Tournament History

The First and Second Year National Championships began as the brainchild of Paula Nettles, the longtime Director of Debate at Woodward Academy. After departing Parkview High School for Woodward in 1987, Paula inherited a fall invitational tournament that attracted a large field of competitors from throughout the region. Identifying the need for competitive opportunities in the Spring semester for younger debaters, Paula moved the tournament to March and billed it as the Georgia First and Second Year Championships. Teams from outside of Georgia quickly began requesting invitations and before long the tournament had grown into a true National Championship. The first tournament was held in 1988. As the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19, this year marks the tournament's 34th anniversary.

Year-by-year results (including champions, runners-up, and top speakers) are listed below. More complete results for policy divisions from the pre-Tabroom.com era are available here: https://the3nr.com/results/woodward.html. Results from the Tabroom.com era are available by searching "Woodward" on Tabroom.

First Year Lincoln-Douglas Results

2001-2002
Champion: Cary Academy (NC) — ?
Runner-Up: Vestavia Hills (AL) — Ellen Yan
Top Speaker: Unknown

2002-2003
Champion: Houston Memorial (TX) — John Lewis
Runner-Up: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Anila Sinha
Top Speaker: Unknown

2003-2004
Champion: Trinity Prep (FL) — Miles Brundage
Runner-Up: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Molly Clark
Top Speaker: Unknown

2004-2005
Champion: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Sumi Sinha
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Stephen Campiai
Top Speaker: Unknown

2005-2006
Champion: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Saboor Sheerazi
Top Speaker: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes

2006-2007
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Stephanie Mazursky
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Nick Bratton
Top Speaker: Meadows (NV) — Nick Bratton

2007-2008
Champion: Oak Mountain (AL) — Larry Liu
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Jordan LaMothe
Top Speaker: Meadows (NV) — Jordan LaMothe

2008-2009
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Ben Sprung-Keyser
Runner-Up: Hockaday (TX) — Mollie Cowger
Top Speaker: Hendrick Hudson (NY) — Sophie Ruff

2009-2010
Champion: Lexington (MA) — Noah Star (close-out)
Runner-Up: Lexington (MA) — Paul Zhou (close-out)
Top Speaker: Lexington (MA) — Noah Star

2010-2011
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Annie Kors (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Julie Engle

2011-2012
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Micah Rosen (close-out)
Runner-Up: Brentwood (CA) — Jared Paul (close-out)
Top Speaker: Brentwood (CA) — Jacob Chorches

2012-2013
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Cameron Cohen
Runner-Up: Lexington (MA) — Linnea Warburton
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Cameron Cohen

2013-2014
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Noah Simon (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jesse Nadel (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Noah Simon

2014-2015
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Liz Yount, Evan Engel (semifinals close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Indu Pandey, Vishan Chaudhary (semifinals close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Liz Yount

2015-2016
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jaya Nayar (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Alexandra Mork (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Alexandra Mork

2016-2017
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jonathan Cosgrove
Runner-Up: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Parnika Agrawal
Top Speaker: Santa Monica (CA) — Rex Evans

2017-2018
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tessa Augsberger
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) —SarahMae Tuohy
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Isabella Whitney

2018-2019
Champion: American Heritage Plantation (FL) — Prateek Gupta
Runner-Up: Northview (GA) — Sreyaash Das
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Julianne Hannon

2019-2020
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.

2020-2021
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen
Runner Up: Scripps Ranch (CA) — Agastya Sridharan
Top Speaker: Scripps Ranch (CA) — Agastya Sridharan

2021-2022
Champion: Lexington (MA) — Roger Li
Runner Up: American Heritage Broward (FL) — Jessica Wong
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Francesca Moreno

2022-2023
Champion: Immaculate Heart (CA) — Nicolette Huff
Runner Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Julia Thomas
Top Speaker: Immaculate Heart (CA) — Nicolette Huff

2023-2024
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jacob Waxman
Runner Up: Marlborough (CA) — Sarah Meisel
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jacob Waxman

Second Year Lincoln-Douglas Results

2001-2002
Champion: Sandlewood (FL) — Paulo Estrado
Runner-Up: Iowa City West (IA) — Kate Rice
Top Speaker: Unknown

2002-2003
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — David Wolfish
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Amanda Liverzani
Top Speaker: Unknown

2003-2004
Champion: Trinity Prep (FL) — Tim Walsh
Runner-Up: Charlotte Latin (NC) — Harlan Michelle
Top Speaker: Unknown

2004-2005
Champion: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Allison Huberlie
Runner-Up: Lake Mary (FL) — Caroline Yachan
Top Speaker: Lake Highland (FL) — Najeeb Khuda

2005-2006
Champion: Kinkaid (TX) — Becca Traber
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Hana Ahmed
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Corey Metzman

