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Success at end-of-season tournaments reflect the collective efforts of our team members and coaches. It's for this reason we orient our competitive goals around these.
JV/Novice State Tournament
JV/Novice State Tournament
Team Sweepstakes winner - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
JV Congress
2023 Champion: Rishika Anasuri
2022 Champion: Mina Bhargava
Novice Congress
2019 Champion: Isaiah Sweeney
JV Policy
2019 Runners-Up: Jack Herzer & Alec Chen
2018 Runners-Up: Kyra Boorsma Bergerud & Kathleen Peter
Novice Policy
2021 Runner-Up: Kaushik Chava & Jo Adam
2018 Champions: Jack Herzer & Bella Schmitz
Novice Public Forum
2021 Runners-Up: Kyra Shah & Madigan Webb
2017 Champions: Isaac Smalley & Evan Tessmer-Tuck
2016 Champions: Zach Paradis & Michael Santoni
JV Public Forum
2016 Runners-Up: Kendrew Chen & Chloe Maynor
2025 Runners-Up: Andy Allocco & Nate Gotte
JV LD
2025 Champion: Tiantian Chen
2024 Champion: Divya Thamman
2023 Runner-Up: Valerie Schmitt
2022 Champion: Aditi Jha
2021 Champion: Danielle Schmitt
2017 Runner-Up: Ananth Veluvali
Novice LD
2024 Champion: Tiantian Chen
2023 Champion: Sylvia Oglesbay
2023 Runner-Up: Graham Kesterson
2022 Runner-Up: Asher Kaufman
2020 Champion: Jonah Sher
MSHSL State Tournament
MSHSL State Tournament
Policy Debate
2023 Champions: Sabeeh Mirza & Alper Guvenen
2012 Champions: Mimi Sergent-Leventhal & Erin Sielaff
2007 Runners-up: Doug Gschneidner & Logan Chin
2005 Champions: Grant Dasher & Nathan Elliott
2004 Runners-up: Rishi Puram & Nick Haschka
2002 Champions: Alex Thiele & Leah Litman
1979 Champions: Becky Dao & Cathy Schumacher
1971 Champions: Dina Biblin, Linda Halpern, Laird Hart & Leonard Crowley
LD Debate
2025 Champion: Adhiti Jha
2025 Runner-Up: Valerie Schmitt
2024 Runner-Up: Aditi Jha
2023 Champion: Hannah Owens Pierre
2022 Runner-Up: Ananth Veluvali
2016 Champion: Arvind Veluvali
2015 Champion: Arvind Veluvali
2014 Runner-Up: Arvind Veluvali
2009 Runner-Up: David McNeil
2003 Champion: Nick Green
2002 Champion: Nick Green
Congressional Debate
2024 Champion: Devarsh Borah
2024 Runner-Up: Pranika Kumar
Public Forum Debate
2021 Runners-Up: Arjun Maheshwari & Ryan Zhu
2016 Runners-Up: Theo Teske & Matt Nissen
Extemp Speaking
2004 Champion: Rishi Puram
Extemp Tournament of Champions
Extemp Tournament of Champions
Team Sweepstakes: 2022
Extemp Speaking
2024 3rd Place: Devarsh Borah
2022 2nd Place: Ananth Veluvali
2021 5th Place: Ananth Veluvali
Impromptu
2025 3rd Place: Sylvia Oglesbay
2025 4th Place: Mina Bhargava
2025 6th Place: Madina Elmi
NSDA Nationals
NSDA Nationals
Debate School of Excellence: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2022, 2025
Debate School of Honor: 2016, 2023
Congressional Debate
2025 16th Place: Pranika Kumar
LD Debate
2025 Runner-Up: Valerie Schmitt
2022 Champion: Hannah Owens Pierre
2006 3rd Place: Elizabeth Scoggin
2004 Champion: Jed Glickstein
2003 3rd Place: Nicholas Green
Policy Debate
2003 3rd Place: Eric Fish & Andrew James
Extemp Speaking
2024 8th Place: Mina Bhargava
2022 3rd Place: Ananth Veluvali
2021 4th Place: Ananth Veluvali
2020 7th Place: Ananth Veluvali
2018 2nd Place: Tanner Jones
NSDA Academic All Americans
NSDA Academic All Americans
The Academic All American award recognizes high school students who have earned the degree of Superior Distinction (750 points); completed at least 5 semesters of high school; demonstrated outstanding character and leadership; and earned a GPA of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent). Below are Edina students who reached these benchmarks and applied for this recognition.
Mihira Amara (2026)
Rishika Anasuri (2026)
Abdallah Elmi (2026)
Hannah Hein (2026)
Shanaya Jana (2026)
Pranika Kumar (2026)
Chloe Meredith (2026)
Valerie Schmitt (2026)
Mina Bhargava (2025)
Devarsh Borah (2025)
Raja Chinnakotla (2024)
Armaan Jain (2024)
Ashwin Maheshwari (2024)
Keerthik Muruganandam (2024)
Alex Schultze (2024)
Jay Shapiro (2024)
Jonah Sher (2024)
Madigan Webb (2024)
Saketh Buitdeti (2023)
Ansel Erol (2023)
Ryan Jiang (2023)
Sabeeh Mirza (2023)
Hannah Owens Pierre (2023)
Danielle Schmitt (2023)
Kedar Simhadri (2023)
Arya Mirza (2022)
Ananth Veluvali (2022)
Leo Hickey (2021)
Evan Jiang (2021)
Nicolas Landon (2021)
Arjun Maheshwari (2021)
Yash Mangalick (2021)
Isaac Smalley (2021)
Isaac Yu (2021)
Arvind Veluvali (2016)
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