Awards

2022-2023 Season

PSCFA Warm Up (Oct. 1, 2022 at El Camino College)

Nadia Lopez: EXCELLENCE award in Nov. IPDA
Orion Young: EXCELLENCE award in Nov. IPDA

2021-2022 Season

No team this year in post-covid rebuild

2020-2021 Season

PSCFA Cool Off (online)

Sarah Nachimson: Bronze Novice IPDA

Online IPDA Tournament (www.climbthemountain.us)

Rachel Sun: 1st place JV IPDA and 11th best speaker award
Kelsey Molle: 1st place JV IPDA
Jules Shinbrot: quarterfinalist Novice IPDA and 7th best speaker award
Samuel Shaffer: quarterfinalist Novice IPDA

CCCFA State Champs (online)

Dexter Cypress and Ariyana Tavakoli: Gold Open NPDA plus speaker awards
Arman Hedayat: Gold Open IPDA plus speaker awards

PSCFA Spring Champs (online)

Sonia Hiew and Orion Young: GOLD Rookie NPDA

PSCFA Fall Champs (online)

Dexter Cypress: GOLD Jr. NPDA
Ariyana Tavakoli: GOLD Jr. NPDA
Arman Hedayat: GOLD Nov. IPDA
Jules Shinbrot: SILVER Jr. IPDA
Carter Francis: BRONZE Nov. IPDA

October Surprise: Mt. Sac (online)

Nate Alpern: BRONZE Nov. IPDA
Dexter Cypress: BRONZE Open NPDA
Ariyana Tavakoli: BRONZE Open NPDA

Crossman (online)

Arman Hedayat: GOLD Nov. IPDA
Thomas Rhalter: BRONZE Nov. IPDA

PSCFA Warm Up (online)

Arman Hedayat: Superior Nov. IPDA

2019-2020 Season

NOFF: National Online Forensics Festival (online)

Kelsey Molle: Bronze NPDA
Rachel Sun: Bronze NPDA
Xochitl Buenabad: 1st place IPDA

Climb Online IPDA (our first online tournament)

Rachel Sun: 1st place Jr. IPDA
Kelsey Molle: 2nd place Jr. IPDA
Jules Shinbrot: quarterfinalist Nov. IPDA
Samuel Shaffer: quarterfinalist Nov. IPDA
Triston Dotson: Honors Nov. IPDA (winning prelim record, but didn't break to Elims)

Phi Rho Pi (Canceled due to COVID-19)

PRP squad who were invited and would have gone to nationals in Albuquerque, NM
- Dexter Cypress
- Brandon Chase
- Rachel Sun
- Ariyana Tavakoli
- Kelsey Molle
- Jules Shinbrot

PSCFA Spring Champs, Palomar College (last in person tournament before COVID)

Kelsey Molle: Silver Jr. NPDA, and 6th best speaker award
Brandon Chase: Silver Jr. NPDA, and 1st best speaker award
Jessica Keir: Bronze Nov. NPDA, and 3rd best speaker award
Andrew Gamboa: Bronze Nov. NPDA, and 2nd best speaker award
Rachel Sun: Bronze Jr. IPDA

PSCFA Fall Champs, Moorpark College

Ariyana Tavakoli and Dexter Cypress: Gold Nov. NPDA
Ariyana Tavakoli: 9th best NPDA speaker award.
Rachel Sun: Gold Nov. IPDA
Dexter Cypress: Gold Nov. IPDA
Jules Shinbrot: Silver Nov. IPDA
Kelsey Molle: Silver Nov. IPDA
Andrew Gamboa: Bronze Nov. IPDA
Gabby Montgomery: Bronze Nov. IPDA
Ariynana Tavakoli: Bronze Nov. IPDA
1st Place Novice Sweepstakes
1st Place Limited Entry Sweepstakes

