2016-2017

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2016-2017 season. The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People's Republic of China.

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Varsity:

  • Champions — Chattahoochee (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Champions — Samford (Tripp Haskins & Malachi Robinson)
  • Champions — Pine Crest Round Robin (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Champions — Pine Crest (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Champions — GFCA State (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Champions — GFCA State (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Co-Champions — Carrollton (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Co-Champions — Alpharetta (Max Abramson & Nishita Ghanate)
  • Co-Champions — Alpharetta (Katherine Herrell & Mona Mahadevan)
  • 1st Place — Columbus (Katherine Herrell & Alanna Pearson)
  • Finalists — Meadows (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Finalists — Westminster (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Finalists — Emory (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Semifinalists — Chattahoochee (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Semifinalists — Carrollton (Ali Abdullah & Alanna Pearson)
  • Semifinalists — Samford (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Quarterfinalists — Meadows (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Quarterfinalists — Carrollton (Katherine Herrell & Joanna Kastle)
  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Ali Abdullah & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Quarterfinalists — Ohio Valley (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Octafinalists — Greenhill (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Octafinalists — St. Mark's (Max Abramson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Octafinalists — Westminster (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Octafinalists — Ohio Valley (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Octafinalists — Pine Crest (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Double-Octafinalists — Emory (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Participant — Greenhill Round Robin (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)
  • Participant — Pace Round Robin (Max Abramson & Tripp Haskins)

Individual Speaker Awards — Varsity:

  • Top Speaker — Chattahoochee (Tripp Haskins)
  • Top Speaker — Carrollton (Malachi Robinson)
  • Top Speaker — Pine Crest Round Robin (Tripp Haskins)
  • Top Speaker — GFCA State (Tripp Haskins)
  • 2nd Speaker — Meadows (Tripp Haskins)
  • 2nd Speaker — Carrollton (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 2nd Speaker — Samford (Tripp Haskins)
  • 2nd Speaker — GFCA State (Max Abramson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Max Abramson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton (Ali Abdullah)
  • 3rd Speaker — Alpharetta (Max Abramson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Pine Crest Round Robin (Max Abramson)
  • 3rd Speaker — GFCA State (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 4th Speaker — Samford (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 5th Speaker — Meadows (Max Abramson)
  • 5th Speaker — Westminster (Tripp Haskins)
  • 5th Speaker — GFCA State (Malachi Robinson)
  • 6th Speaker — Westminster (Max Abramson)
  • 7th Speaker — Meadows (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 8th Speaker — Westminster (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 9th Speaker — Westminster (Ali Abdullah)
  • 9th Speaker — Alpharetta (Katherine Herrell)
  • 9th Speaker — GFCA State (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 10th Speaker — Alpharetta (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 10th Speaker — GFCA State (Alanna Pearson)
  • 11th Speaker — Greenhill (Tripp Haskins)
  • 11th Speaker — St. Mark's (Max Abramson)
  • 11th Speaker — Pine Crest (Tripp Haskins)
  • 12th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 14th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Ali Abdullah)
  • 14th Speaker — Samford (Malachi Robinson)
  • 14th Speaker — Emory (Tripp Haskins)
  • 14th Speaker — Pine Crest (Max Abramson)
  • 18th Speaker — Meadows (Ali Abdullah)
  • 18th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 20th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Malachi Robinson)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Junior Varsity:

  • Champions — GFCA 2nd Year State (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Callum Guo & Samuel Wombough)
  • Finalists — Sophomore Hoe Down (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

Individual Speaker Awards — Junior Varsity:

  • 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek (Samuel Wombough)
  • 4th Speaker — Sophomore Hoe Down (Malachi Robinson)
  • 7th Speaker — Sophomore Hoe Down (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 7th Speaker — Johns Creek (Callum Guo)
  • 9th Speaker — Alpharetta (Vikram Kumar)
  • 10th Speaker — Alpharetta (Saket Surapaneni)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Novice:

  • Champions — Westminster (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)
  • 1st Place — Columbus (Vikram Kumar & Saket Surapaneni)
  • Finalists — Carrollton (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)
  • 3rd Place — Columbus (Callum Guo & Siddu Koppaku)
  • Semifinalists — Carrollton (Siddu Koppaku & Jack Sodemann)
  • Semifinalists — Carrollton (Callum Guo & Vikram Kumar)
  • Semifinalists — Johns Creek (Vikram Kumar & Swing Partner)
  • Semifinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Callum Guo & Samuel Wombough)
  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Callum Guo & Vikram Kumar)
  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Siddu Koppaku & Jack Sodemann)
  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)
  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)
    • Octafinalists — Ohio Valley (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)

Individual Speaker Awards — Novice:

  • Top Speaker — Columbus (Vikram Kumar)
  • Top Speaker — Westminster (Nishita Ghanate)
  • Top Speaker — Ohio Valley (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 2nd Speaker — Columbus (Prahalad Gururajan)
  • 2nd Speaker — Carrollton (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 2nd Speaker — Samford (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton (Callum Guo)
  • 4th Speaker — Johns Creek One-Day (Armaan Arjani)
  • 4th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 5th Speaker — Columbus (Siddharth Koppaku)
  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton (Saket Surapaneni)
  • 5th Speaker — Westminster (Saket Surapaneni)
  • 6th Speaker — Westminster (Callum Guo)
  • 8th Speaker — Carrollton (Siddu Koppaku)
  • 8th Speaker — Westminster (Siddu Koppaku)
  • 8th Speaker — Johns Creek (Vikram Kumar)
  • 9th Speaker — Carrollton (Jack Sodemann)
  • 9th Speaker — Westminster (Vikram Kumar)
  • 9th Speaker — Ohio Valley (Armaan Ajani)
  • 9th Speaker — Samford (Saket Surapaneni)
  • 10th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Callum Guo)
  • 12th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Saket Surapaneni)
  • 13th Speaker — Johns Creek One-Day (Samuel Wombough)
  • 14th Speaker — St. Mark's Round Up (Samuel Wombough)
  • 19th Speaker — St. Mark's Round Up (Callum Guo)