Each spring, Woodward Academy hosts the First and Second Year National Championships in policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate. "Woodward" to debaters throughout the United States, the tournament is considered the premier event for novice and second-year debaters.
The First and Second Year National Championships began as the brainchild of Paula Nettles, Woodward's former Director of Debate. After departing Parkview High School for Woodward in 1987, she inherited a fall invitational tournament that attracted a sizable field of competitors from throughout the region. Identifying the need for competitive opportunities in the spring semester for younger debaters, however, Nettles moved the tournament to March and billed it as the Georgia First and Second Year Championships. Teams from outside Georgia quickly began requesting invitations and before long the tournament had grown into a true National Championship.
The inaugural First and Second Year National Championship tournament was held in 1988. Since then, it has been held every spring (except in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation). The 2021 and 2022 tournaments were hosted online, but competitors returned to Woodward's campus in 2023 for the 35th annual tournament.
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. Results from the Tabroom.com era are available by searching "Woodward" on Tabroom. If you have results we're missing, please email debate@woodward.edu.
Champion: Cary Academy (NC) — ?
Runner-Up: Vestavia Hills (AL) — Ellen Yan
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Houston Memorial (TX) — John Lewis
Runner-Up: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Anila Sinha
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Trinity Prep (FL) — Miles Brundage
Runner-Up: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Molly Clark
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Sumi Sinha
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Stephen Campiai
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Saboor Sheerazi
Top Speaker: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Stephanie Mazursky
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Nick Bratton
Top Speaker: Meadows (NV) — Nick Bratton
Champion: Oak Mountain (AL) — Larry Liu
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Jordan LaMothe
Top Speaker: Meadows (NV) — Jordan LaMothe
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Ben Sprung-Keyser
Runner-Up: Hockaday (TX) — Mollie Cowger
Top Speaker: Hendrick Hudson (NY) — Sophie Ruff
Champion: Lexington (MA) — Noah Star (close-out)
Runner-Up: Lexington (MA) — Paul Zhou (close-out)
Top Speaker: Lexington (MA) — Noah Star
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Annie Kors (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Julie Engle
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Micah Rosen (close-out)
Runner-Up: Brentwood (CA) — Jared Paul (close-out)
Top Speaker: Brentwood (CA) — Jacob Chorches
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Cameron Cohen
Runner-Up: Lexington (MA) — Linnea Warburton
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Cameron Cohen
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Noah Simon (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jesse Nadel (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Noah Simon
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
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jaya Nayar (close-out)
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Alexandra Mork (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Alexandra Mork
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jonathan Cosgrove
Runner-Up: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Parnika Agrawal
Top Speaker: Santa Monica (CA) — Rex Evans
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tessa Augsberger
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) —SarahMae Tuohy
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Isabella Whitney
Champion: American Heritage Plantation (FL) — Prateek Gupta
Runner-Up: Northview (GA) — Sreyaash Das
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Julianne Hannon
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen
Runner-Up: Scripps Ranch (CA) — Agastya Sridharan
Top Speaker: Scripps Ranch (CA) — Agastya Sridharan
Champion: Lexington (MA) — Roger Li
Runner-Up: American Heritage Broward (FL) — Jessica Wong
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Francesca Moreno
Champion: Immaculate Heart (CA) — Nicolette Huff
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Julia Thomas
Top Speaker: Immaculate Heart (CA) — Nicolette Huff
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jacob Waxman
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Sarah Meisel
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Jacob Waxman
* First and Second Year LD divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Dannick Nzimi
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Fischer
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Fischer
Champion: Sandlewood (FL) — Paulo Estrado
Runner-Up: Iowa City West (IA) — Kate Rice
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — David Wolfish
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Amanda Liverzani
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Trinity Prep (FL) — Tim Walsh
Runner-Up: Charlotte Latin (NC) — Harlan Michelle
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Allison Huberlie
Runner-Up: Lake Mary (FL) — Caroline Yachan
Top Speaker: Lake Highland (FL) — Najeeb Khuda
Champion: Kinkaid (TX) — Becca Traber
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Hana Ahmed
