2022 August Rostrum - Nationals Chronicle

A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE ASSOCIATION

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WHAT IS BIG QUESTIONS?

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Big Questions Judge Training

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BIG QUESTIONS LESSON PLAN –

Big Questions is a debate format designed to open students’ minds and encourage them to engage in life discussion that may not align with their previously held beliefs. Whether or not students change their opinion, the rich experience of this debate event will advance their knowledge, comfort, and interest in learning more about the subject matter based on the intersection of science and philosophy.

Constructing an Argument

FORMAT AND STRUCTURE Big Questions Debate is a debate format that allows students to debate with a partner or as an individual.

Debates may be one-on-one, two-on-two, or two-onone. Topics last all year and concern the intersection of science, philosophy, and religion. Students are assigned a side of the topic before each round and present cases, engage in rebuttal and refutation, and participate in a question period. Often, members of the public are recruited to judge and observe this event.

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

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BIG QUESTIONS LESSON PLAN – Refuting an Argument

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From the Tournament Director

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2022 Tournament Sponsors

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Week in Photos

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High School Honors and Awards

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Middle School Honors and Awards

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Coach Honors and Awards

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School Awards

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From the Tournament Director The 2022 National Tournament returned in person for an incredible week of competition and connection in Louisville, Kentucky.

This year’s tournament offered more pathways to participation than any prior year. The Last-Chance Qualifier offered students who did not qualify through their district tournament a chance to make it to Nationals in their main event. The Online Supplemental Events National Tournament gave students a chance to be named national champions by competing from home. Additional in-person supplemental entries allowed each school that competed in districts the opportunity to enter up to two students for in-person supplemental competition in Louisville. In total, 6,425 students participated across the National Tournament series.

With the ongoing coronavirus, the tournament faced unique challenges like vaccine verification, masking requirements, and increased security. It will be a year that stands out in the history books. Because of the cooperation and commitment of our community, we were able to more safely bring the biggest stage in speech and debate back in person. We extend our sincere gratitude to all attendees who made this possible, but especially the students, coaches, judges, parents, chaperones, and tournament officials who spent the week with us.

It was both incredibly powerful and reinvigorating to witness students bravely sharing their stories all week. We watched months and years of hard work culminate in what for many was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The tournament is always a moving reminder of how the skills students learn in speech and debate empower them to be changemakers, advocates, and future leaders of our world. But after two years of online competition, the power of student voices was more evident, and important, than ever.

In this special issue of Rostrum, we recap the highlights of the week and celebrate our award winners! The 2023 National Tournament will take us back to Phoenix, Arizona, for the first time since 1996. 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 J. Jacobi Wisconsin Jennifer M. Jerome Nebraska Renee C. Motter Colorado Jay W. Rye III Alabama

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

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ONLINE 2022 Online Middle School National Tournament The 2022 Online Middle School National Tournament, presented by Summit Debate, was held online June 7-9.

Students chose from live debate (Congressional Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, and World Schools Debate), live speech (Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, Humorous Interp, Mixed Extemp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, and Impromptu), and asynchronous speech (Declamation, Prose, Poetry, Program Oral Interp, Pro Con Challenge, Original Spoken Word Poetry, and Storytelling.) After three days of competition, we named our 2022 middle school national champions!

Kenneth Zapata, Middle School Administrator of the Year

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2022 National Tournament Online Supplemental Events For the first time, we offered an online supplemental events portion of the National Tournament. In light of the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic, any student who qualified for the National Tournament in a main event but declined their spot was eligible to enter online supplemental events. Plus, each school also had the opportunity to enter up to two students who competed at districts but did not qualify to attend the National Tournament into online supplemental events. Students chose from live debate events (Congressional Debate and Extemp Debate) and asynchronous speech events (Prose, Poetry, Storytelling, Prepared Prompt, Expository, Prepared Commentary, Pro Con Challenge, and Original Spoken Word Poetry.) Competition was held online June 2-4 and we honored our online supplemental event champions with a virtual awards ceremony on Saturday evening.

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SUNDAY Tournament Registration and Expo Teams from around the world converged at the Kentucky Expo Center to register for the tournament, check out the National Tournament Expo, and pick up speech and debate gear from the NSDA Store. We also facilitated

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Ralph E. Carey Award

Chair of the Year

Best Chair Communications

Martha Benham Colorado District

Holly Custer Eastern Ohio District

Eric Gamble Arkansas District

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conversations about issues of inclusion in the speech and debate community at the African American/ Black, Hispanic/Latine, LGBTQ+, Indigenous Persons, Womxn, Persons with Disabilities, and Asian American Coaches’ Caucuses.

Best New Chair Ameena Amdahl-Mason North Oregon District

District Leadership Reception and Awards Ceremony At the 2022 District Leadership Reception and Awards Ceremony, Martha Benham from Colorado received the Ralph E. Carey Award for Distinguished Career Service. Holly Custer of the Eastern Ohio District received the Chair of the Year award. Eric Gamble from Arkansas was recognized for Best Chair Communications. Ameena Amdahl-Mason from North Oregon was named Best New Chair. Other district chairs from across the country received Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards for their outstanding leadership.

Pam Cady Wycoff, NSDA Board President

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Hall of Fame Event We held a special gathering for Hall of Fame members Sunday evening at Churchill Downs. This year, the NSDA proudly inducted Jennifer Jerome of Nebraska, Sheryl Kaczmarek of Massachusetts, Michael Patterson of Oklahoma, Josette Surratt of Louisiana, and Karen Wilbanks of Texas.

Michael Patterson

Jennifer Jerome

Josette Surratt

Sheryl Kaczmarek

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

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MONDAY First Day of Competition More than 4,700 high school students kicked off preliminary rounds of competition in 15 events: Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Big Questions Debate, World Schools Debate, Congressional Debate–House, Congressional Debate–Senate, Original Oratory, United States Extemp, International Extemp, Informative Speaking, Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, and Program Oral Interp.

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TUESDAY First Breaks and Supplemental Only Schools

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For the first time at an in-person Nationals,

Tuesday afternoon we learned which

each school that competed at districts

students would advance to the first

was able to enter up to two students to

outrounds, and in the evening we

compete in supplemental events in person

announced the semifinalists in the

at Nationals. Schools competing in just

Senate, quarterfinalists in the House, and

supplemental events registered throughout

competitors headed to round 9 in the

the day on Tuesday.

other main events.

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WEDNESDAY High School Main Event Late Eliminations and Supplemental Events Main debate competition continued throughout the day.

Meanwhile, many students began supplemental events: Commentary, Expository, Extemporaneous Debate, Impromptu, Original Spoken Word Poetry, Poetry Reading, Prose Reading, and Storytelling. By the end of Wednesday, the finalists in main speech events, World Schools, and the Senate were gearing up for the ultimate challenge: owning the room to be named national champion at the largest academic competition in the world!

