Team Honors & Recognitions

Beyond placing at regular weekend tournaments as well at the State and National tournaments, there are numerous team awards and outstanding academic awards which students can qualify for through participation with the Fairview Speech and Debate Team.

Recent School Awards

2025

• 1st Place Top Speaker in LD at NSDA Nationals: Sigi Persson

• 4th in Informative Speaking at TOC: Zach Nagle

• 33rd in Extemporaneous Speaking at TOC: Natalie Cappelletti

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Sweeps 1st Place (Tie with Peak to Peak)

• CHSAA 5A State Tournament: 6th in Sweeps Overall (4th in Speech Sweepstakes; 9th in Debate Sweepstakes)

2024

• 4th in Extemp Commentary at NSDA Nationals: Carder Squirrell

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Sweeps 1st Place 

• CHSAA 5A State Tournament: 6th in Sweeps Overall (8th in Speech Sweepstakes; 5th in Debate Sweepstakes)

2023

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Debate Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Speech Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Overall 1st place

• CHSAA 5A State - 4th Place in Team Sweeps (6th Place Speech Event Sweeps & 4th Place Debate Event Sweeps)

2022

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Debate Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Speech Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Overall 1st Place

2021

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Debate Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Speech Sweeps 1st Place

• Rocky Mountain North NSDA District Overall 1st place

Academic All-Americans

The Academic All-American awards is the highest distinction awarded to students in the National Forensics League. Students must have a minimum of 750 points, meet minimum GPA and SAT/ACT scores, and have letters of recommendation submitted by the coach and principal in regards to their outstanding character. The following students have received this award on the team:

• 2025: Helyn Simpson Teplin ('26)

• 2025: Natalie Cappelletti ('26)

• 2025: Nicholas Cappelletti ('26)

• 2025: Zachariah Nagle ('25)

• 2024: Carder Squirrell ('25)

• 2024: Liya Mei ('24)

• 2024: Atiya Hasan ('24)

• 2023: Annika Aumentado ('24)

• 2023: Kylie Berg ('24)

• 2023: Caitlyn Grindel ('24)

• 2022: Pranav Kadekodi ('23)

• 2022: Annabelle Katz ('23)

• 2022: Ethan Yang ('23)

• 2022: Qinglang Claire Lao ('22)

• 2021: Haiyan Wang ('22)

• 2021: Wilson He ('22)

• 2021: Samuel Johnson-Saeger ('22)

• 2021: Gabrielle Shapiro ('22)

• 2021: Julie Young ('22)

• 2021: Stephen Chen ('22)

• 2021: April Tong ('22)

• 2020: Charlie Cappelletti ('20)

• 2020: Maddie Nagle ('20)

• 2019: Aaron Yang ('19)

• 2019: Caleb Stevens ('19)

• 2019: Sam Jarvis ('19)

• 2018: Tamara Wurman ('18)

• 2018: Amanda Li ('18)

• 2018: Andrea Lin ('18)

• 2018: Sasha Kokoshinskiy ('18)

• 2017: Sirisha Gudavalli ('17)

• 2016: Avery Anderson ('16)

• 2016: Tara Srinivas ('16)

• 2015: Jade Benson ('16)

• 2015: Teal Witter ('16)

• 2015: Nisha Maheshwari ('15)

• 2015: Jessica Piper ('15)

• 2014: Rowan Hussein ('15)

• 2014: Nicholas Gunther ('15)

• 2014: Vani Topkar ('15)

• 2014: Chloe Pradeau ('15)

• 2014: Sean Moore ('14)

• 2012: Erin Iyigun ('12)

• 2012: Emily Randall ('12)

• 2012: Siran Jiang ('12)

• 2011: Ryan Atallah ('12)

• 2011: Lulu Chaker ('12)

• 2011: Will Conway ('12)

• 2011: Kelsey Piper ('12)

• 2011: Ved Topkar ('12)

• 2010: Chris Guthrie ('11)

• 2010: Alexander Atallah ('10)

• 2010: Robin Betz ('10)

• 2010: Adam Safadi ('10)

• 2009: Max Dovala ('09)