2021 August Rostrum - Nationals Chronicle

A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE ASSOCIATION

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EARN FUNDS FOR YOUR TEAM! We are currently accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year!

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.

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PROMOTE, HOLD YOUR EVENT, and turn in a brief form afterwards to PROVIDE FEEDBACK on the event.

SPEND the Big Questions grant award! You can purchase supplies for your classroom or fund speech and debate activities.

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!

Big Questions is presented by the NSDA through a generous grant provided by the John Templeton Foundation.

ACCESS OUR RESOURCES: speechanddebate.org/ big-questions

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2021 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Exclusive photos, results, and more!

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2021 Tournament Sponsors

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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!

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

Sincerely,

James W. Rye III Alabama

J. Scott Wunn Executive Director National Speech & Debate Association

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Board of Directors

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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.

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OUR 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.

P L AT I N U M L E V E L Learn more about our tournament sponsors, visit www. speechanddebate. org/sponsors-andadvertising.

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Creative Solutions for Societal Issues

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TOM AND VICKI ROLLINS

JOE AND PAM WYCOFF

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A. C. ELEY FUND

HAROLD C. KELLER FUND

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CARMENDALE FERNANDES FUND

MCCARTHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION

RICHARD B. SODIKOW FUND

THE JEPS FOUNDATION

HARLAND B. MITCHELL FUND

BOB AND SALLI STOCKTON

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ADAM AND ASHLEY JOHNSON

DONUS AND LOVILA ROBERTS

TINA WANG FUND

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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

Megan Bonfield, New Coach of the Year

Pam Cady Wycoff, NSDA Board President

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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

Dr. Mike Edmonds, Colorado College

Victoria Freeman Coach of the Year

Brandon Thornton Coach Tribute Video

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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.

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TUESDAY First Day of Speech Competition Preliminary debate rounds continued

Speaking, Humorous Interp, Dramatic

throughout the day and competition

Interp, Duo Interp, and Program Oral

began for students in speech with a round

Interp were held live, while Duo Interp

zero. United States Extemp, International

competitors chose to enter in Live Duo,

Extemp, Original Oratory, Informative

Asynchronous Split-Screen Duo, or both!

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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.

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Ralph E. Carey Award

Chair of the Year

Best Chair Communications

Best New Chair

Linda Shipley East Oklahoma District

Adam Thane Montana East District

Julie Roos Golden Desert District, Nevada

Micah Everson Magnolia District, Mississippi

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Brother Anthony K. Cavet

Dr. Rich Edwards

Michael Marks

Gail Nicholas

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

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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.

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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.

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Tom Llamas, Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

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.

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FRIDAY Competition Continues

Debate Awards Assembly

Main debate concluded with final rounds

In the evening, we crowned our national

in Public Forum, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas,

champions in debate at the online Debate

World Schools Debate, and Congressional

Awards Assembly and named Cobin

Debate–House while speech finals began

Szymanski the 2021 William Woods Tate, Jr.,

with both Live and Asynch Duo and

National Student of the Year.

Original Oratory, and supplemental speech finals kicked off with Original Spoken Word Poetry and Pro Con Challenge. Meanwhile, Extemp Debate competition continued.

Ed Lee III, The Barkeley Forum

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

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Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. NSDA Board Vice President

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.