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Leonidas Patterson, High School Administrator of the Year

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K.M. DiColandrea, Brother René Sterner Lifetime Service Award

2022 NSDA Hall of Fame Inductees

THURSDAY Final Rounds Begin, Supplemental Competition Continues Outrounds of supplemental events began. Main debate rounds continued. Following the Speech Finalists’ Light and Sound Check in the morning, thousands of spectators headed to Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Expo Center to watch the final rounds of World Schools Debate and interpretation events Thursday afternoon and evening. Competition paused for the Donus D. Roberts Diamond Assembly, presented by Colorado College, as the NSDA celebrated coaches and educators for their dedication to speech and debate activities. Jesse Meyer from the New York City Urban Debate League received the Frank Sferra Director’s Commendation. We honored the James M. Copeland High School Coach of the Year J. Patrick Moss and High School Administrator of the Year Leonidas Patterson.

The recipient of the 2022 Brother René Sterner Lifetime Achievement Award was K.M. DiColandrea, founder of the Brooklyn Urban Debate League.

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FRIDAY Final Rounds and National Awards Assembly Orators, extempers, informative speakers, and

competed for awards and scholarships. The

debaters took the main stage on Friday to wrap

National Awards Assembly marked the end

up the last day of competition. Meanwhile,

of a terrific week of tough competition and

the National Congress held the House final

incredible devotion to speech and debate

session, and final rounds of supplemental

activities!

events occurred throughout the day as students

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

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

2022 Four-Time Qualifiers (listed in alphabetical order by last name) William Aepli

Jackson Hole High School, WY

Krish Kumar

Booker T. Washington High School, OK

Connor Allen

Rocky Mountain High School, ID

Oliver Laczko

American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Juan Angel

Valdosta High School, GA

Joy Lee

Pittsburg High School, KS

Anika Arifin

Fargo North High School, ND

Katy Lin

Carroll High School - Southlake, TX

Sammie Armatas

George Washington High School, CO

William Lovin

Riverside High School, SC

Miles Barth

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, IN

Charles Mason

Munster High School, IN

Robert Bartz

Richardton-Taylor High School, ND

Jacob Mathew

Pittsburg High School, KS

Tiburon Batriedo

Granite Bay High School, CA

Hagen McClelland

Cathedral High School - Indianapolis, IN

Gabrielle McGarvey

Fargo South High School, ND

Carolyn Benn Thornton Riverton High School, WY Emma Bingham

Sky View High School, UT

Sofie Myers

Poland Seminary High School, OH

Hezekiah Bryant

Cumberland Polytechnic High School, NC

Colin Ng

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Jack Burton

Milton Academy, MA

Lillian Nguyen

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Kendall Carll

Lovejoy High School, TX

Hayley Ortwein

Jenks High School, OK

Seth Carter

Salina South High School, KS

Suraj Parikh

Granite Bay High School, CA

Sowmya Chundi

Carmel High School, IN

Jiyoon Park

Washburn Rural High School, KS

Connelly Cowan

Mount Pleasant High School, TX

Matthew Pecasting

La Cueva High School, NM

Shaanti Dasgupta

All Saints Episcopal School, TX

Sarah Picciola

Charlotte Latin School, NC

Sam Delong

Manhattan High School, KS

Taylor Rafferty

Jenks High School, OK

Avery DeWitt

St. Croix Preparatory Academy, MN

Avanti Ramraj

Granite Bay High School, CA

Sonya Doubledee

Washburn Rural High School, KS

Sabrina Richard

Westfield High School, IN

Hans Elasri

Oak Grove High School, MS

J. Riggins

Lawrence High School, KS

Neel Sadda

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Gabriel Frank-McPheter Gabrielino High School, CA Addison Fulton

Albuquerque Academy, NM

Schylar Smith

Timberline High School, ID

Arjun Gramopadhye

Riverside High School, SC

Emma Spencer

Rigby High School, ID

Neil Gugnani

Fort Scott High School, KS

Raymond Spors

West Bend West High School, WI

Shekhar Gugnani

Fort Scott High School, KS

Leah Tan

Carmel High School, IN

Alexandra Henriquez

Ransom Everglades School, FL

Victor Tong

Phillips Academy - Andover, MA

Charles Hou

Jasper High School, TX

Benjamin Trevino

Harlingen High School, TX

Melanie Hsiang

Gabrielino High School, CA

Ananth Veluvali

Edina High School, MN

Jason Hu

Strath Haven High School, PA

Yash Wadwekar

Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Donna Jalosjos

Washburn Rural High School, KS

Olivia Wang

Fossil Ridge High School, CO

Lori Jang

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Olivia Wetzel

Whitmer High School, OH

Isaac Kan

Desert Vista High School, AZ

Noah Williamson

Oak Grove High School, MS

Daniel Kind

Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL

Jonathan Wolf

Marianas High School, MP

Madi Klabo

Valley City High School, ND

Olivia Yee

John F. Kennedy High School, IA

Noah Kopecki

James Enochs High School, CA

Jackeline Zapata

Tuloso Midway High School, TX (updated August 2022)

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W I L L I A M WO O D S TAT E , J R . ,

National Student of the Year Six finalists participated in an interview process with the national panel of judges who selected the 2022 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year (SOY), one of the most honorable and renowned student awards presented by the National Speech & Debate Association.

Arjun Banerjee representing the Chesapeake District was named the Williams Wood Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year and was awarded a $3,500 scholarship from Richard Bitner in honor of Bob Stockton. Arjun will represent the Association in various public capacities throughout the 2022-2023 academic year. The first and second runners-up were Jordan Phillips representing the Northern South Dakota District and Sidd Satish representing the New Jersey District receiving $2,000 to $1,500 scholarships, respectively.

The third-runners up, each receiving a $1,000 scholarship, include Loc Nguyen representing the Nebraska District, Sinan Kassim representing the Florida Manatee District, and Anneteke Adoga representing the Central Minnesota District.

2022 William Woods Tate, Jr., National Student of the Year Arjun Banerjee Chesapeake District (below, left to right in alphabetical order) Anneteke Adoga, Sinan Kassim, Loc Nguyen, Jordan Phillips, and Sidd Satish

STELLAR SCHOOL! SOY finalist Jordan Phillips was the second finalist from her school in three years.

POWERFUL PERFORMANCES Throughout this issue, Executive Director Scott Wunn has scattered facts about this year’s impressive finalists. We applaud all the historic achievements made this year!

BACK-TO-BACK FINALISTS! These 15 exceptional performers are marked with a star () on the following pages. Ì ANNETEKE ADOGA: 2022 INF Champion (2021: INF Champ)

Ì CHARLES GU: 2022 SEN 2nd Place (2021: SEN 6th)

Ì JORDAN PHILLIPS: 2022 COM Champion (2021: EXP 4th)

Ì ALEK ZABEL ARAGUZ: 2022 HI 3rd Place (2021: STO 6th)

Ì LANDON HUDSON: 2022 PRO 6th Place, SW 2nd Place

Ì ANANTH VELUVALI: 2022 USX 3rd Place (2021: USX 4th)

Ì ABIGAIL CANALEJO: 2022 POI 2nd Place (2021: POI 2nd) Ì WILLIAM CHIEN: 2022 USX 6th Place (2021: USX 3rd) Ì GABRIELLA EGOZI: 2022 HI 6th Place (2021: HI 6th) Ì LOGAN GREEN: 2022 DI Champion (2021: SW Champ, PRO 4th)

(2021: SW 2nd)

Ì VEER JUNEJA: 2022 SEN 3rd Place (2021: SEN 2nd) Ì NIMI NAIR: 2022 INF 2nd Place (2021: INF 6th)

Ì CAITLIN WILLIAMS: 2022 SW Champion, EXP 2nd Place (2021: SW 3rd)

Ì ALEX ZHANG: 2022 SEN Champion (2021: SEN 3rd)

Ì MCKINLEY PALTZIK: 2022 IX Champion (2021: IX 4th)

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

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

Policy Debate

Policy Debate Top Speakers

Public Forum Debate

presented by Titanium Wireless

presented by Titanium Wireless

presented by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation

Phyllis Flory Barton Trophy 1st Place – Ram Gorthi Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman, Tyler Vergho, Surya Midha, and Adarsh Hiremath

2nd Place – Akhil Iyengar Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman, Tyler Vergho, Surya Midha, and Adarsh Hiremath 3rd Place – Brooklynn Hato

Champions – Jiyoon Park and Zach Willingham Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff STAR SIBLINGS! Jiyoon Park is the younger sibling of 2019 Policy champion Jimin Park.

