HONORS

2025-2026 National Circuit Awards

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBERTY BELL CLASSIC

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congress

Semis – Siddharth Cheemalapati

V PFD

Doubles – Justin Peng and Dari Rozinsky – TOC Silver Bid

Novice LD

2nd – Edward Logue – Prelim Seeded 1st

Varsity Policy

Semis – Naisha Vatsya and Moiz Kothawala

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Declamation

Semis – Alyce Zhang

Informative

1st – Aimee Zhang – TOC Bid

3rd – Neya Sathiya – TOC Bid

Semis – Alyce Zhang

PENNSBURY FALCON INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congress

15th – Aurav Johri

16th – Kathan Desai

V PFD

1st – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

Novice PFD

Semis – Diego Acereda and Aryan Sinha – Prelim Seeded 1st

V LD

2nd – Joyce Xiao – TOC Bid

Doubles – Daniel Lao

Doubles – Jason Loh

Doubles – Anisha Mishra

Novice LD

Octos – Edward Logue

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Impromptu

Semis – Arjun Shanmukh

Declamation

3rd – Alyce Zhang

Extemp Speaking

1st – Arjun Shanmukh – TOC Bid

Informative

3rd – Neya Sathiya – TOC Bid

Semis – Alyce Zhang

Semis – Aimee Zhang

Radio Announcing

4th – James Montgomery

BARKLEY FORUM

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congress

Semis – Laukik Gullapalli – TOC Bid

NORTH ALLEGHENY INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

V LD

Semis – Joyce Xiao

CAVALIER INVITATIONAL AT DURHAM ACADEMY

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congress

7th – Laukik Gullapalli

LEXINGTON WINTER INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

V PFD

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Silver Bid

SUNVITE

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congress

Semis – Laukik Gullapalli – TOC Bid

Semis – Aurav Johri – TOC Bid

NEWARK INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

V PFD

2nd – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

LA SALLE INVITATIONAL

Open Congress

8th – Aurav Johri

9th – Siddharth Cheemalapati

10th – Saavan Mehta

11th – Chinmay Ananthuni

13th – Spencer Behrend

Rising Stars Congress

7th – Anirudh Movva

9th – Saukhya “Sak” Rai

Open PF

1st – Shrey Sarangi and Rohan Patankar

Quarters – Justin Peng and Dari Rozinsky

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Declamation

3rd – Rachel Clements

4th – Alyce Zhang

Extemp

4th – Arjun Shanmukh

Informative

3rd – Alyce Zhang – TOC Bid

4th – Aimee Zhang

Semis – Zeynep Tipi

Original Oratory

Finals – Aislinn Leach – TOC Bid

Finals – Vaanathi Venkat – TOC Bid

Poetry

Finals – Elif Tipi

Program Oral Interp

1st – Aislinn Leach

RIDGE DEBATES

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

V PFD

Quarters – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

V LD

Quarters – Anisha Mishra

Quarters – Joyce Xiao (Prelim Seeded 1st and 1st Place Speaker)

PRINCETON CLASSIC

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

5th – Kathan Desai

Semis – Aurav Johri

V PFD

Quarters – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Duo Interp

Semis – Penelope Duchnowski and Alyce Zhang

Informative

Semis – Alyce Zhang

VILLIGER AT ST. JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

10th – Chinmay Ananthuni

Semis – Laukik Gullapalli

Semis – Aurav Johri

V PFD

Octos – Aarav Kulthrestha and Eric Ye

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure

Doubles – Dari Rozinsky and Justin Peng

V LD

Octos – Daniel Lao

Octos – Jason Loh

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Declamation

Semis – Alyce Zhang (2nd Prelim Seed)

Dramatic Performance

Quarters – Penelope Duchnowski

Informative Speaking

5th – Aimee Zhang

Semis – Neya Sathiya

Semis – Alyce Zhang

TIM AVERILL INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

V PFD

Semis – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

Octos – Aarav Kulshrestha and Eric Ye

NEW YORK CITY INVITATIONAL

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

9th – Chinmay Ananthuni – TOC Bid

Semis – Laukik Gullapalli

Varsity LD

Sextos – Joyce Xiao

Mid America Cup

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PFD

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure

YALE Invitational

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

Semis – Kathan Desai – TOC Bid

National Speech and debate Season Opener

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PFD

Triples – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure

2024-2025 National Qualifiers

NSDAs

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

House

3rd – Alex Tao (National Qualifier)

6th – Siddharth Cheemalapati (National Qualifier)

LD

1st – Joyce Xiao (National Qualifier)

Senate

1st – Kathan Desai (National Qualifier)

2nd – Andrew Jin (National Qualifier)

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Duo Interp

2nd – Aimee Zhang and Alyce Zhang (National Qualifiers)

