2026-2027

The following is a list of notable competitive accomplishments by Woodward debaters during the 2026-2027 season.

The topic is:

The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

Woodward students are competing in a mix of in-person and online tournaments this season.

Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

• Champions — Northview Titan Tussle (Nethra Thotakura & Joy Xuan)

• Co-Champions — Marist (Rishi Jain & Evie Semaan)

• 1st Place — Alpharetta (Navya Thotakura & Nethra Thotakura)

• Finalists — Northview Titan Tussle (Atas Agrawal & Navya Thotakura)

• 2nd Place — Alpharetta (Atas Agrawal & Ram Fisher)

• Semifinalists — Westminster (Audrey Dobranski & Joy Xuan)

• Quarterfinalists — St. Mark's (Rishi Jain & Evie Semaan)

• Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Aarush Hemachandran & Jason Huang)

• Double-Octafinalists — UK Season Opener (Aarush Hemachandran & Jason Huang)

• Double-Octafinalists — UK Season Opener (Ishan Sampat & Tim Wang)

• Double-Octafinalists — UK Season Opener (George Sloan & Joy Xuan)

Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

• Top Speaker — Westminster (Joy Xuan)

• 2nd Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Joy Xuan)

• 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Ram Fisher)

• 3rd Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Nethra Thotakura)

• 4th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Ziva Effron)

• 4th Speaker — Alpharetta (Atas Agrawal)

• 5th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Audrey Dobranski)

• 6th Speaker — Westminster (Tim Wang)

• 6th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Liam Davis)

• 9th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Ram Fisher)

• 10th Speaker — Westminster (Audrey Dobranski)

• 13th Speaker — Westminster (Ishan Sampat)

• 14th Speaker — Westminster (Jason Huang)

• 17th Speaker — Westminster (Aarush Hemachandran)

Junior Varsity Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

• Champions — St. Mark's Sophomore Hoe Down (Nethra Thotakura & Joy Xuan)

Junior Varsity Individual Speaker Awards

• Top Speaker — St. Mark's Sophomore Hoe Down (Joy Xuan)

Novice Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

• Co-Champions — Marist (Logan Burr & Connor Lai)

• Co-Champions — Northview Titan Tussle (Shloak Pendem & No Partner)

• Co-Champions (after Quarterfinals) — Westminster (Jennifer Nguyen & Nicholas West)

• 1st Place — Alpharetta (Neil Patel & Shloak Pendem)

• Semifinalists — Northview Titan Tussle (Heer Bhatti & Nicholas West)

• Semifinalists — Northview Titan Tussle (Langston Robinson & Teja Polkampally)

• 3rd Place — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Fiona Fang & Shreeya Patel)

• Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Benjamin Manikin & Teja Polkampally)

• Quarterfinalists — Westminster (Fiona Fang & No Partner)

Novice Individual Speaker Awards

• Top Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Shloak Pendem)

• 2nd Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Teja Polkampally)

• 2nd Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Heer Bhatti)

• 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Shloak Pendem)

• 3rd Speaker — Westminster (Fiona Fang)

• 3rd Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Jennifer Nguyen)

• 4th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Langston Robinson)

• 4th Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Shreeya Patel)

• 6th Speaker — Marist (Logan Burr)

• 6th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Nicholas West)

• 7th Speaker — Marist (Teja Polkampally)

• 7th Speaker — Alpharetta (Neil Patel)

• 9th Speaker — Westminster (Jennifer Nguyen)

• 9th Speaker — Marist (Nicholas West)

• 9th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Fiona Fang)

• 9th Speaker — Alpharetta (Holly Tharp)

• 10th Speaker — Westminster (Nicholas West)

• 10th Speaker — Northview Titan Tussle (Connor Lai)

Rookie Team Awards & Elimination Round Appearances

• 1st Place — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Benjamin Manikin & Teja Polkampally)

• 2nd Place — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Logan Burr & Zoe Payne)

Rookie Individual Speaker Awards

• Top Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Teja Polkampally)

• 2nd Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Benjamin Manikin)

• 2nd Speaker — Alpharetta (Logan Burr)

• 5th Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Zoe Payne)

• 6th Speaker — Carrollton Peach Fuzz (Logan Burr)