Crossman Invitational, El Camino College

SMC Debate Team: 1st place Sweepstakes, 2-yr colleges
Dexter Cypress: Octo-finalist Nov. NPDA, 3rd place Nov. IPDA
Ariyana Tavakoli: Octo-finalist Nov. NPDA
Xochitl Buenabad: Octo-finalist Nov. NPDA (hybrid team with Santiago Canyon College)
Dom Smith: 1st place Open IPDA (2nd best speaker)
Brandon Chase: 3rd place Open IPDA
Rachel Sun: 1st place Nov. IPDA
Yusef Vestle: 3rd place Nov. IPDA
Kelsey Molle: 3rd place Nov. IPDA (5th best speaker)
Gabby Montgomery: 3rd place Nov. IPDA (2nd best speaker)
Genevieve Faherty: 2nd place Nov. IPDA
Jules Shinbrot: 3rd place Nov. IPDA

PSCFA Warm Up, El Camino College

Xochitl Buenabad: Superior IPDA
Brina Ross: Excellent IPDA
Brandon Anderson: Excellent IPDA
Rachel Sun: Excellent IPDA
Dexter Cypress: Excellent IPDA

2018-2019 Season

Phi Rho Pi 2019 in Reno, NV

Shaindi Schwebel: Gold Award, IPDA (National Champion)
3rd Place Sweepstakes, Wheeler Division

PSCFA Cool Off, Cerritos College

Chern Xun Gan: 2nd place Impromptu, Silver IPDA
Arundhati Ghosh: Silver IPDA

PSCFA Spring Champs, Palomar College

Brandon Chase: Bronze NPDA
Miguel Sanchez: Bronze NPDA
Genevieve Faherty, Bronze NPDA, Bronze IPDA
Will Stonehouse, Bronze IPDA

Tabor-Venitsky Invitational, Cerritos College

Alexys Davis: Bronze IPDA, 2nd Best Speaker
Genevieve Faherty: Bronze IPDA
Brandon Chase: 5th Best Speaker

PSCFA Fall Champs, Mt. San Antonio College

Dominic Smith: Gold NPDA
Alberto Mancia, Gold NPDA
Layla Akbar-Grant: Bronze IPDA, Bronze NPDA
Brandon Chase: Bronze IPDA, Bronze NPDA

Crossman Invitational, El Camino College

Dominic Smith: Gold IPDA
Alexys Davis: Gold IPDA
Brandon Chase: Silver IPDA, 1st Best Speaker
Layla Akbar-Grant: Bronze IPDA
Shaindi Schwebel: Bronze IPDA
3rd Place Sweepstakes

PSCFA Warm Up, El Camino College

Shaindi Schwebel: Excellent IPDA
Kelsey Molle: Excellent IPDA
Heyji Jang: Excellent IPDA

2017-2018 Season

Phi Rho Pi in Daytona Beach, FL

Andrew Mishkin, Gold IPDA (National Champion), Bronze NPDA
Nicholas Graves: Bronze IPDA
Kyle Lee: Bronze NPDA

Hornet Invitational, Fullerton College

Sabrena Kaur: 2nd Place Impromptu
Alberto Mancia: Finalist Impromptu

PSCFA Spring Champs

Kyle Lee: Gold IPDA, 5th Best Speaker

Tabor-Venitsky Invitational, Cerritos College

Ben Kolodny: Silver IPDA
Samantha Mora: Bronze IDA, 3rd Best Speaker
Shaindi Schwebel: Silver IPDA
Kyle Lee: Finalist Impromptu
Nocholas Graves: 4th Best Speaker

PSCFA Fall Champs

Ben Kolodny: Silver IPDA, 5th Place Extemp, 3rd Best Speaker
Baylynne Brunetti: Silver IPDA
Kyle Lee: Silver IPDA, Finalist Impromptu, Finalist Extemp, 5th Best Speaker
Harrison Kulow: Bronze IPDA
Genevieve Ratmansky: Bronze IPDA
Edward Lee: Finalist Extemp