2nd Place – Ram Gorthi and Akhil Iyengar Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by Aaron Langerman, Tyler Vergho, Surya Midha, and Adarsh Hiremath 3rd Place – Eric Li and Archan Sen Eagan High School, Minnesota Coached by Chris McDonald, Robert Groven, and Josh Groven 4th Place – Owen Williams and Ayden Smith Truman High School, Missouri Coached by Jeri Willard and Parker Hopkins 5th Place – Sonya Doubledee and Donna Jalosjos Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff 6th Place – Aarthi Toniappa and Selin Ulusarac Blue Valley North High School, Kansas Coached by Brian Box 18

Shawnee Mission South High School, Kansas Coached by Carolyn Cook, Azja Butler, and Jackson Hoffmann 4th Place – Jared Shirts Gunn Sr. High School, California Coached by Will Halverson 5th Place – Sonya Doubledee Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff 6th Place – Jiyoon Park Washburn Rural High School, Kansas Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff

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

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Champions – Amanda Frank and Maria Riofrio NSU University School, Florida Coached by Aly Fiebrantz Awsare, Jacob Bosley, Matthew Norman, and Sharan Sawlani SUPER SCHOOL! NSU University School’s team won PF and had back-to-back SOY finalists.

2nd Place – Arjun Surya and Justin Zhang Seven Lakes High School, Texas Coached by Bryce Piotrowski, Calen Cabler, and Lillian Adeyemi 3rd Place – Daniel Zhao and Sienna Vaughn Flintridge Preparatory School, California Coached by Isaac Gutierrez 4th Place – Satvik Mahendra and Brady Zeng Plano West Sr. High School, Texas Coached by Robey Holland 5th Place – William Hong and Sully Mrkva Brentwood High School, Tennessee Coached by Harriet Medlin 6th Place – Anbu Subramanian and Bailey Koh Southlake Carroll, Texas Coached by Anthony Brown

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Lincoln-Douglas Top Speakers

Big Questions Debate

presented by Western Kentucky University

presented by Western Kentucky University

presented by the John Templeton Foundation

Dale Lauder McCall Trophy 1st Place – Easton Logback Olathe East High School, Kansas Coached by Stacy Goddard and Kevin Krouse

2nd Place – Owen Tilman Colorado Academy, Colorado Coached by Randall Martinez and Jon Vogels 3rd Place – Nichole Poltinnikov Shady Side Academy, Pennsylvania Coached by Mary Krauland

Champion – Hannah Owens Pierre Edina High School, Minnesota

4th Place – Leila Hamdan

Coached by Mark Kivimaki and Joe Schmitt

Coached by Katy Morgan

Champion – Ethan Boneh Palo Alto High School, California

Jackson High School, Ohio

Coached by Sarah Youngquist, Sarah Simon, Kyle Hietala, and Jennie Savage

5th Place – Samuel Johnson-Saeger 2nd Place – Easton Logback Olathe East High School, Kansas Coached by Stacy Goddard and Kevin Krouse 3rd Place – Paxton Sheppard Rigby High School, Idaho Coached by Brock Sondrup 4th Place – Leila Hamdan Jackson High School, Ohio Coached by Katy Morgan 5th Place – Tuqa Alibadi Norman North High School, Oklahoma Coached by Morgan Russell and Lori Crawford 6th Place – Nichole Poltinnikov Shady Side Academy, Pennsylvania Coached by Mary Krauland

Lincoln-Douglas Debate scholarships presented

by Victor Jih

2nd Place – Henry Johnston

Fairview High School, Colorado Coached by Kristina Getty, Jake

Highland High School, Idaho

Keuhlen, and Dot Kellner

Coached by Jett Smith, Abbey Vaughn, and Robin Christiansen

6th Place – Sophia Avery Chagrin Falls High School, Ohio

Semifinalist – Avi Agarwal

Coached by Ken Kasee and Corinne

BASIS Peoria High School, Arizona

Lashley

Coached by Nick Leonardi Semifinalist – Sam Bowen

Lincoln-Douglas Debate top speaker scholarships presented by the Tina Wang Memorial Foundation

Hawken School, Ohio Coached by Eva Lamberson and Robert Shurtz

Relive every moment of Nationals with the livestream archive!

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

Congressional Debate – House

Congressional Debate – Senate

presented by the NSDA

presented by the NSDA

Top Presiding Officer (House) Leadership Bowl (House) Champion – Parker De Deker Neenah High School, Wisconsin Coached by Andie Peterson-Longmore

Parker De Deker Neenah High School, Wisconsin Coached by Andie Peterson-Longmore

Coached by Carlos Diaz

2nd Place – Hans Elasri

2nd Place – Charles Gu 

Oak Grove High School, Mississippi

Monte Vista High School, California

Coached by Shane Cole

Coached by David Matley

3rd Place – Kiera Dixon Round Rock Christian Academy, Texas Coached by Cathleen Ferose

Top Presiding Officer (Senate)

3rd Place – Veer Juneja  Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by DeeDee Sullivan

4th Place – Camila Alatorre

Daniel Gardiner W. B. Ray High School, Texas

Seven Lakes High School, Texas

Coached by David Gardiner

4th Place – Isaac Kan

Coached by Bryce Piotrowski, Calen

Desert Vista High School, Arizona

Cabler, and Lillian Adeyemi

Coached by Brittany Stanchik

5th Place – Michel Kaiser

5th Place – Samantha Watrin

American Heritage Palm Beach High

Mountain Crest High School, Utah

School, Florida

Coached by Karlie Jordan

Coached by PJ Samorian and Bo Lint 6th Place – Fadhil Lawal Seven Lakes High School, Texas

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Champion – Alex Zhang  Stratford High School, Texas

Leadership Bowl (Senate)

6th Place – Tyler Luu James Logan High School, California

Coached by Bryce Piotrowski, Calen

Raghav Ramki Plano East Sr. High, Texas

Coached by Quest Sandel and Jesse

Cabler, and Lillian Adeyemi

Coached by Madi Gackenbach and Eric Tuzin

Garrett

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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 Truman State University

Champion – Peter Alisky Smoky Hill High School, Colorado

Champion – McKinley Paltzik  Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona

Coached by Tom Tafoya, Carrie Faust, Joe Colacioppo, and Jessica Prinsen

Coached by Nick Klemp

2nd Place – Kush Narang

2nd Place – Daniel Kind

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California

Lake Highland Preparatory School, Florida

Coached by DeeDee Sullivan

Coached by Nathan Johnston and

3rd Place – Ananth Veluvali 

Bradley Wascher

Edina High School, Minnesota

3rd Place – Majid Shabbeer

Coached by Joe Schmitt, Tanner

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California

Jones, Mark Kivimaki, and Anoova Guthikova 4th Place – Kyle Letterer Plano West Sr. High School, Texas Coached by Robey Holland 5th Place – Dev Ahuja

Coached by DeeDee Sullivan 4th Place – Ajay Gupta Hinsdale Central High School, Illinois Coached by Paul Woods 5th Place – Jack Ververis

Solon High School, Ohio

Trinity Preparatory School, Florida

Coached by Dan Ceci

Coached by Benjamin Gaddis and Cadi Kadlecek

6th Place – William Chien  The Harker School, California

6th Place – Gabriel Bo

Coached by Scott Odekirk, Jenny

Plano West Sr. High School, Texas

Achten, and Greg Achten

Coached by Robey Holland

Champion – Anneteke Adoga  Woodbury High School, Minnesota Coached by Suzanne White, Dillon White, and Suha Musa BACK-TO-BACK! Anneteke is a back-to-back Info champion and a Student of the Year finalist.

2nd Place – Nimi Nair  Notre Dame San Jose, California Coached by Bob Ickes, Divya Nair, and Mariel Cruz 3rd Place – Matt Hecker Summit High School, New Jersey Coached by Anne Poyner 4th Place – Tess Segal Cypress Bay High School, Florida Coached by Rachel West and Nick Montecalvo 5th Place – Ingrid Rygg Moorhead High School, Minnesota Coached by Rebecca Meyer-Larson and Andrew Tichy 6th Place – Kailey Sieja George Washington High School, Colorado Coached by Maryrose Kohan, Miles Owens, and Devin Sarno

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2022 CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS

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THE CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS REPRESENTS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR ACTIVITY. Congratulations to our 2022 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 in a main event at one of the Association’s 112 district tournaments, through one of our eight international qualifying programs, or be selected by their school to compete in supplemental events. 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, thousands of high school students compete in a week-long competition to determine the most prestigious title in high school academics: national champion.

“Every year, our national champions prove that students who participate in speech and debate have a superpower that they can use to change the world,” said Executive Director J. Scott Wunn. “We can’t wait to learn what comes next for these future leaders.”

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

Humorous Interpretation presented by Western Kentucky University

Champion – Mfaz Mohamed Ali Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Coached by Dan Hodges

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

Dramatic Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

presented by Simpson College

presented by Colorado College

Champion – Logan Green  Hattiesburg High School, Mississippi

Champions – Christopher Heiskell and Adrianna Rodriguez Harlingen High School South, Texas

Coached by Scott Waldrop and Reginald Chapman

2nd Place – James Eiden Eagan High School, Minnesota Coached by Kristi Anderson

BACK-TO-BACK! Logan was the Original Spoken Word Poetry champion last year!

3rd Place – Alek Zabel Araguz  Harlingen High School South, Texas Coached by John Harper Reynolds and Edelmiro Cavazos

Comeaux High School, Louisiana

4th Place – Sammie Armatas George Washington High School, Colorado Coached by Maryrose Kohan, Miles Owens, and Devin Sarno

Coached by Jacob Simon

5th Place – Armaan Rajwany Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida Coached by Jacob Abraham and Chelsea Briggs 6th Place – Gabriella Egozi  NSU University School, Florida Coached by Aly Fiebrantz Awsare, Jacob Bosley, Danny Swerdlow, Kevin Ahern, Jayley Halpern-Drock, and Jenee Cidel 24

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2nd Place – Peyton Poole Coached by Jacob Simon 3rd Place – Kylan Williams Comeaux High School, Louisiana

4th Place – Audrey Schwartz Eagan High School, Minnesota Coached by Maria Ferreira Wagner 5th Place – Sai Vadnerkar Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona Coached by Nick Klemp and Sophia Corridan 6th Place – Ashley Wood Westmoore High School, Oklahoma Coached by Billy J. Elles, Amber L. Justmann, and Cecilia I. Alali

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Coached by John Harper Reynolds and Edelmiro Cavazos 2nd Place – Kama Wyatt and Somtoo Nkurumeh Westmoore High School, Oklahoma Coached by Billy J. Elles, Amber L. Justmann, and Cecilia I. Alali 3rd Place – Charlotte Hughes and Benjamin Trevino Harlingen High School, Texas Coached by Christopher Esparza, Geraldine Rasmussen, and Joel Hinojosa 4th Place – Olivia Dahlberg and Greta Homuth Moorhead High School, Minnesota Coached by Rebecca Meyer-Larson and Abby Dahlberg 5th Place – Finn Larson and Charlie Maki Moorhead High School, Minnesota Coached by Rebecca Meyer-Larson, Laramie Jackson, and Izzie Larson 6th Place – Elias Goss and Elijah Goss Denver East High School, Colorado Coached by Noah Kaplan and Katie Hellrung

Program Oral Interpretation

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

Original Oratory

Expository

presented by Quaker Bakery

presented by the Red Hill Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Auxiliary

presented by Simpson College

Champion – Esther Oyetunji American Heritage Broward HS, Florida

Champion – Amani Al-Hamedi Lincoln Southwest High School, Nebraska

Coached by Ryan Levesque, Joele Denis, and Spencer Orlowski

Coached by Matt Heimes

2nd Place – Abigail Canalejo 

2nd Place – Ariv Gupta

2nd Place – Caitlin Williams 

American Heritage Broward HS, Florida

James Logan High School, California

Everglades High School, Florida

Coached by Joele Denis, Ryan

Coached by Justin Kurup and

Coached by Jason AlFord

Levesque, and Spencer Orlowski

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

Champion – Jarkeylon Ismail Comeaux High School, Louisiana Coached by Jacob Simon

3rd Place – Carly Gelles

3rd Place – Elise Gadson

Scarsdale High School, New York

Prospect High School, Illinois

Coached by Joe Vaughan

Coached by Michael Piccoli and

4th Place – Emily Melville

Heidi Graham

Apple Valley High School, Minnesota

4th Place – Solemei Scamaroni

Coached by Dan Hodges

The Village High School, Texas

5th Place – Oluwadara Adebanjo

Coached by Heather Huffman

3rd Place – Anya Pinto American Heritage Broward High School, Florida Coached by Ryan Levesque, Joele Denis, and Spencer Orlowski 4th Place – Emily Reed Blue Springs High School, Missouri Coached by Lisa Lowman 5th Place – Isabelle Plaisance

Alief Elsik High School, Texas

5th Place – Priestley Ayumba

Coached by Heath Martin and Ashely

Elk River Sr. High School, Minnesota

Freeman

Coached by Allison Harmer

Coached by Christopher Vincent and Lynn Beeson

6th Place – Robyn Boyland

6th Place – Tamyia Bender

6th Place – Gionna Weber

Bellevue West High School, Nebraska

Bellevue West High School, Nebraska

George W. Norris High School, Nebraska

Coached by Becca Hier and Dan

Coached by Becca Hier and Dan

Christie

Christie

Coached by Matt Rosenau and Liz Ogg

Isidore Newman School, Louisiana

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

World Schools Debate Invitational presented by Simpson College

World Schools Debate Top Speakers presented by Simpson College

Robert Shrum Award 1st Place – Siddharth Satish New Jersey Indigo Coached by Indrani Chatterjee

