2024 USAFO December Open

Congratulations to all of our winners!

We are very excited to announce the ranks and Speaker awards of each the events and divisions. Cash prizes and certificates will be sent to these winners.

Public Forum - High School

Rank Winners Institution Bids Per Winner
Champion Aileen Wu & Frederick Bao McLean Independent 1
Finalist Arjun Mamidi & Atharav Gabada The Golden State Academy 0.5
Semi-Finalist Kaiwei Parks & Viraj Walia

Brooks Debate Institute

0.25
Semi-Finalist Naisha Kumar & Pramiti Paraskar Centennial Independent 0.25

Speaker Awards

Rank Winner Institution
Top Speaker Aileen Wu McLean Independent
2nd Speaker Frederick Bao McLean Independent
3rd Speaker Arjun Mamidi The Golden State Academy 

Public Forum - Middle School

Rank Winners Institution Bids Per Winner
Champion Sparsha Shashidhar & Vivaan Parhar The Golden State Academy 1
Finalist Alyssa Menezes & Harshil Shah

Brooks Debate Institute

0.5
Semi-Finalist

Anagha Vippagunta & Benjamin Arbit

BASIS Scottsdale Middle School

0.25
Semi-Finalist Naisha Kumar & Pramiti Paraskar Centennial Independent 0.25
Semi-Finalist Jada Jin & Ananya Malineni The Golden State Academy 0.25
Quarter-Finalist Wenqing Jia & Arthur Wang American Apex Academy 0.25
Quarter-Finalist Ansh Gupta & Udayan Singhal Brooks Debate Institute 0.25
Quarter-Finalist Jake Chang & Aditya Karanam The Golden State Academy 0.25
Quarter-Finalist Benjamin Cao & Coco Xu The Golden State Academy 0.25 

Speaker Awards

Rank Winner Institution
Top Speaker Harshil Shah Brooks Debate Institute
2nd Speaker Sparsha Shashidhar The Golden State Academy
3rd Speaker Ansh Gupta Brooks Debate Institute