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Corey Metzman
Champion: Vestavia Hills (AL) — Rusty Mawn
Runner-Up: Lake Highland (FL) — Alyson Promes
Top Speaker: Bronx Science (NY) — Matt Dunay
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Adam Silver (close-out)
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Bobby Esnard (close-out)
Top Speaker: Altamont School (AL) — Sasha Arijanto
Champion: Northland Christian (TX) — Jared Woods
Runner-Up: Bronx Science (NY) — Carolyn Clendenin
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Apryl Giraudon
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Kyle Allen-Niesen
Runner-Up: Loyola Blakefield (MD) — Tom Cameron
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Farhan Damani
Champion: Suncoast (FL) — Carlton Bone
Runner-Up: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Brendan Gallagher
Top Speaker: Walt Whitman (MD) — Jessica Levy
Champion: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi
Runner-Up: Northland Christian (TX) — Shania Hunt
Top Speaker: Harvard-Westlake (CA) — Tommy Choi
Champion: Brentwood (CA) — Micah Rosen (close-out)
Runner-Up: Brentwood (CA) — Jackson Lallas (close-out)
Top Speaker: Brentwood (CA) — Jackson Lallas
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Bennett Eckert
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Annie Gersh
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Bennett Eckert
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Grace Kim (close-out)
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Lillian Goldsmith (close-out)
Top Speaker: Harrison (NY) — Raffi Piliero
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Shruthi Krishnan
Runner-Up: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Hannah Koegler
Top Speaker: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Hannah Koegler
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
Champion: West Des Moines Valley (IA) — Isabella Nadel
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Anais Zhang
Top Speaker: Lake Highland Prep (FL) — Parnika Agrawal
Champion: Hill (PA) — Juliana Ma
Runner-Up: Blair Academy (NJ) — Arjun Chopra
Top Speaker: Marlborough (GA) — SarahMae Tuohy
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.
Champion: Carnegie Vanguard (TX) — Siddhartha Rana
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Nikitha Thoduguli
Top Speaker: Greenhill (TX) — Nikitha Thoduguli
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen (close-out)
Runner-Up: Marlborough (CA) — Hope Lee (close-out)
Top Speaker: Marlborough (CA) — Maya Jen
Champion: Marlborough (CA) — Maia Shah
Runner-Up: Eastern (CT) — Lula Wang
Top Speaker: Midtown (GA) — Fiona Bray
Champion: Midtown (GA) — Nicholas Fedorov (close-out)
Runner-Up: Midtown (GA) — Harris James (close-out)
Top Speaker: Midtown (GA) — Nicholas Fedorov
* First and Second Year LD divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: Little Rock Central (AR) — Cameron Simmons (close-out)
Runner-Up: Little Rock Central (AR) — Gabrielle Torrence (close-out)
Top Speaker: Edgemont (NY) — Anya Pathak
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
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: North Mecklenberg (NC) — Jessica Brumley
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Alex Lamballe & Tripp Rebrovick
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Xing Guan & Kendall Snodgrass
Top Speaker: Chattahoochee (GA) — Daniyal Inamullah
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
Champion: Highland Park (TX) — Matthew Andrews & Michael Dewberry
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Tavi Acosta & Gary Seidman
Top Speaker: Northview (GA) — Vibin Kundukulam
Champion: Greenhill (TX) — Bryant Huang & Nick Petrocchi
Runner-Up: Burlington (VT) — Evan Johnson & Matt Senghas
Top Speaker: Chattahoochee (GA) — Matt Foretich
Champion: Glenbrook South (IL) — Colin Quinn & Alec Zimmer
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Jennifer Armstrong & Peyton Lee
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Peyton Lee
Champion: Chattahoochee (GA) — Megan Cambre & Alexandra Cruz
Runner-Up: Westminster (GA) — Angela Guo & Daniel Taylor
Top Speaker: Mountain Brook (AL) — Gabrielle Tandet
Champion: Chattahoochee (GA) — Mustafa Inamullah & Kaitlin Walker
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Jonathan Choi & Phillip Han
Top Speaker: Damien (CA) — Pablo Gannon
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
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
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Colin Basco & Dillon Hall
Runner-Up: Glenbrook North (IL) — Kimberly Hill & Daniel Newman
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Anshuman Parikh
Champion: Pace Academy (GA) — Tanner Lewis & Clyde Shepherd
Runner-Up: Alpharetta (GA) — Jatin Nanda & Kiyoshi Woolheater
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Saul Forman
Champion: Blake (MN) — Zahir Shaikh & Allen Wang
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Reid Funston & Ethan Schneider
Top Speaker: Pace Academy (GA) — Reid Funston
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
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
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
Champion: Wayzata (MN) — Shawn Liang & Kevin Sun
Runner-Up: Niles West (IL) — Sarah Waters & Hannah Kim
Top Speaker: Alpharetta (GA) — Suchetas Bokil
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
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Charlotte Baugher & Finn Walsh
Runner-Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ben Bozza & Asher Maxwell
Top Speaker: Little Rock Central (AR) — Richard Liu
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.
