Awards

2020 - 2021

 State Champions – 2021!

Jean Lutz Award for the accumulation of more sweepstakes points
(Last won in 2016!) 

1^st in Debate 

2^nd in Speech

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - State Champions -  Public Forum Debate.  

Alok Shah and Krishna Naik – 2^nd in Parliamentary Debate

Ben Lannis and Gavin Hou – 2^nd in Policy Debate

Julianna Klepzig – 5^th – Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli – 5^th in Senate

Bridget Paytas – 6^th in Senate

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott -  6 in Public Forum Debate

Graham Wolfe – 2^nd in Humorous Interp

Karis Lu – 3^rd in Impromptu Speaking

Victoria Ren – 2^nd Place – Persuasive Speaking

Kathryn Mi – 5^th Place – Persuasive Speaking

Khushi Pasrija and Shejuti Wahed – 7^th in Parliamentary Debate

Aris Pastor – Semi-finalist – Serious Dramatic Interp

Braden Yan – Semi-finalist – Humorous Dramatic Interp

Dev Kartan and Ana Key – Semi-finalists – Duo Interp

Natasha Porwal – Semi-finalist – Persuasive Speaking

Olivia Shaw and Hannah Shin – Semi-finalists in News Broadcasting

Amanda Hulver and Shria Shyam – Semi-finalists in Extemporaneous Speaking

North Allegheny Teams A and B – 5^th and 7^th in the One Act Play competition

Catholic Nationals

Victoria Ren - 2nd place - Original Oratory (our highest place to date at this tournament)

Raj Reddy and Shuban Tiwari - Quarterfinalists - Policy Debate

Amanda Hulver - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - Double Octos - Public Forum

Lamees Subeir - Triple Octos - Lincoln Douglas

Adi Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - Triple Octos - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - Octos - Extemporaneous Speaking

Ashna Patel - Octos - Extemporaneous Speaking

Tournament of Champions 

Victoria Ren - 5th Place - Original Oratory

The Coolidge Cup

Ashley Zeman - 1st place - Declamation

Minneapple

Victoria Ren - Quarters - Original Oratory

Harvard

Victoria Ren - Octos- Original Oratory

North Allegheny Speech And Debate

Pittsburgh District Champions -  Overall Team Award!!

1^st Place In Speech AND Debate!!!

Congratulations to the following students who will represent us at nationals this summer
(And this competition is not even done yet!)

Jenny Zhu (Champion), Victoria Ren, Katy Mi – Original Oratory

Krishna Naik / Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera / Liam Mercader – Public Forum Debate

Brayden Yan – Humorous Interpretation of Literature

Michelle Huang – Informative Speaking

Karis Lu – International Extemp

Graham Wolfe (Champion) – Programmed Oral Interpretation

Amanda Hulver (Champion) and Ashna Patel – United States Extemporaneous Speaking

Shuban Tiwari and Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan (Champions) – Policy Debate

Harshi Chinnam (Champion) - Senate

Bridget Paytas, Samhita Gudapati - House

*Ashna Patel is the first person from Pittsburgh to qualify all four years to the national tournament.

Alternates:

Katharine Peng – 2^nd Alternates – Original Oratory

Sahil Bhaskaran – 1^st Alternate – Lincoln Douglas

Katherine Peng / Kathryn Mi and Amanda Hulver /  Karis Lu – 1^st and 2^nd Alternates – Duo Interpretation

Natasha Porwal – 2^nd Alternative – Informative Speaking

Owen Jin and Olivia Shaw – 1^st and 2^nd Alternates – United States Extemp

Shria Shyam – 1^st Alternate – International Extemp

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komagiri – 1^st Alternate – Public Forum

Deeksha Rachupalli, Shria Shyam and Claire Majerac - 1st, 2nd and 4th Alternates

NA Speech And Debate

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS!!!

More NA students will be attending the state tournament this year than ever before!

