2013-2014

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2013-2014 season. The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela.

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Varsity:

  • 2nd Place — Houston County (Liliana Burgess & Sahil Patel)
  • 4th Place — Houston County (Isabelle Johnson & Roshni Kailar)
  • Semifinalists — Calhoun (Liliana Burgess & Sahil Patel)
  • Quarterfinalists — Carrollton (Liliana Burgess & Sahil Patel)
  • Quarterfinalists — Milton (Meera Gorjala & Sahil Patel)

Individual Speaker Awards — Varsity:

  • Top Speaker — Houston County (Liliana Burgess)
  • 2nd Speaker — Houston County (Sahil Patel)
  • 3rd Speaker — Calhoun (Sahil Patel)
  • 3rd Speaker — Milton (Sahil Patel)
  • 4th Speaker — Calhoun (Isabelle Johnson)
  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton (Liliana Burgess)
  • 6th Speaker — Calhoun (Liliana Burgess)
  • 8th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Sahil Patel)
  • 10th Speaker — Calhoun (Myles Powell)
  • 11th Speaker — Carrollton (Sahil Patel)
  • 11th Speaker — Grady (Sahil Patel)
  • 19th Speaker — Milton (Liliana Burgess)
  • 20th Speaker — University of Georgia (Liliana Burgess)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Junior Varsity:

  • 1st Place — Alpharetta (Nikhil Mardhekar & Arjun Shah)
  • 1st Place — Sequoyah (Nikhil Mardhekar & Arjun Shah)
  • 1st Place — Grady (Nikhil Mardhekar & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 4th Place — Alpharetta (Sam Lefar & Utkarsh Pandey)
  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Liliana Burgess & Roshni Kailar)
  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Isabelle Johnson & Rishika Pandey)
  • Quarterfinalists — Milton (Crawford Kennedy & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Octafinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Nikhil Mardhekar & Utkarsh Pandey)

Individual Speaker Awards — Junior Varsity:

  • 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Arjun Shah)
  • 2nd Speaker — Grady (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 2nd Speaker — Milton (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 3rd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Isabelle Johnson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Grady (Nikhil Mardhekar)
  • 3rd Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Myles Powell)
  • 4th Speaker — Carrollton (Ali Abdullah)
  • 5th Speaker — Alpharetta (Utkarsh Pandey)
  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 5th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Liliana Burgess)
  • 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Sam Lefar)
  • 7th Speaker — Sequoyah (Arjun Shah)
  • 7th Speaker — Milton (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 8th Speaker — Alpharetta (Nikhil Mardhekar)
  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Roshni Kailar)
  • 10th Speaker — Carrollton (Max Abramson)
  • 10th Speaker — Milton (Rishika Pandey)
  • 14th Speaker — Milton (Max Abramson)
  • 16th Speaker — Milton (Ali Abdullah)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Novice:

  • Champions — Ohio Valley (Ali Abdullah & Max Abramson)
  • Champions — Houston County (Crawford Kennedy & Rishika Pandey)
  • Champions — Sequoyah (Ali Abdullah & Aly Shakoor)
  • Champions — University of Georgia (Ali Abdullah & Max Abramson)
  • Champions — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Gibran Essa & Crawford Kennedy)
  • Co-Champions — Milton (Daniel Hamm & Tripp Haskins)
  • 2nd Place — Alpharetta (Max Abramson & Gibran Essa)
  • 2nd Place — Houston County (Alex Dulisse & Gibran Essa)
  • 2nd Place — Sequoyah (Max Abramson & Crawford Kennedy)
  • 3rd Place — Sequoyah (Alex Dulisse & Gibran Essa)
  • 4th Place — Emory Season Opener (Ali Abdullah & Aly Shakoor)
  • Semifinalists — Ohio Valley (Gibran Essa & Crawford Kennedy)
  • Semifinalists — Carrollton (Connor Baldwin & Alex Dulisse)
  • Semifinalists — Samford (Crawford Kennedy & Aly Shakoor)
  • Semifinalists — University of Georgia (Tripp Haskins & Aly Shakoor)
  • Semifinalists — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Max Abramson & Aly Shakoor)
  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Ali Abdullah & Max Abramson)
  • Quarterfinalists — Carrollton (Ethan Cheng & Tripp Haskins)
  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Ali Abdullah & Max Abramson)
  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Ali Abdullah & Max Abramson)
  • 7th Place — Emory Season Opener (Rishika Pandey & Jasmine Sears)
  • Octafinalists — Ohio Valley (Rishika Pandey & Aly Shakoor)
  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Gibran Essa & Aly Shakoor)
  • Octafinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Crawford Kennedy & Aly Shakoor)
  • Octafinalists — University of Georgia (Ethan Cheng & Arjun Srinivasan)

Individual Speaker Awards — Novice:

  • Top Speaker — Ohio Valley (Max Abramson)
  • Top Speaker — Alpharetta (Max Abramson)
  • Top Speaker — Houston County (Crawford Kennedy)
  • Top Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Max Abramson)
  • 2nd Speaker — Ohio Valley (Ali Abdullah)
  • 2nd Speaker — Sequoyah (Aly Shakoor)
  • 2nd Speaker — Samford (Max Abramson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Samford (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 3rd Speaker — Milton (Tripp Haskins)
  • 4th Speaker — Sequoyah (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 4th Speaker — Samford (Ali Abdullah)
  • 4th Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 5th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 5th Speaker — Calhoun (Ali Abdullah)
  • 5th Speaker — Sequoyah (Ali Abdullah)
  • 6th Speaker — Emory Season Opener (Aly Shakoor)
  • 6th Speaker — Sequoyah (Max Abramson)
  • 6th Speaker — Carrollton (Alex Dulisse)
  • 6th Speaker — Samford (Aly Shakoor)
  • 6th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Aly Shakoor)
  • 6th Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Aly Shakoor)
  • 7th Speaker — Emory Season Opener (Jasmine Sears)
  • 7th Speaker — Calhoun (Rishika Pandey)
  • 8th Speaker — Emory Season Opener (Rishika Pandey)
  • 8th Speaker — Calhoun (Aly Shakoor)
  • 9th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Max Abramson)
  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Max Abramson)
  • 10th Speaker — Calhoun (Ethan Cheng)
  • 10th Speaker — Carrollton (Connor Baldwin)
  • 10th Speaker — University of Georgia (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 12th Speaker — Alpharetta (Gibran Essa)
  • 12th Speaker — Samford (Tripp Haskins)
  • 12th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Crawford Kennedy)
  • 13th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Ali Abdullah)
  • 13th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Ali Abdullah)
  • 14th Speaker — Alpharetta (Jasmine Sears)
  • 15th Speaker — Sequoyah (Alex Dulisse)
  • 16th Speaker — Samford (Rishika Pandey)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Rookie:

  • 3rd Place — Alpharetta (Graham Leader & Kali Luthra)

Individual Speaker Awards — Rookie:

  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Graham Leader)
  • 5th Speaker — Alpharetta (Tripp Haskins)