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| NFL NATIONAL CHAMPION! Louise Lu won the National Championship in Congressional Debate at the Lincoln Financial Group/ National Forensic League National Speech/Debate tournament held in Kansas City, Missouri June 13- 18. Erik Nelson and Rohini Sigireddi earned 11th in the nation in Public Forum debate and John Williams advanced to semi finals in Congressional Debate. This marks the third consecutive year that Bellaire Debate has earned a national championship. In addition to the individual successes, the team earned the 2010 NFL School of Excellence in Debate award. Louise Lu earned $6,000 in scholarships while Erik Nelson and Rohini Sigireddi each earned $1,000 scholarships. Jingxiao Jin, Jacob Aronowitz, David Wang, Tom Zhang and Andrew Zhu also participated in the tournament. The LNG/NFL National Speech/Debate tournament is the largest academic competition in the country. 2010 marks the 85th anniversary of the National Forensic League. Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi were featured on the Kansas City NBC affiliate television station. Right Click here to view the story. Only Erik could butcher a decent quote like he does in this interview. Additional stories from Houston Chronicle, Stennis Center for Public Service, KHOU, Houston Young Leaders Examiner, The Cypress Times. NCFL Nationals results May 29-30, 2010 Bellaire Debate participated in the NCFL Grand National Tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska May 29-30, 2010. Samantha Maher advanced to semifinals in Student Congress. John Williams, Weiting Ji, Judy Liu and Zachary Mathew also participated in Student Congress. 2010-2011 Bellaire Debate Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Historian Press Release Publicity Director Social Coordinator CX Research Captains CX Novice Captains Congress Research Captains Congress Novice Captains Public Forum Captain Lincoln Douglas Captain Tournament of Champions results May 1-3, 2010 Erik Nelson and Rohini Sigireddi went 5-2 in Public Forum debate earning 7th seed before exiting the tournament in octofinals. Louise Lu advanced to semifinals of Congressional Debate. One of the traditions observed at the TOC is a Kentucky delicacy known as a "hot brown" (pictured right). This soon became Erik's second favorite dish he had consumed during his tournament career. Congressional Debaters Qualify to NFL Nationals South Texas NFL held its district congress tournament April 8 at the University of Houston. Senate John Williams 1st place National Qualifier House 1 Jingxiao Jin National Qualifier Jin Niu 1st alternate Vivek Kantamani 2nd alternate House 2 Tyler Quinn 1st alternate Omkar Joshi 4th place House 3 Judy Liu 1st alternate Amy Li 4th place House 4 Weiting Ji 1st alternate Diana Ruan 4th place 100th UIL CX State Tournament March 19-20, 2010 the University Interscholastic League hosted its 100th State CX tournament on the campus of the University of Texas. Luther Fan and John Wang advanced to the quarterfinal round. Jacob Aronowitz and David Wang finished third in the tournament. All four debaters received medals marking the 100th year of the state tournament. TFA State Tournament results, March 11-13, 2010 Bellaire Debaters were very successful at the 2010 Texas Forensic Association State tournament held in El Paso. Louise Lu earned 2nd place in Student Congress. Dennis Wu and Zhixing Yao won 4th place in Public Forum debate, while Zachary Mathew and Jin Niu particiated in the final round of Senate and House in Student Congress. Two CX teams advanced to elimination rounds Luther Fan and John Wang made it to double octofinals while Scott Lin and Wilma Qiu advanced to octofinals. In Public Forum debate Olivia Arena and Lucy Chen advanced to double octofinals while Erik Nelson and Rohini Sigireddi made it to octofinals. In addition to Lu, Mathew and Niu Weiting Ji, Samantha Maher and Tyler Quinn advanced to semifinals of Student Congress. Going to Kansas City The South Texas NFL district tournament was held at Elkins High School February 25-27, 2010. The policy debate teams of Jacob Aronowitz/David Wang and Tom Zhang/Andrew Zhu qualified for nationals. Bellaire continued its tradition of excellence qualifying policy debate teams to the NFL national tournament for the eighth year in a row and 45 of the last 54 years. Erik Nelson and Rohini Sigireddi qualified for nationals in Public Forum debate. In addition to qualifying for nationals, Nelson and Sigireddi were also named Rupe Foundation Scholars. Louise Lu had previously earned a qualification to the 2010 National Forensic League national speech/debate tournament based on her finish from last year's nationals. The national tournament will be held in Kansas City, Missouri June 13-19, 2010. More students from Bellaire will have the opportunity to qualify for nationals at the South Texas NFL district Congress April 8 at the University of Houston. Bay City HS tournament results February 19-20, 2010 2nd place Overall Sweepstakes CCX Bo Kim/Jin Kim 1st place Grant Warren/Liang Ren 2nd place Andrew Alter/Zachary Birenbaum 3rd place Regan Wang/Sajeel Malik quarterfinals PF Erik