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

2021 Four-Time Qualifiers (listed in alphabetical order by last name)

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Lauren Adams

Bakersfield High School, CA

Bo Miller

Shawnee Heights High School, KS

Cecilia Alali

Westmoore High School, OK

Abby Morey

Bishop Kelley High School, OK

Milca Altamirano Torres

Orosi High School, CA

Gracie Mueller

Garden City High School, KS

Owen Anderson

Valdosta High School, GA

Ursula Neuner

Bonita Vista High School, CA

Tyler Bayliff

Mulvane High School, KS

Helix Charter High School, CA

Chaminade High School, NY

Lucas Osborn

Michael Bellia

Clay Center Community High School, KS

Santa Ana High School, CA

Mattie Blackburn

Gillian Palacios

Kennedy Bland

Clarke Community High School, IA

Anaya Parikh

Wichita East High School, KS

Nirmit Chandan

Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL

Ashna Patel

North Allegheny High School, PA

Noah Coffman

Jenks High School, OK

Pranav Pattatathunaduvil

Plano West Sr. High School, TX

Marielle Cornes

Mountain Brook High School, AL

Hannah Pautz

Muscatine High School, IA

Linda Corona

Chiawana High School, WA

Ruby Perry-Mize

A and M Consolidated High School, TX

Dylan Council

Hereford High School, TX

Gabbie Petentler

Truman High School, MO

Genevieve Cox

W. B. Ray High School, TX

Sanjana Raj

Ardrey Kell High School, NC

Tyler Cronin

Blue Valley West High School, KS

Vedanth Ramabhadran

Bellaire High School, TX

Ausha Curry

Mount Vernon High School, WA

Jaden Rams

Central Of Grand Junction High School, CO

Jack Czyz

Lovejoy High School, TX

Nathaniel Reyes

Creighton Preparatory School, NE

Kaya Czyz

Lovejoy High School, TX

Griffin Richie

Henry W. Grady High School, GA

Surya Dasgupta

All Saints Episcopal School, TX

Emma Richman

Sayre High School, PA

Jackson Davis

Derby High School, KS

Sasha Rieser

Needham High School, MA

Caden Denning

Coral Academy Of Science Las Vegas, NV

Troy Roach

Atlantic High School, IA

Lars Deutz

A and M Consolidated High School, TX

Adley Robbins

Rock Springs High School, WY

Riley Dison

Bakersfield High School, CA

Jayden Roccaforte

Cheyenne East High School, WY

Hannah Eckstein

Frontenac High School USD #249, KS

Neil Rohan

Montpelier High School, VT

Claire England

Green Canyon High School, UT

The Potomac School, VA

Aamil Farishta

W. B. Ray High School, TX

Katherine Rollins

Fruita Monument High School, CO

Yessenia Sanchez

Orosi High School, CA

Gabriel Gallagher Alexa Grechishkin

Mount Vernon High School, WA

Blake Seidel

Lyons High School, KS

Caitlin Hamilton

The Davidson Academy Of Nevada, NV

Vivek Shah

Kent Denver School, CO

Laurel Holley

Riverside High School, SC

Tajvir Singh

Lovejoy High School, TX

Joan Joseph

Ransom Everglades, FL

Sarabaesh Srikumar

Mira Loma High School, CA

Gabrielyn Kieh

James Logan High School, CA

Christina Stepin

Bear Creek High School, WA

Jeremy Lee

St. Paul High School, CA

Jakob Taylor

Loyola Blakefield, MD

Divya Lobo

Dominion High School, VA

Audra Totten

Chiawana High School, WA

Kaitlyn Maher

The Potomac School, VA

Teagan Townsend

Olathe East High School, KS

Sean Manning

Valdosta High School, GA

Alyjah Travis

Mulvane High School, KS

Andrew Mao

Lovejoy High School, TX

Allen Tugade

Thomas Jefferson High School, WA

Tiana Marion

Salina South High School, KS

Matthew Tweden

Round Rock Christian Academy, TX

Caylie McConnaha

Muscatine High School, IA

Angela Wang

Plano West Sr. High School, TX

Alexa Mejia

Cheyenne East High School, WY

Alexandre Widman

Orosi High School, CA

Dominic Mendlik

Creighton Preparatory School, NE

Jenesis Williams

Cypress Bay High School, FL

Macy Meunier

Noblesville High School, IN

Cara Wilson

Westridge School, CA

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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.

Cobin Szymanski 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.

2021 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year Cobin Szymanski Northern Lights District

POWERFUL PERFORMANCES Throughout this issue, Executive Director Scott Wunn has scattered fun facts about this year’s impressive finalists.

We applaud all the historic achievements made this year!

BACK-TO-BACK FINALISTS!

These eleven exceptional performers will be marked with a star () on the following pages.

