CULMULATIVE DEBATER AWARDS SUMMARY LAST FIVE YEARS

85 speaker awards, 34 team awards were won by 41 different debaters

28 National Debate Scholars (10 Summa, 11 Magna Cume Laude, 4 Cum Laude, 3 Honorable Mentions)

AWARDS HELD BY COACHES

Over 15 Awards & Recognitions for Coaching Excellence, 2 Coach of the Year, 6 NDT Qualifications, 3 Critics of the Year, 3 CEDA All-Americans, 6 MVPs, 5 Community Service Awards)

HISTORIC TEAM BENCHMARKS

Semester best elim percentage: 93.5% (NYU sent 31 teams to tournaments AND 29 of them made elims): Fall 2013

Season best elim percentage: 79% (NYU sent 52 teams to tournaments and 41 made elims): 2013-2014 season

Teams that have gone through entire tournaments undefeated:

Adejoke Mason/Kalina Pierga (Rutgers University Open Division 2019)

Zhane Lloyd/Kristin Raveneau (University of Texas Dallas JV Division 2017)

Tara Dalton/Erin Szczechowski (West Point Tournament Novice Division 2016)

Ricky Garner/Nate Gorelick (12-0; District 8 NDT Qualifiers 2003)

Last Teams to Qualify for the NDT: Emmanuel Makinde/vikram Saigal (2023)

National Championships: CEDA- Ricky Garner & Nate Gorelick (2003) JV- Alex Sherman & Kathy Wang (2019)

Highest Rankings: 7th in the Nation (CEDA Rankings 2017), 8th in the Nation (NDT rankings 2017) 3rd in the Nation [CEDA Novice Sweepstakes]

Most Teams Cleared at CEDA Nationals: FOUR (2021) - Alex Sherman/Eugene Toth, Faizan Hussain/Maggie Pierce, Alejandro Scott/Sarika Doppalapudi, Adelle Fernando & Aliyaah Touissant [2nd seed, Novice Breakout]

Closeout History:

2022 Big Tent Online - JV Division - Aliyaah Toussaint/Callum Theiding & Ariana Teng/Deanna Ciacciarelli

2019 - Rutgers - Open Division -at semis: Adejoke Mason/Kalina Pierga, Gloria Zheng/Jenny Zheng, Alan Liu/Faizan Hussain & Brandon Lu/Ethan Rosen

2018 - Univ of Texas-Dallas - JV Division - Kathy Wang/Logan Reed & Josh Johnwell/Adejoke Mason

2016 - Univ of Texas-Dallas - JV Division - Erin M Szczechowski/Tara Dalton & Zhane Lloyd/Kristin Raveneau

2012 - Univ of Rochester - Open Division - John Dellamore/Julia Calwell & Aziz Ali/Nathan Grau

2003 - Columbia Univ. - Open Division- Ricky Garner/Nate Gorelick, Kristen Feeley/Jen Schramm

