The M
ason High
S
chool
Speech & Debate Team has garnered the largest number of qualifiers and alternates in school history
for
this year's National Speech & Debate Association's National Tournament in Birmingham, AL
from June 18-23.
Students qualified to Nationals through the Western OH NSDA District Tournament in February, the Western OH Student Congress National Qualifier at the Ohio Statehouse on March 18, or through a district committee vetting process for World Schools Debate. The team is lead by Head Coach Melissa Donahue and Assistant Coach Bruce Harris.
The following students will be representing Mason at Nationals:
Qualifiers
Vinamra Agrawal - World Schools Debate
Sanjana Are - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Vidhan Bhardwaj - World Schools Debate
Arnav Divekar - Informative Speaking
Suraj Komatineni - Student Congress-House
Atneya Nair - Student Congress-House
Karishma Ponkshe - World Schools Debate
Nihar Rama - US Extemporaneous Speaking (also qualified in Student Congress-House)
Rahul Ramesh - Student Congress-House
Alternates
Chinmay Bakshi - International Extemporaneous Speaking (1st alternate)
Tristan Groenewold - Student Congress-House (1st alternate)
Aditya Jog - Student Congress-Senate (1st alternate)
Rishi Mehta - Informative Speaking (1st alternate)
Jenny Zhang - Original Oratory (1st alternate)