Ì DI: GABRIELYN KIEH (DI, 2020: 3rd Place)

Ì INF: CECEILIA VOSS (Info, 2020: 3rd Place)

Ì POI: JOSHUA TIMMONS (Poetry, 2020: 1st Place)

Ì DUL Champion: JONAH JOHNSON (Duo, 2020: 1st Place)

Ì IX: KAY ROLLINS (IX, 2020: 2nd Place)

Ì POE Champion: JAYDEN ROCCAFORTE

Ì HI Champion: PRANAY MATHUR (HI, 2020: 3rd Place)

Ì OO: ADDISON FULTON (OO, 2020: 1st Place)

Ì HI: CECE ALALI (POI, 2020: 2nd Place | DI, 2019: 5th Place)

Ì POI: BEN LU (POI, 2020: 3rd Place)

(Prose, 2020: 1st Place)

Ì USX: LAUREL HOLLEY (Prepared Prompt, 2020: 3rd Place)

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

R I C H A R D B . S O D I KOW

Policy Debate presented by the NSDA

Policy Debate Top Speakers

Public Forum Debate presented by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation

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

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 16

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

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

4th Place – Ananya Chintalapudi

Coached by Jeremy Russell

Coppell High School, Texas

3rd Place – Jess Chisholm and Ethan Potter

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

All Saints Episcopal School, Texas Coached by Kristi Braley 4th Place – Owen Spargo and Stephanie Su

6th Place – Brendan Foody

Dougherty Valley High School, California

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California

Coached by Aleisha Readye, Shreyas Kiran, Vivian Kuang, and Rahi Kotadia

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.

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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

Big Questions Debate

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Lincoln-Douglas Top Speakers

presented by the NSDA

presented in memory of Tina Wang

presented by the John Templeton Foundation

Dale Lauder McCall Trophy 1st Place – Caden Metcalf Independence Chrisman High School, Missouri Coached by Shelia Holt

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

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

Relive every moment of Nationals with the official NSDA livestream archive!

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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.

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THE CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS REPRESENTS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR ACTIVITY. CO N GR ATU L ATIONS TO OU R 2 02 1 NAT IONA L C H A M P IONS!

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

Congressional Debate – House

Congressional Debate – Senate

presented by the Stennis Center for Public Service

presented by the Stennis Center for Public Service Top Presiding Officer (House) Rep. Alexandra Smith

East Ridge High School, Minnesota Coached by Katie Scholz, Tammy Trout McIntyre, and Kevin Jacobson

Leadership Bowl (House) Rep. Andrew Sun

Champion – Alexandra Smith East Ridge High School, Minnesota

The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk

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

Coached by Tom McCaffrey

2nd Place – Thomas Lai

2nd Place – Veer Juneja

Bellaire High School, Texas

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California

Coached by Jay Stubbs

Coached by DeeDee Sullivan

3rd Place – Andrew Sun The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk 4th Place – Evelyn Huang

Top Presiding Officer (Senate) Sen. Arthav Kulkarni

Jasper High School, Texas Coached by Tom McCaffrey

5th Place – Olivia Orren

Dougherty Valley High School, California

Tyler Legacy High School, Texas

Coached by Aleisha Readye,

Naperville North High School, Illinois Coached by Michelle Pitts

Coached by Harry Yu

Coached by Cathleen Ferose

5th Place – Divya Mehrotra

6th Place – Zachary Wu

Stratford High School, Texas

Round Rock Christian Academy, Texas

Coached by Leslie Crady

Keshav Raghu, and Tanya Mahadwar

3rd Place – Alex Zhang

4th Place – Matthew Tweden

Louis D. Brandeis High School, Texas

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Champion – Atharv Kulkarni Jasper High School, Texas

Coached by Melody Daniels

Leadership Bowl (Senate) Sen. Charles Gu

Monte Vista High School, California Coached by David Matley

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6th Place – Charles Gu Monte Vista High School, California Coached by David Matley

C A R M E N DA L E F E R N A N D E S

A. C. ELEY

United States Extemporaneous Speaking

International Extemporaneous Speaking

Informative Speaking

presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute

presented by the Council on Foreign Relations

presented by the NSDA

Champion – Laurel Holley  Riverside High School, South Carolina

Champion – Pranav Pattatathunaduvil Plano West Sr. High School, Texas

Champion – Anneteke Adoga Woodbury High School, Minnesota

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

Coached by Robey Holland

2nd Place – Gabriel Frank-McPheter

2nd Place – Mukta Dharmapurikar

Gabrielino High School, California

Durham Academy, North Carolina

Coached by Derek Yuill and

Coached by Crawford Leavoy, Kellen Kane, and Jeff Welty

Eric Chen 3rd Place – William Chien The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk

3rd Place – Kay Rollins  The Potomac School, Virginia Coached by Harry Strong, Danny Drane, and Kayla Williamson

4th Place – Ananth Veluvali

4th Place – McKinley Paltzik

Edina High School, Minnesota

Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona

Coached by Joseph Schmitt

Coached by Carolyn Evans and Nick Klemp

5th Place – Timothy Huffman Lawrence Free State High School, Kansas Coached by Kelly Thompson 6th Place – Katelyn Cai

5th Place – Michelle Jin The Harker School, California Coached by Scott Odekirk 6th Place – Natasha Banga

BASIS Scottsdale High School, Arizona

Coppell High School, Texas

Coached by Jason Warren and

Coached by Dr. Jason Sykes, SunHee Simon, and Eric Melin

Scott Woods

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  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

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NAEGELIN

D R . TO M M I E L I N D S E Y, J R .

presented by the NSDA

Dramatic Interpretation

Asychronous Split-Screen Duo Interpretation

presented by Simpson College

presented by Colorado College

Champion – Pranay Mathur  Millard North High School, Nebraska

Champion – Giana Martinez L. C. Anderson High School, Texas

Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak

Coached by Miguel Harvey and Michael Jennings

Champions – Patrick Pham and Augustus Boettcher St. Thomas High School, Texas

2nd Place – Cecilia Alali  Westmoore High School, Oklahoma Coached by Billy Elles, Amber Justmann, and Lauren Berry

James Logan High School, California

Humorous Interpretation

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.

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 22

2nd Place – Gabrielyn Kieh  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 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

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Coached by Darrell Yarbrough 2nd Place – Ryan Seagrave and Loren Seagrave Austin East Magnet High School, Tennessee Coached by Doug James SIBLINGS! Austin East Magnet Asynch Duo team (Seagrave/Seagrave) are siblings!

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

D R . TO M M I E L I N D S E Y, J R .

Live Duo Interpretation presented by Colorado College

Champions – Frank Knier and Jonah Johnson  Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Daniel Hodges

Program Oral Interpretation

J O E A N D PA M W YCO F F

presented by Quaker Bakery

presented by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Auxiliary

Champion – Sophia Williams Miramar High School, Florida

Champion – Blythe Castille St. Thomas More Catholic High School, Louisiana

Coached by Nicole AllenRyan

2nd Place – Thor Reimann and Hanna Olson Eastview High School, Minnesota Coached by Brady Beckman

2nd Place – Abigail Canalejo American Heritage Broward High School, Florida Coached by Joele Denis, Ryan Levesque, Spencer Orlowski, and Joseph Quintana

3rd Place – Tyler Rockwood and Hudson Aikins Marshfield High School, Missouri Coached by Greg Holtschneider and Angela Holtschneider

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

4th Place – Marysa Lozano and Lauren Cavada Tuloso Midway High School, Texas Coached by Tasha Jones and Lyn Esquivel

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

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

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

Original Oratory

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  Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico Coached by Sheridan Johnson 4th Place – Gillian Palacios Santa Ana High School, California Coached by Corin Serrano and Salvador Tinajero 5th Place – Olivia Kramer Elk River Sr. High School, Minnesota Coached by Allison Harmer

5th Place – Lydia Voss Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Cade Shelton and Jamaka Davis

American Heritage Broward High School, Florida

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

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

6th Place – Irene Newman

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World Schools Debate Invitational

World Schools Debate Top Speakers

presented by Simpson College

presented by Simpson College

Champions – Space City Violet in Texas Ebenezer Appiah Diego Castillo Anthony Hoang Rodrigo Trujillo Coached by Ashley Freeman and Andy Stubbs

Robert Shrum Award 1st Place – Will Ryan Rocky Mountain-South, Colorado Coached by Mike Trevithick and Tammie Peters

2nd Place – Abby McGowan North Coast District, Ohio

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 24

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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

Prepared Prompt Speaking

Storytelling

presented by the NSDA

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

Champion – Caleb Brantley Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Illinois

