls

Senator Karl E. Mundt Congress Sweepstakes Trophy

Coached

presented by Mr. and Mrs. Donus and Lovila Roberts Interp Bowl Program Oral Interp

President’s Bowl Informative Speaking Interp Bowl Humorous Interp

President’s Bowl United States Extemp

Interp Bowl Dramatic Interp

President’s Bowl International Extemp Interp Bowl Asynch Duo Interp Interp Bowl Live Duo Interp

President’s Bowl Original Oratory

Sophia Williams

Miramar High School, FL

Coached by Nicole AllenRyan

Anneteke Adoga

Woodbury High School, MN Coached by Suzanne White, Dillon White, and Suha Musa

Pranay Mathur Millard North High School, NE Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak

Laurel Holley

Riverside High School, SC Coached by Julia Murray, McGregor Cook, Heather Brown-Cook, David Dejesa, and Pete Martin

Giana Martinez L. C. Anderson High School, TX Coached by Miguel Harvey and Michael Jennings

Mukta Dharmapurikar Durham Academy, NC Coached by Crawford Leavoy, Kellen Kane, and Jeff Welty

Ryan Seagrave and Loren Seagrave Austin East Magnet HS, TN Coached by Doug James

Frank Knier and Jonah Johnson Apple Valley High School, MN Coached by Daniel Hodges

Blythe Castille St. Thomas More Catholic HS, LA Coached by Megan Broussard and Veronica Colmenarez

The President’s Bowls recognize the students who, according to the judges, won the final round of competition.

The Interp Bowls recognize the students who, according to the judges, won the final round of competition.

Presented annually to the school that has accumulated the most Congressional Debate participation points

Monte Vista High School, California

by David Matley Congressional Debate Students: Anvith Nagarjuna, Estonkuwahara Amranhudda, and Charles Gu

Nationals District Participation Awards

2021 USA Debate Team

(left to right) Genevieve Cox of W.B. Ray High School, TX; Cameron Kettles of Greenhill School, TX; Jason Luo of Westlake High School, TX; Kaitlyn Maher of The Potomac School, VA; Jonathan May of Palisade High School, CO; Guyberson Pierre of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL; Ria Raj of Laurel Upper School, OH; Liana Schmitter-Emerson of Campbell Hall, CA; Ashley Shan of Greenhill School, TX; Rodrigo Trujillo of Alief Elsik HS, TX; Miles Wang of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL;

Aaron Langerman Bellarmine College Preparatory, CA

Bellarmine College Prep California

Ted W. Belch Award

Albert S. Odom Commendation

Bruno E. Jacob Pi Kappa Delta Trophy

Presented to the advisor of the Champion Policy Debate Team

Presented to the current advisor on record of the school receiving the Bruno E. Jacob / Pi Kappa Delta Trophy

Presented annually to the school that has accumulated the greatest number of main event rounds at the National Tournament

Abbey Xu of St. Paul’s School, NH.

Rushmore District Chair: Travis Dahle

Sagebrush District Chair: Christy Briggs

West Los Angeles District Chair: Bobby Lebeda

Unger Cup

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Original Spoken Word Poetry

presented by Summit Debate

2021 Middle School Speech Challenge

Middle school students across the country recorded entries for the 2021 Middle School Speech Challenge, presented by Summit Debate. Students chose one or more events from a list of fourteen options, including Declamation, Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Informative Speaking, Original Oratory, Poetry, Program Oral Interpretation, Storytelling, Prose, Prepared Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking, Prepared Prompt Speaking, the Pro Con Challenge, Original Spoken Word Poetry, and the Congressional Debate Authorship Challenge. Rounds were judged asynchronously in early June and top students were featured in a special showcase on our website!

Viviana Barajas

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Nicole Blanco

The Village Middle School, TX

Piya Gaonkar

Chaboya Middle School, CA Vaani Gupta

The Village Middle School, TX Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Sophia Nelson

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Evelyn Tsoi Dana Middle School, CA Anoushka Vijay Chaboya Middle School, CA

