POLICY DEBATE
CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
1972: Marquette University High School - Jeff Clark & Mark Foley; Marquette University High School - Mark Miner & David Dries
1973: Hillsboro - Mary Thomson & Kather Zickert; Upper Arlington - Peter Koeniz & Doug Dougherty
1974: Walter Panas - Denise Gilbert & Larry Falkin; Wilkinsburg - John Tumazos & David Snowball
1975: Cardinal Spellman - Leo Gagion & John Bredehoft; Lakeland - Amy Davidoff & Virginia Raymond
1976: Cardinal Spellman - Leo Gagion & John Bredehoft; Soquel - Ron Aitken & Jeff Lorenzen
1977: Lake Forest (IL) - Karen Albrecht & Hugh Abrams; Robinson - Michael Laurence & Shelly Coleman
1978: Walter Panas - Donna Gilbert & Patrick O'Neill; Bronx High School of Science (NY) - Eric Raps & Matthew Mandell
1979: Bronx High School of Science (NY) - Andrew Berman & Herschel Goldfield; Marquette University High School - Jim Boehner & John Barrett
1980: Glenbrook North (IL) - Jeff Wagner & Brad Malis; Bronx High School of Science (NY) - Stuart Weich & Andrew Berman
1981: Glenbrook South (IL) - Jeffrey Wortman & Mark Koulogeorge; Firestone - Alan Gerber & Steve Dist
1982: Oak Park & River Forest (IL) - Todd Martin & Eric Brackett; Glenbrook North (IL) - Peter Braverman & Ken Karas
1983: Oak Park & River Forest (IL) - Macklin Trimnell & C.V. Doherty ;Creighton Prep - Wally Mullin & Don Erftmier, Jr.
1984: Lake Braddock - Shaun Martin & Mike Green; New Trier (IL) - Laura Michaelis & Moria McDermott
1985: Lake Braddock - Joe Pettit & Mike Green; Marquette University High School - Ed Lynch & Kevin Roe
1986: Albany - Peter Gross & Andrew Schrank; Bishop Guertin (NH) - Pete Klamka & Tim Pramas
1987: Manchester - Sarah Gannett & Zach Leber; Stuyvesant (NY) - Hanna Rosin & David Coleman
1988: Downers Grove South (IL) - Karrie Schwartz & Bill Fick; Albuquerque Academy (NM) - Chris Harris & Kevin Kuswa
1989: St. Mark's School of Texas (TX) - Steven Sklaver & Jack Stroube; Richmond Kennedy - Colin Kahl & Todd Cort
1990: Oak Park & River Forest (IL) - Eric Truett & Brian Ruder; Harvard School - Ara Lovitt & Ahilan Arulanantham
1991: Omaha Westside (NE) - Paul Skiermont & Jason Patil; Georgetown Day School (DC) - Dan Nexon & Rebecca Tushnet
1992: Edgemont (NY) - Jason Feldman & Derek Schaffer; Albuquerque Academy (NM) - Jeremy Pena & Mark Kutny
1993: Isidore Newman School (LA) - Ben Norwood & Taavi Reiss; Brookfield Central (WI) - David Frank & Joshua Heling
1994: Lexington (MA) - Li-Cheng Wang & Steve Lehotsky; Edgemont (NY) - Sanket Bulsara & Chris Lennon
1995: Niles West (IL) - Armands Revelins & George Kouros; Lexington (MA) - Steve Lehotsky & Matt Nichols
1996: Glenbrook North (IL) - Larry Heftman & Adam Hurder; Katy-Taylor (TX)- Jeff McNabb & Kim Sikora
1997: Caddo Magnet (LA) - Andy Ryan & Kamal Ghali; Greenhill (TX) - Josh Goldberg & Rashad Hussain
1998: Glenbrook South (IL) - Adam Goldstein & Todd Fine; Greenhill (TX) - Caitlin Talmadge & Andrew Bradt
1999: Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) - Raja Gaddipati/Robbie Quinn; Lexington (MA) - Josh Lynn & Yoni Cohen
2000: Greenhill School (TX) - Asher Haig/Jordan Pietzsch; Centerville (OH) - Caleb Liang & Henry Liu
2001: Glenbrook North (IL) - Michael Klinger/Stacey Nathan; Woodward Academy (GA) - Avery Dale and Peter Miller
