2024-2025 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION BID LEADERBOARD

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Leaderboard, where we proudly spotlight the Top 6 Most Devoted Performers. Through relentless effort and consistent victories, these outstanding debaters have claimed their spots at the top—winning awards in the most competitions out of over 1,000 competitors. Their dedication and skill set a gold standard in the world of competitive forensics.

Congratulations to all bid winners for their outstanding performance in the 2024–2025 National Olympiad Open Tournaments!

Copy of 2024-2025 Public Forum - High School

Public Forum - High School

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Ellen Zhang 2.85 Acclive Academy
1 Nicole Li 2.85 Acclive Academy
2 Adit Agarwal 1.65 The Golden State Academy
3 Tuesday Taylor 1.5 Myers Park High School
3 Will McNairy 1.5 Myers Park High School
3 Ethan Mao 1.5 Winston Churchill High School
3 Paul Wang 1.5 Winston Churchill High School
4 Cindy Lin 1.4 Acclive Academy
5 Jerry Gan 1.25 Acclive Academy
6 Yi Jei Zhan 1 Acclive Academy
6 Grace Li 1 Richard Montgomery High School
6 Katherine Xue 1 Richard Montgomery High School
7 Bennett Huang 0.9 Acclive Academy
8 Ella Chen 0.85 Acclive Academy
9 Richard Ma 0.75 Potomac Debate Academy
10 Abhary Menil 0.65 The Golden State Academy
11 Miranda He 0.5 Acclive Academy
11 Evan Shin 0.5 Granada Hills Charter School
11 Ryan Shin 0.5 Granada Hills Charter School
11 Cameron Williams 0.5 Myers Park High School
11 Charlie Price 0.5 Myers Park High School
11 Ava Datta 0.5 Potomac Debate Academy
12 Annissa Li 0.4 Foothill High School
12 Hannah Li 0.4 The Golden State Academy
12 Kelly Liu 0.4 The Golden State Academy
13 Austin Chan 0.35 Alameda Independent
13 Grace Tan 0.35 Alameda Independent
13 Allison Lee 0.35 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Andrew Dai 0.35 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Claire Li 0.35 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Kaitlyn Zhang 0.35 Potomac Debate Academy
13 James Hwang 0.35 Swang Independent
13 Ronit Singh 0.35 Swang Independent
13 Chris Wang 0.35 The Golden State Academy
13 Sarah Chen 0.35 The Golden State Academy
13 Vivaan Parhar 0.35 The Golden State Academy
13 Yujin Kim 0.35 Yujin Kim
14 Benjamin He 0.3 Acclive Academy
15 Michael Macri 0.25 Acclive Academy
15 Lucy Frost 0.25 Myers Park High School
15 Raines Stewart 0.25 Myers Park High School
15 Henry Pistilli 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Kamran Shehabi 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Pia Pandey 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Richard Fink 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Rudri Soni 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Siddhant Pandit 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Tanisi Sahai 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Daniel Gibson 0.25 Summit Christian High School
15 Nate Pettus 0.25 Summit Christian High School
15 Aakarsh Talati 0.25 The Golden State Academy
15 Rishab Pandhe 0.25 The Golden State Academy
16 Anson He 0.2 (Japan) Acclive Academy
16 Mark Li 0.2 (Japan) Acclive Academy
17 Angela Qi 0.15 Acclive Academy
17 Ananya Akkaraju 0.15 Dublin High School
17 Sana Presswala 0.15 Dublin High School
17 Yunyao Zhu 0.15 Foothill High School
17 Ansh Khurana 0.15 Montgomery Township High School
17 Arnav Nagireddy 0.15 Montgomery Township High School
17 Veronica Wu 0.15 Northville High School
17 Yoanna Odunlami 0.15 Northville High School
17 Advaitaa Sahu 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Ishika Chelpati 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Marlowe Johnsen 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Mudit Budhdev 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Preeti Gadiraju 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Sanskriti Naik 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Sarvesh Sabarinath 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Vedant Pandit
 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Vikram Sethuraman
 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
17 Ashton Brooks
 0.15 Taft High School
17 Varsha Murali
 0.15 Taft High School
17 Albert Lu
 0.15 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
17 Wang Harry
 0.15 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
18 Annie Wang
 0.1 Acclive Academy
18 Athena Sun
 0.1 Acclive Academy
18 Sally Yu
 0.1 Acclive Academy

