2020-2021

The following is a list of notable competitive accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2020-2021 season.

The topic was:

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tournaments were hosted online during the 2020-2021 season. Woodward attended its first online debate tournament in September 2020.

Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Champions — Niles (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Champions (close-out) — Marist (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Champions (close-out) — Marist (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

  • Champions — Evanston (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Champions — University of Georgia (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Champions (close-out) — GFCA Varsity State (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Champions (close-out) — GFCA Varsity State (Jack Hightower & Ria Thakur)

  • 1st Place — Alpharetta (Callie Mitchell & Sachi Reddy)

  • Finalists — Meadows (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Finalists — Westminster (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

  • 2nd Place — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower & Callie Mitchell)

  • Semifinalists — University of Texas (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

  • Semifinalists — NDCA National Championship (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • 3rd Place — Calhoun (Morgan Black & Elizabeth Li)

  • 4th Place — Johns Creek (Haarika Palacharla & Ria Thakur)

  • Quarterfinalists — New Trier Open (Carson Bates & Haarika Palacharla)

  • Quarterfinalists — New Trier Open (Zaria Jarman & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — Michigan State University (Mace Hood & Jay Yoon)

  • Quarterfinalists — Coppell (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

  • Quarterfinalists — Samford (Ashna Ghanate & Ria Thakur)

  • Octafinalists — Niles (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

  • Octafinalists — Marist (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Octafinalists — New Trier TOC (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Octafinalists — New Trier Open (Mace Hood & Isabella Orkin)

  • Octafinalists — Westminster (Ashna Ghanate & Sachi Reddy)

  • Octafinalists — University of Texas (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Octafinalists — Michigan State University (Carson Bates & Zaria Jarman)

  • Octafinalists — Michigan State University (Callie Mitchell & Haarika Palacharla)

  • Octafinalists — Evanston (Alizah Mudaliar & Jay Yoon)

  • Double-Octafinalists — Niles (Elizabeth Li & Ria Thakur)

  • Double-Octafinalists — NDCA National Championship (Akbar Chranya & Jack Hightower)

Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Alpharetta (Sachi Reddy)

  • Top Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Sachi Reddy)

  • 2nd Speaker — Samford (Jack Hightower)

  • 2nd Speaker — University of Georgia (Sachi Reddy)

  • 3rd Speaker — Johns Creek (Jack Hightower)

  • 3rd Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Jack Hightower)

  • 4th Speaker — Marist (Sachi Reddy)

  • 4th Speaker — Coppell (Morgan Black)

  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Callie Mitchell)

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

  • 5th Speaker — Calhoun (Elizabeth Li)

  • 5th Speaker — Westminster (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 5th Speaker — Coppell (Callie Mitchell)

  • 5th Speaker — Alpharetta (Ria Thakur)

  • 5th Speaker — University of Georgia (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 6th Speaker — Calhoun (Morgan Black)

  • 6th Speaker — New Trier Open (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 6th Speaker — Michigan State University (Mace Hood)

  • 6th Speaker — Samford (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 6th Speaker — Alpharetta (Mace Hood)

  • 7th Speaker — Niles (Sachi Reddy)

  • 7th Speaker — Johns Creek (Ria Thakur)

  • 7th Speaker — GFCA Varsity State (Ria Thakur)

  • 8th Speaker — Marist (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 8th Speaker — Johns Creek (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 8th Speaker — Westminster (Jack Hightower)

  • 9th Speaker — Johns Creek (Mace Hood)

  • 9th Speaker — Alpharetta (Isabella Orkin)

  • 10th Speaker — Johns Creek (Callie Mitchell)

  • 11th Speaker — Niles (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 11th Speaker — New Trier Open (Carson Bates)

  • 11th Speaker — Meadows (Sachi Reddy)

  • 11th Speaker — Evanston (Ria Thakur)

  • 12th Speaker — Marist (Jack Hightower)

  • 12th Speaker — New Trier Open (Zaria Jarman)

  • 13th Speaker — Westminster (Sachi Reddy)

  • 14th Speaker — New Trier Open (Callie Mitchell)

  • 15th Speaker — Marist (Akbar Chranya)

  • 20th Speaker — Meadows (Ashna Ghanate)

  • 20th Speaker — Samford (Akbar Chranya)

  • 20th Speaker — Evanston (Francesca Henderson)

  • 24th Speaker — New Trier TOC (Sachi Reddy)

Junior Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Co-Champions (close-out) — Meadows (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • Co-Champions (close-out) — Meadows (Morgan Black & Zaria Jarman)

  • Co-Champions (after quarterfinals) — Marist (Morgan Black & Haarika Palacharla)

  • Co-Champions (after quarterfinals; close-out) — Marist (Francesca Henderson & Callie Mitchell)