Public Forum

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi

Vishaal Komaragiri and Himanshu Setya

Senate

Bridget Paytas

Deeksha Rachupalli

Harshi Chinnam

Pert Burns

Extemporaneous

Shria Shyam

Amanda Hulver

Owen Jin

Lincoln Douglas

Lamees Subeir

Sophie Lu

Persuasive Speaking

Katharine Peng

Kathryn Mi

Victoria Ren

Natasha Porwal

Dramatic Interp

Aris Pastor

Humorous Interp

Brayden Yan

Graham Wolfe

Duo Interp

Ana Key and Dev Kartan

Srinidhi Raghavan and Maya Sivakumar

Parliamentary Debate

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah

Khushi Pasrija and Shejuti Wahed

Policy Debate

Rajat Reddy and Shuban Tiwari

Gavin Hou and Benjamin Lannis

Alternates to the state tournament - 

Srishti Raviprakash - 4th in LD

Mackenzie Volpe - 4th in Prose

Hannah Shin - 3rd in Informative

Gloria Wang - 3rd in Poetry

Ella Baker - 4th in Poetry

Olivia Shaw - 3rd in Commentary

Collin Wang - 5th in Commentary

Ada Sun - 4th in DI

Yuvan Suresh - 5th in Extemp

Qualifying to CFLs 2021 

Student Congress    Bridget Paytas

Student Congress    Deeksha Rachupalli

Policy Debate    Pradeepkumar & Sridhar

Policy Debate    Reddy & Senthur Jeyamurugan

Policy Debate    Tiwari & Duckworth

Declamation    Lucy Pu

Dramatic Performance    Aris Pastor

Extemporaneous    Amanda Hulver

Extemporaneous    Ashna Patel

Extemporaneous    Karis Lu

Extemporaneous    Shria Shyam

LD Debate    Khushi Pasrija

LD Debate    Lamees Subeir

LD Debate    Shejuti Wahed

Original Oratory    Hannah Shin

Original Oratory    Katharine Peng

Original Oratory    Michelle Hwang

Original Oratory    Victoria Ren

Public Forum    Bai & Scott

Public Forum    Perera & Jain

Public Forum     Mallik and Nagarajan

Seton La Salle Frosh-Soph Tournament

Lamees Subeir - 1st - Lincoln Douglas

Aneri Shethji - 4th - Lincoln Douglas

Gavin Hou - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Mallik & Nagarajan - 2nd - Public Forum

Setya & Palagani - 4th - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 1st - Extemp

Kathryn Mi - 2nd - Original Oratory

Katharine Peng - 4th - Original Oratory

Deer Lakes

Shuban Tiwari and Shejuti Wahed - 1st - Parliamentary

Alok Shah and Krish Naik - 2nd - Parliamentary

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komaragiri - 1st - PF

Zayaan Tirmizi and Liam Mercader - 3rd - PF

Sriaarya Pradeepkumar and Sri Sridhar - 4th - PF

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 5th - PF

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 4th - Duo

Amanda Hulver - 1st - Extemp

Shria Shyam - 3rd - Extemp

Hannah Shin - 1st - Informative

Natasha Porwal - 3rd - Informative

Jenny Zhu - 4th - Informative

Victoria Ren - 1st - Oratory

Kathryn Mi - 5th - Oratory

Katharine Peng - 6th - Oratory

Rucha Lovalekar - 3rd - POI

Deeksha Rachupalli  - 2nd - Congress House A

Harshi Chinnam - 1st - Congress House B

Bethel Park

Lamees Subeir - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 1st - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 6th - Extemp

Victoria Ren - 3rd - Oratory

Jenny Zhu - 4th - Oratory

Graham Wolfe - 4th - POI

Deeksha Rachupalli - 2nd - Congress

Hampton

Kathryn Mi - 1st - Original Oratory

Shuban Tiwari - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Lamees Subeir - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah - 3rd - Parliamentary

Shejuti Wahed and Khushi Pasrija - 5th - Parliamentary

Sreeman Koka and Zohaib Rahman - 4th - Public Forum

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi - 5th - Public Forum

Abhay Syamala and Tharun Sunthar - 6th - Public Forum

Amanda Hulver - 5th - Extemp

Kevin Mao - 6th - Extemp

Julianna Werner - 3rd - House A Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli - Superior Speaker - House B Congress *11

