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 and it has been held every Spring since. This year marks the tournament's 31st 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

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

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

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