2006-2007
Champion: Vestavia Hills (AL) — Rusty Mawn
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes
Top Speaker: Bronx Science (NY) — Matt Dunay

2007-2008
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Adam Silver (close-out)
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Bobby Esnard (close-out)
Top Speaker: Altamont School (AL) — Sasha Arijanto

2008-2009
Champion: Northland Christian (TX) — Jared Woods
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Carolyn Clendenin
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Apryl Giraudon

2009-2010
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Kyle Allen-Niesen
Runner-Up: Loyola Blakefield (MD) — Tom Cameron
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Farhan Damani

2010-2011
Champion: Suncoast (FL) — Carlton Bone
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Brendan Gallagher
Top Speaker: Walt Whitman (MD) — Jessica Levy

2011-2012
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi
Runner-Up: Northland Christian (TX) — Shania Hunt
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi

2012-2013
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Micah Rosen (close-out)
Runner-Up: Brentwood (CA) — Jackson Lallas (close-out)
Top Speaker: Brentwood (CA) — Jackson Lallas

2013-2014
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Bennett Eckert
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Annie Gersh
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Bennett Eckert

2014-2015
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Grace Kim (close-out)
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Lillian Goldsmith (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harrison (NY) — Raffi Piliero

2015-2016
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Shruthi Krishnan
Runner-Up: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Hannah Koegler
Top Speaker: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Hannah Koegler

2016-2017
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Brian Zhou (close-out)
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Mihir Raj (close-out)
Top Speaker: Cambridge Rindge and Latin (MA) — Martino Boni Beadle

2017-2018
Champion: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Isabella Nadel
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Anais Zhang
Top Speaker: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Parnika Agrawal

2018-2019
Champion: Hill (PA) — Juliana Ma
Runner-Up: Blair Academy (NJ) — Arjun Chopra
Top Speaker: Marlborough (GA) — SarahMae Tuohy

2019-2020
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.

2020-2021
Champion: Carnegie Vanguard (TX) — Siddhartha Rana
Runner Up: Greenhill (TX) — Nikitha Thoduguli
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Nikitha Thoduguli

2021-2022
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen (close-out)
Runner Up: Marlborough (CA) — Hope Lee (close-out)
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen

2022-2023
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maia Shah
Runner Up: Eastern (CT) — Lula Wang
Top Speaker: Midtown (GA) — Fiona Bray

2023-2024
Champion: Midtown (GA) — Harris James (close-out)
Runner Up: Midtown (GA) — Nicholas Federov (close-out)
Top Speaker: Midtown (GA) — Nicholas Federov

First Year Policy Results

1997-1998
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Dalton Franklin & Paul Johnson (close-out)
Runner-Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Lewis & Josh Rosenblatt (close-out)
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ian McDaniel

1998-1999
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown

1999-2000
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: North Mecklenberg (NC) — Jessica Brumley

2000-2001
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown

2001-2002
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Alex Lamballe & Tripp Rebrovick
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Xing Guan & Kendall Snodgrass
Top Speaker: Chattahoochee (GA) — Daniyal Inamullah

2002-2003
Champion: Chattahoochee (GA) — Utsav Kaushish & Hayley Nelson, Chen Ni & Scott Phillips (close-out of semifinals)
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Sherry Wang & Shasha Zhou, Rajat Dhir & Nick Morrow (close-out of semifinals)
Top Speaker: Chattahoochee (GA) — Utsav Kaushish

2003-2004
Champion: Highland Park (TX) — Matthew Andrews & Michael Dewberry
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Tavi Acosta & Gary Seidman
Top Speaker: Northview (GA) — Vibin Kundukulam

2004-2005
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Bryant Huang & Nick Petrocchi
Runner-Up: Burlington (VT) — Evan Johnson & Matt Senghas
Top Speaker: Chattahoochee (GA) — Matt Foretich

2005-2006
Champion: Glenbrook South (IL) — Colin Quinn & Alec Zimmer
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Jennifer Armstrong & Peyton Lee
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Peyton Lee

2006-2007
Champion: Chattahoochee (GA) — Megan Cambre & Alexandra Cruz
Runner-Up: Westminster (GA) — Angela Guo & Daniel Taylor
Top Speaker: Mountain Brook (AL) — Gabrielle Tandet

2007-2008
Champion: Chattahoochee (GA) — Mustafa Inamullah & Kaitlin Walker
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Jonathan Choi & Phillip Han
Top Speaker: Damien (CA) — Pablo Gannon

2008-2009
Champion: University of Chicago Lab (IL) — Charley Rafkin & Isaac Stanley-Becker
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Colin Bianchi & Mitchell Bigelow
Top Speaker: Lexington (MA) — James Fraser

