April 8, 2024

The Texas Forensics Association's State Championship Tournament was held March 6-10 in Houston, Texas. The contest featured 188 schools and more than 1,500 competitors from across the state that qualified, including four teams from Plano ISD. Congratulations to all of the students listed below for their accomplishments!

Plano West Senior High

Image of Plano West team with awards.

3rd Place Overall Finish

• Anuh Lohtia and Arrman Kappor: Co-Champions in Public Forum Debate
• Yang Bai and Aayush Appan: Co-Champions in Public Forum Debate
• Katherin Lee: State Runner-Up in United States Extemporaneous Speaking
• Alexandre Morel: 5th Place in United States Extemporaneous Speaking
• Caleb Wright and Jesse He: 6th Place in Duo Interpretation

Image of Plano West team with awards.

Plano East Senior High

Image of State Champion Plano East Student Kate Liu.

2nd Place: Most Entries Qualified

5th Place Overall Finish

• Kate Liu: Champion in Impromptu Speaking 
• Tarwat Choudry: 5th Place Impromptu Speaking
• Reese Aksamit: Original Oratory quarterfinalist
• Aakash Arulkumaran: Congressional Debate semifinalist, 
• Sanjana Arulkumaran: Congressional Debate semifinalist, United States Extemporaneous Speaking quarterfinalist
• Sanaya Aswani: Dramatic Interpretation semifinalist
• Ashraf Bazerbachi: Congressional Debate semifinalist
• Prisha Bhat: Informative Speaking semifinalist, Original Oratory quarterfinalist
• Mira Chary and Shreya Dhananjayan: Duet Acting quarterfinalists, Duo Interpretation quarterfinalists
• Shreya Dhananjayan: Humorous Interpretation semifinalist 
• Dara Fagbami: Informative Speaking semifinalist
• Pranav Gorty: International Extemporaneous Speaking semifinalist
• Arya Gurumukhi: United States Extemporaneous Speaking quarterfinalist
• Hiba Iqbal: Prose quarterfinalist
• Shar Kiefer: Original Oratory quarterfinalist
• Ishika Kothari: International Extemporaneous Speaking quarterfinalist
• Muhammad Meetheen: Impromptu Speaking semifinalist
• Ryan Oltman: Congressional Debate semifinalist. Outstanding Presiding Officer
• Swathi Parameshwar: Informative Speaking semifinalist, Original Oratory quarterfinalist
• Arjun Rajagopal: Impromptu Speaking quarterfinalist
• Noah Ryu: United States Extemporaneous Speaking quarterfinalist
• Saad Sachwani: Congressional Debate semifinalist
• Sahana Thasma: Congressional Debate semifinalist
• Siya Tripathi: Impromptu Speaking quarterfinalist

Image of Plano East Speech and Debate team.

Jasper High School

Image of Jasper High School team.

• Aayush Appan and Yang Bai: Co-Champions, Public Forum Debate
• Catherine Cockrell: Humorous Interpretation quarterfinalist
• Ryan Chang: Lincoln Douglas Debate double octafinals
• Angel Ribo: Lincoln Douglas Debate double octafinals
• Eric Qian: International Extemporaneous Speaking semifinalist
• Kaitlyn Fan: International Extemporaneous Speaking semifinalist

Clark High School

Image of Lindsey Zhao.

• Lindsey Zhao: 10th Place, International Extemporaneous Speaking