2018-2019

The following is a list of notable accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2018-2019 season. The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Varsity:

  • Champions — Chattahoochee (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Champions — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Champions — Pace Round Robin (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Champions — GFCA Varsity State (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Co-Champions — Sequoyah (Elizabeth Li & Malachi Robinson)

  • Co-Champions — Sequoyah (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Finalists — Greenhill (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Finalists — St. Mark's (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Finalists* — Emory (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Semifinalists — Johns Creek (Callum Guo & Sam Wombough)

  • Semifinalists — Westminster (Nishita Ghanate & Mona Mahadevan)

  • Semifinalists — Samford (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

  • Semifinalists (close-out) — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Callum Guo & Sam Wombough)

  • Quarterfinalists — Sequoyah (Armaan Ajani & Saket Surapaneni)

  • Quarterfinalists — Sequoyah (Zach Gardner & Lorielle Georgetown)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Sequoyah (Mona Mahadevan & Ria Thakur)

  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Octafinalists — Samford (Callum Guo & Sam Wombough)

  • Participant — Greenhill Round Robin (Mona Mahadevan & Malachi Robinson)

Individual Speaker Awards — Varsity:

  • Top Speaker — Chattahoochee (Malachi Robinson)

  • Top Speaker — Sequoyah (Mona Mahadevan)

  • Top Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Mona Mahadevan)

  • Top Speaker — Alpharetta (Nishita Ghanate)

  • Top Speaker — Pace Round Robin (Malachi Robinson)

  • Top Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 2nd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 2nd Speaker — St. Mark's (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 2nd Speaker — Sequoyah (Malachi Robinson)

  • 2nd Speaker — Samford (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 2nd Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Malachi Robinson)

  • 3rd Speaker — St. Mark's (Malachi Robinson)

  • 3rd Speaker — Westminster (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Malachi Robinson)

  • 3rd Speaker — Pine Crest (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 4th Speaker — Sequoyah (Sachi Reddy)

  • 4th Speaker — Samford (Malachi Robinson)

  • 4th Speaker — Pace Round Robin (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 4th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 6th Speaker — Greenhill (Malachi Robinson)

  • 7th Speaker — Carrollton Sacred Heart (Sam Wombough)

  • 7th Speaker — Samford (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 9th Speaker — Sequoyah (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 10th Speaker — Greenhill (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 10th Speaker — Samford (Sam Wombough)

  • 11th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 14th Speaker — Samford (Sachi Reddy)

  • 16th Speaker — Emory (Mona Mahadevan)

  • 17th Speaker — Samford (Callum Guo)

  • 18th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Sachi Reddy)

  • 18th Speaker — Emory (Malachi Robinson)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Junior Varsity:

  • Champions — Sequoyah (Akbar Chranya & Matthew O'Stricker)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Alex Bates & Praval Kandimalla)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Akbar Chranya & Matthew O'Stricker)

  • Finalists (close-out) — Sequoyah (Alex Bates & Praval Kandimalla)

  • Semifinalists — Westminster (Praval Kandimalla & Sachi Reddy)

  • Semifinalists — Alpharetta (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Praval Kandimalla & Sachi Reddy)

  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Zach Gardner & Lorielle Georgetown)

Individual Speaker Awards — Junior Varsity:

  • Top Speaker — Chattahoochee (Lorielle Georgetown)

  • Top Speaker — Sequoyah (Akbar Chranya)

  • Top Speaker — Westminster (Sachi Reddy)

  • 2nd Speaker — Sequoyah (Matthew O'Stricker)

  • 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek (Zach Gardner)

  • 3rd Speaker — Sequoyah (Praval Kandimalla)

  • 4th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Zach Gardner)

  • 4th Speaker — Johns Creek (Praval Kandimalla)

  • 4th Speaker — Sequoyah (Alex Bates)

  • 5th Speaker — Johns Creek (Akbar Chranya)

  • 5th Speaker — Sequoyah (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 5th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Sachi Reddy)

  • 6th Speaker — Alpharetta (Elizabeth Li)

  • 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Ria Thakur)

  • 8th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Sonali Dade)

  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Praval Kandimalla)

  • 10th Speaker — Westminster (Lorielle Georgetown)

  • 10th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Lorielle Georgetown)

Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances — Novice:

  • Champions (close-out) — GFCA 1st Year State (Jack Hightower & Mace Hood)

  • Champions (close-out) — GFCA 1st Year State (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Co-Champions — Chattahoochee (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower & Mace Hood)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Co-Champions — Carrollton Peach State (Jack Hightower & Mace Hood)

  • Co-Champions — Westminster (Jack Hightower & Mace Hood)

  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Jack Hightower & Mace Hood)

  • Quarterfinalists — Johns Creek (Oliver Bates & Riya Sachdeva)

  • Quarterfinalists — Sequoyah (Riya Sachdeva & Bria Slater)

  • Quarterfinalists — Carrollton Peach State (Isabella Pollydore & Bria Slater)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Carrollton Peach State (Corey Fuller & Haley Fuller)

  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Jack Hightower & Elizabeth Li)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — GFCA 1st Year State (Corey Fuller & Haley Fuller)

  • Octafinalists — Chattahoochee (Riya Sachdeva & Ava Young)

Individual Speaker Awards — Novice:

  • 1st Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Elizabeth Li)

  • 2nd Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Bria Slater)

  • 2nd Speaker — Westminster (Jack Hightower)

  • 2nd Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Ria Thakur)

  • 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower)

  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Jack Hightower)

  • 3rd Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Jack Hightower)

  • 4th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Jack Hightower)

  • 4th Speaker — Johns Creek (Mace Hood)

  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Isabella Pollydore)

  • 6th Speaker — Samford (Jack Hightower)

  • 6th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Mace Hood)

  • 7th Speaker — Johns Creek (Riya Sachdeva)

  • 7th Speaker — Samford (Mace Hood)

  • 9th Speaker — Johns Creek (Elizabeth Li)

  • 9th Speaker — Westminster (Elizabeth Li)

  • 9th Speaker — Samford (Ria Thakur)

  • 10th Speaker — Johns Creek (Ria Thakur)

  • 10th Speaker — Sequoyah (Riya Sachdeva)

  • 10th Speaker — Westminster (Ria Thakur)

  • 12th Speaker — Samford (Elizabeth Li)

  • 15th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Isabella Orkin Emmanuel)

  • 17th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Mace Hood)

  • 19th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Elizabeth Li)

  • 19th Speaker — Samford (Isabella Pollydore)