Champion – Nya Ware Southland College Prep Charter High School, Illinois

Champion – Meghan Galindo Classical Christian Academy, Missouri

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

Coached by Cheryl Frazier

Coached by Kristen Gammon

2nd Place – Natalie Freisinger

2nd Place – Ophilea Abidoye

Woodbury High School, Minnesota

Western High School, Florida

Coached by Suzanne White and Dillon White

Coached by Dario Camara and Nancy Dean

3rd Place – Clara Morgan

3rd Place – Natalie Engh

Gilmour Academy, Ohio

East Ridge High School, Minnesota

Coached by Sean Kelley and Gay Janis

Coached by Alex Carlson and Caitlyn Parsons

4th Place – Meghan Chen

4th Place – Olivia Sherman

Fishers High School, Indiana

Liberty Sr. High School, Missouri

Coached by Paul Kennedy and Scott Black

Coached by Mick Turpin 5th Place – Akansha Kamineni

5th Place – Adrian Baek

Eastview High School, Minnesota

Redlands High School, California

Coached by Jakob Gomez and Neal Beckmann

Coached by Brittany Freibott and Ricardo Velasquez

6th Place – Alek Zabel Araguz

6th Place – Laurie Frederickson

Harlingen High School South, Texas

Cherry Creek High School, Colorado

Coached by Brian Gunter and Eddy Cavazos

Coached by Martha Benham

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B ROT H E R R E N É ST E R N E R

Poetry Reading

Prose Reading

Prepared Commentary

presented by the NSDA

presented by Lafayette College

presented by the NSDA

Champion – Jayden Roccaforte  Cheyenne East High School, Wyoming

Champion – Divya Krishnan Ridge High School, New Jersey

Coached by Ashley Schulz

Coached by David Yastremski, Stephanie Fletcher, and Sam Hoffman

2nd Place – Andrew Kern

2nd Place – Neeley Robertson

2nd Place – Michelle Park

Laramie High School, Wyoming

Laurel Christian School, Mississippi

Solon High School, Ohio

Coached by Anita Boyd

Coached by Dan Ceci

Coached by Patricia Smith 3rd Place – Ashley Green Woodbury High School, Minnesota Coached by Suzanne White and Dillon White

3rd Place – Nicholas Olwell

3rd Place – Reece Christian George Washington High School, Colorado

Coached by Brother Anthony K. Cavet

Coached by Maryrose Kohan

4th Place – Logan Green Hattiesburg High School, Mississippi

Agoura High School, California

Coached by Reginald Chapman and Scott Waldrop 5th Place – Emily Weston

5th Place – Danielle Williams

Harlingen High School, Texas

White House High School, Tennessee

Coached by Christopher Esparza and Bradley Durio

Coached by Emily Higdon 6th Place – Vincent Vo Blue Springs High School, Missouri Coached by A.J. Taula

Coached by Eric D’sa

Catholic Memorial School, Massachusetts

4th Place – Casey Simpson

Coached by Iain Lampert

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Champion – Eric Lee Monta Vista High School, California

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 – Alaina Vergara Downers Grove South High School, Illinois

6th Place – Connor Eubank

Coached by Jan Heiteen, Justin Matkovich, and Elighie Wilson

Crescenta Valley High School, California

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Coached by Brian Walker

Pro Con Challenge

Original Spoken Word Poetry

presented by the NSDA

presented by The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men

presented by Colorado College

Champion – Logan Green Hattiesburg High School, Mississippi

Champion – Kaitlyn Maher The Potomac School, Virginia

Coached by William Harris

Coached by Reginald Chapman and Scott Waldrop

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

2nd Place – Connor Eubank

2nd Place – Landon Hudson

2nd Place – Shruti Narayanabhatla

Crescenta Valley High School, California

Blue Springs High School, Missouri

Ridge High School, New Jersey

Coached by Brian Walker

Coached by A.J. Taula

Coached by David Yastremski,

3rd Place – Matthew Anderson

3rd Place – Caitlin Williams

Cherry Creek High School, Colorado

Everglades High School, Florida

3rd Place – Kaelyn Wellman

Coached by Martha Benham

Coached by Jason AlFord

Olathe Northwest High School, Kansas

4th Place – Ryan Tung

4th Place – Hezekiah Bryant

Ladue Horton Watkins High School,

Cumberland Polytechnic High School,

Missouri

North Carolina

Coached by Molly Beck, Brandon

Coached by Michelle Boswell

Champion – Aaron Chen Grand Rapids City, Michigan

Murray, and Casie Sambo

5th Place – Amaya Starks

Extemporaneous Debate

Kevin Tang, and Alex Rivera

Coached by Eric Skoglund 4th Place – Jackson Kaiser Dripping Springs High School, Texas Coached by David Holmes 5th Place (tie) – Tyler Han

5th Place – Rhea Skariah

Piper High School, Kansas

Mountain Vista High School, Colorado

Coached by Tori Deneault,

Coached by Natalie Sprigg and

Christopher Teters, and

Coached by Chasity Hance and

Jennifer Smith

Claire Haflich-Hazel

Danielle Colvin

6th Place – Dylan Liu

6th Place – Roaa Kordeir

5th Place (tie) – Katherine Shao

Brentwood School, California

Theodore Roosevelt High School, Iowa

Mercer Island High School, Washington

Coached by Victor Jih and Kate Totz

Coached by Loan Nguyen

Coached by Lisa Weber

Springfield Catholic High School, Missouri

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

President’s Bowls presented by Mr. and Mrs. Donus and Lovila Roberts The President’s Bowls recognize the students who, according to the judges, won the final round of competition.

President’s Bowl Informative Speaking

President’s Bowl United States Extemp

President’s Bowl International Extemp

President’s Bowl Original Oratory

Anneteke Adoga Woodbury High School, MN

Laurel Holley Riverside High School, SC

Mukta Dharmapurikar Durham Academy, NC

Blythe Castille St. Thomas More Catholic HS, LA

Coached by Suzanne White, Dillon White, and Suha Musa

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

Coached by Crawford Leavoy, Kellen Kane, and Jeff Welty

Coached by Megan Broussard and Veronica Colmenarez

Interp Bowls

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

Interp Bowl Program Oral Interp

Interp Bowl Humorous Interp

Interp Bowl Dramatic Interp

Interp Bowl Asynch Duo Interp

Interp Bowl Live Duo Interp

Sophia Williams Miramar High School, FL

Pranay Mathur Millard North High School, NE

Giana Martinez L. C. Anderson High School, TX

Coached by Nicole AllenRyan

Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak

Coached by Miguel Harvey and Michael Jennings

Ryan Seagrave and Loren Seagrave Austin East Magnet HS, TN

Frank Knier and Jonah Johnson Apple Valley High School, MN

Coached by Doug James

Coached by Daniel Hodges

Senator Karl E. Mundt Congress Sweepstakes Trophy Presented annually to the school that has accumulated the most Congressional Debate participation points

Monte Vista High School, California Coached by David Matley Congressional Debate Students: Anvith Nagarjuna, Estonkuwahara Amranhudda, and Charles Gu

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Nationals District Participation Awards

Highest Percentage of Schools Attending (tie) – 83%

Highest Percentage of Schools Attending (tie) – 83%

Most Schools in Attendance – 30 Schools

Rushmore District Chair: Travis Dahle

Sagebrush District Chair: Christy Briggs

West Los Angeles District Chair: Bobby Lebeda

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; Abbey Xu of St. Paul’s School, NH.

Bruno E. Jacob Pi Kappa Delta Trophy

The Unger Cup

Albert S. Odom Commendation

Ted W. Belch Award

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

Awarded to the Policy Debate program that has placed the highest cumulatively at five great national debate tournaments

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

Presented to the advisor of the Champion Policy Debate Team

Bellarmine College Prep California

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

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!

Original Spoken Word Poetry

Congressional Debate Authorship Challenge

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Viviana Barajas

Sophie Chia Westridge School, CA

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

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Chaboya Middle School, CA Emily Wang Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA Shirley Wu Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

Congressional Debate Authorship Challenge Matthew Rovere

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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

Declamation Cat-Tam Huynh

Prepared Mixed Exte Michael Park

emp Speaking

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

Dramatic Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Declamation

Prepared Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Leo Billante Almaden Country Day School, CA

Safya Biswal Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Nicole Blanco The Village Middle School, TX

Adam Alvarez Tuloso-Midway Middle School, TX

Natalie Chen Chaboya Middle School, CA

Gutierrez Middle School of

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

Michelle Fan First Avenue Middle School, CA Bhuvi Irigi Chaboya Middle School, CA

Arts and Sciences, TX Britani Casanova Sierra Preparatory Academy, CA Gabe Grinsteinner Beechwood Middle School, KY Juliana Ibarra

Sreekarthikeya Kankala Chaboya Middle School, CA

Beechwood Middle School, CA

Michael Park Valley Preparatory School, CA

Carroll Middle School, TX

Tej Patel Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA Ellie Sohn Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Evelyn Tsoi Dana Middle School, CA

Jake Zeng American Heritage Broward Middle School, FL

Emily Wang Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Kristen Zhou George V. Leyva Intermediate, CA

Dramatic Interpretation Bianca Rios

Catalina Cabello-Corona

S.J. Jangam

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

Humorous Interpretation Adam Alvarez

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

Informative Speaking Amal Israilova

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MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

Informative Speaking

Original Oratory

presented by Summit Debate

Brandon Chang Walter Reed Middle, CA Molly Cooper Ladera Vista Junior High, CA Samara Cuaresma Alice Deal Middle School,

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Michelle Fan First Ave Middle School, CA

Samya Arora Chaboya Middle School, CA

Viviana Barajas Chaboya Middle School, CA

Viviana Barajas Chaboya Middle School, CA

Celeste Carmona MacArthur Fundamental, CA

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

Natalie Chen Chaboya Middle School, CA

Emma Durham Cabot Junior High South, AR

Hikari Dao Nicolas Junior High, CA

Adele Fuzaylov Oak Middle School, MA

Daisy Guzman Sierra Preparatory Academy, CA

Tara Ghafouri Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Yahan Lin Orange County School of the Arts, CA

Sophia Nelson Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Adrianna Rodriguez Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences, TX

Roger Shen The Village Middle School, TX

Ellie Sohn Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Laird Stearns Saint James Episcopal School, TX

Adam Stone Charlotte Latin School, NC

Kaden Stone Bardstown Middle School, KY

Emily Wang Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA

Emerson Forester Westridge School, CA Rusham Goyal Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Washington, D.C. Michelle Fan

Timothy Leung Redwood 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

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

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Shirley Wu Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

Adam Stone

Haotong Xue Beijing Harrow International School, China

Charlotte Latin School, NC Shirley Wu Oak Avenue Intermediate, CA

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Poetry

Program Oral Interpretation

Sreekarthikeya Kankala Chaboya Middle School, CA

First Ave Middle School, CA

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

Kristen Zhou George V. Leyva Intermediate, CA

Poetry Viviana Barajas

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Program Oral Interpretation Adrianna Rodriguez

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

MIDDLE SCHOOL S H OW C A S E F I N A L I ST S

Prose

Storytelling

Prepared Prompt Speaking

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Nicole Blanco

Maria Antunes The Village Middle School, TX

Sohan Bhakta Saint Mary’s Hall Middle School, TX

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Brandon Chang Walter Reed Middle, CA

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Natalie Chen Chaboya Middle School, CA

Chaboya Middle School, CA

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

Prose Camilla Butler

Storytelling Eliana Wyche

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

Helen Fang Kraemer Middle School, CA Cat-Tam Huynh Valley Preparatory School, CA

Pro Con Challenge

Zoe Becker

Eleanor Brosowsky Natalie Chen Lucy Chong

Trinity Preparatory Middle School, FL

Miria Chung

Taipei American School, Taiwan

Samara Cuaresma

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Bhuvi Irigi Chaboya Middle School, CA

Sreekarthikeya Kankala

Kanon Iwata Westridge School, CA

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Pavitra Kasthuri The Harker Middle School, CA

The Pike School, MA

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Clementine Kovacs Catherine Ma

Tara Malhotra

Brentwood School, CA

Genesis Mendez Santiago K-8 School, CA

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Audrey Messer Heartland Charter School, CA

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Tej Patel Gaspar de Portola Middle School, CA Reva Sobti Robert C. Fisler Middle School, CA

Pranya Nagpal

Shruthi Nagulapalli Michael Park

Valley Preparatory School, CA

William Pfaffenroth

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Pasha Raoufi

Cope Middle School, CA

Sahiti Rayaprolu

Adam Stone Charlotte Latin School, NC

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Evelyn Tsoi Dana Middle School, CA

Robert C. Fisler Middle School, CA

Emily Wang Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, CA Chloe Zhong Chaboya Middle School, CA