Nelson/Rohini Sigireddi 1st place Kempner HS tournament results February 12-13, 2010 CCX Jacob Aronowitz/David Wang 1st place Bo Kim/Jin Kim quarterfinals CLD Gil Shaulsky double octofinals Jerry Chen double octofinals Texas City HS tournament results February 5-6, 2010 2nd place Overall Sweepstakes CCX Armen-Gurgen Movsesyan/Thomas Du 1st place Rafael Go/Rockey Wu 2nd place Grant Warren/Liang Ren 3rd place William B. Travis HS tournament results February 5-6, 2010 Congress Ebonee Culpepper 8th place Xinghua Dou finals Colleyville Heritage HS tournament results February 5-6, 2010 CCX Luther Fan/John Wang octofinals Lamar HS tournament results January 29-30, 2010 1st place Overall Sweepstakes CCX Luther Fan/John Wang 1st place Rafael Go/Rockey Wu 3rd place Charlie Wan/Yinjie Ji quarterfinals Lin Boynton/Christina Wang quarterfinals Bo Kim/Jin Kim quarterfinals Armen-Gurgen Movsesyan/Thomas Du octofinals Willis Nguy/Alice Tao octofinals Xinxin Xu/Scott Lin octofinals Rafael Go 1st place CCX speaker award Cypress Woods HS tournament results January 22-23, 2010 1st place Debate Sweepstakes CCX Thomas Zhang/Andrew Zhu 1st place Andrew Alter/Zachary Birenbaum 3rd place NCX Shuhui Wan/ Yingyong Lai quarterfinals PF Jennifer Knesbach/Michelle Knesbach quarterfinals Winston Churchill HS tournament results January 15-16, 2010 FX Rohini Sigireddi semifinals Katy HS tournament results January 15-16-2010 CCX Jacob Aronowitz/David Wang 1st place Andrew Alter/Zachary Birenbaum 3rd place PF Olivia Arena/Lucy Chen octofinals LD Cara Weisman 3rd place Bellaire Debaters to present papers at Gulen Institute Zara Khan, Elizabeth Zhang, and Xinxin Xu earned scholarships from the Gulen Institute for their participation in a panel concerning Improving Family Relations. The panel discussion will occur January 23, 2010 at the Turquoise Center in Houston from 2:20-4:00pm. The discussion will be chaired by Dr. Thomas Gage, Professor Emeritus at Humboldt State University. Bellaire Debaters will be participating in addition to high school students from AWTY International School, Houston Academy for International Studies and East Early College High School. Westfield HS tournament results January 8-9, 2010 3rd place Overall Sweepstakes CCX Scott Lin/Wilma Qiu 1st place Jacob Aronowitz/David Wang 3rd place Rafael Go/Rockey Wu octofinals Luther Fan/John Wang octofinals Foster HS tournament results January 8-9, 2010 CLD Gina Toumajian 2nd place News & Stories from September, 2009 - December, 2009 |
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Luther Fan
John Wang
Rafael Go
Xinxin Xu
Christa Chiao
Robin Go
Michael Ong
Vincent Su
Bo Kim/ Nikhil Roy
Jin Kim/ Rockey Wu
Judy Liu/ John Williams
Omkar Joshi/ Sneha Joshi
Olivia Arena
Gina Toumajian
NQ House 1
Dillon Hoang 1st place
Natalia Majewska 2nd place
Justine Huang 3rd place
Kevin George 4th place
Tatiana Yatsenko 5th place
NQ House 2
Angeline Rodriguez 2nd place
Feifei Le 3rd place
Tiffany Pham 5th place
Crystal Jin 6th place
Ni Zhan 7th place
Andre Loghin 8th place
NQ House 3
Xinghua Dou 2nd place
Gil Shaulsky 3rd place
Mary Ashley Liu 4th place
Abdullah Butt 5th place
Brynfor Morris 6th place
Kathleeen Lee 7th place
NQ House 4
Alex Mo 2nd place
Kevin Gu 3rd place
Willy Ngo 5th place
Jack Sun 6th place
Eric Mao 8th place
NQ House 5
Zachary Weddle 1st place
Katherine Fang 2nd place
Jennifer Watts 3rd place
Laugen He 4th place
Connie Feng 5th place
Christine Dang 6th place
Neha Reddy 7th place
Jared Patterson 8th place
Congress
Diana Ruan 2nd place
Amy Li 3rd place
Feifei Le 4th place
Angeline Rodriguez finals
Samantha Maher finals
CLD
Gina Toumajian 2nd place
NLD
Lauren Nguyen 1st place
Congress
Judy Liu 2nd place
Amy Li 3rd place
Diana Ruan 5th place
Jared Patterson 7th place
Xinghua Dou finals
David Davis finals
Congress
Zachary Mathew 2nd place
Jake Terrell 3rd place
Amy Li 6th place
Angeline Rodriguez 7th place
Diana Ruan 8th place
CLD
Gina Toumajian 2nd place
Gil Shaulsky quarterfinals
Sanchit Kamble octofinals
NLD
Lauren Nguyen 3rd place
Congress
David Davis 2nd place
Judy Liu 3rd place
Sneha Joshi 4th place
Feifei Le 5th place
Natalia Majewska finals
Vivek Kantamani finals
Public Forum
Erik Nelson/Rohini Sigireddi 1st place
Olivia Arena/Lucy Chen 2nd place
CLD
Cara Weisman octofinals
Olivia Arena 2nd place PF speaker award
Rohini Sigireddi 3rd place PF speaker award
Champ Congress
Louise Lu 1st place
Natalia Majewska 5th place
Tyler Quinn finals
Diana Ruan finals
Jake Terrell finals
Novice Congress
David Davis 2nd place
Alex Mo 5th place
Bethany Wong 7th place
CLD
Gina Toumajian octofinals
Ben Liu octofinals
Congress
Louise Lu 3rd place
Weiting Ji finals
John Williams finals
Congress
Jin Niu 3rd place
Ebonee Culpepper semifinals
Jingxiao Jin semifinals
Sneha Joshi semifinals
Vivek Kantamani semifinals
Katherine Lee semifinals
Amy Li semifinals
Diana Ruan semifinals
Drake Walker semifinals
Congress
Jin Niu 2nd place
Samantha Maher 6th place
Feifei Le 7th place
Tyler Quinn 8th place
Walter Chang semifinals
Katherine Fang semifinals
Connie Feng semifinals
Justine Huang semifinals
Ni Zhan semifinals
Congress
Jingxiao Jin 5th place
Sneha Joshi 6th place
Natalia Majewska finals
Jake Terrell finals