Major Individual Team/Speaker Highlights

2023 Novice Nationals - 3rd in the Nation - Reeya Kansra/Jessie Tai
2023 NDT Qualifiers [Binghamton] - Emmanuel Makinde/Vikram Saigal
2023 East Regionals - JV Finalists - Anuj Jain/Sean Wang
2023 East Regionals - Novice Finalists - Rachel Ahn/Elena Li
2023 U of Minnesota - TOP SPEAKER Vikram Saigal - (Open Division)
2023 The MAC JV Semifinalists Sehan Choi & Fhatima Shakir
2023 Georgetown 1ST PLACE SPEAKER - JV - Yvonne Wu
2022 Big Tent Online - SWEEPSTAKES CHAMPIONS - Best Overall Program - Battle of the Formats
2022 Big Tent Online - JV CHAMPION - Aliyaah Toussaint/Callum Theiding & Ariana Teng/Deanna Ciacciarelli
2022 Big Tent Online - Novice Finalist - Jessie Tai/Reeya Kansra
2022 Big Tent Online - 5th place Speaker Ariana Teng JV
2022 Big Tent Online - 2nd place Speaker Deanna Ciacciarelli - JV
2022 Big Tent Online - 1ST PLACE SPEAKER Callum Theiding - JV
2022 West Point - 3rd Place Speaker Vikram Saigal - (Open Division)
2022 West Point - 5th Place Speaker Emmanuel Makinde (Open Division)
2022 CEDA Nationals - 6th in the Nation - Sam Jin/Yvonne Wu (quarterfinalists)
2022 CEDA Nationals - 7th in the Nation - Jessica Li/Anchita Aurora (quarterfinalists)
2022 JV/Nov Nationals - 9th in the Nation - Deanna Ciacciarelli/Adelle Fernando (junior varsity)
2022 JV/Nov Nationals - 9th in the Nation - Thomas Ku/Jessica Li (novice)
2022 ADA Nationals - 5th in the Nation - Thomas Ku/Yvonne Wu (novice)
2022 East Regionals - Finalists - Ariana Teng/Deanna Ciacciarelli
2022 East Regionals - Semifinalists - Luigi Idrovo/Dhruv Mittur
2022 East Regionals - 2nd Speaker - Luigi Idrovo
2021 University of Wyoming - Semifinalists - Thomas Ku/Jessica Li (novice)
2021 University of Wyoming - TOP SPEAKER - Anchita Aurora (novice)
2021 University of Wyoming - 3rd Speaker - Sam Jin (novice)
2021 University of Wyoming - Finalist - Luigi Idrovo/Dhruv Mittur (Junior Varsity)
2021 CEDA Nationals - 5th in the Nation -Eugene Toth/Alex Sherman [quarterfinalists]
2021 CEDA Nationals - 3rd in the Nation - Adelle Fernando/Aliyaah Toussaint [Novice Breakout]
2021 NOVICE NATIONALS TOP SPEAKER - Adelle Fernando
2021 Novice Nationals - 4th speaker - Aliyaah Toussaint
2021 NDT Qualifiers -Eugene Toth/Alex Sherman [New School], Maggie Pierce/Faizan Hussain [SRALB]
2021 EAST REGIONALS CHAMPIONS - Novice Division (Adelle Fernando/Aliyaah Toussaint)
2021 EAST REGIONALS 1st Place Speaker- Novice Division (Adelle Fernando)
2021 Indiana CHAMPION - JV Division (Ivan Ziabkin/Ethan Rosen)
2021 Southwestern College SEMIFINALISTS - Open Division (Sai Karavadi/Sarika Doppalapudi)
2020 West Point CHAMPION - Open Division (Eugene Toth/Alex Sherman)
2020 West Point CHAMPION - JV Division (Isha Berde/Lauren Li)
2020 West Point - 1st Place Speaker, Open Division (Alex Sherman)
2020 West Point - 2nd Place Speaker, Open Division (Eugene Toth)
2020 West Point - 3rd Place Speaker, Open Division (Maggie Pierce)
2020 West Point - 4th Place Speaker, Open Division (Faizan Hussain)
2020 University of Wyoming SEMIFINALISTS - Open Division (Maggie Pierce/Faizan Hussain)
2020 University of Wyoming SEMIFINALISTS - JV Division (Alejandro Scott/Sarika Doppalapudi)
2020 University of Wyoming - 1st Place Speaker - Novice Division (Gabe Wise)
2020 CSU-Long Beach - 1st Place Speaker - JV Division (Siyu Sun)
2020 CSU-Long Beach 2nd Place - JV Division (Siyu Sun/Ivan Ziaban)
2020 CSU-Long Beach 2nd Place - Novice Division (Dhruv Mittur/Ishar Varma)
2020 Binghamton SEMIFINALISTS - Open Division (Maggie Pierce/Faizan Hussain)
2020 Binghamton FINALISTS - JV Division (Ethan Rosen/Ivan Ziabkin)
2020 NDT Qualifiers [New School] -Jackson Booth/Alex Sherman
2020 Georgetown University 2nd Place - Novice Division (Joy Kim/Warrington Webb)
2019 JV/Novice Nationals - CHAMPION - JV Division (Alex Sherman/Kathy Wang)
2019 Rutgers University CHAMPION - Open Division (Adejoke Mason/Kalina Pierga)
2019 Rutgers University - 1st Place Speaker, Open Division (Adejoke Mason)
2019 West Point Tournament CHAMPION - Novice Division (Alejandro Scott/James Peng)
2019 University of Rochester - CHAMPION - Open Division (Sai Karavadi/Josh Johnwell)
2019 University of Rochester - 1st Place Speaker, Novice Division (Jing "Lauren" Li)
2019 JV/Novice Nationals - CHAMPION - JV Division (Alex Sherman/Kathy Wang)
2018 West Point Debate Tournament - CHAMPION - Open Division (Jack Booth/Alex Sherman)
2018 CEDA National Championships - 17th in the Nation (Joshua Johnwell/Zhane Lloyd)
2018 CEDA National Championships - 18th in the Nation (Jack Booth/Alex Sherman)
2018 University of Texas-Dallas - JV Division - CO-CHAMPIONS (Wang/Reed & Johnwell/Mason)
2018 Univ of Texas-Dallas Tournament - 1st Place Speaker - JV Division (Josh Johnwell)
2018 University of North Texas Tournament-1st Place Speaker, JV Division (Jin Choi)

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