Speech Finalists and Semifinalists

Foreign Extemporaneous

Sushmita Sridhar (’10 MVHS) –Finalist and 7^th Place at DeAnza Extravaganza

Derick Choi (’08 MVHS)—Semifinalist at Stanford Invitational

Louis Kao (’08 MVHS)—Semifinalist at Stanford Invitational

Andrew Gilley (’10 MVHS)—Semifinalist at State Qualifier

Impromptu

Josh Cohen (’11 MVHS)

Novice Finalist and 4^th Place at Leland High School

Novice SemiFinalist at Santa Clara Invitational

Nick Forell (’11 MVHS)

Novice Semifinalist at Leland High School

Duo

Gloria Liang & Ancy Dow (’10 LAHS)

Santa Clara Invitational—Novice Semifinalist

Oratorical Interpretation

Debate Elimination Rounds

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Our Lincoln-Douglas debate squad received a total of SIXTEEN bids (qualifying legs) to the Tournament of Champions, placing us second in the nation!  Additionally, our team fared very well at the TOC itself.  Daniel Moerner won the Ulrich award for being the first place speaker and also reached semifinals.  Daniel Garber was an octafinalist.

Diana Chou (’09 LAHS)

Stanford Invitational—JV Double Octafinalist

Daniel Garber (’09 MVHS)

Greenhill Invitational—Octafinalist

Glenbrooks Invitational—Quarterfinalist

Montgomery Bell Academy Round Robin—9^th place

Stanford Invitational—Double Octafinalist

Berkeley Invitational— Double Octafinalist

Qualifier to CA State tournament 

Octafinalist at the Tournament of Champions

Libby Jacobson (’11 MVHS)

Evergreen Valley High School—Undefeated Novice

Daniel Khalessi (’09 MVHS)

Valley Mid-America Cup Invitational—Octafinalist

St. Marks Invitational—Quarterfinalist

College Preparatory School Invitational—Finalist & 1^st Place; 1^st Place Best Speaker Award

Victory Briefs Tournament—Triple Octafinalist; 21^st Speaker

Stanford Invitational—Double Octafinalist

Berkeley Invitational—Double Octafinalist; 4^th Place Best Speaker Award

Harker Round Robin—5^th Place

Harker Invitational—Finalist; 3^rd Place Best Speaker Award

Megan Magee (’09 MVHS)

Valley Mid-America Cup Invitational—Double Octafinalist

Santa Clara Invitational—Octafinalist

Stanford Invitational—Triple Octafinalist

Harker Invitational—Double Octafinalist

Jeff Merrill (’09 MVHS)

Apple Valley Invitational—Double Octafinalist

Stanford Invitational—Quarterfinalist; 6^th Place Best Speaker Award

Berkeley Invitational—Triple Octafinalist

Daniel Moerner (’09 LAHS)

Vassar Round Robin—Winner

Valley Mid-America Cup Invitational—Finalist; 1^st Place Best Speaker Award

St. Marks Invitational—Semifinalist; 1^st Place Best Speaker Award

Glenbrooks Invitational—Quarterfinalist; 12^th Place Best Speaker Award

Montgomery Bell Academy Round Robin—6^th place

Barkley Forum for High Schools Tournament—Finalist; 1^st Place Best Speaker Award

Stanford Invitational—Champion; 2^nd Place Best Speaker Award

Berkeley Invitational—Octafinalist; 1^st Place Best Speaker Award

Harker Round Robin—Champion

Tournament of Champions - Semifinalist, 1st speaker 

Natalee Pei (’09 MVHS)

Valley Mid-America Cup Invitational—Octafinalist

Santa Clara Invitational—Octafinalist

Victory Briefs Tournament—Octafinalist

Barkley Forum for High Schools Tournament—Octafinalist

Stanford Invitational—Octafinalist

Berkeley Invitational—Octafinalist

Harker Invitational—Quarterfinalist; 8^th Place Best Speaker Award

Semifinalist at CA State tournament

Qualifier to the Tournament of Champions

Jing Wang (’09 LAHS)

Valley Mid-America Cup Invitational—Double Octafinalist

College Preparatory School Invitational—Quarterfinalist

Berkeley Invitational—Octafinalist

Harker Invitational—Octafinalist

Public Forum Debate

Hayden Smith (’08 LAHS)

Santa Clara Invitational—4^th Place

Congress

Chris Galdamez (’09 LAHS)

Palo Alto High School – 6^th Place

Santa Clara Invitational—Finalist

San Lorenzo High School—2^nd Place

Katie Keim (’11 LAHS)

Santa Clara Invitational—Finalist

Ryan Khalessi (’11 MVHS)

Palo Alto High School – 7^th Place

San Lorenzo High School—7^th Place

Mason Satterwhite (’10 LAHS)

Palo Alto High School – 6^th Place

Santa Clara Invitational—Finalist & 5^th Place

Rylan Schaeffer (’11 MVHS)

Palo Alto High School – 4^th Place

San Lorenzo High School—6^th Place

Berkeley Invitational—Semifinalist

Qualifier to CA State tournament

National Qualifier - 4th place 

Other Results

Shaheen Adibi (’08 MVHS)

Placed First in the Palo Alto Lion's Club competition with his speech on "Immigration: My Solution" and progressed to the Zone Competition

Placed 1^st in the Los Altos Rotary Club competition with his speech on Global Warming and then progressed to the Club Competition

Megan Magee (’09 MVHS)

Placed 2^nd in the Los Altos Rotary Club competition