2002: Pace Academy (GA) - Bob Allen/Brian Smith; St. Mark's School of Texas (TX) Josh Branson/Michael Martin
2003: The College Preparatory School (CA) - Michael Burshteyn/Eli Anders; Greenhill School (TX) - Maggie Ahn & Saad Hussain
2004: Glenbrook North (IL) - Jake Ziering/Michael Rosecrans; College Preparatory School (CA) - Michael Burshteyn/Eli Anders
2005: The Westminster Schools (GA) - Anusha Deshpande/Stephen Weil; Chattahoochee (GA) - Garrett Abelkop/John Warden
2006: Greenhill School (TX) - Mathew Andrews/Stephen Polley; Glenbrook South (IL) - Abe Corrigan/Mima Lazarevic
2007: Glenbrook North (IL) - Matt Fisher/Stephanie Spies; The Westminster Schools (GA) - Stephen Weil/Sanjena Anshu Sathian
2008: Greenhill School (TX) - Nicholas Rogan and Olivia Rogan; Colleyville Heritage(TX) - James Hamraie and Evan Defillipis
2009: The Westminster Schools (GA) - Sanjena Anshu Sathian/Rajesh Jegadeesh; Bellarmine College Prep (CA) - Will Rafey/Sagar Vijay
2010: The Westminster Schools (GA) - Ellis Allen/Daniel Taylor; St. Mark's School of Texas (TX) - Alex Miles/Rishee Batra
2011: The Westminster Schools (GA) - Ellis Allen/Daniel Taylor; Lexington (MA) - Arjun Vellayappan/Tyler Engler
2012: Iowa City West High School (IA) - Jeffrey Ding/Liam Hancock; Glenbrook North (IL) - Rachel Boroditsky/Nathaniel Sawyer
2013: C. K. McClatchy High School (CA) - John Spurlock/Keenan Harris; Glenbrook North (IL) - Natalie Knez/Nathaniel Sawyer
2014: Centennial High School (MD) - Gabriel Koo/Michael Koo; Polytechnic High School (CA) - Julia Alison/Les Asimow
2015: The Westminster Schools (GA) - Saul Forman/Naman Gupta; Baltimore City College (MD) - Peymaan Motevalli/Joseph Gaylin
2016: Highland Park (MN) - Dan Bannister/Ian Dill; Little Rock Central (AR) - Payton Woods/Darrin Williams
2017: McDonogh (MD) - Ryan James/Nishad Neelakandan; Peninsula (CA) - Raam Tambe/Jerry Wang
2018: Monta Vista (CA) - Rafael Pierry/Dhruv Sudesh; Blue Valley Southwest (KS) - Danish Khan/Stephen Lowe
2019: North Broward Prep (FL) - Nicholas Mancini/Giorgio Rabbini; Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) - Aden Barton/Julian Habermann
2020: Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) - Aden Barton/Sam Meachem; Whitney Young Magnet (IL) - Jeremy Margolin/Henry Mitchell
POLICY DEBATE
TOP SPEAKERS
1972: Marquette University High School - Jeff Clark, Mark Foley
1973: Hillsboro - Mary Thompson
1974: Woodson - Dave Ottoson
1975: Cardinal Spellman - John Bredehoft
1976: Soquel - Jeff Lorenzen
1977: Lakeland - Patrick Finegan
1978: Soquel - Sandra Seville-Jones
1979: Bronx High School of Science- Herschel Goldfield
1980: University of Detroit - Kevin O'Shea
1981: Maine East - Lenny Gail
1982: Bronx Science - Erik Jaffe
1983: Montgomery Bell Academy - Lyn Robbins
1984: Bronx High School of Science- Stuart Rabin
1985: Lake Braddock - Mike Green
1986: Lexington - Jonathan Bines
1987: Churchill - Michael Tomz
1988: Bronx High School of Science - Noah Millman
1989: Detroit Catholic Central - Omar Guevara
1990: The Kinkaid School - Jon Brody
1991: Jefferson Science - Stephen Andrews
1992: Pace Academy - Sinan Aral
1993: Brookfield Central - Joshua Heling
1994: Martin Luther King - Dan Fitzmier
1995: Lexington - Steve Lehotsky
1996: Greenhill - Dustin Marshall
1997: Grapevine - David Harkin
1998: East Grand Rapids - Geoff Lundeen
1999: Head Royce - Jake Foster
