Penn qualifies five Debate students for Nationals

Five Penn High School students qualified for the National Debate Tournament to be held this summer in Des Moines, Iowa.

The students qualified by placing first at the Northwest Indiana District. 

Penn’s National Qualifiers:

• Public Forum – Alina Luck and Jaanavi Kaushi 1st place; Amina Spahic and Rebecca Wolter 2nd Place

• In Lincoln Douglas – Akul Bhamabani 1st place

Penn’s Debate Team, coached by Jeremy Starkweather, will look to repeat at State Champions this weekend at the Debate State Finals at Avon High School.

State qualifiers:

Congress:

Grant Spadafore

Ishita Masetty

Sohan Patel

Roman Gargis

Lincoln-Douglas:

Akul Bhambhani

Sarah Rooney

Chris Chen

Anton Kozelichki

Public  Forum:

Alina Luck and Jaanavi Kaushik

Leah Wagner and Rayna Donald

Amina Spahic and Rebecca Wolter

Ben Galiher and Manny Singleton

Policy Debate:

Ava Lightburn and Leena Khan

Kai King and Nora McKinney

Joshua Oh and William Wu

Ethan Schafer and Rebeca Ramirez

World Schools Debate:

Jawad Siddique, Stanley Liew, Noah Shafer, Lynn Chung and Kevin Wu

Ishita Awasthi, Mira Yaradi, Sarah Ahmed, Sydney Herriman and Victoria Sanchez