2nd Place – Daniel Hearne Heart Of Texas White Coached by Davy Holmes and John Mast 3rd Place – Janise Chiang Taiwan Red

Champions – West Los Angeles Violet in California Katie Babb, Nadia Chung, Alex Lee, Bodhi Silberling, and Sungjoo Yoon Coached by Brandon Batham

Coached by Chase Williams 4th Place – Brett Banks Heart Of Texas White

2nd Place –Western Ohio Blue

Coached by Davy Holmes and John

Olivia Declercq

Mast

Stephen Frank Bhuvan Meruga

5th Place – Carlos Estimbo

Kunal Ponkshe

Space City Purple, Texas

Nikith Vangala

Coached by Derek Davis

Coached by Bill Prater, Delores Muller, and Marie Wetzel

6th Place – Diego Castillo

Semifinalists – Rocky Mountain-South Violet in Colorado

Space City Violet, Texas

Sophie Azam

Coached by Heath Martin

Caroline Colclasure Jacobo Gracia Ashley Ramos Will Ryan Coached by Maryrose Kohan, Tammie Peters, Adriana Garcia, and Grant Thomas Semifinalists – New Jersey Indigo Raina Batra Justin Black Danielle Davenport Siddharth Satish Vivian Zhu Coached by Mary Gormley, Katie Burke, Lauri Schmid, and Emily Carter 26

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Impromptu

Storytelling

Poetry Reading

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by Simpson College

Champion – Chloe Yang Ridge High School, New Jersey

Champion – Douglas Chaiken Round Rock Christian Academy, Texas

Champion – Sydney Kwasa Millard North High School, Nebraska

Coached by David Yastremski and Natasha Doski

Coached by Cathleen Ferose

Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak

2nd Place – Siri Ural

2nd Place – Chloe Hansen

2nd Place – Isaiah Liggins

San Angelo Central, Texas

Spring Woods High School, Texas

Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts Coached by Marc Rischitelli, Gabriel Hopkins, Craig Powers, and Vivian Powers 3rd Place – Ensara Sejko Downers Grove South High School, Illinois Coached by Tessa Lawler, Sean Liston, and Justin Matkovich

Coached by Coby Evers

3rd Place – Jenny Jiang

3rd Place – Isabella Royer

Sunset High School, Oregon

San Angelo Central, Texas

Coached by Macie Mackey and Reese Johnson

Coached by Coby Evers 4th Place – Emery McEvoy

4th Place – Tyler Crivella

Willard High School, Missouri

Seven Lakes High School, Texas

Coached by Kathy Tobin and Ethan

Coached by Bryce Piotrowski, Calen Cabler, and Lillian Adeyemi

Gambriel

5th Place – John Cooper

5th Place – Andrew Smith

Tuloso Midway High School, Texas

Blue Springs High School, Missouri

Coached by Cassy De La Vina and Lyn Esquivel

Coached by Lisa Lowman

6th Place – Cayden Keltgen

Coached by Victoria Beard

6th Place – Aiden Geiver

Morristown West High School, Tennessee

O’Gorman High School, South Dakota

Coached by Suzanne Terry

Coached by Teresa Fester

4th Place – John McBeth III Thornton Fractional North High School, Illinois Coached by Sade’ May and Shaun Posley 5th Place – Wendy Kanmogne Millard North High School, Nebraska Coached by Sabrina Denney Bull and Jackson Gzehoviak 6th Place – Ava Autrey Truman High School, Missouri Coached by Jeri Willard and Jaggard Williams

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Commentary

Original Spoken Word Poetry

presented by Lafayette College

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men

Champion – Rachel Laws Lincoln East High School, Nebraska

Champion – Jordan Phillips  Aberdeen Central High School, South Dakota

Coached by Nick Herink and Elle Barts

Coached by Kerry Konda

Coached by Jason AlFord

2nd Place – Anna Dewey

2nd Place – Paige Gonzales

2nd Place – Landon Hudson 

Choctaw Sr. High School, Oklahoma

Truman High School, Missouri

Blue Springs High School, Missouri

Coached by Maryjane Burton and

Coached by Jeri Willard

Coached by Lisa Lowman

3rd Place – Scout McMahon

3rd Place – Keana Hokama

Prose Reading

Alyx Sabina 3rd Place – Patrick Blomberg Catholic Memorial School, Massachusetts Coached by Brother Anthony K. Cavet

B ROT H E R R E N É ST E R N E R

Flathead High School, Montana Coached by Sean O’Donnell 4th Place – Chloe Yang

4th Place – James Garcia

Ridge High School, New Jersey

Tuloso Midway High School, Texas

Coached by David Yastremski and

Coached by Cassy De La Vina and

Dan Norris

Lyn Esquivel 5th Place – Almia Valentine

Minarets High School, California Coached by Mikendra McCoy 4th Place – Isabella Royer San Angelo Central, Texas Coached by Coby Evers 5th Place – Myanne Zachary

Spring Woods High School, Texas

Munster High School, Indiana

Coached by Victoria Beard

Coached by Katie Boyle

6th Place – Landon Hudson 

6th Place – Seth Carter

6th Place – Elinor Dow

Blue Springs High School, Missouri

Salina South High School, Kansas

Liberty Sr. High School, Missouri

Coached by Lisa Lowman

Coached by Megan Hagaman

Coached by Mick Turpin

Madison Central High School, Mississippi Coached by Rachel Clapper

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5th Place – Grace Fyfe

Champion – Caitlin Williams  Everglades High School, Florida

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ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

Extemporaneous Debate

Congressional Debate

Expository

presented by Colorado College

presented by the NSDA

presented by Simpson College

Champion – Jordan Schwartz Alliance High School, Ohio

Champion – Giavanna Chopra Oak Ridge High School

Champion – Nitiya Arun Shakopee High School

Coached by Bob Duncan, Chris Kamp, and Robert Duncan

California

Minnesota

2nd Place – Sam Friedman

2nd Place – Justin Zhu

2nd Place – Emma Bottomley

Collegiate School, New York

Plano West Sr High School

University High School

Texas

Illinois

3rd Place – Julia Duan

3rd Place – Jenna Bryant

Coached by Kirsten Nash and Aly Mithani

Plano West Sr. High School

George Washington High School

Texas

Colorado

4th Place – Iris Cheng

4th Place – Nicholas Ostheimer

4th Place – Elizabeth Vassantachart

FAU High School

Cleveland High School

Florida

California

Coached by Callie Ham 3rd Place – Afsaneh Masoumi Hendrickson High School, Texas

Seven Lakes High School, Texas Coached by Bryce Piotrowski, Calen Cabler, and Lillian Adeyemi 5th Place – Noah Abji

5th Place – Isaac Lief

Natick High School, Massachusetts

Pelham Memorial High School

Coached by Sarah Donnelly, Amanda Parker, and Joyce Albert

New York

6th Place – Mariam Khan Ridge High School, New Jersey Coached by David Yastremski and Daniel Norris