Emily Wang

Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Shirley Wu

Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

MIDDLE SCHOOL

SHOWCASE FINALISTS Congressional Debate Authorship Challenge

presented by Summit Debate

Sophie Chia Westridge School, CA

Emma Delgado

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Shirley Doan

Albright Middle School, TX

Ashrith Kasinadhuni Ernest Lawrence Middle School, CA

Enan Khan

Bak Middle School of the Arts, FL

Nicholas Ostheimer

A. D. Henderson University Middle School, FL

Jiya Patel

Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA

Matthew Rovere

The Village Middle School, TX

Prahi Shah

Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA

Emily Wang

Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Jake Zeng

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL Kristen Zhou

George V. Leyva Intermediate, CA

Huynh Prepared Mixed Extemp Michael Park

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS

Declamation

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS

Leo Billante

Almaden Country Day School, CA

Aashna Dialani

Parks Junior High, CA

Allison Ellis

Almaden Country Day School, CA

Hannah Greene

Almaden Country Day School, CA

Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Catherine Ma

The Pike School, MA

Zindagi Malhotra

The Village Middle School, TX

Lesslie Manzo Moreno

Advanced Learning Academy, CA

Jiya Mutyala

Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Shruthi Nagulapalli

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Sophia Nelson

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Sahiti Rayaprolu

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Owen Sun

Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, NJ

Evelyn Tsoi Dana Middle School, CA

Emily Wang

Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Prepared

Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Dramatic Interpretation

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Humorous Interpretation

presented by Summit Debate

Safya Biswal

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Natalie Chen

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Michelle Fan

First Avenue Middle School, CA

Bhuvi Irigi Chaboya Middle School, CA

Sreekarthikeya Kankala Chaboya Middle School, CA

Michael Park Valley Preparatory School, CA

Tej Patel

Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA

Ellie Sohn

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Jake Zeng

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Kristen Zhou

George V. Leyva Intermediate, CA

Nicole Blanco

The Village Middle School, TX

Catalina Cabello-Corona

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Britani Casanova

Sierra Preparatory Academy, CA

Gabe Grinsteinner

Beechwood Middle School, KY

Juliana Ibarra

Beechwood Middle School, CA

S.J. Jangam

Carroll Middle School, TX

Jane Leifer

Newtown Middle School, PA

Timothy Leung

Redwood Middle School, CA

Laura Morejon

Westpine Middle School, FL

Bianca Rios

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Adrianna Rodriguez

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Adam Alvarez

Tuloso-Midway Middle School, TX

Nicole Blanco

The Village Middle School, TX

Mia Carver

Rowan County Middle School, KY

Callum Hegarty

Milton Academy Middle, MA

Cat-Tam Huynh

Valley Preparatory School, CA

Zachary Kopelman

NSU University School Middle, FL

Adelaide Mosher

Marian Hope Academy Middle School, MO

Hannah Peters

Almaden Country Day School, CA

Bianca Rios

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Adrianna Rodriguez

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Kai Scharlin

Almaden Country Day School, CA

Rosa Troncoso

Democracy Prep Bronx Prep Middle School, NY

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Informative Speaking

presented by Summit Debate

Brandon Chang

Walter Reed Middle, CA

Molly Cooper

Ladera Vista Junior High, CA

Samara Cuaresma Alice Deal Middle School, Washington, D.C.

Michelle Fan

First Ave Middle School, CA Amal Israilova

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Hillary Kowitt

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Ryan Rhee

Cope Middle School, CA

Prisha Singh Chaboya Middle School, CA

Adam Stone

Charlotte Latin School, NC

Shirley Wu

Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS

Original Oratory

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Poetry

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Program Oral Interpretation

presented by Summit Debate

Michelle Fan

First Ave Middle School, CA

Emerson Forester Westridge School, CA

Rusham Goyal Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Sreekarthikeya Kankala Chaboya Middle School, CA

Timothy Leung Redwood Middle School, CA

Lauren Low Mesa Robels School, CA

Noemi Maciel Beechwood Middle School, CA

Arav Santhanam Charles E. Brown Middle, MA

Alyssa Spalek Tuloso-Midway Middle School, TX

Aaryan Wadwekar Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Emily Wang Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Shirley Wu Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

Haotong Xue Beijing Harrow International School, China

Kristen Zhou George V. Leyva Intermediate, CA

Samya Arora Chaboya Middle School, CA

Viviana Barajas Chaboya Middle School, CA

Catalina Cabello-Corona Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Emma Durham Cabot Junior High South, AR Adele Fuzaylov Oak Middle School, MA