Public Forum - Middle School

Rank Name  Bids School/Institution
1 Brandon Fu 1.55 Acclive Academy
2 Dhairya Gurnani 1.5 Brooks Debate Institute
3 Nandini Bhatt 1.3 Potomac Debate Academy
4 Yuzhou Zheng 1.05 Acclive Academy
5 Jeffrey Joseph 1 Brooks Debate Institute
5 Anay Sahu 1 Potomac Debate Academy
5 Daven Kella 1 Potomac Debate Academy
5 Iris Ai 1 Potomac Debate Academy
5 Zeq An 1 The Golden State Academy
5 Austin Liu 1 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
5 Kaitlyn Zhang 1 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
6 Grace Yun 0.65 (China) HMDC Forensics
6 Vivian Guo 0.65 (China) HMDC Forensics
7 Vivian Xu 0.6 (Canada) AA Canada
8 Ashritaa Palavalli 0.5 Brooks Debate Institute
8 Jason Wang 0.5 Brooks Debate Institute
8 Kyle So 0.5 Brooks Debate Institute
8 Rishaan Kumar 0.5 Potomac Debate Academy
8 Rishi Golla 0.5 Potomac Debate Academy
8 Calvin Jiang 0.5 Raven Independent
8 Jacob Yang 0.5 Raven Independent
8 Adrian Cheng 0.5 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
8 Hunter Chung 0.5 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
9 Jasmine Lung 0.45 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
10 Regina Qu 0.4 Acclive Academy
10 Janice Huang 0.4 Team Platinum
10 Christina Liang 0.4 (Canada) AA Canada
10 Vikram Kolli 0.4 (South Korea) AA South Korea
11 Nina He 0.35 Acclive Academy
11 Olivia Ho 0.35 Acclive Academy
11 Annabelle Wang 0.35 Brooks Debate Institute
11 Rebecca Dou 0.35 Brooks Debate Institute
11 Akhil Puvvada 0.35 The Golden State Academy
11 Emy Thoppil 0.35 The Golden State Academy
11 Ryan Peng 0.35 The Golden State Academy
11 Dan Xia 0.35 (Canada) AA Canada
11 Weini Xing 0.35 (Canada) AA Canada
11 Erin Wu 0.35 (China) HMDC Forensics
11 Naomi Chow 0.35 (China) HMDC Forensics
11 Olivia Feng 0.35 (China) HMDC Forensics
11 Charlotte Wang 0.35 (South Korea) AA South Korea
12 Catherine Wang 0.3 Acclive Academy
12 Katelyn Wang 0.3 Acclive Academy
12 Olivia Yang 0.3 LightLearning Academy
12 Zhenyu Zhao 0.3 LightLearning Academy
12 Ayman Islam 0.3 Potomac Debate Academy
12 Danush Vattipulusu 0.3 Potomac Debate Academy
12 Nina Neti 0.3 Potomac Debate Academy
12 Ailai Yang 0.3 (China) Harbinger Debate
12 Yucen Shen 0.3 (China) Harbinger Debate
12 Aaron Chuang 0.3 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
13 Adhiyan Karthikeyan 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Molly Na 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Owen Pan 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Zachary Wen 0.25 Potomac Debate Academy
13 Rachel Jiang 0.25 (China) HMDC Forensics
13 Candy Wei 0.25 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
13 Tsung-Da Shen 0.25 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
14 Kate Shippe 0.2 Acclive Academy
14 Melody Ke 0.2 Acclive Academy
14 Regan Gao 0.2 Acclive Academy
14 Austin Jin 0.2 Brooks Debate Institute
14 Mittansh Bhatia 0.2 Brooks Debate Institute
14 Ivy Zhang 0.2 Jump Start
14 Joyce Yan 0.2 Jump Start
14 Adelina Elliott 0.2 Potomac Debate Academy
14 Annie Liao 0.2 Potomac Debate Academy
14 Elaina Wang 0.2 Potomac Debate Academy
14 Julia Gu 0.2 Potomac Debate Academy
14 Varsha Bojja 0.2 Potomac Debate Academy
14 Albert Jiang 0.2 The Golden State Academy
14 Leo Jiao 0.2 The Golden State Academy
14 Michael Wei 0.2 The Golden State Academy
14 Olivia Jiang 0.2 The Golden State Academy
14 Aidan Lee 0.2 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
14 Ian Lee 0.2 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
15 Caroline Bian 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Ethan Massay 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Saloni Bhure 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Vita Fu 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Wenqing Jia 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Yoyo Wang 0.15 Acclive Academy
15 Ansh Gupta 0.15 Brooks Debate Institute
15 Udayan Singhal 0.15 Brooks Debate Institute
15 Audrey Li 0.15 Jump Start
15 Kaylee Shi 0.15 Jump Start
15 Aarav Shah 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Avani Mahadevu 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Kavin Loganathan 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Kavya Singh 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Varnika Ramadoss 0.15 Potomac Debate Academy
15 Caroline Feng 0.15 The Golden State Academy
15 Shrayus Gummidipudi
 0.15 The Golden State Academy
15 Jayden Xing
 0.15
 Youth Development Resource Center
15 Jingcheng Wang
 0.15
 Youth Development Resource Center
15 Alainna Lu
 0.15
 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
15 Raymond Huang 0.15 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
15 Tony Wang
 0.15
 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
16 Dylan Li 0.1
 Acclive Academy
16 Jacob Yu
 0.1
 Acclive Academy
16 Mia Jin
 0.1
 Acclive Academy
16 Arjun Sandhu
 0.1
 Potomac Debate Academy
16 Olivia Wang
 0.1
 Potomac Debate Academy
16 Aishani Damireddy
 0.1
 The Golden State Academy
16 Sejal Agarwal
 0.1
 The Golden State Academy
16
 Austin Lu
 0.1
 (China) HMDC Forensics
16
 Illy Lan
 0.1
 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy
16
 Jasmine Li
 0.1
 (Taiwan) Ascent Academy

