2019-2020

The following is a list of notable competitive accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2019-2020 season.

The topic for this season was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.

This season ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to many other tournaments, the First and Second Year National Championships at Woodward and the National Debate Coaches' Association National Championships were cancelled.

Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Champions (close-out) — Carrollton Peach State (Ashna Ghanate & Sam Wombough)

  • Champions (close-out) — Carrollton Peach State (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower & Elizabeth Li)

  • Co-Champions — Alpharetta (Ashna Ghanate & Nishita Ghanate)

  • Co-Champions — Alpharetta (Sachi Reddy & Sam Wombough)

  • 2nd Place — Johns Creek La Follette (Akbar Chranya & Nishita Ghanate)

  • Finalists — Westminster (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Finalists — MBA (Ashna Ghanate & Sam Wombough)

  • Finalists — GFCA Varsity State (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Semifinalists — Chattahoochee (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Semifinalists (close-out) — Carrollton Peach State (Jack Hightower & Elizabeth Li)

  • Semifinalists (close-out) — Westminster (Ashna Ghanate & Sam Wombough)

  • Semifinalists — GFCA Varsity State (Akbar Chranya & Sam Wombough)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Chattahoochee (Lorielle Georgetown & Sam Wombough)

  • Quarterfinalists — MBA (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Quarterfinalists — Alpharetta (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Alpharetta (Mace Hood & Bria Slater)

  • Quarterfinalists — University of Georgia (Nishita Ghanate & Ria Thakur)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA Varsity State (Ashna Ghanate & Elizabeth Li)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA Varsity State (Jack Hightower & Ria Thakur)

  • Octafinalists — St. Mark's (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Octafinalists — University of Texas (Nishita Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Octafinalists — University of Georgia (Akbar Chranya & Sam Wombough)

  • Double-Octafinalists — University of Texas (Ashna Ghanate & Sam Wombough)

Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Sachi Reddy)

  • 2nd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 2nd Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 2nd Speaker — Johns Creek La Follette (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 3rd Speaker — Chattahoochee (Sachi Reddy)

  • 3rd Speaker — Alpharetta (Sachi Reddy)

  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 4th Speaker — Johns Creek La Follette (Akbar Chranya)

  • 7th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Sam Wombough)

  • 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Sam Wombough)

  • 7th Speaker — University of Georgia (Sam Wombough)

  • 7th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Sachi Reddy)

  • 9th Speaker — Johns Creek (Lorielle Georgetown)

  • 9th Speaker — University of Georgia (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 9th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 10th Speaker — Westminster (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 10th Speaker — Alpharetta (Ria Thakur)

  • 10th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Sam Wombough)

  • 13th Speaker — Westminster (Sam Wombough)

  • 15th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Sam Wombough)

  • 15th Speaker — St. Mark's (Sachi Reddy)

  • 15th Speaker — Westminster (Sachi Reddy)

  • 15th Speaker — University of Texas (Nishita Ghanate)

  • 15th Speaker — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower)

Junior Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Champions — GFCA 2nd Year State (Jack Hightower & Elizabeth Li)

  • Finalists — Westminster (Mace Hood & Bria Slater)

  • 2nd Place — Woodward One Day (Jack Hightower & Ria Thakur)

  • 2nd Place — Alpharetta (Morgan Black & Francesca Henderson)

  • 2nd Place — Johns Creek La Follette (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Semifinalists (close-out) — GFCA 2nd Year State (Bria Slater & Ria Thakur)

  • 3rd Place — Alpharetta (Callie Mitchell & Haarika Palacharla)

  • 4th Place — Alpharetta (Carson Bates & Chloe Norman)

Junior Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Johns Creek La Follette (Morgan Black)

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

  • 3rd Speaker — Westminster (Ria Thakur)

  • 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek La Follette (Callie Mitchell)

  • 4th Speaker — Woodward One Day (Jack Hightower)

  • 4th Speaker — Westminster (Bria Slater)

  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Callie Mitchell)

  • 4th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Bria Slater)

  • 5th Speaker — Alpharetta (Morgan Black)

  • 5th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Jack Hightower)

  • 6th Speaker — Alpharetta (Francesca Henderson)

  • 7th Speaker — Westminster (Mace Hood)

  • 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 8th Speaker — Alpharetta (Carson Bates)

  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Elizabeth Li)

Novice Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Champions — Calhoun (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • Co-Champions — Chattahoochee (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Co-Champions — Carrollton Peach State (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Finalists — Westminster (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Semifinalists — Carrollton Peach State (Carson Bates & Zaria Jarman)

  • 3rd Place — Calhoun (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • 3rd Place — Woodward One Day (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • 4th Place — Calhoun (Zaria Jarman & Kennedy Rogers)

  • 4th Place — Woodward One Day (Chloe Norman & Haarika Palacharla)

  • 5th Place — Woodward One Day (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — Chattahoochee (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Carrollton Peach State (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Chloe Norman & Haarika Palacharla)

  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Carson Bates & Jay Yoon)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Francesca Henderson & Haarika Palacharla)

  • Quarterfinalists — University of Georgia (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — University of Georgia (Carson Bates & Haarika Palacharla)

Novice Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Calhoun (Jay Yoon)

  • 2nd Speaker — Woodward One Day (Francesca Henderson)

  • 2nd Speaker — Westminster (Francesca Henderson)

  • 3rd Speaker — Calhoun (Morgan Black)

  • 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 4th Speaker — Calhoun (Francesca Henderson)

  • 4th Speaker — Woodward One Day (Morgan Black)

  • 4th Speaker — Westminster (Morgan Black)

  • 4th Speaker — University of Georgia (Morgan Black)

  • 5th Speaker — Calhoun (Kennedy Rogers)

  • 5th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Morgan Black)

  • 6th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Francesca Henderson)

  • 6th Speaker — Samford (Carson Bates)

  • 7th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Morgan Black)

  • 8th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Callie Mitchell)

  • 8th Speaker — Westminster (Callie Mitchell)

  • 9th Speaker — Woodward One Day (Callie Mitchell)

  • 9th Speaker — Samford (Francesca Henderson)

  • 9th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Francesca Henderson)

  • 10th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Carson Bates)

  • 10th Speaker — Westminster (Chloe Norman)

  • 11th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Morgan Black)

  • 11th Speaker — Westminster (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 11th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Callie Mitchell)

  • 11th Speaker — University of Georgia (Callie Mitchell)

  • 12th Speaker — Woodward One Day (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 12th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 14th Speaker — University of Georgia (Carson Bates)

  • 15th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Carson Bates)

  • 15th Speaker — University of Georgia (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 17th Speaker — University of Georgia (Francesca Henderson)

  • 18th Speaker — Westminster (Jay Yoon)

  • 20th Speaker — Chattahoochee (Francesca Henderson)

  • 20th Speaker — Westminster (Zaria Jarman)