Tara Ghafouri Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Sophia Nelson

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Roger Shen

The Village Middle School, TX

Laird Stearns

Saint James Episcopal School, TX

Kaden Stone

Bardstown Middle School, KY

Viviana Barajas Chaboya Middle School, CA

Celeste Carmona MacArthur Fundamental, CA

Natalie Chen Chaboya Middle School, CA

Hikari Dao Nicolas Junior High, CA Daisy Guzman Sierra Preparatory Academy, CA

Yahan Lin Orange County School of the Arts, CA

Adrianna Rodriguez Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Ellie Sohn Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Adam Stone Charlotte Latin School, NC

Emily Wang

Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Original Oratory Haotong Xue

Poetry Viviana Barajas

Program Oral Interpretation Adrianna Rodriguez

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS

Prose

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS

Storytelling

presented by Summit Debate

Nicole Blanco

The Village Middle School, TX

Camilla Butler

Milton Academy Middle, MA

Molly Cooper

Ladera Vista Junior High, CA

Andres Fernandez

St. Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Adele Fuzaylov

Oak Middle School, MA

Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Riya Jampana

St. Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Mia Magana Columbus Tustin, CA

Maria Lorraine Mercurio

Ladera Vista Junior High, CA

Amruta Patel

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Roger Shen

The Village Middle School, TX

Aaliah Velasquez

Willard Intermediate School, CA

Mikaela Wong

Tuloso-Midway Middle School, TX

Maria Antunes

The Village Middle School, TX

Caroline Blake Milton Academy Middle, MA

Caroline Carlisle Rowan County Middle School, KY

Helen Fang Kraemer Middle School, CA

Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Chloe Kim Chaboya Middle School, CA

Audrey Messer Heartland Charter School, CA

Sahiti Rayaprolu Chaboya Middle School, CA

Roger Shen

The Village Middle School, TX

Eliana Wyche

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

MIDDLE SCHOOL

SHOWCASE FINALISTS Prepared Prompt Speaking

presented by Summit Debate

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE FINALISTS Pro Con Challenge

presented by Summit Debate

Sohan Bhakta

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Brandon Chang

Walter Reed Middle, CA

Natalie Chen Chaboya Middle School, CA

Helen Fang Kraemer Middle School, CA

Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Bhuvi Irigi Chaboya Middle School, CA

Kanon Iwata Westridge School, CA

Pavitra Kasthuri

The Harker Middle School, CA

Genesis Mendez Santiago K-8 School, CA

Audrey Messer Heartland Charter School, CA

Tej Patel

Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA

Reva Sobti

Robert C. Fisler Middle School, CA Adam Stone Charlotte Latin School, NC

Evelyn Tsoi Dana Middle School, CA

Emily Wang

Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Chloe Zhong Chaboya Middle School, CA

Zoe Becker

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Eleanor Brosowsky

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Natalie Chen

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Lucy Chong

Trinity Preparatory Middle School, FL

Miria Chung

Taipei American School, Taiwan

Samara Cuaresma

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Sreekarthikeya Kankala

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Clementine Kovacs

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Catherine Ma

The Pike School, MA

Tara Malhotra Brentwood School, CA

Pranya Nagpal

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Shruthi Nagulapalli

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Michael Park

Valley Preparatory School, CA

William Pfaffenroth

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Pasha Raoufi

Cope Middle School, CA

Sahiti Rayaprolu

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Soumya Sobti

Robert C. Fisler Middle School, CA

Churchill Tatton

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Anoushka Vijay

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Grace Wu

Vancouver Debate Academy, BC

Storytelling

Eliana Wyche

Prepared Prompt Speaking Tej Patel

Pro Con Challenge Shruthi Nagulapalli

Prose

Camilla Butler

Honors and Awards

Aaron Hardy Director of Technology at NSDA

Keith West National Tournament Official Massachusetts POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED

Nicole Wanzer-Serrano Director of Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at NSDA

Tom Llamas Emmy-Award Winning Journalist NSDA Alum of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Florida

Brother René Sterner Lifetime Service Award

Pelham Commendation

Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

Frank Sferra Director’s Commendation

Priten Shah CEO at PHS Capital LLC and creator of Classrooms. Cloud

Ben Stewart Owner and creator of Speechwire

Chris Palmer Creator of Tabroom.com

Victoria Freeman Lincoln High School Nebraska

Chris Wardner Almaden Country Day School California

James M. Copeland Coach of the Year

Middle School Coach of the Year

Pedro Sanchez-Villa Trinity High School Kentucky

Sharron Heinrich Gabrielino High School California

Alfred F. Dugan III Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart New Jersey