Lincoln Douglas

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Abhinav Deshpande 1.0 Mission San Jose High School
1 Jason Kim 1.0 The Golden State Academy
2 Anumitha Sivakumar 0.55 Brooks Debate Institute
2 Nisha Ghia 0.55 The Golden State Academy
2 Rohan Adusumilli 0.55 The Golden State Academy
3 Anoushka Srivastava 0.5 The Golden State Academy
3 Bowen Yan 0.5 The Golden State Academy
4 Wilbert Zhu 0.35 Project Dialouge
4 Kayvon Behboodian 0.35 The Golden State Academy
4 Prisa Singh 0.35 The Golden State Academy
5 Arjun Raman 0.25 Brooks Debate Institute
5 Eliza Phillip 0.25 Iceberg Speech & Debate
5 Alan Yang 0.25 Irvine University High School
5 Junlan Wang 0.25 The Golden State Academy
6 Jimmy Jing 0.2 LightLearning Academy
6 Chase Evans 0.2 Palm Beach Central High School
6 Cynthia Li 0.2 The Golden State Academy
6 Riyansh Goyal 0.2 The Golden State Academy

Policy Debate

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Harper Harris 1.0 Myers Park High School
1 Joseph Holland 1.0 Myers Park High School
2 Sebastian Chan 0.5 (Taiwan) ADL
2 Ian Wang 0.5 (Taiwan) ADL

Parliamentary Debate

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Mannat Kohli 0.3 Saddle River Day School
1 Alison Rosenson 0.3 Saddle River Day School
2
3

Dramatic Interpretation

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Gordon Lu 0.8 La Jolla Country Day School
2
3
4

National Extemp

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Sahil Jain 1.0 Mission San Jose High School
2 Maya Rashid 0.25 Edgemont High School
3
4

Humorous Interpretation

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Alexander Jean-Joseph 0.25 Palm Beach Central High School
2
3
4

Informative Speaking

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Ashritaa Palavalli 0.5 Brooks Debate Institute
1 Rohan Adusumilli 0.5 The Golden State Academy
2 Swetha Retineni 0.35 Mission San Jose High School
3

Original Oratory

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Kaikei Liu 1.0 The Golden State Academy
2 Abhinav Deshpande 0.35 Mission San Jose High School
3 Lakshanya Palani 0.3 Foothill High School
3 Kaixin Zheng 0.3 (United Kingdom) Independent UK

World Schools

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Cecilia Lu 0.3 LightLearning Academy
1 Jacky Zhao 0.3 LightLearning Academy
1 Maggie Li 0.3 LightLearning Academy
1 Sophia Xie 0.3 LightLearning Academy
1 Yi Jiang 0.3 LightLearning Academy

Congressional

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Samhita Koltur 0.3 The Hun School of Princeton
2
3
4

Program of Oral Interpretation

Rank Name  Bids Institution
1 Sangeun Park 0.3 (Vietnam) Saigon South International School
2
3
4