Champion: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Raleigh Maxwell & Cy Turner
Runner-Up: Lexington (MA) — Ananya Katyal & Misty Wang
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Ravi Parikh
Champion: Mamaroneck (NY) — Benjamin Miller & Gabriella Miller
Runner-Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Kavneer Majhail & Arish Singhvi
Top Speaker: Niles West (IL) — Leen Hashlamoun
Champion: Damien (CA) — Brandon Park & Maddox Park
Runner-Up: Northview (GA) — Sajad Beg & Kento Taylor
Top Speaker: Northview (GA) — Sajad Beg
Champion: Woodward (GA) — Rishi Jain & Maisie Rainwater
Runner-Up: Little Rock Central (AR) — Genny Batcheller & Shangyu Wu
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Abby Richter
Champion: North Broward (FL) — William Atherton & Ryan Marder
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Danielle Joo & Lara Nusair
Top Speaker: Liberal Arts & Science Academy (TX) — Aaron Martis
Champion: Albuquerque Academy (NM) — Ian Bourland & Sam Brown
Runner-Up: Caddo Magnet (LA) — Sameer Asher & Nermin Ghali
Top Speaker: Caddo Magnet (LA) — Nermin Ghali
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown
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
Champion: Unknown
Runner-Up: Unknown
Top Speaker: Unknown
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
Champion: Milton (GA) — Nick Ciarochi & Todd Mitchell
Runner-Up: Brookfield Central (WI) — Zack Brown & Amit Bindra
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Alex Lamballe
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
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Priyanka Anand & Stephen Weil
Runner-Up: Dallas Jesuit (TX) — Mark Offenbach & Ryan Stevens
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Kyle Davis
Champion: Burlington (VT) — Evan Johnson & Matt Senghas
Runner-Up: Glenbrook South (IL) — Winston Luo & Grant Peretz
Top Speaker: Glenbrook North (IL) — Stephanie Spies
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Rajesh Jegadeesh & Anshu Sathian
Runner-Up: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Katryna Cadle & Chris Power
Top Speaker: Bishop Guertin (NH) — Chris Power
Champion: Bronx Science (NY) — Regan Bozman & Andrew Markoff
Runner-Up: Chattahoochee (GA) — Joshua Lee & Kaavya Ramesh
Top Speaker: Damien (CA) — Reid Ehrlich-Quinn
Champion: Mountain Brook (AL) — Kevin Jiang & Lee Quinn
Runner-Up: Marquette (WI) — Michael Hoffmann & Jack Mackay
Top Speaker: Marquette (WI) — Michael Hoffmann
Champion: Glenbrook South (IL) — Jacob Hurwitz & Donald Thibeau
Runner-Up: Greenhill (TX) — Sankalp Banerjee & Lyall Stuart
Top Speaker: Centennial (MD) — Srinidhi Muppalla
Champion: Stratford Academy (GA) — Andrew Jones & Hemanth Sanjeev
Runner-Up: Pace Academy (GA) — Jordan Epstein & Victor Skenderi
Top Speaker: Stratford Academy (GA) — Andrew Jones
Champion: Westminster (GA) — Mallika Madhusudan & Aaron Smith
Runner-Up: Niles West (IL) — Theo Noparstak & Jonass Placitis
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Colin Basco
Champion: Harker (CA) — Arya Kaul & Ayush Midha
Runner-Up: Meadows (NV) — Connor Chapkis & William Neme-Micula
Top Speaker: Harker (CA) — Ayush Midha
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
Champion: Wayzata (MN) — Jeffrey Hu & Samyak Jain
Runner-Up: Milton (GA) — Genevieve Hackman & Alyssa Hoover
Top Speaker: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Ben Rosenthal
Champion: Niles West (IL) — Nathan Glancy & Nasim Salehitezangi
Runner-Up: Cabot (AR) — Kyler Buckner & Collin Smith
Top Speaker: Westminster (GA) — Alex Greene
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
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
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
Tournament was not held due to COVID-19.