High School Assistant Coach of the Year

Megan Bonfield Discovery Canyon Campus School Colorado

New Coach of the Year

High School Administrator of the Year

Middle School Administrator of the Year

Milestone

Leslie Muhlbach

Gahanna-Lincoln High School, Ohio

Scott Odekirk The Harker School, California

Sherri Perry St. Agnes Academy, Texas

Suzanne Terry Morristown West High School Tennessee

David Watkins Neosho High School, Missouri

50 Years at Nationals

Chesterton High School, Indiana

Advisor: Chris Lowery

Randy Pierce Francis Howell North High School, MO

Ninth Diamond Award

Mark Harris Summit Christian Academy, MO

Eighth Diamond Award

HIGH SCHOOL – SCHOOL AWARDS

2021 Schools of Outstanding Distinction

American Heritage Broward High School, FL

Apple Valley High School, MN Bellarmine College Preparatory, CA Dougherty Valley High School, CA Eagan High School, MN

Eastview High School, MN James Logan High School, CA Jasper High School, TX

Lawrence Free State High School, KS Westmoore High School, OK

Schools of Excellence in Debate Schools of Excellence in Speech

All Saints Episcopal School, TX

Ardrey Kell High School, NC

Bellaire High School, TX

Carmel High School, IN

Chagrin Falls High School, OH

Durham Academy, NC

George Washington High School, CO

Gunn Sr. High School, CA

Hawken School, OH

Monte Vista High School, CA

Naperville North High School, IL

Norman North High School, OK

Peninsula High School, CA Ridge High School, NJ

Riverside High School, SC

Round Rock Christian Academy, TX

Taipei American School, Taipei

The Bronx High School Of Science, NY

Washburn Rural High School, KS

William P. Clements High School, TX

Bozeman High School, MT

Chesterton High School, IN East Ridge High School, MN Elk River Sr. High School, MN

Gabrielino High School, CA George Washington High School, CO Millard North High School, NE Moorhead High School, MN Munster High School, IN Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Plano West Sr. High School, TX Plymouth High School, IN

Roseville Area High School, MN

Santa Ana High School, CA

The Potomac School, VA

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Tuloso Midway High School, TX University High School, IL

Western High School, FL Woodbury High School, MN

Schools of Honor in Debate Schools of Honor in Speech

Bishop Kelley High School, OK

Bozeman High School, MT

Burbank Senior High School, CA Cary Academy, NC

Chanhassen High School, MN

Charlotte Latin School, NC Coppell High School, TX Desert Vista High School, AZ

East Ridge High School, MN

Henry W. Grady High School, GA Jackson High School, OH Jenks High School, OK

John Paul Stevens High School, TX

Louis D. Brandeis High School, TX

Newton South High School, MA

Phillips Exeter Academy, NH

Ransom Everglades School, FL

Richard Montgomery High School, MD

Seven Lakes High School, TX

Stratford High School, TX

The Harker School, CA

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA

Tyler Legacy High School, TX Washington High School, SD

BASIS Peoria High School, AZ

Cary Academy, NC

Central High School - San Angelo, TX Cherry Creek High School, CO

Comeaux High School, LA Desert Vista High School, AZ Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL Durham Academy, NC Harlingen High School, TX Hawken School, OH Leland High School, CA

Milton Academy, MA

North Allegheny High School, PA Ridge High School, NJ

Riverside High School, SC

Solon High School, OH

The Harker School, CA

Truman High School, MO

Tuscarawas Valley High School, OH

Wadsworth City Schools, OH

Wheaton Warrenville South High School, IL

MIDDLE SCHOOL – SCHOOL AWARDS

Overall Schools of Excellence in Speech and Debate

Alice Deal Middle School, Washington, DC

Almaden Country Day School, CA

American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA

George V. Levya Intermediate, CA

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Milton Academy Middle, MA

Parks Junior High, CA

Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

The Pike School, MA

Redwood Middle School, CA Robert C. Fisler, CA

Rowan County Middle School, KY

Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Sierra Preparatory Academy, CA

The Village Middle School, TX

Tuloso-Midway Middle School, TX

Valley Preparatory School, CA

Westridge School, CA

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Belen Jesuit Prep School, FL - Class of 1997 NBC News Anchor, Senior National Correspondent 2021 Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient