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2007 — Glenbrook North High School (Michael Roytman)
2008 — Glenbrook North High School (Pat Donovan, Jon Posner – closeout)
2009 — Glenbrook North High School (Pat Donovan)
2010 — Northland Christian School (Josh Roberts)
2011 — Lexington High School (Noah Star)
2012 — The Meadows School (Ryan Fink)
2013 — The Greenhill School (Rebecca Kuang)
2014 — The Harker School (Pranjav Reddy)
2015 — The Harker School (Pranjav Reddy)
2016 — The Greenhill School (Bennett Eckert)
2017 — The Greenhill School (Shruthi Krishnan)
2018 — The Greenhill School (Shruthi Krishnan)
2019 — Harvard-Westlake School (Jaya Nayar, Vishan Chaudhary — closeout)
2021 — The Harker School (Andy Lee, Akshay Manglik — closeout)
2022 — The Harker School (Anshul Reddy)
2023 — The Harker School (Ansh Sheth, Panav Gogte — closeout)
2024 — The Harker School (Ansh Sheth)
2025 — Marlborough School (Abby Merges)
2026 — Lynbrook High School (Om Modi)
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2007 — David McGough, Greenhill School
2008 — David McGough, Greenhill School
2009 — Amanda Signorelli, The Meadows School
2010 — Erik Legried, The Blake School
2011 — Jacob Sonnenberg, Harvard-Westlake School
2012 — Noah Star, Lexington High School
2013 — Rebecca Kuang, The Greenhill School
2014 — Annie Kors, Harvard-Westlake School
2015 — Arjun Tambe, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
2016 — Amit Kukreja, Newark Science
2017 — Shruthi Krishnan, The Greenhill School
2018 — Shruthi Krishnan, The Greenhill School
2019 — Vishan Chaudhary, Harvard-Westlake School
2021 — Andrew Gong, Harvard-Westlake School
2022 — Zion Dixon, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
2023 — Justin Wen, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
2024 — Ansh Sheth, The Harker School
2025 — Iva Liu, Orange County School of the Arts
2026 — Om Modi, Lynbrook High School
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2006 — Georgetown Day School (Edmund Zagorin & Shezaad Zainulbhi, Zack Beauchamp & James Brockway – closeout)
2007 — Westminster Schools (Anshu Sathian & Stephen Weil)
2008 — St. Mark’s School of Texas (Jordan Blumenthal & Alex Katz)
2009 — Damien High School (Reid Ehrlich-Quinn & Sean Hernandez)
2010 — The Bronx High School of Science (Zack Elias & Andrew Markoff)
2011 — Damien High School (Nadeem Farooqi & Pablo Gannon)
2012 — Woodward Academy (Rahim Shakoor & Jason Sigalos)
2013 — Pace Academy (Anshuman Parikh & Victor Skenderi)
2014 — Westminster (Colin Basco & Naman Gupta)
2015 — Pace Academy (Tanner Lewis & Clyde Shepherd)
2016 — St. Mark's School of Texas (Ansh Khullar & Ammar Plumber)
2017 — Westminster (Harrison Hall & MaryBryce Brannen)
2018 — North Broward Prep (Nicholas Mancini & Giorgio Rabbini)
2019 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Aden Barton & Julian Habermann)
2021 — Bellarmine College Preparatory (Adarsh Hiremath & Surya Midha)
2022 — Washburn Rural High School (Jiyoon Park & Zach Willingham)
2023 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Chanden Climaco & Raleigh Maxwell, Jack Young & Cy Turner — closeout)
2024 — Peninsula High School (Kevin Lai & Devin Lai)
2025 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Russell Howard & Kavneer Majhail)
2026 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Enno Brandes & Jimmy Li)
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2006 — Zack Beauchamp, Georgetown Day School
2007 — Stephen Weil, Westminster Schools
2008 — William Karlson, Stratford Academy
2009 — Katryna Cadle, Bishop Guertin High School
2010 — Layne Kirshon, The Kinkaid School
2011 — Pablo Gannon, Damien High School
2012 — Jason Sigalos, Woodward Academy
2013 — John Spurlock, C.K. McClatchy High School
