2023 NOF Quarter 4 Results
We were thrilled to finish out our regular season tournament series with one of our largest tournaments yet - our Quarter #4 which featured … Congratulations to all the award winners!
View the awards ceremony on YouTube.
Special congratulations to the following programs for winning sweepstakes:
College
1st: UC San Diego; 2nd: CSU Northridge; 3rd: Northern Arizona University
High School
1st: ModernBrain; 2nd: Liangyi Youth Leadership; 3rd: Nova 42 Academy
Middle School
1st: Velasquez Academy; 2nd: ModernBrain; 3rd: Able2Shine
Elementary School
1st: Velasquez Academy; 2nd: ModernBrain; 3rd: Able2Shine
And here are the winners from the tournament!
Elementary Declamation
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Rosalie Cheng
Bronze Velasquez Academy Catherine Velasquez-Galvez
Silver Velasquez Academy Bella Kim
Gold Velasquez Academy Cyrus Dadgostar
Elementary Impromptu
Bronze Able2Shine Daniella Strohmann
Bronze ModernBrain Marquis Zhao
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Emily Zhang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Victor Zhang
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Emily Dai
Gold Wilshire Academy Molly Olsen
Elementary Informative
Bronze Able2Shine Jaron Yang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Vanessa Yang
Bronze Velasquez Academy Rahil Shah
Silver Velasquez Academy Mahak Patangia
Gold Nova 42 Academy Charlotte Yang
Elementary Persuasive
Bronze Able2Shine Wendy Dong
Bronze ModernBrain Ruiqi Sun
Bronze ModernBrain Katelyn Wang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Ashley Kang
Silver Able2Shine Daniella Strohmann
Gold Wilshire Academy Molly Olsen
Elementary Prose-Poetry
Bronze Able2Shine Seven Wu
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Emma George
Silver Able2Shine Angela Zhu
Gold Velasquez Academy Ziwen "Hebe" Dou
Elementary SPAR
Bronze CL Academy Erin Chung
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Ryan Jiang
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Jeremy Yu
Bronze ModernBrain Rena Zhuang
Bronze ModernBrain Lucas Xie
Bronze ModernBrain Simon Xue
Bronze ModernBrain Emma Lisowski
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Charlotte Yang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Victor Zhang
Bronze Velasquez Academy Ziwen "Hebe" Dou
Bronze Wilshire Academy Molly Olsen
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Esther Eltho
Silver ModernBrain Marquis Zhao
Silver ModernBrain Matthew Alcantar
Silver Wilshire Academy Elliot Yun
Gold Able2Shine Angela Zhu
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Emily Dai
Gold Nova 42 Academy Colin Kim
Elementary Storytelling
Bronze Advantage Communications Aaryan Gupta
Bronze Velasquez Academy Cyrus Dadgostar
Bronze Velasquez Academy Mahak Patangia
Silver Able2Shine Fiona Yan
Gold ModernBrain Matthew Song
Middle School Congress
Bronze ModernBrain Max Lin
Bronze Velasquez Academy Riyaan Shah
Bronze ModernBrain Jaden Hong
Silver Velasquez Academy Haley Wang
Gold Velasquez Academy Brian Le
Middle School Declamation
Bronze Velasquez Academy Abby Yu
Bronze Velasquez Academy Prahi Shah
Bronze Velasquez Academy Jiya Patel
Silver Velasquez Academy Varsha Murali
Gold ModernBrain Grace Ableser-Jaffe
Middle School Drama
Bronze Able2Shine Claire Au
Bronze ModernBrain Hannah Ma
Silver ModernBrain Anya Luo
Gold Velasquez Academy Ovee Dharwadkar
Middle School Extemp
Silver The Golden State Academy Sophia Sun
Gold The Golden State Academy Anirudh Rao
Middle School HI
Bronze Advantage Communications Vasudev Velekkat
Bronze ModernBrain Anya Luo
Bronze The Golden State Academy Shourya Premkumar
Silver ModernBrain Grace Ableser-Jaffe
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Eric Chang
Middle School Impromptu
Bronze Able2Shine Ava Geng
Bronze Cogito Debate Miya Zhu
Bronze The Golden State Academy Leo Zhou
Bronze Velasquez Academy Ulyana Kurylovich
Silver Cogito Debate Varnika Karthick
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Alina Hang
Gold Velasquez Academy Alice Chen
Middle School Informative
Bronze The Golden State Academy Vihan Bhattacharjee
Bronze The Golden State Academy Leo Zhou
Bronze Velasquez Academy Maya Lian
Bronze Velasquez Academy Ariana Dadgostar
Bronze Velasquez Academy Kate McCurley
Silver ModernBrain Anya Luo
Gold Nova 42 Academy Iris Chiou
Middle School Interp
Silver ModernBrain Grace Ableser-Jaffe
Gold La Reina HS/MS Ava Behjat
Middle School LD - Top 4 Speakers
4 La Reina High School and Middle School Annabelle Getty
3 The Golden State Academy Kanya Annamalai
2 La Reina High School and Middle School Maria Neemuchwala
1 CL Academy Chris Lee
Middle School LD
Silver Able2Shine Tina Jin
Silver Able2Shine Clemence Wong