2000: Pace Academy - Ben Thorpe
2001: St. Thomas Academy - Scott Phillips
2002: Glenbrook North - Reuben Schy
2003: Colleyville Heritage - Justin Murray
2004: Colleyville Heritage - Jason Murray
2005: Montgomery Bell Academy - Tripp
Rebrovick
2006: Glenbrook North - Matt Fisher
2007: The Westminster Schools- Stephen Weil
2008: Stratford Academy - William Karlson
2009: New Trier High School - Ross Gordon
2010: Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart - Anna Dimitrijevic
2011: The Beacon School - Damiyr Davis
2012: Woodward Academy - Jason Sigalos
2013: C. K. McClatchy High School - John Spurlock
2014: University Prep Academy - Rayvon Dean
2015: The Westminster Schools - Saul Forman
2016: Little Rock Central - Payton Woods
2017: Peninsula - Raam Tambe
2018: Blue Valley Southwest - Stephen Lowe
2019: North Broward Prep - Giorgio Rabbini
2020: Montgomery Bell Academy - Aden Barton
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
1986: Hee-Sun Hong - The Bronx High School of Science (NY) ; Greg Hewett - Jenks High School (OK)
1987: Scott Tucker - Twin Lakes High School (FL) ; Craig Tinsky - Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
1988: Jonathan Koppell and Peter Colavito - The Bronx High School of Science (NY) - Close-out
1989: David Kennedy - Regis High School (NY) ; Amy Forsee - Homewood High School
1990: Chris Kellner - Tampa Jesuit High School (FL) ; Arthur Chu - Albuquerque Academy (NM)
1991: Jeff Marcus - Miami Palmetto High School (FL) ; Bill Harrington - Regis High School (NY)
1992: Michael Erickson - La Cueva High School (NM) ; Jason Baldwin - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1993: Jason Baldwin - Vestavia Hills High School (AL) ; Carlos Gonzales - Christopher Columbus High School (FL)
1994: Ann Miura - Palo Alto High School (CA) ; Claire Carman - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1995: Greg Goldfarb - Miami Palmetto High School (FL) ; Tyrenda Williams - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1996: Courtney Balentine - Valley High School (IA) ; David Singh - Apple Valley High School (MN)
1997: Hetal Doshi - Vestavia Hills High School (AL) ; Brian Fletcher - Valley High School (IA)
1998: Ari Simon - Valley High School (IA); Anna Manasco - St. James School (AL)
1999: Tom Zimpleman - Valley High School (IA); Ben Davidson - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
2000: Seamus Donovan - Edmond North High School (OK); James Scott - Katy High School (TX)
2001: Tom Pryor - Hopkins High School (MN); Tommy Clancy - Westwood High School (TX)
2002: Jenn Larson - Millard West High School (NE); Kelsey Olson - Apple Valley High School (MN)
2003: Andrew Garvin - Mission San Jose High School (CA); Tom Evnen - Lincoln Southeast High School (NE)
2004: John McNeil - Edina High School (MN); Tim Hogan - Apple Valley High School (MN)
2005: David Wolfish - Greenhill School (TX); Hirsh Jain - Mission San Jose (CA)
2006: Stephen Hess - Mountain View High School (CA); David Weeks, Highland Park High School (TX)
2007: Patrick Diehl - Lynbrook High School (CA); David McGough - Greenhill School (TX)
2008: Chris Theis - Apple Valley High School (MN); Becca Traber - Kinkaid HS (TX)
2009: Chris Theis - Apple Valley High School (MN); Daniel Moerner, Mountain View / Los Altos (CA)
