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MLSD Hall of Fame: 2008-2017


​2008
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Anish Pathipati ​
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  • Founder and first team President
  • Created the Mira Loma "buzz" leading to dramatic growth and dynamic success in the team's first two years
  • 2nd Place in Public Forum Debate at State Tournament in 2008
  • 2nd place in Impromptu at State Tournament in 2008
  • Competed at the NFL National Tournament in 2007 and 2008
  • NFL Academic All-American in 2008
  • Graduated as #1 from the Wharton School of Business Undergraduate Program at the University of Pennsylvania; currently works as an analyst for the private equity firm Silverlake
  • On Forbes 30 Under 30 in Finance (2019)

​2009
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Akhilesh Pathipati

  • Founder and second team President
  • Expanded team from 50 active members to over 100 during Presidency
  • 2nd place in Public Forum Debate at State Tournament in 2008
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2008 and 2009
  • Tenth place in Extemp Commentary at 2009 NFL National Tournament
  • NFL Academic All American in 2009
  • Graduated from Harvard University in 2013. Currently a student at Stanford University School of Medicine

​2010
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Aninda Chowdhury

  • Third team President
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2010
  • Competed at Tournament of Champions in 2010
  • First Policy Debate NFL Nationals Qualifier in team history
  • Oversaw massive team expansion and state-wide recognition during his presidency
  • Increased number of NFL Nationals Qualifiers by 100%
  • Attending University of California, San Diego
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Justin Lin

  • Provided exceptional mentoring services to dozens of Student Congress competitors
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2009 and 2010
  • Competed in the Tournament of Champions in 2010
  • California Cup Finalist in 2010 (advancing to finals on a 5-0 ballot)
  • Graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2014
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Safeena Mecklai

  • First Place in Impromptu at State Tournament in 2009
  • Mentored younger competitors across the region in Speech events
  • Fourth Place in Impromptu at NFL National Tournament in 2010
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2009 and 2010
  • Graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2014

​2011
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Vrinda Agarwal

  • 4th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President
  • Competed in the 2010 Tournament of Champions
  • Competed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 National Tournaments
  • Semifinalist in Congress at the 2011 National Tournament
  • Competed at the 2009 and 2010 State Tournaments
  • Finalist in Public Forum at the 2010 Stanford Invitational
  • Quarterfinalist in Public Forum at the 2010 Berkeley Invitational
  • Finalist in Congress at the 2011 Berkeley Invitational
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Benjamin Morris

  • Originals Speech Captain 2010-2011
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2010 and 2011
  • Top 60 in Public Forum at Nationals in 2010
  • 25th Place in Congress (House) at Nationals in 2011
  • Competed at the 2008, 2009, 2010 AND 2011 State Tournaments
  • Champion in Parliamentary Debate at the 2011 MLK James Logan Invitational
  • Champion in Radio Broadcasting at the 2009 UOP Invitational
  • First in MLSD history to win both a speech and debate invitational
  • Earned TOC bids in Public Forum in 2010 and Congress in 2011
  • Two-time California Cup (Parli TOC) Qualifier
  • Attending University of California, Los Angeles
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Kedar Kulkarni

  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Top 35 in Humorous Interpretation at Nationals in 2010
  • Top 30 in Public Forum at Nationals in 2011
  • NFL Academic All American in 2011
  • Semifinalist in Public Forum at the 2010 MLK James Logan Invitational
  • Semifinalist in Public Forum at the 2010 Stanford Invitational
  • Competed in the 2010 Tournament of Champions
  • 4th Place Finalist in Humorous Interpretation at the 2010 State Tournament
  • Semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation at the 2011 State Tournament
  • Winner of 2011 President’s Award for Excellence in Speech
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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Arushi Saxena

  • Debate Captain 2010-2011
  • Competed at NFL National Tournament in 2011
  • Top 30 in Public Forum at Nationals in 2011
  • Semifinalist in Public Forum at the 2010 MLK James Logan Invitational
  • Semifinalist in Public Forum at the 2010 Stanford Invitational
  • Competed in the 2010 Tournament of Champions
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley

​2012
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Sandhya Jetty

  • 5th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President
  • 5th Place in Impromptu at the 2012 NFL National Tournament
  • Competed at the 2010, 2011, and 2012 NFL National Tournaments
  • Competed at the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Competed at the 2010 NCFL Grand National Tournament
  • Top 60 finish in International Extemporaneous at the 2012 NFL National Tournament
  • Finalist in International Extemporaneous at the 2012 Stanford Invitational
  • Finalist in Impromptu at the 2011 UOP Invitational
  • Finalist in Extemporaneous at the 2010 UOP Invitational
  • Finalist in Novice Parliamentary Debate at the 2009 UOP Invitational
  • Attending the University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School of Business
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Niharika Gupta

  • 2011-2012 Mira Loma Speech Captain
  • 2010-2011 Vice President
  • Competed at the 2010 and 2011 NFL National Tournaments
  • Competed at the 2009, 2010, 2011, AND 2012 State Tournaments (First to qualify all 4 years in ML history!)
  • Semifinalist in Duo Interpretation at the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Finalist in Duo Interpretation and Semifinalist in Dramatic Interpretation at the 2012 Stanford Invitational
  • Attending the University of Pennsylvania
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Jeffrey Leibenhaut

