Our Teams Success
Our Teams Success
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Westwood Speech and Debate has a long history of competitive success. The team has been in the top ten in the nation and number one in Texas according to the National Speech and Debate Association most years for more than a decade. In that time we have won team sweepstakes at countless invitational meets, state championships, sixteen NSDA national appearances, and even more appearances at the Tournament of Champions.
Highlights of our Success over the Years
State and National Achievements
67 NSDA Academic All Americans
2025 - Tournament of Champions 3rd Place Policy Debate - Ethan Andrew and Pranav Balakrishnan
2025 - Tournament of Champions 3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking - Anushka Gupta
2025 - TFA State Champion International Extemporaneous Speaking - Anushka Gupta
2025 - TFA State 3rd Place Policy Debate - Pranav Balakrishnan and Ethan Andrew
2024 - Tournament of Champions Championship Policy - Ishan Sharma and Ayush Tripathi
2023 - TFA State Championship Policy Debate - Neil Choudhury and Joon Choo
2020 - TFA State Champion Policy Debate - Daniel Shin and Vikas Burugu
2020 - TFA State 4th Place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Anurima Mummaneni
2019 - NSDA Nationals 4th Place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Anurima Mummaneni
2019 - TFA State 3rd Place Policy Debate - Vikas Burugu and Daniel Shi
2017 - TFA State Championship Lincoln Douglas Debate - Saavan Nanavati
2015 - NSDA Nationals 9th Place Lincoln Douglas Debate - Sunay Sujal Nanavati
2015 - NSDA Octofinalist Policy Debate - Samuel Bhagwandin and Varun Reddy
2008 - UIL State Championship Policy Debate - Steven Murray and Jeffrey Xu
2007 - UIL State Championship Policy Debate - Marc Legrand and Vish Mukherjee
2001 - Tournament of Champions Championship Lincoln Douglas Debate - Tommy Clancy
District Achievements
2025 - District Champion - Cross Examination - Ian Xu and Landon Iley
2025 - District Champion - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Mia Shetty
2025 - District Champion - Informative Speaking - Vince Pham
2024 - District Champion - Speech Team
2024 - District Champion - Informative Speaking - Vince Pham
2024 - District Champion - Lincoln Douglas - Akhilesh Pissay
2024 - District Champion - Persuasive Speaking - Katherine Peckham
2024 - UIL District Champion - Cross Examination Debate - Varsha Sivasubramanian and Aanya Ujjval
2021 - UIL District Champion - Cross Examination Debate - James Li and Tori Xiao
2021 - UIL District Champion - Persuasive Speaking - Srivaishnavi Marreddy
2020 - UIL District Champion - Cross Examination Debate - Ruhee Nemawarkar and Katherine Yan
2018 - UIL District Champ - Persuasive Speaking - Anurima Mummaneni
2017 - UIL District Champion - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Abby Grifno
2015 - - District Champion - Speech Team
2015 - UIL District Champion - Informative Speaking - Darren Pomida
2015 - UIL District Champion - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Saavan Nanavati
2015 - UIL District Champion - Cross Examination Debate - Kevin Murphy and Nintunze Muteramyi
Highlights of our students path
2025 Graduates
Pranav Balakrishnan - Cornell
Zachary Stenglein - Rice
Eric Gong - Cornell
Siyona Jain - MIT
Ian Shone - UC Irvine
Landon Iley - Fordham
2024 Graduates
David Li - Valedictorian - Stanford
Ayush Tripathi - Penn - Wharton
Varshini Loganathan - Rice
Esha Venkat - John Hopkins
Sahil Jain - Cornell
Madhavan Prasanna - Purdue
Ishan Sharma - Univ Mich
2023 Graduates
Alice Zhang - Valedictorian - Harvard
Olivia Yang - Penn - Wharton
Aditya Ganesan - NYU - Stern
Brian Jeong - Harvard
Neil Choudhary - Dartmouth
Joonyoung Choo - Cornell
2022 Graduates
Amogh Mahambare - Salutatorian - UT Plan 2
Arjun Raman - Cambridge
Ruhee Nemawarkar - Stanford
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