NCFLs

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

Andrew Jin – National Qualifier

Kathan Desai – National Qualifier

Lincoln-Douglas

Joyce Xiao – National Qualifier

Public Forum

Shrey Sarangi and Ayaan Mattoo – National Qualifiers

Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – National Qualifiers

Policy

Alex Tao and Rhianna Zhang – National Qualifiers

Steven Liu and Naisha Vatsya – National Qualifiers

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Declamation

Neya Sathiya – National Qualifier

Duo Interp

Aimee Zhang and Alyce Zhang – National Qualifiers

Vaanu Venkat & Sophie O’Sullivan – National Qualifiers

Extemporaneous Speaking

Arjun Shanmukh – National Qualifier

Oral Interpretation

Jane Leifer – National Qualifier

Original Oratory

Aislinn Leach – National Qualifier

Srinidhi Allampally – National Qualifier

2024-2025 TOC Bids

New York City Invitational

Congress

10th – Kathan Desai – Full Bid

William Tennent Invitational

Original Oratory

3rd – Aislinn Leach – Full Bid

Laird Lewis Invitation

PFD

Quarters – Alex Tao (3rd Place Speaker) and Rhianna Zhang (10th Place Speaker) – Silver Bid

Princeton Classic

Original Oratory

5th – Srinidhi Allampally – Full Bid

Ridge Debates

LD

2nd – Daniel Lao – Full Bid

Semis – Joyce Xiao – Ghost Bid

Pennsbury Falcon Invitational

Congress

5th – Kathan Desai – Full Bid

LD

1st – Joyce Xiao – Full Bid

University of Pennsylvania Speech and Debate Tournament

PFD

Quarters – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – Gold Bid

Extemp Speaking

Semis – Arjun Shanmukh – Full Bid

3rd Annual TOC Digital Speech and Debate Series 2

PFD

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – Silver Bid

National Circuit Awards

Laird Lewis Invitational

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity Public Forum

Quarters – Alex Tao (3rd Place Speaker) and Rhianna Zhang (10th Place Speaker) – Silver Bid

Villiger at St. Joseph’s University

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

16th – Kathan Desai

Lincoln-Douglas

1st – Joyce Xiao

Doubles – Jason Loh – Prelim Seeded 14th

Policy

6th – Naisha Vatsya and Eric Ye

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Informative Speaking

6th – Aimee Zhang

Original Oratory

Prelim Seeded 10th – Srinidhi Allampally – Semis

Princeton Classic

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

18th – Kathan Desai – Semis

Varsity PFD

Triples – Alex Tao and Rhianna Zhang – 44th Prelim Seed

Varsity LD

Doubles – Joyce Xiao – 26th Prelim Seed

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Original Oratory

5th – Srinidhi Allampally

Quarters – Aislinn Leach

Ridge Debates

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity LD

2nd – Daniel Lao – TOC Bid

Semis – Joyce Xiao – Ghost Bid

University of Houston Cougar Classic

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PF

9th – Naivedya Vatsya (8th Place Speaker) and Sharvil Kapure (3rd Place Speaker) – 5th Prelim Seeded

Columbia Invitational

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PFD

Doubles – Shrey Sarangi and Ayaan Mattoo

Pennsbury Falcon Invitational

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity Congressional Debate

5th – Kathan Desai – TOC Bid

Varsity LD

1st – Joyce Xiao – TOC Bid

Octos – Anisha Mishra

Doubles – Daniel Lao

Varsity PFD

Octos – Justin Peng and Dari Rozinsky – Prelim Seeded 6th

Doubles – Saanvi Nimma and Neha Ambati

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Duo Interpretation

4th – Aimee Zhang and Alyce Zhang

Impromptu

8th – Aimee Zhang – Prelim Seeded 2nd

Semis – Neya Sathiya – Prelim Seeded 6th

Original Oratory

Semis – Srinidhi Allampally

Program Oral Interpretation

4th – Aislinn Leach

Declamation

Semis – Neya Sathiya

Informative

8th – Aimee Zhang

10th – Neya Sathiya

Radio Announcing

9th – Aislinn Leach

University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Congressional Debate

20th – Laukik Gullapalli – Semis

Varsity LD

Quarters – Joyce Xiao

Octos – Alex Tao

Varsity PFD

Quarters – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – TOC Gold Bid

Triples – Ayaan Mattoo and Shrey Sarangi

SPEECH ACHIEVEMENTS

Extemp Speaking

Semis – Arjun Shanmukh

Informative Speaking

Semis – Aimee Zhang

Semis – James Montgomery

Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament
DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PF Online

2nd – Justin Peng (3rd Place Speaker) and Dari Rozinsky (4th Place Speaker) – Prelim Seeded 1st

Doubles – Aarav Kulshrestha (2nd Place Speaker) and Anuj Patel (8th Place Speaker) – Prelim Seeded 2nd

Doubles – AJ Acereda and Eric Ye – Prelim Seeded 13th

3rd Annual TOC Digital Speech and Debate Series 2

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Varsity PF

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure – Silver Bid

Tournament of Champions

DEBATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Public Forum Silver

Octos – Naivedya Vatsya and Sharvil Kapure