Speech and Debate: Captain EPS Debate & Speech Team

Debate has been my passion since middle school, and in high school, I grew into a Speech and Debate competitor. At EPS, I was the first person to ever win in Speech from the school and led the team into this new avenue, contributing to significant team success in the years to follow. I have won 55+ regional awards in debate from 9th grade to now. I am currently the highest-ranking member of the team based on merit points both state and nationally.

Honors for Speech and Debate (As of 12/1/22):

• National Honors:

• NSDA Premiere Distinction Award for excellent NSDA merit points through the years

• 3rd in the United States in Impromptu Speaking

• Statewide Honors:

• 1st in WA state Impromptu Speaking (by a lead of 100+ points)

• 2nd in WA Extemporaneous Speaking (by a lead of 200+ points)

• 3rd in WA Poetry

• 4th in WA Extemporaneous Commentary

• 5th in WA Program Oral Interpretation

• 8th in WA Original Oratory

• 4th overall in WA state (1624 individual merit points across all debate and speech events based on wins.)

• Freshman year: I qualified for WA state in Open (Varsity) Speech in 3 events: Impromptu Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, and Dramatic Interpretation. To qualify for state, I had to place in the top 3 multiple times in many state and regional tournaments, in each category.

• #3 in WA for Impromptu.

• Won the State Poetry Slam with my original poetry

• 2 Debate Speaker awards.

• Won 2 tournaments in Novice Public Forum debate.

  • Unfortunately, the WA State championship in 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19.

• Sophomore year: I qualified for WA state in Open (Varsity) Speech in 3 events: Impromptu Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp), and Original Oratory (OO).

• #1 in WA for Impromptu

• #4 in WA for Extemp that season.

• I earned 3 NIETOC bids in Extemp, OO and Program Oral Interpretation (POI), making me the first EPS team member to get this honor.

• Junior year: I qualified for WA state in 4 events: Open (Varsity) Speech in Impromptu Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, and Program Oral Interpretation.

• 2nd for Impromptu Speaking at State Finals.

• #1 in WA that season for Impromptu

• #1 for Extemp.

• 4th place in POI and 7th place in Impromptu nationally at The Stanford Palm Classic.

• Gold Bid and Top 15 internationally for POI at TOC.

• Qualified from district and #69 nationally in US Extemporaneous Speaking at NSDA National Tournament.

• National octafinalist for Extemporaneous Commentary at NSDA National Tournament.