2017-2018

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2017-2018 season. The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Varsity:

  • Champions — Chattahoochee (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Champions — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Champions — GFCA State (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Champions — GFCA State (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Finalists — St. Mark's (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Finalists — Westminster (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Finalists — MBA (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Semifinalists — Chattahoochee (Nishita Ghanate & Malachi Robinson)
  • Semifinalists — Johns Creek (Nishita Ghanate & Saket Surapaneni)
  • Semifinalists — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Semifinalists — Pine Crest (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Quarterfinalists — Emory (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Quarterfinalists — Pine Crest (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Octafinalists — Greenhill (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Octafinalists — Meadows (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Octafinalists — MBA (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Octafinalists — Samford (Nishita Ghanate & Samuel Wombough)
  • Octafinalists — Emory (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Octafinalists — NDCA National Championship (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)
  • Double-Octafinalists — Greenhill (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Double-Octafinalists — NDCA National Championship (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Participant — Greenhill Round Robin (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Participant — Pace Round Robin (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Participant — Pine Crest Round Robin (Alanna Pearson & Arjun Srinivasan)
  • Participant — Pine Crest Round Robin (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

Individual Speaker Awards — Varsity:

  • Top Speaker — Westminster (Mona Mahadevan)
  • Top Speaker — GFCA State (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 2nd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 2nd Speaker — GFCA State (Malachi Robinson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Alanna Pearson)
  • 3rd Speaker — Westminster (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 4th Speaker — Westminster (Malachi Robinson)
  • 4th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Malachi Robinson)
  • 4th Speaker — MBA (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 4th Speaker — GFCA State (Alanna Pearson)
  • 5th Speaker — Johns Creek (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Alanna Pearson)
  • 5th Speaker — MBA (Malachi Robinson)
  • 6th Speaker — MBA (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 6th Speaker — GFCA State (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 8th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 8th Speaker — Emory (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 8th Speaker — Pine Crest (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 9th Speaker — Emory (Malachi Robinson)
  • 10th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Malachi Robinson)
  • 10th Speaker — NDCA National Championship (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 12th Speaker — Pine Crest (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 13th Speaker — St. Mark's (Arjun Srinivasan)
  • 14th Speaker — Pine Crest (Malachi Robinson)
  • 15th Speaker — Meadows (Malachi Robinson)
  • 16th Speaker — Pine Crest (Alanna Pearson)
  • 16th Speaker — NDCA National Championship (Alanna Pearson)
  • 18th Speaker — Westminster (Alanna Pearson)
  • 18th Speaker — MBA (Alanna Pearson)
  • 19th Speaker — Greenhill (Malachi Robinson)
  • 19th Speaker — St. Mark's (Alanna Pearson)
  • 19th Speaker — NDCA National Championship (Mona Mahadevan)
  • 20th Speaker — Meadows (Arjun Srinivasan)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Junior Varsity:

  • Champions — Sequoyah (Zach Gardner & Nishita Ghanate)
  • Champions — Alpharetta (Lorielle Georgetown & Sachi Reddy)
  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Nishita Ghanate & Samuel Wombough)
  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Callum Guo & Matthew O'Stricker)
  • Quarterfinalists — Alpharetta (Zach Gardner & Praval Kandimalla)
  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Armaan Ajani & Saket Surapaneni)

Individual Speaker Awards — Junior Varsity:

  • 2nd Speaker — Sequoyah (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 3rd Speaker — Alpharetta (Sachi Reddy)
  • 4th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Callum Guo)
  • 5th Speaker — Sequoyah (Zach Gardner)
  • 5th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Nishita Ghanate)
  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Samuel Wombough)
  • 11th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Saket Surapaneni)
  • 12th Speaker — Westminster (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 12th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Armaan Ajani)
  • 13th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Matthew O'Stricker)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Novice:

  • Champions — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Praval Kandimalla & Sachi Reddy)
  • Champions — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Kyle Hammond & Matthew O'Stricker)
  • Champions — Alpharetta (Sonali Dade & Ashna Ghanate)
  • Co-Champions — Chattahoochee (Sonali Dade & Zach Gardner)
  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Sonali Dade & Zach Gardner)
  • Finalists — Westminster (Sonali Dade & Ashna Ghanate)
  • Semifinalists — Samford (Lorielle Georgetown & Praval Kandimalla)
  • Semifinalists — Alpharetta (Alex Bates & Kittie Hedgebeth)
  • Semifinalists — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Praval Kandimalla & Matthew O'Stricker)
  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Akbar Chranya & Connor Rosenthal)
  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Patrick Kim & Sachi Reddy)
  • Quarterfinalists — Sequoyah (Matthew O'Stricker & Jack Pressgrove)
  • Quarterfinalists — Sequoyah (Kittie Hedgebeth & Christina Kim)
  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Zach Gardner & Ashna Ghanate)
  • Quarterfinalists — Alpharetta (Connor Rosenthal & Max Vandervelden)
  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Lorielle Georgetown & Sachi Reddy)
  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Alexander Bates & Christina Kim)
  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Lorielle Georgetown & Katherine Weathington)
  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Ashna Ghanate & Alena Jones)

Individual Speaker Awards — Novice:

  • Top Speaker — Johns Creek (Zach Gardner)
  • Top Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Sachi Reddy)
  • 2nd Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Matthew O'Stricker)
  • 3rd Speaker — Sequoyah (Matthew O'Stricker)
  • 3rd Speaker — Westminster (Ashna Ghanate)
  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Praval Kandimalla)
  • 3rd Speaker — Alpharetta (Ashna Ghanate)
  • 4th Speaker — Westminster (Connor Rosenthal)
  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Sonali Dade)
  • 5th Speaker — Johns Creek (Sonali Dade)
  • 5th Speaker — Westminster (Sonali Dade)
  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 6th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Zach Gardner)
  • 6th Speaker — Sequoyah (Jack Pressgrove)
  • 7th Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Matthew O'Stricker)
  • 8th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Sonali Dade)
  • 8th Speaker — Johns Creek (Ashna Ghanate)
  • 8th Speaker — Samford (Zach Gardner)
  • 8th Speaker — Alpharetta (Alex Bates)
  • 9th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Connor Rosenthal)
  • 9th Speaker — Sequoyah (Navi Vuyyuru)
  • 9th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Kyle Hammond)
  • 10th Speaker — Westminster (Patrick Kim)
  • 10th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Akbar Chranya)
  • 10th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 10th Speaker — St. Mark's Novice Round Up (Praval Kandimalla)
  • 11th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Sachi Reddy)
  • 12th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Akbar Chranya)
  • 14th Speaker — Samford (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 16th Speaker — Sequoyah (Lekha Koganti)
  • 16th Speaker — Samford (Ashna Ghanate)
  • 17th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Ashna Ghanate)
  • 18th Speaker — Sequoyah (Lorielle Georgetown)
  • 18th Speaker — Samford (Akbar Chranya)
  • 19th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Katherine Weathington)
  • 19th Speaker — Sequoyah (Christina Kim)
  • 20th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Alena Jones)
  • 20th Speaker — Sequoyah (Kittie Hedgebeth)