  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Francesca Henderson & Jay Yoon)

  • Semifinalists — GFCA 2nd Year State (Zaria Jarman & Haarika Palacharla)

  • 4th Place — Alpharetta (Alizah Mudaliar & Anjana Murthy)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — Marist (Carson Bates & Zaria Jarman)

  • 5th Place — Alpharetta (Jacob Lemene & Chandler Warden)

  • 6th Place — Alpharetta (Rishabh Jain & Andrew Winsberg)

  • Octafinalists — Woodward 2nd Year Nationals (Morgan Black & Callie Mitchell)

Junior Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Marist (Morgan Black)

  • Top Speaker — Meadows (Jay Yoon)

  • 2nd Speaker — Meadows (Francesca Henderson)

  • 3rd Speaker — Marist (Jay Yoon)

  • 6th Speaker — Marist (Haarika Palacharla)

  • 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Chandler Warden)

  • 8th Speaker — Marist (Carson Bates)

  • 8th Speaker — GFCA 2nd Year State (Francesca Henderson)

  • 9th Speaker — Alpharetta (Alizah Mudaliar)

  • 10th Speaker — Alpharetta (Jacob Lemene)

  • 19th Speaker — Woodward 2nd Year Nationals (Morgan Black)

Novice Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

  • Champions — GFCA 1st Year State (Alizah Mudaliar & Anjana Murthy)

  • Co-Champions — Johns Creek (Anjana Murthy & Aneri Patel)

  • 1st Place — Alpharetta Halloween (Anjana Murthy & Aneri Patel)

  • 2nd Place — Alpharetta Halloween (Diane Kwon & Noah Song)

  • Semifinalists — Samford (Alizah Mudaliar & Anjana Murthy)

  • Semifinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Rishabh Jain & Andrew Winsberg)

  • Semifinalists — Woodward 1st Year Nationals (Alizah Mudaliar & Anjana Murthy)

  • 4th Place — Calhoun (Anjana Murthy & Aneri Patel)

  • Quarterfinalists — Marist (Aneri Patel & Sophia Sangha)

  • Quarterfinalists — Marist (Alizah Mudaliar & Anjana Murthy)

  • Quarterfinalists — Carrollton Peach State (Alizah Mudaliar & Aneri Patel)

  • Quarterfinalists — GFCA 1st Year State (Jacob Lemene & Chandler Warden)

  • Quarterfinalists (close-out) — GFCA 1st Year State (Aneri Patel & Hunter Richmond)

  • 5th Place — Calhoun (Alizah Mudaliar & no partner)

  • 6th Place — Calhoun (Hunter Richmond & Noah Song)

  • Octafinalists — NDCA Novice Championship (Rishabh Jain & Aneri Patel)

  • 10th Place — Calhoun (Rishabh Jain & Andrew Winsberg)

  • Double-Octafinalists — Woodward 1st Year Nationals (Brennan Baudy & Aneri Patel)

Novice Individual Speaker Awards

  • Top Speaker — Johns Creek (Anjana Murthy)

  • Top Speaker — Alpharetta Halloween (Anjana Murthy)

  • Top Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Anjana Murthy)

  • 2nd Speaker — Johns Creek (Aneri Patel)

  • 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta Halloween (Aneri Patel)

  • 2nd Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Alizah Mudaliar)

  • 4th Speaker — Calhoun (Rishabh Jain)

  • 4th Speaker — Alpharetta Halloween (Noah Song)

  • 4th Speaker — Michigan State University (Anjana Murthy)

  • 4th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Aneri Patel)

  • 5th Speaker — Calhoun (Alizah Mudaliar)

  • 5th Speaker — Michigan State University (Alizah Mudaliar)

  • 5th Speaker — University of Georgia (Brennan Baudy)

  • 6th Speaker — Marist (Aneri Patel)

  • 6th Speaker — Alpharetta Halloween (Diane Kwon)

  • 7th Speaker — GFCA 1st Year State (Rishabh Jain)

  • 8th Speaker — Carrollton Peach State (Alizah Mudaliar)

  • 8th Speaker — Samford (Hunter Richmond)

  • 10th Speaker — Marist (Sophia Sangha)

  • 10th Speaker — Samford (Aneri Patel)

  • 11th Speaker — Samford (Alizah Mudalliar)

  • 13th Speaker — Samford (Anjana Murthy)

  • 14th Speaker — Samford (Noah Song)

  • 15th Speaker — Johns Creek (Noah Song)

  • 15th Speaker — University of Georgia (Jacob Lemene)

  • 16th Speaker — Woodward 1st Year Nationals (Aneri Patel)

Rookie Individual Speaker Awards

  • 10th Speaker — Marist (Chandler Warden)