46 Speech and Debate Hawks Qualify for State Tournament

Nine students qualified for the national tournament at the North Coast District Tournament held Feb 16-17 at St. Ignatius High School:

* Carlo Polisena '24 in Original Oratory

* Chloe Leng '25 in International Extemporaneous Speaking

* Jack Kampine '25 and Delicia Liao '25 in Policy Debate

* John Joyce '25 and Ben Miyares '26 in Public Forum Debate

* Brooke Gemechu '26 in Lincoln Douglas Debate

* Nicolas Shang '26 in Big Questions Debate

* Serin Arikan '24 was selected to be a member of the North Coast District Worlds Schools Debate Team

 

Three students qualified for the national tournament at the North Coast District Congressional Debate Tournament held on Feb 10 at Mayfield High School:

* Breck DuPaul '25 in the Senate

* Nicole Rashidi '26 and Samuel Berlin '24 in the House

 

Hawken won the District Sweepstakes Award for the top school in Congressional Debate at the district tournament on February 10. Hawken won the District Sweepstakes Award for the top school in Debate (Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, and Policy Debate combined) at the district tournament on February 16-17. Hawken also won the Overall District Sweepstakes Plaque (top school in the district in speech and debate combined).

 

Other students recognized at the Awards' Ceremony:

* Sam Kang '24 - 1st alternate in International Extemporaneous Speaking

* Sol Rivera '24 (MSH) - 3rd alternate in International Extemporaneous Speaking

* Smile Xiang '25 (MSH) - 2nd alternate in Dramatic Interpretation

* Serin Arikan '24 - 2nd alternate in Informative Speaking

* Isabella Bixler '26 - 2nd alternate in Original Oratory

* Neelan Subhas '27 and Maia Tritt '25 - 2nd alternate in Policy Debate

* Jack Martinez '26 and Jeremy Rotberg '26 - 2nd alternate in Public Forum Debate

* Pranay Gupta '24 - 3rd alternate in Lincoln Douglas Debate

* Arnav Sahni '24 - 4th alternate in Lincoln Douglas Debate

 

The NSDA North Coast District tournament is also an additional opportunity to qualify for the state tournament that will be held March 1-2 in Wooster, Ohio. Students who qualified for states at the February 16-17 district tournament are:

* Kate Khramoy '27 and Linchang Zhao '27 in Policy Debate

* Valeria Kislyansky '27 and Audrianna Honda '27 in Public Forum Debate

* Josie Bullock '26 in Dramatic Interpretation

* Brooke Gemechu '26 and Arnav Sahni '24 in Lincoln Douglas Debate

* Sol Rivera '24 in International Extemporaneous Speaking

 

These students will join the students who qualified at the Ohio Speech and Debate Association Cleveland District Tournament on February 3 at Olmsted Falls High School who were listed in the February 15 issue of Hawken News. Hawken will have a total of 46 students competing at the state tournament.