2009-2010
Champion: River Hill (MD) — Madelaine Houck & Michael Koo (close-out)
Runner-Up: Mount Hebron (MD) — Jake Dillon & Andrew Wang (close-out)
Top Speaker: River Hill (MD) — Madelaine Houck

2010-2011
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Colin Basco & Dillon Hall
Runner-Up: Glenbrook North (IL) — Kimberly Hill & Daniel Newman
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Anshuman Parikh

2011-2012
Champion: Pace Academy (GA) — Tanner Lewis & Clyde Shepherd
Runner-Up: Alpharetta (GA) — Jatin Nanda & Kiyoshi Woolheater
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Saul Forman

2012-2013
Champion: Blake (MN) — Zahir Shaikh & Allen Wang
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Reid Funston & Ethan Schneider
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Reid Funston

2013-2014
Champion: Pace Academy (GA) — Michael Chen & Jake Movsovitz (close-out)
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Jack McMillin & Eno Reyes, Christopher Howard & William Movsovitz (close-out of semifinals)
Top Speaker: Seaholm (MI) — Cameron Baller

2014-2015
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Jack Capizzi & Ben Jablonski
Runner-Up: University of Chicago Lab (IL) — Alex Blocker & Michael Hellie
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ben Jablonski

2015-2016
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Sam Funk & Jack Rankin
Runner-Up: Carrollton Sacred Heart (FL) — Cecilia De la Guardia & Lily Touret
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Sam Funk

2016-2017
Champion: Wayzata (MN) — Shawn Liang & Kevin Sun
Runner-Up: Niles West (IL) — Sarah Waters & Hannah Kim
Top Speaker: Alpharetta (GA) — Suchetas Bokil

2017-2018
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Rishi Manghat & Benjamin Sayers (close-out)
Runner-Up: Westminster (GA) — Connor Li & Aaron Yu (close-out)
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Rishi Manghat

2018-2019
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Charlotte Baugher & Finn Walsh
Runner-Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ben Bozza & Asher Maxwell
Top Speaker: Little Rock Central (AR) — Richard Liu

2019-2020
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.

2020-2021
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Raleigh Maxwell & Cy Turner
Runner Up: Lexington (MA) — Ananya Katyal & Misty Wang
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Ravi Parikh

2021-2022
Champion: Mamaroneck (NY) — Benjamin Miller & Gabriella Miller
Runner Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Kavneer Majhail & Arish Singhvi
Top Speaker: Niles West (IL) — Leen Hashlamoun

2022-2023
Champion: Damien (CA) — Brandon Park & Maddox Park
Runner Up: Northview (GA) — Sajad Beg & Kento Taylor
Top Speaker: Northview (GA) — Sajad Beg

2023-2024
Champion: Woodward (GA) — Rishi Jain & Maisie Rainwater
Runner Up: Little Rock Central (AR) — Genny Batcheller & Shangyu Wu
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Abby Richter

Second Year Policy Results

1997-1998
Champion: Albuquerque Academy (NM) — Ian Bourland & Sam Brown
Runner-Up: Caddo Magnet (LA) — Sameer Asher & Nermin Ghali
Top Speaker: Caddo Magnet (LA) — Nermin Ghali

1998-1999
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown

1999-2000
Champion: Portage Central or Northern (MI) — ?
Runner-Up: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Spencer Johnson & Vikas Kumar
Top Speaker: Iowa City West (IA) — Jing Luo

2000-2001
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown

2001-2002
Champion: Colleyville Heritage (TX) — Jonathan Lewis & Jason Murray
Runner-Up: Cedar Rapids Washington (IA) — Cara Bader & Daniel McNeme
Top Speaker: Portage Central (MI) — David Thaisrivongs

2002-2003
Champion: Milton (GA) — Nick Ciarochi & Todd Mitchell
Runner-Up: Brookfield Central (WI) — Zack Brown & Amit Bindra
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Alex Lamballe

2003-2004
Champion: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Jack Ewing & Mark Presenti
Runner-Up: Brookfield Central (WI) — Alex Twinem & Ann Yuan
Top Speaker: Carrollton Sacred Heart (FL) — Yvanna Cancela

2004-2005
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Priyanka Anand & Stephen Weil
Runner-Up: Dallas Jesuit (TX) — Mark Offenbach & Ryan Stevens
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Kyle Davis

2005-2006
Champion: Burlington (VT) — Evan Johnson & Matt Senghas
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Winston Luo & Grant Peretz
Top Speaker: Glenbrook North (IL) — Stephanie Spies

2006-2007
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Rajesh Jegadeesh & Anshu Sathian
Runner-Up: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Katryna Cadle & Chris Power
Top Speaker: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Chris Power

2007-2008
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Regan Bozman & Andrew Markoff
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Joshua Lee & Kaavya Ramesh
Top Speaker: Damien (CA) — Reid Ehrlich-Quinn