Team Pittsburgh

Owen Prem - 3rd - US Extemp

Olivia Shaw - 5th - US Extemp

Shria Shyam - 1st - International Extemp *5

Himanshu Setya and Vishaal Komagiri - 1st - Public Forum *12

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 2nd - Public Forum *12

Rachel Bai and Emma Scott - 4th - Public Forum

Sri Sridhar &  Sriaarya Pradeepkumar - 6th - Public Forum

Shuban Tiwari - 3rd - Lincoln Douglas *23

Renuk DeAlmeida - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Harshi Chinnam - 2nd - House A Congress *

Deeksha Rachupalli 3rd - House B Congress

Pine Richland

Lamees Subeir - 2nd - Lincoln Douglas

Khushi Pasrija - 5th - Lincoln Douglas

Krishna Naik and Alok Shah - 1st - Parliamentary

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 3rd - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - 3rd - Extemp

Ashna Patel - 4th - Extemp

Katharine Peng - 1st - Oratory

Bridget Paytas - 1st - Congress House A

Quinn Volpe 3rd - Congress House A

Siddharth Jayakrishnan - 2nd - Congress House B

Deeksha Rachupalli - 3rd - Congress House B

Harshi Chinnam - 2nd - Congress House C

Pert Burns - 3rd - Congress House C

Lucas Lu - 4th - Congress House D

Shady Side Invitational

Lamees Subeir - 4th - Lincoln Douglas *27

Alok Shah and Krishna Naik - 2nd - Parliamentary *10

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 2nd Place - Public Forum *16

Sunthar and Syamala - 5th Place - Public Forum

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - Commentary 

Kolitha Perera and Satvik Palagani - 4th Place - Duo Interp

Shuban Tiwari - 5th Place - Humorous Interp

Ashley Zemen - 6th Place - Humorous Interp

Amanda Hulver - 1st Place - Impromptu

Karis Lu - 2nd Place - Impromptu

Shuban Tiwari - 3rd Place - Impromptu

Kathryn Mi - 4th Place - Oratory *32

Shria Shyam - 6th Place - Oratory

Bridget Paytas - 1st - House A - Congress *11

Harshini Chinnam - 2nd - House A - Congress *11

Lexington Winter Invitational (Big Lex)

