Aragon Speech and Debate Club
2020 - 2021 Officers
Amanda Hao, President
Amanda is currently a rising 12th grader at Aragon High School. She is passionate about parliamentary debate, politics, and a wide variety of topics. Additionally, she is very enthusiastic about writing, coding, and design. She has participated in parliamentary debate for five years and extemporaneous speaking for three years. Recently selected awards in speech and debate include:
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Peak ranked 3rd place out of 604 teams nationally for varsity parliamentary debate (2021-2022 season)
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Ranked 8th place out of 649 teams nationally for varsity parliamentary debate (2020-2021 season)
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Co-champion of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Nueva Invitational, January 2022
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Semifinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, National Parliamentary Debate Invitational, UC Berkeley, November 2021
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10th Speaker (of 96) and Octofinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Cal Parli Invitational, October 2021
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Finalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Notre Dame Parliamentary Debate Tournament, September 2021
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3rd Speaker (out of 116) and Octofinalist (top 16 teams) of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, National Parliamentary Debate League Tournament of Champions, April 2021
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Champion of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Evergreen Invitational, February 2021
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10th Speaker (of 170) and Quarterfinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Berkeley High School Invitational, January 2021
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Semifinalist of Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking, Jean Ward Invitational, January 2021
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Quarterfinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, SVUDL John Lewis Invitational, Santa Clara University, November 2020
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Quarterfinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, National Parliamentary Debate Invitational, UC Berkeley, November 2020
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2nd Place of Extemporaneous Speaking, MVLA Shutdown Showdown Tournament, May 2020
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Finalist of Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking, CFL Speech 2, November 2019
Eesha Gupta, Vice President
Eesha is a rising sophomore at Aragon High School. She has participated in speech and debate for over three years, and has competed in a variety of events, including: parliamentary debate, SpAr, impromptu, extemporaneous speaking, original oratory, declamation, speech to entertain, informatory, Model United Nations, and mock trial. In her spare time, she runs a public speaking club for middle schoolers, tutors, and does track and field. She’s passionate about politics, economics, space, and art history. Selected speech and debate awards include:
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Ranked 39th place out of 649 teams nationally for varsity parliamentary debate (2020-2021 season)
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Ranked 30th out of 200 debaters nationally in the New York Parliamentary Debate League (2020-2021)
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Champion of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, and 4th place speaker, NYPDL April Invitational, April 2021
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Quarterfinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Vikings Invitational, Irvington High School, December 2020
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Quarterfinalist of Varsity Parliamentary Debate, Ivy League Invitational, Columbia University, February 2021
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Semifinalist of SpAr, Stanford Invitational, Stanford University, February 2020
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Semifinalist of SpAr, California State Championships, May 2020
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2nd place for extemporaneous speaking, California State Championships, May 2020
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5th place for Speech to Entertain, California State Championships, May 2020
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Semifinalist of impromptu speaking, California State Championships, May 2020
Evan Wong, Secretary
Evan is currently a senior at Aragon High School with an interest in speech, language and writing. He is well versed in many aspects of debate but mainly specializes in speech crafting and delivery. He also has a deep passion for economics and stock market trading. No matter who asks, he will be extremely eager to help with any speech and related topic to the best of his abilities.
Rachel Ma, Treasurer
Rachel is a 10th grader at Aragon High School. She has been participating in parliamentary debate for over a year. She's interested in public speaking, volleyball, and robotics. Furthermore, she runs an engineering club and is the sophomore class president. Also, she enjoys reading, math, politics, and science. Her speech and debate records include:
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Octofinalist of Novice Parliamentary Debate at the National Parliamentary Debate Invitational, University of California Berkeley, October 2020