2025 Walnut Invitational Results
Congratulations to all the competitors at the 2025 Walnut Invitational!
Special congratulations to the following programs for winning sweepstakes:
3rd Elementary School Sweepstakes Young Voices - Independent
2nd Elementary School Sweepstakes Able2Shine
1st Elementary School Sweepstakes ModernBrain
3rd Middle School Sweepstakes Winston Churchill Middle School
2nd Middle School Sweepstakes Westridge School
1st Middle School Sweepstakes Nova 42 Academy
3rd High School Sweepstakes The Golden State Academy
2nd High School Sweepstakes Nova 42 Academy
1st High School Sweepstakes Crescenta Valley High School
And here are the winners from the tournament!
Silver Elementary Declamation Young Voices - Independent Tanvi Chinnam
Gold Elementary Declamation Young Voices - Independent Emma George
Bronze Elementary Impromptu ModernBrain Xiaoyan Yang
Bronze Elementary Impromptu ModernBrain Eric Song
Bronze Elementary Impromptu Nova 42 Academy Vyom Mohta
Bronze Elementary Impromptu Velasquez Academy Ethan Moras
Silver Elementary Impromptu ModernBrain Ryan Jing
Gold Elementary Impromptu Able2Shine Ferra Liu
Silver Elementary Informative ModernBrain Amay Agarwal
Gold Elementary Informative Able2Shine Maksim Liu
Bronze Elementary Persuasive ModernBrain Ryan Jing
Silver Elementary Persuasive Able2Shine Remmy Cao
Gold Elementary Persuasive Able2Shine Ferra Liu
Bronze Elementary Poetry Young Voices - Independent Daniel George
Silver Elementary Poetry Young Voices - Independent Yeshvika Sri Palanisamy
Gold Elementary Poetry Able2Shine Claire Zhang
Bronze Elementary SPAR ModernBrain Xiaoyan Yang
Bronze Elementary SPAR Nova 42 Academy Jake Zhou
Bronze Elementary SPAR Nova 42 Academy Alice Zhang
Bronze Elementary SPAR Velasquez Academy Aadvika Pasumarthy
Silver Elementary SPAR ModernBrain Royce Xie
Silver Elementary SPAR Velasquez Academy Ethan Moras
Gold Elementary SPAR ModernBrain Grant Chien
Gold Elementary SPAR ModernBrain Hanleen Jin
Bronze Elementary Storytelling All American Education Group Justin Wang
Bronze Elementary Storytelling ModernBrain Hanleen Jin
Bronze Elementary Storytelling Nova 42 Academy Jennifer Jiang
Silver Elementary Storytelling ModernBrain Royce Xie
Gold Elementary Storytelling ModernBrain Elsa Tsai
Gold Middle School Assigned Platform Velasquez Academy Aahana Bansal
Bronze Middle School Congress Brooks Debate Institute Rhea Ghins
Bronze Middle School Congress Flintridge Preparatory Farah Holland
Bronze Middle School Congress ModernBrain Aarik Acharya
Bronze Middle School Congress Westridge School Emma Novshad
Bronze Middle School Congress Westridge School Skylim Cruikshank
Silver Middle School Congress Westridge School Amelia Chen
Gold Middle School Congress Westridge School Madison Wong
Bronze Middle School Declamation Able2Shine Sarah Hu
Bronze Middle School Declamation QD Learning Isabelle Hua
Bronze Middle School Declamation Velasquez Academy Shivali Patra
Silver Middle School Declamation Young Voices - Independent Sharanya Pattanaik
Gold Middle School Declamation Holy Innocents School Caroline Herbst
Bronze Middle School Drama The Golden State Academy Shanvi Bandaru
Bronze Middle School Drama The Golden State Academy Emma Yao
Silver Middle School Drama Holy Innocents School Victoria Cruz
Gold Middle School Drama ModernBrain Oliver Dai
Gold Middle School DUO California Independent Leah Lehman & Adelaide Leon
Bronze Middle School Extemp New Age Learning Molly Zhu
Silver Middle School Extemp Liangyi Youth Leadership Juliana Blitzer
Gold Middle School Extemp The Golden State Academy Shrayus Gummidipudi
Bronze Middle School HI Speech & Debate Institute Stella Whitaker
Silver Middle School HI Nova 42 Academy Emily Zhang
Gold Middle School HI Flintridge Preparatory Allegra Lazo Lemarie
Bronze Middle School Impromptu Holy Innocents School Caroline Herbst
Bronze Middle School Impromptu ModernBrain Sofia Patel
Bronze Middle School Impromptu New Age Learning Leah Yang
Bronze Middle School Impromptu Nova 42 Academy Emily Zhang
Bronze Middle School Impromptu Nova 42 Academy Otis Barrow
Silver Middle School Impromptu Nova 42 Academy Anna Schofield
Gold Middle School Impromptu Velasquez Academy Samanvi Gubbihal
Bronze Middle School Informative ModernBrain Jiayi Gao
Bronze Middle School Informative Speech & Debate Institute Stella Whitaker
Bronze Middle School Informative Westridge School Samar Khoury
Silver Middle School Informative Nova 42 Academy Hugo Lira Kusuma
Gold Middle School Informative Stratford Preparatory School Blackford Anaia Fernandes
1st Middle School LD Top Speaker Stratford Preparatory School Blackford Ashutosh Barathapudi
Silver Middle School LD Helios School Rishi Jindal
Gold Middle School LD Stratford Preparatory School Blackford Avighna Ganesh Babu
Bronze Middle School Persuasive Westridge School Caitlin Pan
Bronze Middle School Persuasive Winston Churchill Middle School Bhuvanesh Yeleti