Raj Reddy - Octafinalist - Lincoln Douglas

North Allegheny Invitational

1st in Debate, 2nd in Speech, 2nd Overall

Bridget Paytas - 1st - Congress *45

Deeksha Rachupalli - 2nd - Congress*45

Aneri Shethji - 3rd - JV Lincoln Douglas

Siya Jain - 4th - JV Lincoln Douglas

Dinuk DeAlmeida - JV Lincoln Douglas

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 1st - JV Public Forum

Max Goggans & Lokesh Daita - 6th - JV Public Forum

Shejuti Wahed - 2nd - Lincoln Douglas *55

Kolitha Perera & Milun Jain - 1st - Public Forum *34

Satvik Palagani & Daksh Goyal - 2nd - Public Forum *34

Liam Mercader & Zayaan Tirmizi - 3rd - Public Forum *34

Vikram Nagarajan & Vishaal Komaragiri - 4th - Public Forum *34

Satvik Palagani & Kolitha Perera - 3rd - Duo Interp

Shria Shyam - 1st - Extemporaneous Speaking *28

Amanda Hulver - 3rd - Extemporaneous Speaking *28

Graham Wolfe - 4th - Humorous Interp

Graham Wolfe - 2nd - Programmed Oral Interp

Hannah Shin - 3rd - Informative Speaking

Victoria Ren - 3rd - Original Oratory *34

Sunvite

Victoria Ren - Quarters - Original Oratory

Au Revoir

Amanda Hulver - 5th - Extemp 

Graham Wolfe - 6th - Humorous Interp 

Katherine Peng - 6th - Original Oratory 

Shria Shyam - 4th - Original Oratory 

Gloria Wang - 4th - Poetry

Ella Baker - 6th - Poetry 

Samhita Gudapati - 6th - Prose 

USC Sparkle Season Spactacular

Rajat Reddy - 3rd - Lincoln Douglas

Sophie Lu - 4th - Lincoln Douglas

Elijah Duckworth and Shuban Tiwari - 2nd - Policy

Liam Mercader and Zayaan Tirmizi - 2nd - Public Forum *17

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 3rd Public Forum *17

Emma Scott and Rachael Bai - 5th - Public Forum

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 4th - Duo Interp

Vanessa Hong and Karen Shamir - 5th - Duo Interp

Yuvan Suresh - 5th - Impromptu

Kathryn Mi - 3rd - Original Oratory

Lina Fu - 4th - Original Oratory

Pert Burns - 2nd - Congress House A

3P Speech December Online Gathering

Graham Wolfe - 6th - Programmed Oral Interp

Howland Invitational

Samhita Gudapati - 3rd - Prose

Shria Shyam - 1st - International Extemp *7

Karis Lu - 1st - United States Extemp *12

Olivia Shaw - 3rd - United States Extemp

Novice At North
Hosted by North Catholic and North Allegheny

Samhita Gudapati – 6th – Prose

Karis Liu – 3rd – Poetry

Ella Baker – 7th - Poetry

Catherine Lenchner – 1st – Oratory

Lina Fu – 3rd – Oratory

Amanda Hulver – 5th – Oratory

Ada Sun – 6th – Oratory

Shria Shyam – 6th – Oratory

Collin Wang – 1st – Extemp

Edward Mei – 3rd – Extemp

Timmy Li – 4th – Extemp

Jason Ma – 6th – Extemp

Kolitha Perera and Satvik Palagani – 2nd – Duo Interp

Shuban Tiwari – 2nd – Dramatic Performance

Nova Titan Invitational

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain  - Octofinalists - Public Forum

Cougar Classic at the University of Houston

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - Quarterfinalists - Public Forum

The Milo Cup at Millard North

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - Tripleoctofinalists - Public Forum


Reagan

Srinidhi Raghavan - 1st - Congress

Port Washington

Srinidhi Raghavan - 3rd - Congress

James Madison Memorial

Srinidhi Raghavan - 4th - Congress

North Catholic

Graham Wolfe - 1st - Programmed Oral Interp

Gloria Wang - 4th - Poetry

Kathryn Mi - 3rd - Oratory *32

Karen Shamir and Vanessa Hong - 6th - Duo Interp

Tharun Sunthar and Abhay Syamala - 4th - Public Forum

Kolitha Perera and Milun Jain - 5th - Public Forum

Daksh Goyal and Alok Shah - 3rd - Parliamentary

Shejuti Wahed - 6th - Lincoln Douglas

Samhita Gudapati - 3rd Place - House A, Congress

Deeksha Rachupalli - 3rd Place - House B, Congress

Julianna Klepzig - 3rd Place - House C, Congress

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - House D, Congress *10

Isidore Newman School Invitational

Raj Reddy - Octafinalist - Lincoln Douglas

Paradigm at Downing Catholic

Arnav Patel - Semi-finalist - Novice LD

Arnav Patel - 4th Place Speaker Award

Karis Lu - 2nd Place - Poetry *10

Amanda Hulver - Semi-finalist - Extemp

St. Joseph High School

Raj Reddy - 2nd Place - Lincoln Douglas Debate *24

Samhita Gudapati - 5th Place - Prose 

Dev Kartan - 6th Place - Prose 

Katharine Peng - 4th Place - Original Oratory 

Deeksha Rachupalli - Outstanding Speaker - Congress *11

Bridget Paytas - Outstanding Speaker - Congress *11

Princeton Invitational 

Shria Shyam - Semifinalist - Extemp

Stanford

Daksh Goyal and Satvik Palagani - Quarters - Public Forum

George Mason University

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Vikram Nagarajan and Adi Mallik - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Kolitha Perera and Vishaal Komaragiri - Double-octafinalists - Public Forum