2014 — Hemanth Sanjeev, Stratford Academy
2015 — Ryan Powell, Notre Dame High School
2016 — Emily Gordon, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's
2017 — Raam Tambe, Peninsula High School
2018 — Christopher Eckert, Greenhill School
2019 — Giorgio Rabbini, North Broward Prep
2021 — Surya Midha, Bellarmine College Preparatory
2022 — John Marshall, Lawrence Free State High School
2023 — Chanden Climaco, Montgomery Bell Academy
2024 — Kevin Lai, Peninsula High School
2025 — Michael Ross, Berkeley Prep
2026 — Mofoluwa Olagadeyo, Newark Science
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2009 — New Trier Township High School (Zach Collins & Joey Glickman, Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak – closeout)
2010 — The Bronx High School of Science (Thomas Lloyd & Katie Wong)
2011 — The Harker School (Frederic Enea & Aakash Jagadeesh, Ziad Jawadi & Reyhan Kader – closeout)
2012 — The Harker School (Frederic Enea & Rohan Bopardikar)
2013 — The Bronx High School of Science (Alon Handler & Adam Freilich)
2014 — The Harker School (Closeout: Stephanie Lu & Jasmine Liu, Srevas Misra & Kevis Duraiswamy)
2015 — Poly Prep Country Day (Eitan Ezra & Harrison Hurt)
2016 — Ft. Lauderdale (Kevin Hautigan & Danny Siegel)
2017 — Blake School (Elisa Lopez and Eva Motolinia)
2018 — Altamont School (David Zell and Isabel Coleman)
2019 — Blake School (Morgan Swigert & Isabella Wu, Thomas Gill & Jack Johnson — closeout)
2021 — Bethesda Chevy Chase High School (Eli Glickman & Roy Tiefer)
2022 — Blake School (Elizabeth Terveen & Skylar Wang, Davin Khan & Sofia Perri — closeout)
2023 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Stavan Shah & Aumrita Savdharia)
2024 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Stavan Shah & Aumrita Savdharia, Ara Mehran & Roy Kapoor — closeout)
2025 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Alexis Kang & Willie Tsai)
2026 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Kingston Harrison & Oliver Ji, Isabel Chang & Arya Seth — closeout)
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2010 — Stefanie Rubenstein, Glenbrook North High School
2011 — Thomas Lloyd, The Bronx High School of Science
2012 — Jonathan Teague, Spring Valley
2013 — Alyssa Turk, American Heritage
2014 — Stephanie Lu, The Harker School
2015 — Brandon Jones, Byram Hills High School
2016 — Ellie Grossman, Blake School
2017 — Peter Lawrence, Lexington High School
2018 — David Zell, Altamont School
2019 — Aashray Khanna, Cranbrook School
2021 — Jessica Gold, Riverdale Country School
2022 — Skylar Wang, Blake School
2023 — Roy Kapoor, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2024 — Roy Kapoor, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2025 — Eli Lunde, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2026 — Alexis Kang, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
Past Results
Since resuming in 2006, the NDCA National Tournament has celebrated the accomplishments of the finest debaters who have advanced to the elimination rounds. This page archives the past results, honoring all students who progress past the preliminary debates by securing at least four wins out of six. Additionally, the top ten speakers in each division are recognized for their outstanding performances.
The Harker School holds the distinction of being the most decorated school in NDCA history, boasting 9 NDCA National Championships across Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Lincoln Douglas Debate.
Did you know?
Only five schools have had debaters reach elimination rounds in all three main events — The Blake School (MN), The Bronx High School of Science (NY), College Preparatory School (CA), The Harker School (CA) and Lexington High School (MA).
