Highlights

CULMULATIVE AWARDS SUMMARY 2014-PRESENT

104 speaker awards, 66 team awards were won by 71 different debaters

​39 National Debate Scholars (10 Summa, 12 Magna Cume Laude, 17 Cum Laude)

13 Coaching awards for NYU staff, 2 CEDA Academic All-Americans

HISTORIC TEAM BENCHMARKS 

Record-setting semester 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:

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 Team to Qualify for the NDT:  Jack Booth/Alex Sherman (2019) 

National Championships:  CEDA Ricky Garner and Nate Gorelick (2003)

Highest Rankings: 7th in the Nation (CEDA Rankings 2017), 8th in the Nation (NDT rankings 2017)  

​​Major Individual Team/Speaker Highlights​

• 2019  JV/Novice Nationals - CHAMPION - JV Division (Alex Sherman/Kathy Wang)
  
• 2019  JV/Novice Nationals - 5th Place - JV Division (Michelle Li/Pacy Yan) 
  
• 2019  Northeast Regional Championships - 5th Place - JV Division (Adejoke Mason/Nick Sawhney)
• 2019  Northeast Regional Championships - 5th Place - JV Division (Michelle Li/Pacy Yan) 
  
• 2019  Northeast Regional Championships - 9th Place - Novice Division (Paige Hanoka/Isha Berde)
  
• 2019  Northeast Regional Championships - 9th Place - Novice Division (James Peng/Alejandro Scott)
• 2019  Northeast Regional Championships - 4th Place Speaker, JV Division (Adejoke Mason)
  
• 2019  Univ of North Texas Tournament - 9th Place - Open Division (Adejoke Mason/Kathy Wang)
  
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - CHAMPION - Open Division (Jack Booth/Alex Sherman) 
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 5th Place - Open Division (Josh Johnwell/Kathy Wang) 
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 5th Place - JV Division (Gloria Zheng/Jin Choi) 
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 2nd Place Speaker, Open Division (Alex Sherman) 
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 3rd Place Speaker, Open Division (Jack Booth) 
• 2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 9th Place Speaker, Open Division (Kathy Wang) 
• ​2018  West Point Debate Tournament - 9th Place Speaker, JV Division (Jin Choi) 
  
• 2018  Rutgers Invitational - 2nd Place - JV Division (Adejoke Mason/Yejin Chang)
  
• 2018  Rutgers Invitational - 3rd Place - Open Division (Kevin Lu/Eric Deng) 
  
• 2018  Rutgers Invitational - 5th Place Speaker, Open Division (Eric Deng) 
  
• 2018  Rutgers Invitational - 6th Place Speaker, Open Division (Kevin Lu) 
  
• 2018  Binghamton Regional Opener - 5th Place - Open Division (Faizan Hussain/Kristin Raveneau)
• 2018  Binghamton Regional Opener - 5th Place - Open Division (Joshua Johnwell/Kathy Wang)
• 2018  Binghamton Regional Opener - 5th Place Speaker, Open Division (Joshua Johnwell)
  
• 2018  Binghamton Regional Opener - 6th Place Speaker, Open Division (Kathy Wang)
  
• 2018  Binghamton Regional Opener - 10th Place Speaker, Open Division (Kristin Raveneau)
  
• 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  JV National Championships - 5th Place (Kathy Wang/Alex Sherman)
  
• 2018  JV National Championships - 9th Place  (Logan Reed/Faizan Hussain)
  
• 2018  Novice National Championships - 9th Place (Paul Mapara/Kristen Gourrier)
  
• 2018 University of Texas-Dallas - JV Division - CO-CHAMPIONS (Kathy Wang/Logan Reed & Josh Johnwell/Adejoke Mason) 
  
• 2018 University of Texas-Dallas Tournament - 5th Place - Junior Varsity Division (Kristen Gourrier/Jin Choi)
• 2018 University of Texas-Dallas Tournament - Top Speaker - Junior Varsity Division (Josh Johnwell)
  
• 2018 University of Texas-Dallas Tournament - 2nd Place Speaker - Junior Varsity Division (Adejoke Mason) 2018 University of Texas-Dallas Tournament - 3rd Place Speaker - Junior Varsity Division (Jin Choi)
  
• 2018 University of Texas-Dallas Tournament - 5th Place Speaker - Junior Varsity Division (Kristen Gourrier) 2018 University of North Texas Tournament-Top Speaker, Junior Varsity Division (Jin Choi)
  
• 2017 Cornell Tournament of Love - CHAMPION - Open Division (Jack Booth/Alex Sherman)
• 2017 Cornell Tournament of Love - Top Speaker - Open Division (Alex Sherman)
  
• 2017 Cornell Tournament of Love - 2nd Place Speaker - Open Division (Jack Booth)
• 2017 Monmouth Tournament - CHAMPION - Junior Varsity Division (Bryte Bu/Gloria Zheng)
  
• 2017 Monmouth Tournament - 5th Place - Open Division (Kathy Wang/Jenny Zheng)
  
• 2017 West Point Tournament - 5th Place - Novice Division (Vivian Cheng/Camilla Leal)
• 2017 West Point Tournament - 2nd Place Speaker - Novice Division (Camilla Leal)
• 2017 Novice National Championships - 2nd in the Nation - Novice Division (Bryte Bu/Gloria Zheng)