Prepared Prompt Speaking Tej Patel

Soumya Sobti

Churchill Tatton

Alice Deal Middle School, DC

Anoushka Vijay

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Grace Wu

Vancouver Debate Academy, BC

Pro Con Challenge Shruthi Nagulapalli

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

Honors and Awards

Frank Sferra Director’s Commendation Aaron Hardy Director of Technology at NSDA

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Chris Palmer Creator of Tabroom.com

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

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Ben Stewart Owner and creator of Speechwire

Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

Brother René Sterner Lifetime Service Award

Pelham Commendation

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

Keith West National Tournament Official Massachusetts

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

P OSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED

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James M. Copeland Coach of the Year

Middle School Coach of the Year

New Coach of the Year

Victoria Freeman Lincoln High School Nebraska

Chris Wardner Almaden Country Day School California

Megan Bonfield Discovery Canyon Campus School Colorado

High School Assistant Coach of the Year

High School Administrator of the Year

Middle School Administrator 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

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2021 HONORS & AWARDS

Milestone School Attendance Awards

Chesterton High School, Indiana Advisor: Chris Lowery

50 Years at Nationals

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Ninth Diamond Award

Eighth Diamond Award

Randy Pierce Francis Howell North High School, MO

Mark Harris Summit Christian Academy, MO

2021 Educator of the Year Honorees

Speech and Supplemental Event Chairs

Leslie Muhlbach Gahanna-Lincoln High School, Ohio

Jamelle Brown

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 36

Sarah Donnelly Matt Good Kim Lenger

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Main Debate Event Chairs Jonathan Alston Kimberly Bayan-Berlat Kevin Berlat Bill Brown Shuntá Jordan

Greg Malis

Chris McDonald

Gail Nicholas

Michael Patterson

Marc Rischitelli

Angelique Ronald

Tony Ugalde

Julie Roos

Sami Womack

Jeff Stutzman

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H I G H S C H O O L – S C H O O L AWA R D S

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

Naperville North High School, IL

Bozeman High School, MT

Plano West Sr. High School, TX

Ardrey Kell High School, NC

Norman North High School, OK

Chesterton High School, IN

Plymouth High School, IN

Bellaire High School, TX

Peninsula High School, CA

East Ridge High School, MN

Roseville Area High School, MN

Carmel High School, IN

Ridge High School, NJ

Elk River Sr. High School, MN

Santa Ana High School, CA

Chagrin Falls High School, OH

Riverside High School, SC

Gabrielino High School, CA

The Potomac School, VA

Durham Academy, NC

Round Rock Christian Academy, TX

George Washington High School, CO

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

George Washington High School, CO

Taipei American School, Taipei

Millard North High School, NE

Tuloso Midway High School, TX

Gunn Sr. High School, CA

The Bronx High School Of Science, NY

Moorhead High School, MN

University High School, IL

Hawken School, OH

Washburn Rural High School, KS

Munster High School, IN

Western High School, FL

Monte Vista High School, CA

William P. Clements High School, TX

Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Woodbury High School, MN

Schools of Honor in Debate

Schools of Honor in Speech

Bishop Kelley High School, OK

John Paul Stevens High School, TX

BASIS Peoria High School, AZ

Milton Academy, MA

Bozeman High School, MT

Louis D. Brandeis High School, TX

Cary Academy, NC

North Allegheny High School, PA

Burbank Senior High School, CA

Newton South High School, MA

Central High School - San Angelo, TX

Ridge High School, NJ

Cary Academy, NC

Phillips Exeter Academy, NH

Cherry Creek High School, CO

Riverside High School, SC

Chanhassen High School, MN

Ransom Everglades School, FL

Comeaux High School, LA

Solon High School, OH

Charlotte Latin School, NC

Richard Montgomery High School, MD

Desert Vista High School, AZ

The Harker School, CA

Coppell High School, TX

Seven Lakes High School, TX

Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL

Truman High School, MO

Desert Vista High School, AZ

Stratford High School, TX

Durham Academy, NC

Tuscarawas Valley High School, OH

East Ridge High School, MN

The Harker School, CA

Harlingen High School, TX

Wadsworth City Schools, OH

Henry W. Grady High School, GA

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA

Hawken School, OH

Wheaton Warrenville South High School, IL

Jackson High School, OH Jenks High School, OK

Tyler Legacy High School, TX

Leland High School, CA

Washington High School, SD

M I D D L E S C H O O L – S C H O O L AWA R D S

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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