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Awards
2016 – 2017
NSDA ACADEMIC ALL AMERICANS
Anmol Anand
Becca Avigad
Julie Chen
Kimberly DelSignore
Yara El-Khatib
Brendan Grzyb
Jess Hood
Eric Ricci
Jonathon Wang
Samir Yellapragada
State Championships
Second Place In The State
Julie Chen and Anmol Anand –
STATE CHAMPIONS IN PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Brendan Grzyb – 2nd place in Commentary
Katre Soran – 2nd place in Congress
Eric Ricci – 2nd place in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Samir Yellapragada – 3rd place in Dramatic Interpretation
Yara El-Khatib – 4th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Mason Blackburn – 5th place in Impromptu Speaking
Merry Xiang – 5th place in Informative Speaking
Riley Smith – 5th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Serena El-Khatib – 6th place in Prose Speaking
Careena El-Khatib and Skylar Davidson – Semi-finalists in Duo Interpretation
Adelle Fernando – Semi-finalist in Radio Announcing
Kevin Xu – Quarter-finalist in Radio Announcing
NSDA QUALS
NA - First In The District
NA - First in Cumulative Points
Qualifying to the national tournament in Birmingham Alabama
District Champions in PF - Julie Chen and Anmol Anand
Second Place in Duo Interp - Skylar Davidson and Careena El-Khatib
District Champion in United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Brendan Grzyb
Second Place in United States Extemporaneous Speaking - Riley Smith
Second Place in International Extemporaneous Speaking - Yara El-Khatib
District Champion in Dramatic Interpretation - Kirthana Kannan
Second Place in Drama Interpretation - Serena El-Khatib
District Champion in Informative Speaking - Jess Hood
Second Place in Informative Speaking - Melanie Brkovich
Representing us in the World Debates - Eric Ricci and Kevin XuFirst place in Big Questions - James Qu
Also placing at districts:
CFL QUALS
(Top 5 Qualified to the National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky)
Extemp
Second - Liz Guo
Fifth - Raghu Venkatesh
Sixth - Kablan Balasubramani
Declamation
Third - Melanie Brkovich
OO
Fifth - Elaine Gao
Sixth - Merry Xiang
Duo
Second - Bethany Ricci and Adelle Fernando
Public Forum
Second - Julie Chen and Anmol Anand
Third - Akshath Jain and Sid Madala
Fifth - Kevin Xu and Abhishek Mahajan
PHSSL Districts
First place in the district!!!
Middle School Tournament
Original Oratory
Jenny Zhu
Maeren Quirke
Tejal DahakeExtemp
Ashna Patel
Olivia Shaw
PF
Bob Ma and John Catanzaro
Ariella Avigad and Shivali Saxena
Arjun Narayan and Rohan Puri
Alexandra Cheung and Hebah Ahmad
Concetta Bochicchio and Dylan Coy
Jason DiMarco and Oliver RinehartLincoln Douglas
Angela Wu
Hannah SHin
Hyun Hwang
Shejuti Wahed
Catherine Maldia
Mudhathir Sharif Khaja
Interp
Victoria Ren
Seys Walker and Graham Wolfe
Quinn Volpe
Vanessa Hong and Sarah Weller
Congress
Neha Rajesh
Katherine Peng
Oscar Heller
PINE RICHLAND
Duo
Fifth - Careena El-Khatib and Skylar Davidson
Extemp
Third - Liz Guo
Fourth - Yara El-Khatib
LD
First - Joy Fu
OO
Fifth - Elaine Gao
Public Forum
First - Julie Chen and Anmol Anand
MERCER
Sweeps - Second in Debate and Third in Speech
Public Forum
Second - Saif Ali and Sanjit Beriwal
Fourth - Julie Chen and Anmol Anand
Seventh - Sid Mittal and Frank Li
Congress:
Fifth - Shiv Sekar
Sixth - Katre Soran
Fifth -Joy Fu
4th - Ganesh Chilukuri
Informative
3rd - Melanie Brkovich
Oratory
Fourth - Elaine Gao
Fifth - Jess Hood
7th - Merry Xiang
Extem
First - Riley Smith
Second - Yara El-Khatib
Third - Mason Blackburn
Fourth - Liz Guo
DI
Second Alex Flagg
HI
6th Aaron Burmester