Champion: Alpharetta (GA) — Sameer Jivangikar & Eshan Momin (close-out)
Runner-Up: Alpharetta (GA) — Anish Nayak & Anish Thatiparthi
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Peyton Peters
Champion: Westwood (TX) — Robert Ou & Ishan Sharma
Runner-Up: Montgomery Bell (TN) — Res Seibels & Cy Turner
Top Speaker: Westwood (TX) — Robert Ou
Champion: Liberal Arts & Science (TX) — Jack Dollinger & Anita Sosa
Runner-Up: Mamaroneck (NY) — Ian McIlhenny & Sanjana Tata
Top Speaker: Liberal Arts & Science (TX) — Jack Dollinger
Champion: Liberal Arts & Science Academy (TX) — Ankit Bhasi & Cephas Liu
Runner-Up: Damien (CA) — Brandon Park & Maddox Park
Top Speaker: Mamaroneck (NY) — Andreas Charalambous
Champion: Little Rock Central (AR) — Jack Liu & Shangyu Wu
Runner-Up: Woodward (GA) — Rishi Jain & Evie Semaan
Top Speaker: Liberal Arts & Science Academy (TX) — Rohan Kummaraguntla
Champion: Blake (MN) — Zellie Olson & Eva Redmond
Runner-Up: Nueva (CA) — Natalie Lai & Charlotte Rosario
Top Speaker: Nueva (CA) — Charlotte Rosario
Champion: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi & Jayden Liu
Runner-Up: Lambert (GA) — Ethan Nam & Yuhan Shao
Top Speaker: Lambert (GA) — Samhitha Kovi
* First and Second Year PF divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: Marist (GA) — William Mastella & Grayson Zeigler (close-out)
Runner-Up: Marist (GA) — Jacob Scherrer & Aman Thakur (close-out)
Top Speaker: Marist (GA) — William Mastella
* First and Second Year PF divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: Carrollton (GA) — Eliana Neill & West Yancey
Runner-Up: GSMST (GA) — Rihana Coval & Yuvin Kang
Top Speaker: GSMST (GA) — Rihana Coval
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
Champion: Milton (GA) — Saanvi Kadiyala & Sanjana Kadiyala
Runner-Up: Lovett (GA) — Aydin Ajani (solo)
Top Speaker: N/A
* First and Second Year PF divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: Lambert (GA) — Jack Bruey & Logan Byron (close-out)
Runner-Up: Lambert (GA) — Zhengyao Liew & Jayden Liu (close-out)
Top Speaker: Lambert (GA) — Zhengyao Liew
* First and Second Year PF divisions were combined for preliminary rounds. Elimination rounds were separate.
Champion: Marist (GA) — Jacob Scherrer & Aman Thakur (close-out)
Runner-Up: Marist (GA) — William Mastella & Nicholas Powell (close-out)
Top Speaker: Marist (GA) — Jacob Scherrer