Barbera Invitational, CSUN

Baylynne Brunetti: 2nd Place ADS (After Dinner Speaking)
Edward Lee: Finalist Impromptu
Kyle Lee: 3rd Place Impromptu, 3rd Place Extemp
Nicholas Graves: Finalist Extemp
Shaindi Schwebel: Finalist Impromptu
Andrew Mishkin: 2nd Place Extemp, 2nd Place Impromptu
Ben Kolodny: Finalist Impromptu
Andrea Conte: 1st Place ADS (After Dinner Speaking)

Crossman Invitational, El Camino College

Andrew Mishkin: Gold IPDA
Baylynne Brunetti: Bronze IPDA
Edward Lee: Bronze IPDA
Shaindi Schwebel: Bronze IPDA

PSCFA Warm Up

Kyle Lee: Superior IPDA
Ben Kolodny: Superior IPDA
Baylynne Brunetti: Superior IPDA
Andrew Mishkin: Excellent IPDA
Gray Levine: Excellent IPDA
Ethan Bass: Excellent IPDA
Nicholas Graves: Excellent IPDA
Andrew Monaco: Excellent IPDA

2016-2017 Season

Phi Rho Pi, Tysons Corner, VA (Washington D.C.)

Silver Sweepstakes, Wheeler Division
Thalyta Gondim: Bronze IPDA, Bronze NPDA
Matt Linsky: Bronze NPDA
Ben Kolodny: Bronze IPDA
Ashley Grace (Hinshaw): Silver Informative, Bronze Prose, Silver IPDA

PSCFA Cool Off

Leila Tovran: Gold IPDA
Garrett Parker: Finalist Extemp
Albert Cueva: Silver IPDA
Edward Lee: Gold IPDA, 1st Place Impromptu

PSCFA Spring Champs

Thalyta Gondim: Bronze IPDA
Matt Linsky: Bronze IPDA, 3rd Place Impromptu
Ashley Grace (Hinshaw): Bronze IPDA, 3rd Place Extemp
Garrett Parker: Finalist Impromptu

Tabor-Venitsky at Cerritos College

Thalyta Gondim: Finalist Impromptu
Ashley Grace (Hinshaw): 3rd Place Informative
Matt Linsky: Finalist Extemp

PSCFA Fall Champs

Matt Linsky: 1st Place Impromptu, 1st Place British Parli
Ashley Grace (Hinshaw): 1st Place Informative
Ben Kolodny: 1st Place British Parli
Garrett Parker: 3rd Best Speaker

Barbera Invitational at CSUN

Matt Linsky: Finalist Extemp

Lancer Invitational at PCC

Ben Kolodny: Finalist Extemp
Ashley Grace (Hinshaw): Finalist Persuasive

PSCFA Warm Up

Matt Linsky: Gold Extemp, Silver Impromptu
Ben Kolodny: Silver Extemp

2015-2016 Season

Phi Rho Pi, Costa Mesa, CA

Thalyta Gondim: Bronze NPDA
Stephen Sands: Bronze NPDA

PSCFA Cool Off

Brendan Watson: Gold NPDA
Jin Woo Kim: Gold NPDA

PSCFA Fall Champs

Alfredo Gama: Gold NPDA (picket fence, 10 W ballots)
Stephanie Mendez: Gold NPDA (picket fence, 10 W ballots)

Lancer Invitational at PCC

Filipp Krasovski: Bronze NPDA
Stephen Sands: Bronze NPDA
Alfredo Gama: 4th Best Speaker

PSCFA Warm Up

Filipp Krasovski: 2nd Best Speaker
Stephen Sands: 1st Best Speaker

2013 Season

PSCFA Spring ChampsCSULB

Hasun Khan: Silver NPDA
Ali Khan: Silver NPDA

Phi Rho Pi, Woodland Hills

Hasun Khan: Bronze Impromptu

PSCFA Cool Off

Michelle Treadwell: 2nd Place STE (Speech to Entertain)

2010-2011 Season

Miscellaneous Tournaments Spring 2010

Dominic Ameneyro: 1st Place BP debate at Loyola
Morgan McLoughlin:1st Place BP debate at Loyola

2009-2010 Season

Miscellaneous Tournaments Fall 2009

Cory Wolbach: Excellent NPDA Warm Up, Bronze NPDA PCC.
John Khosravi: Excellent NPDA Warm Up, Bronze NPDA PCC.
Morgan McLoughlin: Finalist Impromptu Mt. Sac
Jonathan Moss: Finalist Impromptu PCC?