Bronze Middle School Persuasive Young Voices - Independent Subiksha Shri Palanisamy Mythi
Silver Middle School Persuasive Young Voices - Independent Koushik Sai Omprakash
Gold Middle School Persuasive ModernBrain Sofia Patel
6th Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Winston Churchill Middle School Hana Porbaha
5th Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Winston Churchill Middle School Dhatri Gundimeda
4th Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Flintridge Preparatory Brandon Liu
3rd Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Winston Churchill Middle School Gary Hovsepyan
2nd Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Nova 42 Academy Theo Ferriere
1st Place Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker Winston Churchill Middle School Ishaan Konidena
Silver Middle School Public Forum Helios School Barak Sela & Emma Firstenberg
Silver Middle School Public Forum Nova 42 Academy Aaditri Sen & Theo Ferriere
Silver Middle School Public Forum Winston Churchill Middle School Srihaas Samineni & Vihaan Chintam
Silver Middle School Public Forum Winston Churchill Middle School Viona Farzinnia & suri nguyen
Gold Middle School Public Forum Flintridge Preparatory Ekam Dadwal & Brandon Liu
Gold Middle School Public Forum Nova 42 Academy Arjun Sundaravadivelan & Bo Dai
Gold Middle School Public Forum Winston Churchill Middle School MadhuVarshini RajeshShanmugam & Sarah Albumalalah
Gold Middle School Public Forum Winston Churchill Middle School Anishka Raghuraman & Shriya Banerjee
Gold Middle School Public Forum Winston Churchill Middle School Emily Walker & Hana Porbaha
Bronze Middle School SPAR Nova 42 Academy Dominic Chan
Bronze Middle School SPAR Nova 42 Academy Mason Szeto
Bronze Middle School SPAR Westridge School Caitlin Pan
Bronze Middle School SPAR Wilshire Academy Mason Kim
Bronze Middle School SPAR Young Voices - Independent Ashrithaa Mahendran
Silver Middle School SPAR Nova 42 Academy Hugo Lira Kusuma
Silver Middle School SPAR Velasquez Academy Shivali Patra
Gold Middle School SPAR Nova 42 Academy Samantha Zheng
Gold Middle School SPAR Westridge School Samar Khoury
Gold High School Declamation Crescenta Valley High School Sasha Tae
Bronze High School Drama Crescenta Valley High School Justin Rodriguez-Cooper
Bronze High School Drama Holy Innocents School Vaness Zuniga
Silver High School Drama ModernBrain Giovanna Chui
Gold High School Drama Nova 42 Academy Ami Chien
Bronze High School Extemp Irvington High School Tanvi Sardana
Bronze High School Extemp Speech & Debate Institute Colin Sweeney
Bronze High School Extemp The Golden State Academy Sanika Nair
Silver High School Extemp Crescenta Valley High School Quinlan Iwasaka
Gold High School Extemp Crescenta Valley High School Adam Hill
Bronze High School HI Holy Innocents School MJ Garcia
Silver High School HI Crescenta Valley High School Jayden Yu
Gold High School HI Crescenta Valley High School Narek Jaytyan
Bronze High School Impromptu Nova 42 Academy John Kim
Bronze High School Impromptu The Golden State Academy Shaan Sood
Bronze High School Impromptu The Golden State Academy George Edackattukudy
Silver High School Impromptu Holy Innocents School Eileen Avila
Gold High School Impromptu Irvington High School Haadiyah Pathan
Gold High School Informative ModernBrain Alissa Tai
1st Place High School LD Top Speaker Brooklyn Technical High School Andrii Gubenko
Silver High School LD QD Learning Gavin Zhu
Gold High School LD Nova 42 Academy Madeline Lee
Bronze High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Esther Park
Bronze High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Isabella Montecillo
Bronze High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Maral Shahnazarian
Bronze High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Sarah Valencia
Silver High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Verona Danz
Gold High School Persuasive Crescenta Valley High School Quinlan Iwasaka
3rd Place High School Public Forum - Top Speaker Nova 42 Academy Nathan Cho
2nd Place High School Public Forum - Top Speaker The Golden State Academy Yujin Kim
1st Place High School Public Forum - Top Speaker University High School Charter Charles Blake
Silver High School Public Forum Northwood High School Atharva Soni & Yash Kher
Silver High School Public Forum The Golden State Academy Johnny Zhang & Iniya Amarnath
Gold High School Public Forum Nova 42 Academy Nathan Cho & Nareg Khashaki
Gold High School Public Forum The Golden State Academy Yujin Kim & Sarah Chen
Bronze High School SPAR Holy Innocents School Eileen Avila
Bronze High School SPAR La Mirada High School Ben Cantrell
Bronze High School SPAR La Mirada High School Emiliano Ramirez
Silver High School SPAR Velasquez Academy Sanvika Pasumarthy
Gold High School SPAR Velasquez Academy Ariana Dadgostar