2010: Catherine Tarsney - St. Louis Park High School (MN); Ross Brown, Valley High School (IA)
2011: Larry Liu and Jeffrey Liu - Indian Springs School (AL) - Close-out
2012: Noah Star - Lexington High School (MA); Bob Overing - Loyola High School (Los Angeles) (CA)
2013: Rebecca Kuang - Greenhill School (TX); Richard Shmikler - Saint Louis Park High School (MN)
2014: Danny DeBois - Harrison High School (NY); Chris Kymn - Loyola High School (CA)
2015: Pranav Reddy - The Harker School (CA); David Branse - University School (FL)
2016: Nick Steele - Harvard-Westlake (CA); Felix Tan - Clements (CA)
2017: Parker Whitfill - Phoenix Country Day (AZ); Nina Potischman - Hunter College (NY)
2018: Brian Zhou - Greenhill (TX); Rex Evans - Santa Monica (CA)
2019: Ishan Bhatt - St. Andrew's Episcopal (MS); Jaya Nayar - Harvard Westlake (CA)
2020: Evan Li - Lexington (MA); Animesh Joshi - West Des Moines Valley (IA)
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
TOP SPEAKERS
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1992: Josh Sheptow - South Plantation High School (FL)
1993: Jason Baldwin - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1995: Jonathan Carr - Saint James School (AL)
1996: Jonathan Carr - Saint James School (AL)
1997: Hetal Doshi - Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
1998: Alex Gomez - Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
1999: Tom Zimpleman - Valley High School (IA)
2000: Noah Grabowitz - Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
2001: Tom Pryor - Hopkins High School (MN)
2002: Josh Anderson - Sehome High School (WA)
2003: Satyan Gajwani - Miami Palmetto High School (FL)
2004: Eric Palmer - Howland High School (OH)
2005: David Wolfish - Greenhill School (TX)
2006: Jacob Levi - Berkeley Carroll (NY)
2007: Patrick Diehl - Lynbrook High School (CA)
2008: Daniel Moerner - Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California) (CA)
2009: Jake Nebel - Trinity Preparatory School (FL)
2010: Pat Donovan - Glenbrook North High School (IL)
2011: Dylan Scher - Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
2012: Jacob Pritt - New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA)
2013: Michael Harris - Marcus High School (TX)
2014: Ram Prasad - La Jolla High School (CA)
2015: Christian Quiroz - Newark Science (NJ)
2016: Jake Wareham - Oakwood (CA)
2017: Nina Potischman - Hunter College (NY)
2018: Ryan Hemnarine - University (NJ)
2019: Ishan Bhatt - St. Andrew's Episcopal (MS)
2020: Zion Dixon - Strake Jesuit (TX)
CONGRESSIONALDEBATE
CHAMPIONS
2002: Kristen Soltis - Cypress Creek (FL)
2003: Josh Swartsel - Lake Highland Prep (FL)
2004: Matt Turetzky - Nova High School (FL)
2005: Matt Cynamon - Nova High School (FL)
2006: Cameron Secord - Brookwood High School (GA)
2007: Michael Educate - Lake Forest High School (IL)
2008: Ben Berkman - Nova High School (FL)
2009: Joseph Perretta - Christopher Columbus High School (FL)
2010: Alex Smyk - Ridge High School (NJ)
2011: Rylan Schaeffer - Mountain View High School (CA)
2012: Gregory Bernstein - Nova High School (FL)
2013: Gregory Bernstein - Nova High School (FL))
2014: Will Mascaro - Hawken School (OH)
2015: Azhar Hussain - Southlake Carroll (TX)
2016: Katherine Kleinle - Ridge (NJ)
2017: Mohammad Naeem - Western (FL)
2018: Nicholas DeVito - Poly Prep (NY)
2019: Ranen Miao - Millburn (NJ)
2020: Rohit Jhawar - John F. Kennedy (NY)
