The Award-Winning Chattahoochee High School Debate Team

Chattahoochee Debate Team wins 'Coolest Academic Club' in the state of Georgia by CBS Atlanta!

2008-2009 Resolution

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States.

Chattahoochee Debate is committed to 3 principles:

providing the opportunity to experience and succeed at competitive policy debate for as many students as are interested;
educating and familiarizing students about current events, ethics and philosophical perspectives in order to think about and analyze issues impacting their lives; and
creating out of classroom competitive experiences that educate and prepare students for college and their lives after debate.

2009 Coolest Academic Team

Tournament Results

University of Georgia bulldog debates

Novice:
Octofinalists
Chloe Kim and Micah Jones
Miller Tsao and Jaewon Lee

Quarterfinalists
Poonam Dalwadi and Komal Kinger

FINALISTS Michael Printz and Chetan Hebbale

Varsity:
Octofinalists
Sohan Chatterjee and Mustafa Inamullah
Kaavya Ramesh and Josh Lee

Quarterfinalists
Megan Cambre and Jeff Zhang

Semifinalists
Adi Sudarshan, Richie Choy, Matthew Rosenthal and Maggie Davis

Novices speaker awards - Jaewon Lee, Poonam Dalwadi, Komal Kinger and Chetan Hebbale
Varsity Debaters speaker awards - Jeff Zhang, Richie Choy, Kaavya Ramesh, and Adi Sudarshan.

Vestavia tournament - Birmingham, AL Feb 20-21, 2009

Megan Cambre and Jeff Zhang - won the tournament with a record of 17-0
Kaavya Ramesh and Josh Lee - semifinalists
Kaavya Ramesh - top overall ranked speaker
Josh Lee - 7th
Megan Cambre - 11th
Maggie Davis - 13th

Novice/JV State - Feb 20-21, 2009

JV Speaker Awards:
2. Cara Venezia
4. Shreya Seth
6. Kaitlyn Walker
8. Chloe Foster-Jones
9. Maggie Davis

Novice Speaker Awards:
1. Chetan Hebbale
5. Micah Jones
6. Felicia Lee
8. Christina Bills
10. Sambhav Srirama

Novice Quarterfinalists:
Somya Tirath and Felicia Lee
Poonam Dalwadi and Komal Kinger
Sean Fitzpatrick and Jaewon Lee

Novice Semifinalists:
Sambhav Srirama and Christina Bills

Novice Finalists:
Chetan Hebbale and Allan Gao

JV Quarterfinalists:
Kaitlyn Walker and Cara Venezia

JV Semifinalists:
Maggie Davis and Matt Azimi

JV Champs:
Shreya Seth and Chloe Foster-Jones

Harvard University Invitational

Round Robin Feb 11-13, 2009:
Adi Sudarshan - second speaker overall round robin

Full Tournament Feb 13-17, 2009
Maggie Davis and Matt Rosenthal - double-octafinalists
Adi Sudarshan and Richie Choy - quarterfinalists (tied for 5th place nationally)
Adi Sudarshan - 9th speaker overall

Georgia State Tournament Feb 6-7, 2009

Chattahoochee High School - 2nd place
Chetan Hebbale
Richie Choy (2nd speaker)
Matthew Rosenthal
Jeff Zhang (4th speaker)

Barkley Forum at Emory Jan 23-25, 2009

Double Octafinalists - Adi Sudarshan and Richie Choy
Double Octafinalists - Kaavya Ramesh and Josh Lee
15th place Speaker - Richie Choy

Lexington Tournament Jan 16-19, 2009

Megan Cambre and Jeff Zhang - Quarterfinalists
Adi Sudarshan and Matt Azimi - Double-Octafinalists
Matt Rosenthal and Maggie Davis - Double-Octafinalists
Adi Sudarshan - 11th Speaker
Megan Cambre - 13th Speaker
Jeff Zhang - 16th Speaker

Milton Tournament Jan 16-17, 2009

Kelly Tieu & Andrea Bieytes - Novice Quarterfinalists
Poonam Dalwadi & Komal Kinger - Novice Quarterfinalists
Ethan Michaeli & Joanna Meyer - Novice Octofinalists
Micah Jones & Sean Fitzpatrick - Novice Octofinalists
Jan Stein & Will Caplan - Novice Octofinalists
Akshun Yadav & Allan Gao - Novice Octofinalists
Joanna Meyer - Novice 4th Speaker
Ethan Michaeli - Novice 9th Speaker

