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)

Highlights

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