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
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2006 — Georgetown Day School (Edmund Zagorin & Shezaad Zainulbhi, Zack Beauchamp & James Brockway – closeout)
2007 — Westminster Schools (Anshu Sathian & Stephen Weil)
2008 — St. Mark’s School of Texas (Jordan Blumenthal & Alex Katz)
2009 — Damien High School (Reid Ehrlich-Quinn & Sean Hernandez)
2010 — The Bronx High School of Science (Zack Elias & Andrew Markoff)
2011 — Damien High School (Nadeem Farooqi & Pablo Gannon)
2012 — Woodward Academy (Rahim Shakoor & Jason Sigalos)
2013 — Pace Academy (Anshuman Parikh & Victor Skenderi)
2014 — Westminster (Colin Basco & Naman Gupta)
2015 — Pace Academy (Tanner Lewis & Clyde Shepherd)
2016 — St. Mark's School of Texas (Ansh Khullar & Ammar Plumber)
2017 — Westminster (Harrison Hall & MaryBryce Brannen)
2018 — North Broward Prep (Nicholas Mancini & Giorgio Rabbini)
2019 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Aden Barton & Julian Habermann)
2021 — Bellarmine College Preparatory (Adarsh Hiremath & Surya Midha)
2022 — Washburn Rural High School (Jiyoon Park & Zach Willingham)
2023 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Chanden Climaco & Raleigh Maxwell, Jack Young & Cy Turner — closeout)
2024 — Peninsula High School (Kevin Lai & Devin Lai)
2025 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Russell Howard & Kavneer Majhail)
2026 — Montgomery Bell Academy (Enno Brandes & Jimmy Li)
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2006 — Zack Beauchamp, Georgetown Day School
2007 — Stephen Weil, Westminster Schools
2008 — William Karlson, Stratford Academy
2009 — Katryna Cadle, Bishop Guertin High School
2010 — Layne Kirshon, The Kinkaid School
2011 — Pablo Gannon, Damien High School
2012 — Jason Sigalos, Woodward Academy
2013 — John Spurlock, C.K. McClatchy High School
2014 — Hemanth Sanjeev, Stratford Academy
2015 — Ryan Powell, Notre Dame High School
2016 — Emily Gordon, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's
2017 — Raam Tambe, Peninsula High School
2018 — Christopher Eckert, Greenhill School
2019 — Giorgio Rabbini, North Broward Prep
2021 — Surya Midha, Bellarmine College Preparatory
2022 — John Marshall, Lawrence Free State High School
2023 — Chanden Climaco, Montgomery Bell Academy
2024 — Kevin Lai, Peninsula High School
2025 — Michael Ross, Berkeley Prep
2026 — Mofoluwa Olagadeyo, Newark Science
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2007 — Glenbrook North High School (Michael Roytman)
2008 — Glenbrook North High School (Pat Donovan, Jon Posner – closeout)
2009 — Glenbrook North High School (Pat Donovan)
2010 — Northland Christian School (Josh Roberts)
2011 — Lexington High School (Noah Star)
2012 — The Meadows School (Ryan Fink)
2013 — The Greenhill School (Rebecca Kuang)
2014 — The Harker School (Pranjav Reddy)
2015 — The Harker School (Pranjav Reddy)
2016 — The Greenhill School (Bennett Eckert)
2017 — The Greenhill School (Shruthi Krishnan)
2018 — The Greenhill School (Shruthi Krishnan)
2019 — Harvard-Westlake School (Jaya Nayar, Vishan Chaudhary — closeout)
2021 — The Harker School (Andy Lee, Akshay Manglik — closeout)
2022 — The Harker School (Anshul Reddy)
2023 — The Harker School (Ansh Sheth, Panav Gogte — closeout)
2024 — The Harker School (Ansh Sheth)
2025 — Marlborough School (Abby Merges)
2026 — Lynbrook High School (Om Modi)
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2007 — David McGough, Greenhill School
2008 — David McGough, Greenhill School
2009 — Amanda Signorelli, The Meadows School
2010 — Erik Legried, The Blake School
2011 — Jacob Sonnenberg, Harvard-Westlake School
2012 — Noah Star, Lexington High School
2013 — Rebecca Kuang, The Greenhill School
2014 — Annie Kors, Harvard-Westlake School
2015 — Arjun Tambe, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
2016 — Amit Kukreja, Newark Science
2017 — Shruthi Krishnan, The Greenhill School
2018 — Shruthi Krishnan, The Greenhill School
2019 — Vishan Chaudhary, Harvard-Westlake School
2021 — Andrew Gong, Harvard-Westlake School
2022 — Zion Dixon, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
2023 — Justin Wen, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
2024 — Ansh Sheth, The Harker School
2025 — Iva Liu, Orange County School of the Arts
2026 — Om Modi, Lynbrook High School