Gloria Wang - Semifinalist - Oral Interpretation

Graham Wolfe - 6th place - Programmed Oral Interp

Owen Jin - Quarterfinalist - Extemp 

Moon Area Invitational

Dev Kartan - 5th Place - Poetry

Katharine Peng - 2nd Place - Original Oratory *24

Kathryn Mi - 3rd Place - Original Oratory *24

Amanda Hulver - 2nd Place - Extemp *23

Shria Shyam - 3rd Place - Extemp *23

Sahil Bhaskaran - 4th Place - Lincoln Douglas  *36

Sophie Lu - 6th Place - Lincoln Douglas

Emma Scott and Rachel Bai - 1st Place - Public Forum *40

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - 2nd Place - Public Forum *40

Adishankara Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - 3rd Place - Public Forum *40

Bridget Paytas - Oustanding Speaker - Chamber 4 - Congress *14

Pert Burns - Superior Speaker - Chamber 3 - Congress *14

Samhita Gudapati - Merit Speaker - Chamber 2 - Congress *14

Kentucky Extra Gravy Invitational 
13 States-38 Schools-500 Entries

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Impromptu

Amanda Hulver - 1st Place - Extemp *47

Shria Shyam - 3rd Place - Extemp *47

Dev Kartan - 6th Place - Prose *53

Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Invitational 

Rajat Reddy - Double Octos - Lincoln Douglas

Dalmasse-Sterner Steel City Invitation
Pittsburgh Central Catholic

2nd Place Speech
2nd Place Debate
2nd Place Overall

Samhita Gudapati - 6th place - Prose

Dev Kartan - 1st Place - Poetry

Katherine Peng - 2nd Place, Original Oratory *17

Katherine Peng - 4th Place - Declamation

Extemp: 4th place, Syria Shyam   

Satvik Palagani & Kolitha Perera  - 2nd Place - Duo Interp

 Bridget Paytas - 1st Place - Congress *37

Pert Burns - 2nd Place - Congress *37

Shuban Tiwari and Elijah Duckworth - 1st Place - Policy Debate *5

Rajat Reddy and Ben Lannis - 3rd Place - Policy Debate

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 2nd Place - Public Forum  *46

Arjun Narayan and Satvik Palagani - 5th Place - Public Forum *46

Nithin Senthur Jeyamurugan - 3rd Place - Lincoln Douglas Debate  *46

M&M
McDowell, Mercyhurst and PS Behrend

3rd in Speech

Katharine Peng - 1st Place - Oratory *13

Lucy Pu - 6th Place - Oratory

Shria Shyam - 2nd Place - Extemp *20

Amanda Hulver - 4th Place - Extemp

Pert Burns - 3rd Place - Congress 

Satvik Palagani and Kolitha Perera - 3rd Place Duo Interp

Dev Kartan - 4th Place - Poetry

Adishankara Mallik and Vikram Nagarajan - 6th Place - Public Forum

Shuban Tiwari and Elijah Duckworth - 5th Place - Policy




USC Novice Tournament

Catherine Lenchner - 1st Place - Oratory

Lina Fu - 2nd Place - Oratory

Ada Sun - 6th Place Oratory

Timmy Li - 5th Place - Extemp

Aris Pastor - 2nd Place - Dramatic Interp

Max Goggans and Lokesh Daita - 2nd Place - Public Forum

Sophia Aggazio and Mackenzie Volpe - 5th Place - Public Forum

Siya Jain - 2nd Place - Lincoln Douglas

Hunter Haunting

Satvik Palagani and Arjun Narayan - 1st Place - Public Forum *20

Speech Tournament at the End of the Universe

Shria Shyam - 1st Place Extemp *10

Cognitive Exchange Speech Tournament

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Extemp 

Shria Shyam - 1st Place - Impromptu

Karen Shamir - 3rd Place -  Oratory

Karis Lu - 4th Place -  Impromptu

Holy Trinity Hurricane Debate Tournament

Milun Jain and Kolitha Perera - 2nd Place - Public Forum *25

Arjun Narayan and Krishna Naik - 4th Place - Public Forum *25