Miscellaneous Tournaments Spring 2010

Evelina Weary: Finalist Impromptu Cool Off.
Morgan McLoughlin: Octo-Finalist BP debate at USU Nationals
Sam Pritchard: Octo-Finalist BP debate at USU Nationals
Tyler Sandness: Finalist Impromptu Cool Off

2008-2009 Season

Miscellaneous Tournaments Fall 2008

Ilona Gerbakher: Best Speaker PCC, Silver NPDA PCC, Finalist Impromptu PCC, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs
Lauren Moscatel: Silver NPDA PCC, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs
Sean Ogino: Silver NPDA Warm Up, 1st Place Impromptu Warm Up, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs
Nick Bronson: Finalist Impromptu PCC, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs, Finalist Impromptu Fall Champs
Kenan Heppe: Silver NPDA Warm Up, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs, Finalist Impromptu Fall Champs
Jonathan Moss: Finalist Impromptu PCC
David Kohan: Finalist Extemp PCC, Bronze NPDA Fall Champs

Miscellaneous Tournaments Spring 2009

2nd Place Sweepstakes Spring Champs
Phi Rho Pi Portland: no awards :(
Nick Bronson: Bronze NPDA Spring Champs
Sam Pritchard: Bronze NPDA Spring Champs, 4th Best Speaker Spring Champs
Jonathan Moss: Silver NPDA Spring Champs
Ron Bar-Zion: Silver NPDA Spring Champs
Gary Lampert: Silver NPDA Spring Champs
Chris Vance: Silver NPDA Spring Champs

2007-2008 Season

Phi Rho Pi, St. Charles, Illinois (Chicago)

Sharmi Doshi: Bronze Impromptu
Ilona Gerbakher: Bronze Impromptu, Bronze Extemp

Miscellaneous Tournaments Fall 2007

Sharmi Doshi: Quarter finalist NPDA
Krystal Peak: Finalist NPDA
Kristen Brey: Gold NPDA at PCC
Weiss Hamid: Gold NPDA at PCC
Sam Pritchard: Gold NPDA at PSCFA Warm Up, Quarter finalist NPDA at PCC, 5th Best Speaker at PCC
Ilona Gerbakher: Gold NPDA at PSCFA Warm Up, Finalist NPDA Fall Champs at CSULA, 1st Place Impromptu PCC, 1st Place Impromptu Fall Champs
Brandon Barney: Finalist NPDA, Finalist Extemp
Hilary Porter: Finalist NPDA
Libby Jennisen: Bronze NPDA, Best Speaker
Lauren Moscatel: Finalist NPDA, Bronze NPDA
Michael McCutcheon: Finalist Prose

Miscellaneous Tournaments Fall 2007

Sharmi Doshi: Gold Impromptu at Spring Champs
Krystal Peak: Bronze NPDA Spring Champs
Hilary Porter: Bronze NPDA Spring Champs, Best Speaker

2006-2007 Season

Miscellaneous Tournaments Fall 2006

Jeffrey Higley: Gold NPDA Warm Up
Chrissy Norton: Gold NPDA Warm Up
Maarja Boulos: Silver Impromptu Warm Up
Russ Wald: Silver NPDA PCC
Sharmi Doshi: Silver NPDA Fall Champs
Darek Dashetler: Silver NPDA PCC
Roger Motti: Finalist Impromptu

Miscellaneous Tournaments Spring 2007

Sharmi Doshi: Bronze NPDA at State Champs, Woodland Hills.
Russ Wald: Bronze NPDA at State Champs, Woodland Hills

2005-2006 Season

Miscellaneous Tournaments Winter-Spring 2006

Kelly Donohue: 3rd Place Impromptu
Leador Brafman: Finalist Impromptu
David Di Rocco: Finalist Impromptu