2008-2009
Champion: Mountain Brook (AL) — Kevin Jiang & Lee Quinn
Runner-Up: Marquette (WI) — Michael Hoffmann & Jack Mackay
Top Speaker: Marquette (WI) — Michael Hoffmann

2009-2010
Champion: Glenbrook South (IL) — Jacob Hurwitz & Donald Thibeau
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Sankalp Banerjee & Lyall Stuart
Top Speaker: Centennial (MD) — Srinidhi Muppalla

2010-2011
Champion: Stratford Academy (GA) — Andrew Jones & Hemanth Sanjeev
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Jordan Epstein & Victor Skenderi
Top Speaker: Stratford Academy (GA) — Andrew Jones

2011-2012
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Mallika Madhusudan & Aaron Smith
Runner-Up: Niles West (IL) — Theo Noparstak & Jonass Placitis
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Colin Basco

2012-2013
Champion: Harker (CA) — Arya Kaul & Ayush Midha
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Connor Chapkis & William Neme-Micula
Top Speaker: Harker (CA) — Ayush Midha

2013-2014
Champion: Blake (MN) — Zahir Shaikh & Allen Wang (close-out)
Runner-Up: Blake (MN) — Nate Nys & Emma Wexler (close-out)
Top Speaker: Blake (MN) — Zahir Shaikh

2014-2015
Champion: Wayzata (MN) — Jeffrey Hu & Samyak Jain
Runner-Up: Milton (GA) — Genevieve Hackman & Alyssa Hoover
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ben Rosenthal

2015-2016
Champion: Niles West (IL) — Nathan Glancy & Nasim Salehitezangi
Runner-Up: Cabot (AR) — Kyler Buckner & Collin Smith
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Alex Greene

2016-2017
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Christopher Rascoe & Arjun Mohan
Runner-Up: Carrollton Sacred Heart (FL) — Jasmine Agreda & Cecilia De la Guardia
Top Speaker: Carrollton Sacred Heart (FL) — Cecilia De la Guardia

2017-2018
Champion:Little Rock Central (AR) — Sakshi Garg & Valorie Lam
Runner-Up: Carrollton Sacred Heart (FL) — Caroline Culmo & Gabriela Garity
Top Speaker: Little Rock Central (AR) — Sakshi Garg

2018-2019
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Connor Li & Aaron Yu (close-out)
Runner-Up: Westminster (GA) — Rishi Manghat & Benjamin Sayers (close-out)
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Aaron Yu

2019-2020
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.

2020-2021
Champion: Alpharetta (GA) — Sameer Jivangikar & Eshan Momin (close-out)
Runner Up: Alpharetta (GA) — Anish Nayak & Anish Thatiparthi
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Peyton Peters

2021-2022
Champion: Westwood (TX) — Robert Ou & Ishan Sharma
Runner Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Res Seibels & Cy Turner
Top Speaker: Westwood (TX) — Robert Ou

2022-2023
Champion: Liberal Arts and Science (TX) — Jack Dollinger & Anita Sosa
Runner Up: Mamaroneck (NY) — Ian McIlhenny & Sanjana Tata
Top Speaker: Liberal Arts and Science (TX) — Jack Dollinger

2023-2024
Champion: Liberal Arts and Science (TX) — Ankit Bhasi & Cephas Liu
Runner Up: Damien (CA) — Brandon Park & Maddox Park
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Andreas Charalambous

First Year Public Forum Results

2021-2022
Champion: Blake (MN) — Zellie Olson & Eva Redmond
Runner Up: Nueva (CA) — Natalie Lai & Charlotte Rosario
Top Speaker: Nueva (CA) — Charlotte Rosario

2022-2023 (Combined Division)
Champion: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi & Jayden Liu (close-out)
Runner Up: Lambert (GA) — Ethan Nam & Yuhan Shao
Top Speaker: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi

2023-2024
Champion: Marist School (GA) — William Mastella & Grayson Zeigler
Runner Up: Marist School (GA) — Jacob Scherrer & Aman Thakur
Top Speaker: Marist School (GA) — William Mastella

Second Year Public Forum Results

2021-2022
Champion: Seven Lakes (TX) — David Lu & Jason Zhao (close-out)
Runner Up: Seven Lakes (TX) — Fadhil Lawal & Arnav Mehta (close-out)
Top Speaker: Seven Lakes (TX) — Arnav Mehta

2022-2023 (Combined Division)
Champion: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi & Jayden Liu (close-out)
Runner Up: Lambert (GA) — Ethan Nam & Yuhan Shao
Top Speaker: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi

2023-2024
Champion: Lambert (GA) — Zhengyao Liew & Jayden Liu (close-out)
Runner Up: Lambert (GA) — Jack Bruey & Logan Byron (close-out)
Top Speaker: Lambert (GA) — Jack Bruey