6th Place – Prisha Vithalani Jasper High School Texas

5th Place – Kate Parsons George Washington High School Colorado 6th Place – Keerthi Nalabotu Amador Valley High School California

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ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

Prepared Prompt Speaking

Storytelling

Poetry Reading

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by Simpson College

Champion – Kate Bingham Lincoln High School

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Champion – Lauren Garfield Stow-Munroe Falls High School

Champion – Celeste Cruz Rivera Lincoln East High School

Oregon

Ohio

Nebraska

2nd Place – Meghan Chen

2nd Place – Shanik Miedreich

2nd Place – Alysia Moore

Fishers High School

Riverside High School

Petal High School

Indiana

South Carolina

Mississippi

3rd Place – Dana Ko

3rd Place – Michelle Qiao

3rd Place – Milo Eakins

Pine Creek High School

Leland High School

David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy

Colorado

California

Louisiana

4th Place – Kana Park

4th Place – Carlos Rodriguez

4th Place – Delaney Turner

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Dwight D. Eisenhower High School

Downers Grove South High School

California

Illinois

Illinois

5th Place – Elizabeth Vassantachart

5th Place – Hannah Pitney

5th Place – Nico Jenkins

Cleveland High School

Flintridge Preparatory School

Fair Grove High School

California

California

Missouri

6th Place – Amanda Liu

6th Place – Danica Lewis

6th Place – Sam Perry

Valencia High School

Charles M. Russell High School

La Salle College High School

California

Montana

Pennsylvania

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ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

B ROT H E R R E N É ST E R N E R

ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

Prose Reading

Prepared Commentary

Pro Con Challenge

presented by Lafayette College

presented by Bob and Salli Stockton

presented by the International Public Policy Forum

Champion – Emma Bottomley University High School Illinois

Champion – Elizabeth Vassantachart Cleveland High School

Champion – Kate Bingham Lincoln High School Oregon

California

2nd Place – Ava Wells

2nd Place – Amanda Liu

2nd Place – Sofia Moeinvaziri

Canton McKinley High School

Valencia High School

Hillcrest High School

Ohio

California

Utah

3rd Place – Catherine Hewawissa

3rd Place – Grace Wang

3rd Place – Kianna Gray

Downers Grove South High School

Valley Christian High School

Air Academy High School

Illinois 4th Place – Sam Perry La Salle College High School Pennsylvania 5th Place – Summer Sweet Fresta Valley Christian School

California 4th Place – Kate Parsons George Washington High School Colorado 5th Place – Ashvika Singhal Sunset High School Oregon

Virginia

Colorado 4th Place – Amanda Liu Valencia High School California 5th Place – Prisha Vithalani Jasper High School Texas

6th Place – Lauren Velasquez6th Place – Rithika Yalla

Galvez

6th Place – Karishma Santebennur

West High School

Pearl Communications Magnet

Brookfield East High School

California

California

Wisconsin

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

Original Spoken Word Poetry presented by The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men

ONLINE S U P P L E M E N TA L E V E N T S

Extemporaneous Debate presented by Colorado College

Experience #Nats22 through our daily Instagram recaps: www.instagram.com/ speechanddebate

Champion – Michelle Qiao Leland High School

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Champion – Shivani Shrotri Speech and Debate India

California

Mumbai

2nd Place – Sam Deuel

2nd Place – Jasmine Shone

MacArthur High School

Hawken School

Oklahoma

Ohio

3rd Place – Ashvika Singhal

3rd Place – Mark Bishop

Sunset High School

Clear Lake High School

Oregon

Texas

4th Place – Audrey Marcel

4th Place – Tim Toliver

University High School

Hawken School

Washington

Ohio

5th Place – Taycia Linford Perez

5th Place – Kylie Heaton

Cottonwood High School

University High School

Utah

Washington

6th Place – Hope Bowen

5th Place – Ethan Jacobs

McCutcheon High School

Myers Park High School

Indiana

North Carolina

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Congressional Legislation Recognition These students authored the 2022 National Congress Legislation.

William Aepli

Jackson Hole High School, WY

Nathan Marotta

Stow-Munroe Falls High School, OH

Brianna Askew

Kimberly High School, ID

Alexander Nanda

Columbus Academy, OH

Pranav Battu

Clark High School, TX

Isaac Nuttall

Timpanogos High School, UT

Alexander Caldwell

Wimberley High School, TX

James Patrick

Brecksville Broadview Heights High School, OH

Sarayu Cheemalapati

CR North High School, PA

Mary Paydock

Northwest High School - Canal Fulton, OH

Kenneth Chen

East Ridge High School, MN

Roberto Quesada

Brooklyn Technical High School, NY

Iris Cheng

Seven Lakes High School, TX

Mateo Rey

Florida Atlantic University High School, FL

Tyler Crivella

Seven Lakes High School, TX

Alec Sheres

Francis Parker High School, CA

Charlotte Delany

McNeil High School, TX

Tara Subramaniam

Lincoln High School, OR

Evelyn Ding

Jasper High School, TX

Kelly Tanaka

Palo Alto High School, CA

Christopher Gagliardi

Natick High School, MA

Kenith Taukolo

Illinois Math And Science Academy, IL

Kianna Gray

Air Academy High School, CO

Keshav Verma

Scottsdale Preparatory Academy, AZ

Shekhar Gugnani

Fort Scott High School, KS

Angela Vu

Westmoore High School, OK

Lee Hollands

Sedro Woolley High School, WA

Brooke Watley

Canon City High School, CO

Alexander Ilacqua

The Village School, TX

Daniel Wolff

Pocatello High School, ID

Katherine Langford

Avon High School, IN

Rosa Wu

American Heritage School - Broward, FL

Jakob Zertuche

Jack C. Hays High School, TX

Santiago Malpica Calleja Vista Ridge High School, TX

NEW IN 2022! All high school and middle school NSDA member students were invited to submit legislation to be considered for the 2022 National Tournament docket.

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

President’s Bowls

presented by Mr. and Mrs. Donus and Lovila Roberts

Awarded to 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

Nimi Nair Notre Dame San Jose, CA

Peter Alisky Smoky Hill High School, CO

McKinley Paltzik Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Esther Oyetunji American Heritage Broward HS, FL

Coached by Bob Ickes, Divya Nair,

Coached by Tom Tafoya, Carrie Faust, Joe Colacioppo, and Jessica Prinsen

Coached by Nick Klemp

Coached by Ryan Levesque, Joele Denis, and Spencer Orlowski

and Mariel Cruz

Interp Bowls Awarded to 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 Duo Interp

Abigail Canalejo American Heritage Broward HS, FL

Mfaz Mohamed Ali Apple Valley High School, MN

Logan Green Hattiesburg High School, MS

Coached by Joele Denis, Ryan Levesque, and Spencer Orlowski

Coached by Dan Hodges

Coached by Scott Waldrop and Reginald Chapman

Christopher Heiskell and Adrianna Rodriguez Harlingen High School South, TX

2021–2022 USA Debate Team

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Coached by John Harper Reynolds and Edelmiro Cavazos

(left to right) Jane Grey Battle of Mountain Brook High School, AL; Kate Drum of Polytechnic School, CA; Hannah Heeger of Millennium High School, NY; Cameron Kettles of Greenhill School, TX; Jennifer Lin of Richard Montgomery High School, MD; Vinayak Menon of Lambert High School, GA; Ashley Shan of Greenhill School, TX; Victor Tong of Phillips Academy, MA; Miles Wang of Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL; Abbey Xu of St. Paul’s School, NH

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

Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Coached by DeeDee Sullivan Students: Akilan Dorairaj, Aswin Surya, Veer Juneja, and Varun Vemulapalli

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

James Logan High School California

Coached by Jesse David Garrett and Justin Kurup

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

Jesse David Garrett Bruno E. Jacob Commendation

Presented to any coach of record who has coached more than 50% of the points at the time of winning the Bruno E. Jacob Trophy

Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr.

