2019 HONORS & AWARDS
Richard B. Sodikow Policy Debate presented by Trinity University
Co-Champions – Raina Peter and Grace Kessler Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Timothy Ellis and Cynthia Burgett
Policy Debate Top Speakers
Lincoln-Douglas Debate presented by Illinois College
Phyllis Flory Barton Trophy Winner 1st Place – Rohan Shah Edgemont High School, New York Coached by Brian Manuel and Natalie Polanco 2nd Place – Rylee Buchet Jenks High School, Oklahoma Coached by Shawn Rafferty
Champion – Grace Johannes Liberty Sr High School, Missouri Coached by Tim Baldwin
3rd Place – Sanjeev Musuvathy Jenks High School, Oklahoma Coached by Shawn Rafferty
Co-Champions – Jake Berry and Jimin Park Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Timothy Ellis and Cynthia Burgett 3rd Place – Sanjeev Musuvathy and Rylee Buchet Jenks High School, Oklahoma Coached by Shawn Rafferty 4th Place – Ramya Chilappa and Mickey McMahon Blue Valley North High School, Kansas Coached by Brian Box, Minha Jutt, Alaina Walberg, Eleanor Mendelson, and Luke Hartman 5th Place – Kristen Lu and Julian Anderson Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, California Coached by Scott Wheeler 6th Place – Tyler Vergho and Abhishek Rengarajan Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman 16
4th Place – Julian Anderson Palos Verdes Peninsula
2nd Place – Nehal Chigurupati University School, Ohio Coached by James Lewis, Peter Paik, and Matt Slencsak
High School, California Coached by Scott Wheeler 5th Place – Tyler Vergho Bellarmine College Preparatory, California
3rd Place – Ethan Mirman Minnetonka High School, Minnesota Coached by Raymond Zhang
Coached by Aaron Langerman
4th Place – Emma Blum
6th Place – Jake Berry
Brentwood School, California
Washburn Rural High School, Kansas
Coached by Victor Jih
Coached by Timothy Ellis and Cynthia Burgett
Harland B. Mitchell Trophy The national champion Policy Debate team receives the Harland B. Mitchell Trophy, named after the Association’s legendary debate coach.
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5th Place – Aatmik Mallya Hamilton High School, Arizona Coached by Gina Meade 6th Place – Ishan Bhatt St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Mississippi Coached by Jharick Shields, Darin Maier, and Ruthie Taylor