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Awards 2020-21

Qualifications

Our students qualified for the following competitions this year:

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California High School Speech Association Championship (CHSSA):

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  • Keith Maben

    • State qualification, National Extemp

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National Speech & Debate Tournament (NSDA):

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  • Ahmad Ismail

    • Confirmed qualification, World Schools Debate

  • Keith Maben

    • Alternate qualification, US Extemp​

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University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions (UK TOC):

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  • Keith Maben

    • TOC qualification, Extemporaneous speaking

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Quals

Spring Semester

SVUDL (Spring SCU) Invitational:

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Final Places:

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  • Anmol Gill (Semifinals, Novice LD)

  • Fatimah Ismail (Quarters, Novice LD)

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Speaker Awards:

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  • Novice LD​

    • Fatimah Ismail (4th place)

 

 

Prelim Records:

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  • 5-0:

    • Anmol Gill (2nd seed, Novice LD)

    • Undefeated prelim record

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  • 4-1:

    • Fatimah Ismail (9th seed, Novice LD)

35th Annual Stanford Debate Invitational:

~ Winter Signature Competition Event ~

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Out of 15 student competitors who participated at this tournament, 7 students broke to elimination rounds.

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Final Places:

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  • Yasmine Siala (Semifinals, Open LD)

  • Aanya Virmani (Octafinals, Open LD)

  • Ahmad Ismail (Double octafinals, Open LD)

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  • Fatimah Ismail (Octafinals, JV LD)

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  • Anika Wahi & Alexandra Rumford (Semifinals, JV Parliamentary)

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  • Keith Maben (Quarterfinals, Varsity National Extemp)

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Speaker Awards:

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  • Open LD (out of 82)

    • Aanya Virmani (1st place)

    • Ahmad Ismail (6th place)

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  • JV Parliamentary (out of 90)

    • Alexandra Rumford (16th place)

    • Anika Wahi (17th place)

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  • Open Public Forum (out of 146)

    • Gayathri Srinivasan (21st place)

 

 

Prelim Records:

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  • 5-1:

    • Aanya Virmani (2nd seed, Open LD)

    • Ahmad Ismail (4th seed, Open LD)

    • Fatimah Ismail (9th seed, JV LD)

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  • 4-2:

    • Yasmine Siala (Open LD)

    • Riya Malik (JV LD)

    • Anika Wahi & Alexandra Rumford (JV Parliamentary)

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  • 3-3:​

    • Tavisha Patel (JV LD)

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Winter Signature

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Columbia University Invitational:

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  • Shruthi Chandrasekaran & Shreya Singar (Quarterfinals, JV PF)

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  • Fatimah Ismail (3-3, JV LD)

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C​FL Super Debate 3:

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At the third and final league debate event, we had 12 entries, with 18 students competing in total. Three teams had a record of 3 wins and only 1 loss.

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  • Ahmad Ismail (3-1, Open LD)

  • Yasmine Siala (3-1, Open LD)

  • Sharvi Agrawal & Lasya Yadlapati (3-1, JV PF)

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Additionally, since the majority of our first year debaters competed in the Open division at this tournament, we wanted to recognize the teams that had a 2-2 record.

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  • Tavisha Patel (2-2, Open LD)

  • Anmol Gill (2-2, Open LD)

  • Shruthi Chandrasekaran & Shreya Singar (2-2, Open PF)

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Fall Semester

College Prep School Invitational:

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  • Tavisha Patel (Semifinals, Novice LD)

  • Ahmad Ismail (2nd place - Runner up, Open LD)

  • Keith Maben (Double octofinals, TOC LD)

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Speaker Awards:

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  • Tavisha Patel (9th place - Novice LD)​

  • Ahmad Ismail (2nd place - Open LD)​

Isidore Newman School Invitational Tournament:

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Prelim Records:

 

  • Keith Maben (3-3, Varsity LD)

The Princeton Classic:

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This competition was one of Wilcox's first circuit tournaments.

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Final Places:

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  • Riya Malik (Semifinals, JV LD)

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  • Keith Maben (Doubles, Varsity LD)

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Prelim Records:

 

  • Tavisha Patel (3-3, JV LD)

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  • Anmol Gill & Shruthi Chandrasekaran (3-3, JV PF)

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Speaker Awards:

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  • Tavisha Patel (2nd Place)​

    • JV LD (out of 50)

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John Lewis SVUDL Invitational (Fall SCU Dempsey Cronin):

~ Fall Signature Competition Event ~

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Out of 9 debate entries on both divisions, 6 teams broke to elimination rounds.

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  • Aaditya Avadhani & Sohan Patra (Triple octofinals, Novice PF)

  • Anmol Gill & Shruthi Chandrasekaran (Triple octofinals, Novice PF)

  • Nathanael Suresh & Aman Bilodi (Triple octofinals, Novice PF)

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  • Riya Malik (2nd place - Runner up, Novice LD)

  • Tavisha Patel (Double octofinals, Novice LD)

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  • Yasmine Siala (Semifinals, Varsity LD)

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Speaker Awards:

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  • Novice LD (out of 100)

    • Riya Malik (5th place)

    • Tavisha Patel (10th place)

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  • Open Parliamentary (out of 208)

    • Tavleen Kaur (13th place)

    • Ahmad Ismail (23rd place)

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  • Novice PF (out of 256)

    • Fatimah Ismail (29th place)

    • Shruthi Chandrasekaran (37th place)

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Fall Signature

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C​FL Super Debate & Speech 2:

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Debate:

​Out of 9 team entries, 2 teams went undefeated with a record of 4-0:

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  • Riya Malik (4-0, JV LD)

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  • Anika Wahi & Alexandra Rumford (4-0, JV Parli)

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Speech:

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  • Keith Maben (4th place, National Extemporaneous)​

    • Wildcard to State Qualifiers

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Memorial Spring Woods Swing Tournament:

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  • Keith Maben (2nd place, Domestic Extemporaneous)​

    • TOC bid

Plano West TFA/TOC Invitational Qualifying Tournament:

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  • Keith Maben (6th Place, Domestic Extemporaneous)​

    • TOC bid

    • Semifinals, International Extemporaneous​

Cal Parli Invitational:

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  • Ahmad Ismail & Tavleen Kaur (Octofinals, Varsity Parli)​

C​FL Super Debate 1:

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​Out of 9 team entries, 5 teams had a record of 3 wins, and only 1 loss:

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  • Aanya Virmani (3-1, Varsity LD)

  • Tavisha Patel (3-1, JV LD)

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  • Sharvi Agrawal & Shreya Singar (3-1, JV PF)

  • Shruthi Chandrasekaran & Anmol Gill (3-1, JV PF)

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  • Ahmad Ismail & Tavleen Kaur (3-1, Varsity Parli)

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Jack Howe Memorial:

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  • Keith Maben (4th place, Varsity Extemporaneous)​

    • TOC bid

University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions:

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  • Keith Maben (Octofinals, Extemp)

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TOC

California High School Speech Association (CHSSA) Championship:

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  • Keith Maben (Semifinals, National Extemp)

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States

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