Albuquerque Academy’s speech and debate team received first place overall and first place in speech at the National Qualifying Tournament held on the Academy campus over the weekend of April 3-5,2014. Additionally, Michael Chavez ’14 was named the New Mexico State Student of the Year, and is now in the running for National Student of the Year.
Students who qualified and will attend nationals in June are:
Michael Chavez — Humorous Interpretation (also qualified in Dramatic Interpretation)
Sally Midani ’14 and Julia Lu ’14 — Duo Interpretation (Sally also qualified in Dramatic Interpretation)
Victor Wu ’15 — Domestic Extemporaneous (also qualified in Congressional Debate)
Ria Mazumdar ’15 and Jessica Berry ’15 — Policy Debate
EmmaLia Mariner ’15 and Julia Friedmann ’15 — Public Forum Debate (Julia also qualified in Congressional Debate)
Margaret Downs ’15 — Original Oratory (2nd alternate)
Students attending the national tournament may only participate in one event. Those who double-qualify must choose one event in which to participate.
Other speech and debate team members contributing to the Academy’s first place win are:
Nick Chun ’15 — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Nobel Barakat ’15 — Congressional Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and International Extemporaneous Speaking
Harley Hanes ’15 — Congressional Debate and International Extemporaneous Speaking
Geordan Majewski ’14 — Original Oratory and Dramatic Interpretation
Grace Su ’15 — Policy Debate
Lou Vermette ’15 — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Congratulations all!