Duo
Fifth - Adelle Fernando and Bethany Ricci
Seventh - Elaine Wang and Nicole Ru
KNOCH
DI
Second - Kirthana Kannan
Third - Alex Flagg
Duo
Second - Careena El-Khatib and Skylar Davidson
International Extemp
Third - Liz Guo
Fifth - Raghu Venkatesh
Sixth - Sean Cullen
Informative
Sixth - Melanie Brkovich
OO
Third - Jessica Hood
Parlie
Second - Kim DelSignore, Becca Avigad, and Remi Akindele
Third - Anrey Peng, Kevin Tang, Jonathan Wang
US Extemp
Second - Brendan Grzyb
Third - Riley Smith
BETHEL PARK
DI
Fourth - Samir Yellapragada
Semi-finalist - Alex Flagg
Extemp
Fourth - Brendan Grzyb
First -Yara El-Khatib
Semifinalist - Mason Blackburn
Quarterfinalist - Riley Smith
LD
Quarter-finalist - Eric Ricci
Quarterfinalist - Shudipto Wahed
Quarterfinalist - Joy Fu
OO
Sixth - Jessica Hood
Semifinalist - Samidha Sane
Quarterfinalist - Merry Xiang
Quarterfinalist - Elaine Gao
NORTH ALLEGHENY
Big Questions
First: Riya Divekar and Shweta Gudapati
Second: Ganesh Chilukuri and Amulya Bandari
Congress
Outstanding Speaker - Katre Soran
Margo Weller
Alllie Pultorak
DI
Second: Alex Flagg
Duo
Sixth: Careena El-Khatib and Skylar Davidson
International Extemp
Third: Yara El-Khatib
Fifth: Mason Blackburn
Seventh: Raghu Venkatesh
LD
Fourth: Shudipto Wahed
Sixth: Eric Ricci
Informative
Fifth: Melanie Brkovich
OO
Fifth: Jess Hood
Parli
Fifth: Tom Yang, Surina Jindel, Azaria Davis
Public Forum
Second: Kevin Xu and Anmol Anand
Fourth: Victor Yu and James Qu
US Extemp
First: Riley Smith
Third: Brendan Grzyb
HAMPTON
Extemp Debate:
First: Raghu Venkatesh
Second: Yara El-Khatib
Parlie:
Jonathan Wang, Kevin Tang, Tom Yang
LD
Third: Ratu Raviprakash
Fourth: Eric Ricci
Fifth: Shudipto Wahed
PF:
Fourth: Kevin Xu and Victor Yu
Congress:
Katre Soran
MOON
Congress
First: Hayden Stec
Fourth: Katre Soran
Extemp
First: Mason Blackburn
Second: Yara El-Khatib
Third: Brendan Grzyb
Fourth: Riley Smith
Sixth: Elizabeth Guo
LD
Third: Shudipto Wahed
OO
Sixth: Emily Meinert
Parli
Third: Becca Avigad, Remi Akindele, and Surina Jindel
Fifth: Jon Wang, Kevin Tang, and Anrey Peng
PF
First: Abhishek Mahajan and Ivan Voinov
Fourth: Aditya Sonth and Akshath Jain
NORTH CATHOLIC
Top Awards
OO
Elaine Gao
PF
Shudipto Wahed and Harshal Dahake
Siddarth Madala and Akshath Jain
Sanjit Beriwal and Saif Ali
Quigley
Duo
Fourth: Joseph Anand and Thomas Anand
Extemp
First: Lindsey Shema
Fourth: Nedah Ahmad
Fifth: Ella Li
Sixth: TJ Faber
Oratory
Fifth: Zehra Medhi
Prose
Fourth: Rebecca Shaw
PF
First: Kevin Xu and Julie Chen
USC Novice
Extemp
Fourth: Zahra Ahmad
Fifth: Sai Velega
Sixth: Ella Li
(There was an error with tabroom that day - please notify your event leader if you received an award that day in other speech events)
Public Forum
First: Sanjit Beriwal and Saif Ali
Fifth: Teresa Huang and Eshani Chauk
Wake Forest
HI:
Fifth: Adelle Fernando
LD:
Double Octofinalist: Joy Fu
Yale
DI:
Quarterfinalist: Samir Yellapragada
PF:
Triple Octofinalists: Victor Yu and James Qu
Walt Whitman
PF:
Octofinalists: James Qu and Victor Yu
LD:
Octofinalist: Eric Ricci
Glenbrooks
Double Octofinalists: Anmol Anand and Kevin Xu
GMU
Congress:
Semifinalist: Lindsey Shema
PF:
Triple Octofinalists: Anmol Anand and Julie Chen
Triple Octofinalists: Jonathan Wang and Kevin Xu
Triple Octofinalists: Akshath Jain and Siddarth Madala
LD:
Double Octofinalist: Eric Ricci
Double Octofinalist: Shudipto Wahed
Double Octofinalist: Joy Fu
Double Octofinalist: Will Cheong
Extemp:
Semifinalist: Yara El-Khatib
Quarterfinalist: Brendan Grzyb
Quarterfinalist: Riley Smith
Storytelling:
Semifinalist: Kirthana Kannan
Last Modified on April 6, 2017
