Our Awards
Our team has a proud history of succeeding at high profile British Parliamentary and American Parliamentary tournaments.
2023 - 2024
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USC IV
Shayor Khan and Edward Xu as Open Champions. Shayor and Eddy were tied as the 1st Best Open Speaker. Eddy was the Finals Best Speaker.
Jocelyn Liu and Kember Feuerzeig as Open Finalists. Jocelyn was ranked as the 16th Best Open Speaker and 5th Best Novice Speaker. Kember was ranked as the 8th Best Open Speaker.
Ryan Ham and Justin Zhou as Open Semifinalists. Ryan was ranked as the 6th Best Open Speaker. Justin was ranked as the 8th Best Open Speaker and 2nd Best Novice Speaker
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World Universities Debating Championships
Shayor Khan and Edward Xu as Open Octofinals.
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SEATTLE IV
Murtaza Shiyaji and Nathan Wong as Open Finalists.
Thomas Decugis and Colin Johnston as Novice Champions.
Briana Villatoro and Emily Yoon as Novice Finalists. Emily was ranked as the 3rd Best ESL Speaker.
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YALE IV
Shayor Khan and Edward Xu as Open Quarterfinalists. Shayor was ranked as the 6th Best Novice Speaker.
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US Universities Debating Championships
David Eick and Preethi Mohan as Novice Finalists.
Ryan Ham and Justin Zhou as Novice Semifinalists.
2022 - 2023
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HPU IV
Madelyn Christensen and Hunter Valencia as Open Finalists. Hunter was ranked as the Top Novice Speaker
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WESTERN IV
Preethi Mohan and Daniel Zhu as Open Semifinalists. Preethi was ranked as the 2nd Best Novice Speaker and 5th Best Open Speaker. Daniel was ranked as the Top Novice Speaker and 2nd Best Open Speaker.
Madelyn Christensen and Hunter Valencia as Open Quarterfinalists.
Parth Desai as a breaking adjudicator in Open Finals
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BERKELEY IV
Madelyn Christensen and Hunter Valencia as Novice Champions.
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USC IV
David Eick and Hunter Valencia as Open Finalists. David and Hunter were ranked as the 3rd Best Open Speaker and 2nd Best Novice Speaker, respectively.
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SEATTLE IV
Diane Chao and Rami Gruman as Open Finalists. Diane and Rami were ranked as the 7th and 8th Best Open Speakers, respectively.
2021 - 2022
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DUKE IV
Ofir Dvir as a breaking adjudicator in Open Finals.
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SEATTLE IV
Murtaza Shiyaji and Eliz Zhou as Open Quarterfinalists. Eliz Zhou was ranked as the Top Novice Speaker and 3rd Best Open Speaker.
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UCL ECONOMICS
Rami Gruman and Murtaza Shiyaji as Open Finalists.
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HWS IV
Yash Dave and Zaiyana Shafqut as the 5th best ranking team in the Novice division.
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WESTERN IV
Andrew Lin and Murtaza Shiyaji as Novice Champions.
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COLGATE IV
Oliver Bell as a breaking adjudicator to the Open Finals.
2020 - 2021
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DUKE IV
Isaac Goldstein and Frankie Duan as Open Quarterfinalists with Isaac Goldstein ranked as the 9th Best Open Speaker.
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WESTERN IV
Swathy Natarajan and Sam Arias as Novice Finalists.
Nathan Wong as a breaking adjudicator to Novice Semifinals.
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PENN AND TUFTS APDA
Peter Zhang and Kevin Zeng as Open Semifinalists with Kevin Zeng ranked as the 8th Best Novice Speaker.
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SEATTLE IV
Isaac Goldstein and Frankie Duan as Open Finalists.
Chris Ying and Zachary Pfeiffer as Novice Semifinalists.
Sindre Carlsen as a breaking adjudicator in Novice Semifinalists.
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VANDERBILT IV
Isaac Goldstein and Frankie Duan broke as Open Semifinalists with Isaac Goldstein ranked as the Best Open Speaker.
Kember Feuerzeig and Ryan Keane as Novice Finalists with Ryan ranked as the 8th Best Novice Speaker.
2019 - 2020
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PENGUIN INVITATIONAL
Amit Sagar and Isaac Goldstein as Champions.
Alec Kan and Violet Sinnarkar as Open Finalists.
Brandon Harden and Isabel Penman as Open Semifinalists.
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UCLA IV
Varun Menon and Jonathan Bodine as Open Finalists.
Hazel An and Jeffrey Cheng as Novice Finalists.
Emma Edelman and Savr Kumar as Novice Finalists.
Sandhya Narayanan and Diane Chao as Breaking Adjudicators in Open Semifinals.
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USC IV
Ryan Ham and Michelle Lee as Open Semifinalists.
2018 - 2019
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PENGUIN INVITATIONAL
Alec Kan and Violet Sinnarkar take 2nd in Open Finals.
Andreas Orsmond and Ian Wong advance to Open Finals.
Isaac Goldstein and Kyle Ashworth advance to Open Semifinals.
2017 - 2018
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US UNIVERSITIES DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Henry Weikel and Pranav Shankar broke 18th seed to Open Octofinals, marking the first nationals break in Berkeley's history.
Ariana Jessa and Catherine Wang broke as the highest ranked team in the nation in the Novice Division, advancing to Novice Quarterfinals.
Jonathan Bodine and Ishaan Srivastava broke 13th seed to Novice Quarterfinals.
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AMERICA'S CUP
Henry Weikel and Pranav Shankar advanced to Open Finals.
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STANFORD APDA
Luke Zhang and Ariana Jessa advanced to Novice Finals and were 4th and 6th ranked Novice speakers, respectively.
Jake Klawans/Laurel McGrane broke in the Novice division.
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CHICAGO APDA
Emma Barton and Kevin Klyman were 3rd and 7th ranked speakers.
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BRANDEIS IV
Luke Zhang and Catherine Wang broke to Novice Finals, with Luke as the 8th Best Novice Speaker.
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CAMBRIDGE IV
Henry Weikel broke 6th in the Open Quarterfinals.
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YALE IV
Pranav Shanker and Dennis Tekell broke to the Open Quarterfinals
Luke Zhang and Catherine Wang broke to Novice Finals. Luke was the 9th ranked Novice Speaker.
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OXFORD IV
Henry Weikel broke 13th in the Open Quarterfinals.
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MOODY BIBLE APDA
Kevin Klyman and Emma Barton broke to Open Quarterfinals. Kevin was the 2nd ranked speaker.
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DURHAM IV
Henry Weikel was the 4th ranked speaker.
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EDINBURGH CUP
Henry Weikel broke first, was the top ranked speaker, and won the Edinburgh cup.