2015-2016

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2015-2016 season. The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.

The Woodward Debate Team was featured in two articles in The Intercept during this season:

• "The Unblinking Eye: High School Students Debate Surveillance in Post-Snowden America" by Jenna McLaughlin (03/10/2016)
• "High School Debaters Bring Surveillance, Encryption Arguments To Capitol Hill" by Jenna McLaughlin (05/20/2016)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Varsity:

• Champions — GFCA Varsity State (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
• Co-Champions — Carrollton (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
• Semifinalists — Carrollton (Gibran Essa & Crawford Kennedy)
• Semifinalists — Samford (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
• Semifinalists — GFCA Varsity State (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
• Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
• Quarterfinalists — Alpharetta (Daniel Gallups & Crawford Kennedy)
• Quarterfinalists — Meadows (Max Abramson & Rishika Pandey)
• Quarterfinalists — Carrollton (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
• Quarterfinalists — Carrollton (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)
• Quarterfinalists — Samford (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
• Quarterfinalists — GFCA Varsity State (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)
• Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
• Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)
• Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Ethan Cheng & Crawford Kennedy)
• Octafinalists — New Trier (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)
• Octafinalists — Ohio Valley (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
• Octafinalists — Ohio Valley (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)
• Octafinalists — University of Georgia (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
• Participant — Pine Crest Round Robin (Liliana Burgess & Myles Powell)

Individual Speaker Awards — Varsity:

• 2nd Speaker — Ohio Valley (Tripp Haskins)
• 3rd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Liliana Burgess)
• 3rd Speaker — Ohio Valley (Max Abramson)
• 3rd Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Liliana Burgess)
• 4th Speaker — Carrollton (Liliana Burgess)
• 4th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Max Abramson)
• 5th Speaker — Carrollton (Max Abramson)
• 5th Speaker — Samford (Tripp Haskins)
• 5th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Tripp Haskins)
• 6th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Arjun Srinivasan)
• 7th Speaker — Carrollton (Ethan Cheng)
• 7th Speaker — La Follette (Crawford Kennedy)
• 8th Speaker — Alpharetta (Crawford Kennedy)
• 8th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Ali Abdullah)
• 10th Speaker — Carrollton (Myles Powell)
• 10th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Liliana Burgess)
• 10th Speaker — La Follette (Alanna Pearson)
• 12th Speaker — Samford (Max Abramson)
• 13th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Myles Powell)
• 13th Speaker — Carrollton (Arjun Srinivasan)
• 13th Speaker — Samford (Arjun Srinivasan)
• 15th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Tripp Haskins)
• 15th Speaker — Carrollton (Alanna Pearson)
• 18th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Max Abramson)
• 19th Speaker — Carrollton (Tripp Haskins)
• 20th Speaker — Samford (Ali Abdullah)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Junior Varsity:

• Champions — Johns Creek (Neel Edupuganti & Robert Mitchell)
• Champions — La Follette (Arya Joshi & Malachi Robinson)
• Champions — GFCA 2nd Year State (Katherine Herrell & Alanna Pearson)
• 2nd Place — Alpharetta (Neel Edupuganti & Robert Mitchell)
• 2nd Place — La Follette (Jayden Khatib & Nija Packer)
• Semifinalists — Johns Creek (Daniel Gallups & Collin Roberts)
• Semifinalists — Carrollton (Joanna Kastle & Malachi Robinson)
• 3rd Place — La Follette (Rachel McCray)
• 4th Place — Chattahoochee (Katherine Herrell & Alanna Pearson)

Individual Speaker Awards — Junior Varsity:

• Top Speaker — Johns Creek (Mona Mahadevan)
• Top Speaker — La Follette (Malachi Robinson)
• 2nd Speaker — Carrollton (Malachi Robinson)
• 2nd Speaker — La Follette (Arya Joshi)
• 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek (Arya Joshi)
• 3rd Speaker — Carrollton (Anna Catherine Farley)
• 3rd Speaker — La Follette (Nija Packer)
• 3rd Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Katherine Herrell)
• 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Neel Edupuganti)
• 4th Speaker — Carrollton (Joanna Kastle)
• 4th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Alanna Pearson)
• 5th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Mona Mahadevan)
• 5th Speaker — Johns Creek (Neel Edupuganti)
• 5th Speaker — Alpharetta (Robert Mitchell)
• 5th Speaker — Carrollton (Robert Mitchell)
• 5th Speaker — La Follette (Rachel McCray)
• 6th Speaker — Johns Creek (Robert Mitchell)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Novice:

• Champions — Calhoun (Jayden Khatib & Nija Packer)
• Champions — Alpharetta (Joanna Kastle & Malachi Robinson)
• Champions — GFCA 1st Year State (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
• Finalists — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
• 2nd Place — Alpharetta (Jayden Khatib & Nija Packer)
• Semifinalists — La Follette (Damon Kimes & Hrydesh Patel)
• 4th Place — Calhoun (Joanna Kastle & Malachi Robinson)
• Quarterfinalists — Johns Creek (Jayden Khatib & Nija Packer)
• Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Jayden Khatib & Nija Packer)
• Octafinalists — Johns Creek (Joanna Kastle & Rachel McCray)
• Octafinalists — University of Georgia (Joanna Kastle & Rachel McCray)

Individual Speaker Awards — Novice:

• Top Speaker — Calhoun (Nija Packer)
• Top Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Mona Mahadevan)
• Top Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Mona Mahadevan)
• 2nd Speaker — Johns Creek (Joanna Kastle)
• 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Joanna Kastle)
• 3rd Speaker — Alpharetta (Malachi Robinson)
• 3rd Speaker — Ohio Valley (Joanna Kastle)
• 3rd Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Jayden Khatib)
• 3rd Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Malachi Robinson)
• 5th Speaker — Calhoun (Jayden Khatib)
• 7th Speaker — La Follette (Hrydesh Patel)
• 8th Speaker — Alpharetta (Hrydesh Patel)
• 8th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Malachi Robinson)
• 8th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Nija Packer)
• 9th Speaker — Samford (Malachi Robinson)
• 9th Speaker — La Follette (Damon Kimes)
• 9th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Malachi Robinson)
• 10th Speaker — Alpharetta (Jayden Khatib)
• 11th Speaker — University of Georgia (Joanna Kastle)
• 12th Speaker — Johns Creek (Nija Packer)
• 16th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Arya Joshi)