May 3 IBA Debate Tournament Results May 12, 2025 by ivybridgeacademy Congratulations to all the students who competed at the local debate tournament on Saturday, May 3rd. IBA is so proud of the students’ and coaches’ hard work preparing for the tournament!Debate TopicsElementary: “Resolved: Single use plastics should be banned.”Novice and Middle School: “Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms.”New JV, JV, Varsity: “Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in domestic nuclear energy.”After-School Program | Elementary School Speaker Awards1. Nyasa Nirmal (Creek View)2. Cecilia Bao (FSA)3. Zuri Tairu (FSA)4. Nyle Gill (Creek View)5. Rehan Singh (Shakerag)Team Awards1. Nyasa Nirmal (Creek View)2. Cecilia Bao (FSA)3. Elle Schlotman & Zuri Tairu (FSA)4. Aayaan Akbar Basha & Nyle Gill (Creek View)5. Ashvi Shenoy & Charlie Riley-Williams (Wilson Creek)After School Program | Middle SchoolSpeaker Awards1. Diva Shah (FSA)2. Ridhi Thirunagari (FSA)3. Sakeena Agha (AMMS)4. Isaiah Young (AMMS)5. Namya Arora (FSA)Team Awards1. Sakeena Agha & Kailyn An (AMMS)2. Chloe Park & Ridhi Thirunagari (FSA)3. Arraina Lakhani & Nidhi Nishant (FSA)4. Tarita Koduru & Diva Shah (FSA)5. Ansh Mandan & Namya Arora (FSA)NoviceSpeaker Awards1. Madelyn Xue2. Vindhya Vishnubhatla3. Ansh Shetty4. Divya Shravani Nukala5. Aiden ChoiTeam Awards1. Vindhya Vishnubhatla & Siya Gupta2. Ansh Shetty & Aiden Choi3. Jessica Zhang & Madelyn Xue4. Divya Shravani Nukala & Risha Singh5. Janie Luo & Florence HuNew Junior VarsitySpeaker Awards1. Shravan Sriram2. David Zhang3. Kriti Sahai4. Anya Velayutham5. Eva DengTeam Awards1. David Zhang & Shravan Sriram2. Hyerin (Lilly) Roh & Kriti Sahai3. Kanishk Mahesh & Rudra Baswa4. Eva Deng & Brielle Zhang5. Vihaan Kumar & Alp MutluJunior VarsitySpeaker Awards1. Alexandra Jiang2. Sridattha Kukkadapu3. Kavin Imaya Kumar4. Sanya Chandwani5. Maya ManiTeam Awards1. Anushka Dingare & Mohnish Naga Satya Sai Chintalapud2. Alexandra Jiang3. Kavin Imaya Kumar & Sridattha Kukkadapu4. Akshaj Nemilikonda & Angad Singh5. Maya Mani & Anisha SalviVarsitySpeaker Awards1. Isaac Hong2. Annie Zhu3. Daniel Naor4. Neev Paul5. Amish GundluruTeam Awards1. Neev Paul & Isaac Hong2. Veer Bharat & Annie Zhu3. Daniel Naor & Zayan Husain4. Leo Leger5. Arjun Basani & Kanav PuriRegister Here for IBA Summer Camps!Debate | Math | English | CodingCongratulations to our incredible debate students on their acceptance into Ivy League and excellent schools! Their dedication, critical thinking, and hard work helped pave the way for their remarkable achievements. The skills they have honed in debate—persuasive argumentation, resilience, and intellectual curiosity—will undoubtedly serve them well in their next chapter. We are so proud of you all and can’t wait to see the impact you will make. Wishing you all the best in your journey ahead!Accepted with a Full Scholarship to the following colleges: Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, Emory Accepted to the following colleges: Harvard, Princeton, U Penn, Cornell, Brown, Columbia, Stanford, University of Oxford (UK)