Michael Printz & Chetan Hebbale - JV Quarterfinalists
Chetan Hebbale - JV Top Speaker

Carrollton Tournament – Nov. 21-22, 2008

Fan Fan and Matt Rosenthal - octofinals
Mustafa Inamullah and Maggie Davis / Adam Kostrinsky and Sean Robinson - quarterfinals
Kevin Kim and Jeff Zhang - semifinals
Mustafa Inamullah - 2nd speaker
Sean Robinson - 4th speaker
Chloe Foster - 6th speaker
Adam Kostrinsky - 8th speaker
Kevin Kim - 9th Speaker
Novice: Michael Printz and Chetan Hebbale - quarterfinals.

University of Michigan Round Robin: Nov. 4th-7th, 2008

3rd Place Seniors Division – Kaavya Ramesh and Josh Lee
2nd Place Juniors Division – Megan Cambre and Sohan Chatterjee
1st Speaker – Megan Cambre
3rd Speaker – Sohan Chatterjee

University of Michigan Tournament : Nov. 7th-9th, 2008

Quarterfinalists – Adi Sudarshan and Richie Choy
Octafinalists – Josh Lee and Kaavya Ramesh
Double-Octafinalists – Megan Cambre and Sohan Chatterjee
Double-Octafinalists – Maggie Davis and Mustafa Inamullah
7th Speaker – Richie Choy
11th Speaker – Adi Sudarshan
18th Speaker – Kaavya Ramesh

Montgomery Bell Academy Tournament

Kaavya Ramesh - 17th speaker

Westminister - Sept. 6th, 2008

Varsity Team Awards
Co-Champions: Adam Kostrinsky, Sean Robinson, Richie Choy and Megan Cambre. All four of these students earn a qualifying bid to the Tournament of Champions based on this performance.

Quarterfinalists: Fan Fan, Matt Rosenthal, Kevin Kim and Jeff Zhang.

Varsity Speaker Awards
2nd – Kaavya Ramesh, earned 3rd place in the preliminary debates.
3rd – Richie Choy
5th – Sean Robinson
7th – Adam Kostrinsky
8th – Megan Cambre
9th – Matt Rosenthal
11th – Kevin Kim

St. Marks

Varsity Team Awards
Double-Octafinalists - Richie Choy and Adi Sudarshan

Varsity Speaker Awards:
15th Speaker - Adi Sudarshan

Junior Varsity Team Awards
Quarterfinalists - Mustafa Inamullah and Samantha Varney

Calhoun

Varsity Speaker Awards:
5th Richie Choy
7th Megan Cambre
9th Sean Robinson
10th Adam Kostrinsky

Varsity Team Awards
Megan Cambre and Richie Choy took second place.
Sean Robinson and Adam Kostrinsky were semifinalists.
Matt Rosenthal and Jeff Zhang were quarterfinalists.

Novice Speaker Awards:
12th Micah Jones
15th Somya Tirath

Novice Team Awards:
Felicia Lee and Somya Tirath were quarterfinalists.

In LD (Lincoln Douglas)
Jeff Patterson was 3rd place overall.
Conner Watts was 3rd speaker

Greenhill - Sept. 12th-15th, 2008

Varsity
Team Results:
3rd - Richie Choy and Adi Sudarshan
9th (another division) - Richie Choy and Adi Sudarshan
17th - Kaavya Ramesh and Josh Lee

Wake Forest - Sept. 12th-14th, 2008

Varsity
Team Results:
Octofinals - Megan Cambre and Sohan Chatterjee

Individual Results:
6th - Sohan Chatterjee
18th - Matt Rosenthal

Junior Varsity
Team Results:
Finals - Sam Varney and Mustafa Inamullah
Finals - Shreya Seth and Maggie Davis
Octofinals - Chloe Foster Jones and Matt Azimi

Individual Results:
3rd - Chloe Foster Jones
9th - Shreya Seth
13th - Mustafa Inamullah
14th - Maggie Davis
20th - Sam Varney

Westminister

Novice Team
Team Results:
3rd place overall - Joanna Meyer and Ethan Michaeli
18th place overall - Michael Printz and Poonam Dalwadi

Individual Results:
7th - Poonam Dalwadi
12th - Micah Jones
13th - Ethan Michaeli
15th - Joanna Meyer

Thank you to all the volunteers!