GOLD PUBLIC FORUMDEBATE
CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
2004: Jay M. Robinson HS (NC) - Erin Lopez/Jordan Myers; Nova HS (FL) - Alexandra Wall/Natalia Rigol
2005: Albuquerque Academy (NM) - Hollie Putnam/Heather Campbell; Torrey Pines (CA) - Eric Carino/Ian Hampton
2006: Manchester-Essex (MA) - James Pates/Dan Cellucci; Manchester-Essex (MA) - Ross Cowman/Ryan Swanzey (Co-Champions)
2007: Lexington (MA) - Chrissy Kugel/Garth Goldwater; Durham Academy (NC) - Patrick Toomey/Katherine Buse
2008: North Allegheny (PA) - Naz El-Khatib/Claire Kairys; The Collegiate School (NY) - Charles Giardina/Jonathan Yip
2009: Harker School (CA) - Kelsey Hilbrich/Kaavya Gowda; Walt Whitman High School (MD) - Alex Edelman/Aaron Schifrin
2010: George Washington High School (CO) - Gabe Rusk/Brendan Patrick; Ridge High School (NJ) - Brian Moore/Tejus Pradeep
2011: The Harker School (CA) - Aakash Jagadeesh/Frederic Enea ; Lake Highland Preparatory School (FL) - Grant Sinnot/Jake Bayer
2012: Florida University School (FL) - Dalton Feeley/Daniel Rego ; Walt Whitman High School (MD) - Fionn Adamian/Ben Zimmermann
2013: Pine View School (FL) - Arjun Byju/Mark Allseits ; Ransom Everglades School (FL) - Jacob Stern/ Megan Mers
2014: Walt Whitman High School (MD) - Fionn Adamian/Ben Zimmermann; Walt Whitman High School (MD) - Samuel Arnesen/William Arnesen
2015: Walt Whitman High School (MD) - Samuel Arnesen/William Arnesen; Ridge High School (NJ) - Tim O'Shea/Oliver Tang
2016: Pine View School (FL) - Aravind Byju/Sho Szczepaniuk; Mission San Jose (CA) - Max Wu/Keshav Kundassery
2017: the Nueva School (CA) - Jake Mengarelli/Matthew Salah; the Blake School (MN) - Ellie Grossman/Connor Yu
2018: Newton South (MA) - Jay Garg/Anika Sridhar; Walt Whitman (MD) - Elisa McCartin/Rabhya Mehrotra
2019: The Blake School (MN) - Thomas Gill/Jack Johnson; Lincoln-Sudbury (MA) - Daniel Cigale/Sandeep Shankar
2020: The Blake School (MN) - Jack Johnson/Morgan Swigert; Westlake (TX) - Miles Dintzner/Jason Luo
GOLD PUBLIC FORUMDEBATE
TOP SPEAKERS
2010: Zaki Aizaz - Desert Vista High School (AZ)
2011: David Walchak - New Trier High School (IL)
2012: Ethan Goldstein - American Heritage High School (FL)
2013: Mark Allseits - Pine View High School (FL)
2014: Justin Katz - Durham (NC)
2015: Tim O'Shea - Ridge (NJ)
2016: Nathan Witkin - Walt Whitman (MD)
2017: Matthew Salah - the Nueva School (CA)
2018: Genevieve Wade - Evanston Township (IL)
2019: Caden Day - Strake Jesuit (TX)
2020: Miles Dintzner - Westlake (TX)
SILVER PUBLIC FORUMDEBATE
CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
2016: Durham Academy (NC) - Eilene Yang/Loften Deprez; St. Michael's (Dominican Republic) - Eduardo Fernandez/Maria Tejon
2017: Millard North (NE) - Oliver Niu/Zach Shelton; Fairmont Prep (CA) - Matthew Ong/Jake Palmer
2018: Trinity Prep (FL) - Alexis Huang/Katie Rohrbaugh; Northwest Career and Technical Academy (NV) - Jonah Goldman/Brock Moody
2019: Strake Jesuit (TX) - Ethan Philippe Dupre/Neo Curry; Lincoln HS (NE) - Luke Moberly/Madeline Walker
2020: Livingston (NJ) - Rahul Shah/Matthew Zhang; Foothill (CA) - Shreyas Swaminathan/Michael Zhu
SILVER PUBLIC FORUMDEBATE
TOP SPEAKERS
2016: American Speaker - Ryley Hartwig from American Heritage Plantation (FL); International Speaker - Kavya Nayak from Taipei American (Taiwan).