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

Washburn Rural High School Kansas

Coached by Tim Ellis and Sean Duff

Ted W. Belch Award

Presented to the advisor of the champion Policy Debate Team

Tim Ellis

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Congressional Debate

World Schools Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

2022 Online Middle School National Tournament The 2022 Online Middle School National Tournament, presented by Summit Debate, was held online June 7-9. Live debate, live speech, and asynchronous speech events were held. All middle school NSDA members were welcomed to the open tournament to compete for a chance to be named a middle school national champion!

Champion – Celine Chang Sierra Vista Middle California

Champions – Sophia Gong Isabella Huang Chaewon Joung Haesol Park China

2nd – Nina Bhattacharjee

2nd –

Shattuck Middle School

Sophie Chiu

Wisconsin

Eunice Ho

3rd – Aadi Bhensdadia Pine View School Florida

Eliana Ko Nethika Rajapakse Bo-Ning Wangi International Bilingual School of South

4th – Uzair Jinnah

Tainan

The Village Middle School

Taiwan

Texas 5th – Sijin Qu

Semifinalists – Keyri Beltran

Suzanne Middle School

Gabriela Carrillo

California

Alejandra De Los Reyes

6th – Austin Koepke Trinity Preparatory Middle

Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School

School

Texas

Florida

Semifinalists – Nathan Armstrong

MIDDLE SCHOOL NATIONALS YOUTUBE PLAYLIST tinyurl.com/43xyhknh

Dylan Cox

Final Round Top Presiding Officer – Asher Licata A. D. Henderson University Middle School Florida

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Chase Gwynne Adam Stanisor Cabot Junior High South Arkansas

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Public Forum Debate

Pro Con Challenge

MIDDLE SCHOOL

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Declamation

Co-Champion – Nicole Blanco The Village Middle School Texas

Champion – Ananya Pradhan The Harker Middle School

Champions – Sarina Virmani and Helena Zhai Nysmith School

Champion – Emily Bleker Parks Junior High

California

Virginia

California

2nd – Will Nichols

2nd – Ava Cai and

2nd – Anya Rong

Alice Deal Middle School Washington, D.C. Semifinalist – Nikhil Daniel Trinity Preparatory Middle School

Joseph Tsang Redwood Middle School California Semifinalists – Kaitlyn Lavichant and Emma Xu Flintridge Preparatory School

Florida Semifinalist – Zoe Becker Alice Deal Middle School Washington, D.C.

California Semifinalists – Richard Shan and

Quimby Oak Middle School California

Co-Champion – Saketh Madhusudhan Oak Middle School Massachusetts

3rd – Wayne Lu The King’s Academy Middle

3rd – Shruthi Nagulapalli

School

Chaboya Middle School

California

California

4th Place (tie) – Sreekarthikeya Kankanala Chaboya Middle School

4th – Pranya Nagpal Chaboya Middle School California

California

5th – Madison Royalty

4th Place (tie) –

John F. Kennedy Catholic

Veda Bharath

School

Nicholas Reid Willett

Quimby Oak Middle School

Charlotte Latin Middle School

California

North Carolina

6th – Sophia Gentile Robert C. Fisler Middle School California

Ohio 6th – Luna Bouhairi Jeffrey Trail Middle School California

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Impromptu Speaking

Original Oratory

Original Spoken Word Poetry

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Champion – Anuraa Venkat Lake Middle School

Champion – Pavitra Kasthuri The Harker Middle School

Champion – Luna Bouhairi Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Champion – Nicole Blanco The Village Middle School

Minnesota

California

California

Texas

2nd – Evan Wang

2nd – Ahaana Baheti

2nd – Audrey Ma

2nd – Sophia Gentile

Bowditch Middle School

Chaboya Middle School

Polytechnic School

Robert C. Fisler Middle School

California

California

California

California

3rd – Krishna Mano

3rd – Kaitlyn Horng

3rd – Yena Oh

Valley Christian Junior High

3rd – Tristan Mai

Parks Junior High

Grand Rapids City Middle Michigan 4th – Wayne Lu The King’s Academy Middle School California

4th – Samuel Ma The King’s Academy Middle School California 5th – Aaryan Wadwekar

5th – Angel Song

Phoenix Country Day School

Walter Reed Middle

Arizona

California

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California

6th – Bowen Duan

California 4th – Emma Andrews Beresford Middle School South Dakota

The Village Middle School Texas 4th – Samya Arora Chaboya Middle School California

5th – Sohan Bhakta Saint Mary’s Hall Middle

5th – Pranya Nagpal

School

Chaboya Middle School

Texas

California

6th – Rishi Raichur

The King’s Academy Middle

6th – Anya Rong

6th – Anoushka Vijay

Lake Middle School

School

Quimby Oak Middle School

Chaboya Middle School

Minnesota

California

California

California

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Dramatic Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Champion – Helen Fang Kraemer Middle School

Champions – Vaani Gupta and Aierkana Ainiwaer The Village Middle School

Champion – Catalina Cabello-Corona Vela Middle School

California

Texas 2nd – Nicole Blanco

Hindman Elementary School

The Village Middle School

3rd – Amal Israilova American Heritage Broward Middle School Florida

Texas 3rd – Shruthi Nagulapalli Chaboya Middle School California

4th – Arya Ajith

4th – Ella Kim

Episcopal School of Dallas

Robert C. Fisler Middle School

Texas

California

5th – Bianca Rios

5th – Quincy Bailey

Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences Texas 6th – Bella Reif Brandon Valley Middle School South Dakota

California

Texas

2nd – Emily Blackburn

Kentucky

Champion – Anna Feng Legacy Magnet Academy

South Range Middle School Ohio 6th – Aimee Rivera Parks Junior High California

2nd – Azaria Castillo and Marlee Garza Vela Middle School Texas 3rd – Roger Shen and Jaidan Doshi The Village Middle School Texas 4th – Mia Hartley and Emaline Van Duyne Lincoln Junior High School Indiana 5th – Aida Higginbotham and Lauren Barnette Cabot Junior High South Arkansas 6th – Jessica Luo and Emma Kay The Village Middle School Texas

2nd – Piya Gaonkar Chaboya Middle School California 3rd – McKenna Monger Orono Middle School Minnesota 4th – Mahathi Prabhu Parks Junior High California 5th – Isai Alamilla Advanced Learning Academy California 6th – Samya Arora Chaboya Middle School California

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2022 HONORS & AWARDS

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Poetry Interpretation

Prose Interpretation

Informative Speaking

MIDDLE SCHOOL

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presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

presented by Summit Debate

Storytelling

Co-Champion – Nicole Blanco The Village Middle School Texas

Champion – Marlee Garza Vela Middle School

Champion – Jade Capella American Heritage Broward Middle School

Texas 2nd – Samya Arora Chaboya Middle School California 3rd – George Matthew Gutierrez Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences Texas

Texas 3rd (tie) – Churchill Tatton Alice Deal Middle School Washington, D.C.