Silver La Reina HS/MS Cami Gradis
Gold Able2Shine Harrison Huang
Gold Alter Ethos Debate Bohan Yuan
Gold La Reina HS/MS Maria Neemuchwala
Gold La Reina HS/MS Tanishka Lakra
Gold The Golden State Academy Aniket Mangalampalli
Gold The Golden State Academy Kanya Annamalai
Middle School NOF Parli
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Kate Hong
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Selina Xinyu Zhang & Lawrence Lee
Middle School Persuasive
Bronze Able2Shine Adalyn Zhang
Bronze Able2Shine Steven Chi
Bronze Advantage Communications Shasta Mudda
Silver ModernBrain Max Sun
Gold Velasquez Academy Ovee Dharwadkar
Middle School Public Forum - Top 3 Speakers
3rd Nova 42 Academy Ryan Cho
2nd Able2Shine Michelle Zhang
1st Able2Shine Yuelin Xiong
Middle School Public Forum
Silver ModernBrain Kevin Wang & Mark Kuang
Silver Nova 42 Academy Rachel Hsieh & Michelle Ding
Silver The Golden State Academy Nivritti Karthik & Louie Cao
Gold Able2Shine Michelle Zhang & Yuelin Xiong
Gold Able2Shine Ray He & Coco Xu
Gold ModernBrain Karis Kwon & Isabella Huang
Gold ModernBrain William Shu & Eric Zhao
Middle School SPAR
Bronze Able2Shine Nitya Arun
Bronze Helios School Madeleine Zehner
Bronze Velasquez Academy Jerry Ge
Bronze Velasquez Academy Prahi Shah
Bronze Velasquez Academy Varsha Murali
Bronze Wilshire Academy Molly Olsen
Bronze Wilshire Academy Brandon Chun
Silver Able2Shine Allison Guan
Silver Cogito Debate Marcus Chien
Gold Able2Shine Adalyn Zhang
Gold Velasquez Academy Yimeng Yuan
Gold Velasquez Academy Ovee Dharwadkar
Middle School Storytelling
Silver ModernBrain Giovanna Chui
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Eric Chang
High School Impromptu
Bronze ModernBrain Brady Bai
Bronze ModernBrain Kelly Liu
Silver The Golden State Academy Janice Lee
Gold ModernBrain Anna Feng
High School Interp
Bronze Chadwick School Anna Brutocao & Austin Ransford
Bronze University High School Charter Layla Sadrieh
Silver ModernBrain Anna Feng
Gold QD Learning Iris Wang
High School LD - Top 2 Speakers
2 Nova 42 Academy Madeline Lee
1 ModernBrain Sadhana Guruprasad
High School LD
Silver ModernBrain Sadhana Guruprasad
Silver Nova 42 Academy Madeline Lee
Gold Able2Shine Harrison Huang
Gold CL Academy Skyler Kim
High School NOF Parli
Silver Cogito Debate Marcus Chien & Evan Huang
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Miles Gu & Caroline Cheng
High School Platform
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Ronnie Cheng
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Vanessa Liu
Bronze ModernBrain Kelly Liu
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Lillian Yee
Gold Able2Shine Clemence Wong
High School Public Forum
Silver Nova 42 Academy Nathan Cho & Phoebe Lee
Gold Nova 42 Academy Andie Martin & Jada Yang
High School SPAR
Silver ModernBrain Ulysses Hsu
Gold Velasquez Academy Daniel Baek
College Extemp
Bronze University of California San Diego David Cordier
Silver University of California San Diego Annika Dengel
Gold University of California San Diego Karam Sodhi
College IPDA - Top 4 Speakers
4 University of California San Diego Grace Vallen
3 California State University Fullerton Candace Soto
2 University of California San Diego Jiayi Hu
1 University of California San Diego Michael Wagreich
College IPDA
Silver Contra Costa College NIcholas Lopez
Silver University of California San Diego Jiayi Hu
Silver University of California San Diego Toby Ngo
Silver University of California San Diego Rafi Overton
Silver University of California San Diego Michael Wagreich
Silver University of California San Diego Grace Vallen
Gold California State University Fullerton Candace Soto
Gold Northern Arizona University Anna Herrig
Gold Northern Arizona University Sage Kaminski
Gold University of California San Diego Cindy Chanay
Gold University of California San Diego Vincent Cono
Gold University of California San Diego Mrinaal Sayal
College Impromptu
Bronze CSU Northridge Bryan Covarrubias
Bronze Saddleback College Brianna Newton
Bronze University of California San Diego Leslie Cheng
Silver Saddleback College Vanessa Basurto
Gold University of California San Diego Christian Kim
College Informative
Bronze CSU Northrdige Spencer Ehrenberg
Bronze Contra Costa College Adrrienne Saporsantos
Bronze University of California San Diego Amy To
Bronze University of California San Diego Kaitlyn Chin
Silver University of California San Diego Shreya Musini
Gold University of California San Diego Marina Hu
College Persuasive
Silver University of California San Diego Leslie Cheng
Gold University of California San Diego Mitra Sutar
College Prose-Drama
Bronze CSU Northridge Deborah Perez
Silver Saddleback College Alanna Vescovi
Gold CSU Northridge Kristina Laue