2017: Preston Johnston - Ravenwood High School (TN)
2018: Max Shenkman - Potomac School (VA)
2019: Sam Jones - Newton South (MA)
2020: Kailey Zhao - Westfield (NJ)
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
CHAMPIONS
2013: Lillian Nellans - Des Moines Roosevelt (IA)
2014: Miles Saffran - Trinity Prep (FL)
2015: Brian Anderson - LaRue County (KY)
2016: Justin Graham - Trinity Prep (FL)
2017: Jacob Thompson - Theodore Roosevelt (IA)
2018: Nikhil Ramaswamy - Plano West Senior (TX)
2019: Katherine Rollins - Potomac School (VA)
2020: Katherine Rollins - Potomac School (VA)
ORIGINAL ORATORY
CHAMPIONS
2013: Nader Helmy - Apple Valley (MN)
2014: Stephanie Bernstein - Nova (FL)
2015: Lane Hedrick - Rowan County (KY)
2016: Eve Moll - St Thomas Aquinas (FL)
2017: JJ Kapur - West Des Moines Valley (IA)
2018: Noemi Rivera - Royse City (TX)
2019: Avi Gulati - Harker School (CA)
2020: Katherine Rollins - Potomac School (VA)VA)
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
CHAMPIONS
2015: Kella Merlain-Moffatt - Oxbridge Academy (CA)
2016: Craig Heyne - Nova (FL)
2017: Kimberly Lee - Summit (NJ)
2018: Camilla Maionica - NSU University (FL)
2019: Caitlyn Woitena - J. Frank Dobie (TX)
2020: Elizabeth Lopez-Aguilar - Alief Early (TX)
DUO INTERPRETATION
CHAMPIONS
2015: Berger and Heyne - Nova (FL)
2016: Diaz and Ramirez - Spring Woods (TX)
2017: Fu and Tran - Fullerton Union (CA)
2018: Cosman and Wurtenberger - Cypress Bay (FL)
2019: Pai and Sasane - Ridge (NJ)
2020: Event did not occur
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
CHAMPIONS
2015: Craig Heyne - Nova (FL)
2016: Craig Heyne - Nova (FL)
2017: Jacob Lieberman - Nova (FL)
2018: Alexia Cosman - Cypress Bay (FL)
2019: Tanner Hemmingsen - George Washington (CO)
2020: Abigail Canalejo - American Heritage Plantation (FL)
ORAL INTERPRETATION
CHAMPIONS
2015: Zenita Collie - Nova (FL)
2016: Craig Heyne - Nova (FL)
2017: Sterling Wertanzl - Cypress Bay (FL)
2018: Anjini Mathur - Ridge (NJ)
2019: Jack Neel - Bethlehem (KY)
2020: Jaina Jallow - Livingston (NJ)
PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION
CHAMPIONS
2017: Haleigh McGirt - Jupiter (FL)
2018: Steele Schoeberl - Lift Academy (MI)
2019: Elise Little - Chaparral Star Academy (TX)
2020: Sophia Williams - Miramar (FL)
INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
CHAMPIONS
2018: Jordyn Allen - American Heritage (FL)
2019: Yucheng Lou - American Heritage Plantation (FL)
2020: Selina Chen - Saratoga (CA)
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