Florida

Minnesota

2nd – Chloe Durandis

2nd – Erika Chen

American Heritage Broward

Chaparral Middle

Middle School

California

Florida 3rd – Isai Alamilla Advanced Learning Academy

3rd – Yash Vallecha The Pike School Massachusetts

California 4th – Emma Andrews

3rd (tie) – Hannah Oh

4th – Sritha Gaddam

Parks Junior High

Shakopee Junior High East

California

Minnesota

5th – Pranya Nagpal

5th – Natalie Hong

5th – Jennifer Wu

Chaboya Middle School

Parks Junior High

Mesa Robles School

California

California

California

6th – Ava Salgado

6th – Lilyanna Hoffman

6th – Emerson Forester

6th – Jane Kwak

Vela Middle School

Ladera Vista Junior High

Westridge School

Parks Junior High

Texas

California

California

California

4th – Annette Lee Parks Junior High California

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Champion – Maya Haugen Orono Middle School

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Beresford Middle School South Dakota 5th – Lauren Reilly Cabot Junior High North Arkansas

Diamond Coach Awards

Sixth Diamond

Sixth Diamond

Seventh Diamond

Eighth Diamond

Gay Janis Gilmour Academy Ohio

Chuck Nicholas Bob Jones Academy South Carolina

Jay Stubbs Bellaire High School Texas

Pam Wycoff Apple Valley High School Minnesota

Sixth Diamond Coaches

Seventh Diamond Coaches

Eighth Diamond Coaches

Joni Anker

Eagan High School, MN

Timothy Averill Waring School, MA

Gay Brasher

Leland High School, CA

James Rye

The Montgomery Academy, AL

Cynthia Burgett Washburn Rural HS, KS

Steven Wood

Camdenton High School, MO

Milestone School Attendance Awards 50 Years at Nationals Manhattan High School

Kansas

Louisville Senior High School

Ohio

Regis High School

New York

Memorial High School

Texas

2022 Tournament Officials Tournament Steering Committee

National Tournament Event Chairs

Chair – Rachel Page

Jonathan Alston

Matt Good

Alma Nicholson

Katy Cecil

Kimberly Bayan-Berlat

Shuntá Jordan

Michael Patterson

Neomia Hagans Flores

Kevin Berlat

Kim Lenger

Steve Meadows

Bill Brown

Greg Malis

Michael Robinson

Jamelle Brown

Chris McDonald

Woody Zorn

Hanh Do

Steve Meadows

Jeff Stutzman

Amy Zuccaro

Sarah Donnelly

Gail Nicholas

Tony Ugalde

Marc Rischitelli Julie Roos

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Honors and Awards

Frank Sferra Director’s Commendation

Brother René Sterner Lifetime Service Award

Jesse Meyer New York City Urban Debate League New York

K.M. DiColandrea Achievement First Brooklyn High School New York

Pelham Commendation Sandra Berkowitz Minnesota

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Pam Cady Wycoff Apple Valley High School Minnesota

Chuck Nicholas Bob Jones Academy South Carolina

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James M. Copeland Coach of the Year

Middle School Coach of the Year

High School New Coach of the Year

J. Patrick Moss Chase High School and East Rutherford High School North Carolina

Elizabeth Wood-Weas Mountain Brook Junior High Alabama

Emily Crawford Katy High School Texas

High School Assistant Coach of the Year

High School Administrator of the Year

Middle School Administrator of the Year

Jesse Nguyen Lincoln East High School Nebraska

Leonidas Patterson Dallas Independent School District Texas

Kenneth Zapata IS 75 Frank D. Paulo New York

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

2022 Schools of Outstanding Distinction American Heritage Broward High School, Florida Apple Valley High School, Minnesota Bellarmine College Preparatory, California Eagan High School, Minnesota George Washington High School, Colorado

James Logan High School, California Plano West Sr. High School, Texas Seven Lakes High School, Texas Solon High School, Ohio Westmoore High School, Oklahoma

Schools of Excellence in Debate

Schools of Excellence in Speech

American Heritage Palm Beach HS, FL

Norman North High School, OK

Archbishop Mitty High School, CA

Moorhead High School, MN

Bozeman High School, MT

NSU University School, FL

Bellevue West High School, NE

Munster High School, IN

Brentwood High School, TN

Olathe East High School, KS

Comeaux High School, LA

O’Gorman High School, SD

Chagrin Falls High School, OH

Ransom Everglades, FL

Denver East High School, CO

Phoenix Country Day School, AZ

Durham Academy, NC

Ridge High School, NJ

Eastview High School, MN

Saint Mary’s Hall, TX

Edina High School, MN

Rigby High School, ID

Gabrielino High School, CA

Santa Ana High School, CA

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Shady Side Academy, PA

Harlingen High School, TX

Summit High School, NJ

Hawken School, OH

Southlake Carroll High School, TX

Harlingen High School South, TX

Trinity Preparatory School, FL

Jackson High School, OH

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, TX

Lincoln East High School, NE

Western High School, FL

Leland High School, CA

Truman High School, MO

Millard North High School, NE

Woodbury High School, MN

Lovejoy High School, TX

Washburn Rural High School, KS

Schools of Honor in Debate

Schools of Honor in Speech

Advanced Technologies, NV

Minnetonka High School, MN

Alief Elsik High School, TX

NSU University School, FL

Arizona College Prep, AZ

Monte Vista High School, CA

AZ College Prep, AZ

Oak Grove High School, MS

Blue Valley North High Schoo, KS

Neenah High School, WI

BASIS Peoria High School, AZ

Perry High School, OH

Calvert Hall College High School, MD

Shawnee Mission South High School, KS

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, OK

Prospect High School, IL

Cardinal Gibbons High School, FL

Taipei American School, Taiwan

Bozeman High School, MT

Scarsdale High School, NY

Central High School Springfield, MO

Tempe Preparatory Academy, AZ

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Shrewsbury High School, MA

Desert Vista High School, AZ

The Harker School, CA

Grapevine High School, TX

Stillwater Area High School, MN

Dulles High School, TX

Vancouver Debate Academy, Canada

Hoover High School, OH

Stoneman Douglas High School, FL

Eagle Valley High School, CO

W. B. Ray High School, TX

Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL

The Village High School, TX

East Ridge High School, MN

Lakeville North High School, MN

Tulsa Washington High School, OK

Fairview High School, CO

Lincoln Southwest High School, NE

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, D.C. Quimby Oak Middle School, California The Village Middle School, Texas

Schools of Excellence in Debate

Schools of Excellence in Speech

China Middle, China

Nysmith School, VA

American Heritage Broward MS, FL

Parks Junior High, CA

Flintridge Preparatory School, CA

Trinity Preparatory Middle School, FL

Chaboya Middle School, CA

Shakopee Junior High East, MN

Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, TX

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