2008-2009 Alumni Accomplishments

Picture from 2008 PDI
Grapevine Classic (Grapevine, TX), September 5-6, 2008
Finalist - Danielle Smogard, '08, Greenhill School (TX)
Greenhill Fall Classic (Addison, TX), September 12-14, 2008
Top 32 - Ellen Noble, '07, Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Wake Forest Early Bird Invitational (Winston-Salem, NC), September 12-14, 2008
Top 32 - Alex Koren '06-'08, PA Leadership Charter School (PA)
Top 16 - Zak Pyzik '07-'08, Pocono Mountain West (PA)
Top 16 - Will Marble '08, La Salle College (PA)
Yale Invitational (New Haven, CT), September 26-28, 2008
Top 16 - David Chen, '08, Ridge High School (NJ)
Finalist - Nikita Lalwani, '08, Scarsdale High School
Dr. Robert J. Kaiser Invitational (Monticello, NY), October 10-11, 2008
Top 4 - Alli Gofman, '08, Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
University of Pennsylvania Round Robin (Philadelphia, PA), October 17, 2008
2nd in his Pod - David Chen, '08, Ridge High School (NJ)
Liberty Bell Classic (Philadelphia, PA), October 18-19, 2008
Top 4 - Zak Pyzik '07-'08, Pocono Mountain West (PA)
Champion - Alex Koren '06-'08, PA Leadership Charter School (PA)
St. Marks Heart of Texas Invitational (Dallas, TX), October 17-18, 2008
Top 16 - Danielle Smogard, '08, Greenhill School (TX)
New York City Invitational (Bronx, NY), October 24-26, 2008
Top 16 & 15th Speaker - Ellen Noble, '07, Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Top 16 & 16th Speaker - David Chen, '08, Ridge High School (NJ)
Top 4 - Nikita Lalwani, '08, Scarsdale High School
Tim Averill Invitational (Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA) October 31 - November 1, 2008
Top 16 - Alli Gofman, '08, Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
Kirk L. Knutsent Classic (Las Vegas, NV), October 31 - November 2, 2008
Top 4 - J.P. Gooderham, '08, Upper St. Clair (PA)
The Minneapple (Apple Valley, MN), November 7–8, 2008
Top 32 - Ellen Noble, '07, Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Top 32 - David Chen, '08, Ridge High School (NJ)
Top 16 - J.P. Gooderham, '08, Upper St. Clair (PA)
Top 8 - Danielle Smogard, '08, Greenhill School (TX)
9th Speaker - J.P. Gooderham, '08, Upper St. Clair (PA)
8th Speaker - Danielle Smogard, '08, Greenhill School (TX)
Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament (Montrose, NY), November 14–15
Co-Champion — Ellen Noble, '07, Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Villiger Tournament (Philadelphia, PA), November 22–23
Top 32 — Zak Pyzik '07-'08, Pocono Mountain West (PA)
Top 4 — Alex Koren '06-'08, PA Leadership Charter School (PA)
2nd Speaker — Zak Pyzik '07-'08, Pocono Mountain West (PA)
The Glenbrooks (Glenview, IL), November 22–24
Finalist — J.P. Gooderham, '08, Upper St. Clair (PA)
Top 32 — Ellen Noble, '07, Walt Whitman High School (MD)

* All class years denotes year of Philadelphia Debate Institute participation

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