Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team members that competed in the District Championship Tournament. The top two from each event in our district will represent Unionville at the State tournament at Bloomsburg University in March. This year, we had a record number of students qualify.
Policy Debate-
- David DeMarco/Nick Yang
- Jessica Liu/ Natalie Kelly
Lincoln Douglas Debate-
- Damian Hunt- 1st place (District 15 Champion for the 3rd year in a row)
- Richard Shin- 2nd place
- Nick Taylor- 1st Alternate
Public Forum Debate-
- Amit Pampati/Alex Wang- District 15 Champion
- Noelle Lambert/Gaurav Sett- 2nd place
- David Kinane/Jake Ryan- 1st Alternate
Parliamentary Debate-
- Sweta Prasad/ Arushi Sahay/ Zahra Husain- 2nd place
Student Congress-
- Andrew Binder- 1st place
- Dev Singh- 2nd place
Prose Interpretation-
- Suchi Jain- 1st place
Poetry Interpretation-
- Crystal Yao- 1st alternate
Extemporaneous Speaking-
- Jack Odom- 1st place (District 15 Champion for the 3rd year in a row)
- Ashwin Singh- 2nd place
Extemporaneous Commentary-
- Adarsh Gadagkar- 2nd place
Informative Speaking-
- Sophia Qureshi- 2nd place
Persuasive Speaking-
- Anna Li- 2nd place
- Parik Radhakrishnan- 1st alternate
Dramatic Interpretation-
- Andrew Huang- 1st alternate
On March 4th, they will be competing in the qualifying tournament for the NCFL National Championship, which will be held in Louisville over Memorial Day Weekend.
In addition, the National Speech and Debate Association just updated their ranking system. This association, which is separate from our state league, is made up of several thousand schools from across the country. Below are the current rankings of several of our varsity members.
David DeMarco- ranked #4 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the state of Pennsylvania; ranked #1 of all Policy debaters in the state of PA; ranked #1 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked #67 out of all of the Policy Debaters in the nation.
Damian Hunt- ranked #15 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; #6 out of all of the Lincoln Douglas Debaters in PA
Jack Odom- ranked #19 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked #55 out of all of the competitors in Extemp in the nation; ranked #2 out of all of the competitors in Extemp in the state
Amit Pampati- ranked #16 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked #10 of all Public Forum debaters in PA
Richard Shin- ranked #13 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; #2 out of all of the Lincoln Douglas Debaters in PA
Ashwin Singh- ranked #24 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked 65 out of all of the competitors in Extemp in the nation; ranked #3 out of all of the competitors in Extemp in the state
Alex Wang- ranked ranked #23 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked #11 of all Public Forum debaters in PA
Nick Yang- ranked #20 of all competitors in both Speech and Debate in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia district; ranked #2 of all Policy debaters in the state of PA
Team of Amit Pampati/Alex Wang- raked #89 of all Public Forum Debaters in the country
In addition, our school currently holds the #1 ranking out of all of the teams in Valley Forge/Philadelphia area, #3 in the state of Pennsylvania and are in the Top #200 in the nation according to the National Speech and Debate Association.
Please join me in congratulating these students on their incredible achievements.