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2009 — New Trier Township High School (Zach Collins & Joey Glickman, Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak – closeout)
2010 — The Bronx High School of Science (Thomas Lloyd & Katie Wong)
2011 — The Harker School (Frederic Enea & Aakash Jagadeesh, Ziad Jawadi & Reyhan Kader – closeout)
2012 — The Harker School (Frederic Enea & Rohan Bopardikar)
2013 — The Bronx High School of Science (Alon Handler & Adam Freilich)
2014 — The Harker School (Closeout: Stephanie Lu & Jasmine Liu, Srevas Misra & Kevis Duraiswamy)
2015 — Poly Prep Country Day (Eitan Ezra & Harrison Hurt)
2016 — Ft. Lauderdale (Kevin Hautigan & Danny Siegel)
2017 — Blake School (Elisa Lopez and Eva Motolinia)
2018 — Altamont School (David Zell and Isabel Coleman)
2019 — Blake School (Morgan Swigert & Isabella Wu, Thomas Gill & Jack Johnson — closeout)
2021 — Bethesda Chevy Chase High School (Eli Glickman & Roy Tiefer)
2022 — Blake School (Elizabeth Terveen & Skylar Wang, Davin Khan & Sofia Perri — closeout)
2023 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Stavan Shah & Aumrita Savdharia)
2024 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Stavan Shah & Aumrita Savdharia, Ara Mehran & Roy Kapoor — closeout)
2025 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Alexis Kang & Willie Tsai)
2026 — Fairmont Preparatory Academy (Kingston Harrison & Oliver Ji, Isabel Chang & Arya Seth — closeout)
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2010 — Stefanie Rubenstein, Glenbrook North High School
2011 — Thomas Lloyd, The Bronx High School of Science
2012 — Jonathan Teague, Spring Valley
2013 — Alyssa Turk, American Heritage
2014 — Stephanie Lu, The Harker School
2015 — Brandon Jones, Byram Hills High School
2016 — Ellie Grossman, Blake School
2017 — Peter Lawrence, Lexington High School
2018 — David Zell, Altamont School
2019 — Aashray Khanna, Cranbrook School
2021 — Jessica Gold, Riverdale Country School
2022 — Skylar Wang, Blake School
2023 — Roy Kapoor, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2024 — Roy Kapoor, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2025 — Eli Lunde, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
2026 — Alexis Kang, Fairmont Preparatory Academy
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2019 — Sage Hill (Luca White-Matthews, Max Perin, Maya Jaffe)
2021 — Greenhill School (Cameron Kettles, Ashley Shan, Caroline Greenstone, Aimee Stachowiak)
2022 — Greenhill School (Ashton Higgins, Aimee Stachowiak, Ashley Shan)
2024 — Greenhill School (Kaden Alibhai, Aditi Vikram, Varun Mukund, Angela Kamgang, Vivaan Gupta)
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2019 — Max Perin, Sage Hill
2021 — Ashton Higgins, Greenhill School
2022 — Kate Drum, Polytechnic School
2024 — Vivaan Gupta, Greenhill School
Help Us Preserve History
If you possess any results packets from previous NDCA National Championships that you notice are missing from our posted records, your contributions are invaluable in helping us complete our historical archives. We deeply appreciate your support in preserving the rich legacy of these competitions. Please email the Website Coordinator with your packets or to learn more about how you can assist in this important effort.
TOURNAMENT PACKETS
Longest Streak in Elims
Policy Debate
13 years: St. Marks School of Texas (2011-2025)
12 years: Greenhill School (2009-2021), Notre Dame (2011-Present)
7 years: Carrollton School of Sacred Heart (2016-2023), Peninsula (2017-2024)
6 years: Carrollton School of Sacred Heart (2009-2014), Lexington (2010-2015)
Longest Streak in Elims
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
11 years: Harvard Westlake School (2010-2021)
8 years: Greenhill School (2013-2021)
7 years: The Harker School (2019-Present)
6 years: The Harker School (2012-2017) , Immaculate Heart HS (2019-2025)
5 years: Newark Science (2014-2018), Marlborough School (2022-Present)
Longest Streak in Elims
Public Forum Debate
7 years: The Blake School (2015-2022)
6 years: The Harker School (2010-2015)
4 years: Poly Prep School (2018-2022), Fairmont Prep (2023-Present)
3 years: The Bronx High School of Science (2013-2015), Fairmont Prep (2015-2017), Flintridge Prep (2021-2023), Mission San Jose (2019-2022), Lexington HS (2024- Present)