  • 2011-2012 Mira Loma Debate Captain
  • Competed at the 2012 NFL National Tournament
  • Top 40 in Supplementary Debate at the 2012 NFL National Tournament
  • Competed at the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Finalist in National Extemporaneous at the 2012 James Logan MLK Invitational
  • 3rd in Parliamentary Debate at the 2012 State Tournament
  • 2nd in Parliamentary Debate at the 2012 Stanford Invitational
  • Finished 5th in the 2012 POI Parliamentary National Points Race
  • Champion and Top speaker in Novice Parliamentary Debate at the 2009 UOP Invitational
  • NFL Academic All American in 2012
  • Attending Princeton University
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Keizra Mecklai

  • Competed in the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 State Tournaments (First in Mira Loma history to qualify all 4 years)
  • 3rd in Parliamentary Debate at the 2012 State Tournament
  • Finalist in Impromptu at the 2011 State Tournament
  • Champion in Parliamentary Debate at the 2011 James Logan MLK Invitational
  • Back-to-back Semifinalist at the 2011 and 2012 California Cup Championships (First in California Cup history to do so)
  • Back-to-back Finalist in Impromptu at the 2011 and 2012 UOP Invitationals (3rd in 2011, 2nd in 2012)
  • 3rd in Parliamentary Debate at the 2012 State Tournament
  • 2nd in Parliamentary Debate at the 2012 Stanford Invitational
  • Finished 5th in the 2012 POI Parliamentary National Points Race
  • Attending Duke University
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Sharath Reddy

  • Creator of the 2010-2013 Mira Loma Speech and Debate Website and 2010-2012 Webmaster
  • Competed at the 2011 NFL National Tournament
  • Octafinalist in Public Forum at the 2011 Berkeley Invitational
  • Competed at the 2010 and 2011 State Tournaments
  • Champion in Radio Commentary at the 2010 UOP Invitational
  • Quarterfinalist in Extemporaneous at the 2011 California Invitational
  • NFL Academic All American in 2012
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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Kevin Shi

  • 2011-2012 Mira Loma Speech Captain
  • Competed at the 2011 NFL National Tournament
  • Competed at the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Semifinalist in Duo Interpretation at the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Finalist in Humorous and Duo Interpretations at the 2012 Stanford Invitational
  • Finalist in Novice Parliamentary Debate at the 2009 UOP Invitational
  • Attending the University of Chicago

​2013
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Vaishali Mullapudi

  • 6th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President
  • 2010-2011 Treasurer
  • Competed in the 2011 and 2012 State Tournaments
  • Qualified to State in both LD and IX
  • Reached 2nd Elimination Round in Lincoln-Douglas at States in 2012
  • Attending the University of Southern California
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Kunal Shah

  • 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Debate Captain
  • Qualified to the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 State Tournaments
  • Qualified to the 2012 ad 2013 National Tournaments
  • Qualified to the 2010 NCFL Tournament
  • Semifinalist in Extemp Commentary at the 2012 National Tournament
  • Semifinalist in National Extemp at the 2012 State Tournament
  • 5th Place in National Extemp at the 2013 Stanford Invitational
  • Semifinalist in National Extemp at the 2012 and 2013 James Logan Invitationals
  • Semifinalist in International Extemp at the 2011 James Logan Invitational
  • 1st Place Champion in Extemp at the 2011 UOP Invitational
  • Quarterfinalist in LD at the 2010 and 2013 James Logan Invitationals
  • 2nd Place in Parliamentary Debate at the 2010 St. Francis Invitational
  • Attending Columbia University
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Josephine Kao

  • 2012-2013 Originals Speech Captain
  • Competed at 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 National Tournaments (First to qualify all 4 years in ML history!)
  • 5th Place in Original Oratory at the 2012 National Tournament
  • 1st place back-to-back Champion in Original Oratory at the 2011 and 2012 Stanford Invitationals
  • Competed in the 2012 NIETOC
  • Successfully learned how to apply eyeliner in a moving car, as well as how to defeat sleep deprivation on Saturday mornings
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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Karishma Sethi

  • 2012-2013 Interps Speech Captain
  • Competed at 2011 and 2012 National Tournaments
  • Qualified in both Duo and DI
  • Attending the University of California, Davis

​2014

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Dhruba Biswas

  • 7th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President
  • Endured massive team reorganization, while expanding team recognition on local and national circuits without any active advisor
  • Qualified to 2011 National Tournament
  • Triple Octafinalist in Public Forum at 2014 Stanford Invitational
  • Competed at 2014 State Tournament
  • Winner of 2014 CVFL Orator’s Cup
  • Attending Boston University
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Zahra Abadin

  • 2013-2014 Originals Speech Captain
  • Competed at 2012, 2013 and 2014 National Tournaments
  • Competed at 2012, 2013, and 2014 State Tournaments
  • 6th place Original Oratory at 2014 State Tournament
  • 1st place Champion in Original Oratory at 2014 Berkeley Invitational
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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Tejas Pradeep

  • 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Debate Captain
  • 2011-2012 Treasurer
  • Competed at 2012, 2013 and 2014 State Tournaments
  • Octafinalist in Public Forum at 2012 and 2013 UOP Invitationals
  • Triple Octafinalist in Public Forum at 2014 Stanford Invitational
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley

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Kyle Citko

  • 2013-2014 Debate Captain
  • 2012-2013 Tournament Coordinator/Parent Liaison
  • Qualified to 2014 NCFL Tournament
  • Competed at 2013 State Tournament
  • ​Attending UCLA


​2015
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Kia Aliakbar​
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  • Originals Speech and Parliamentary Debate captain for the 2014-2015 season
  • Qualified for the 2015 CHSSA state tournament in Original Oratory and Impromptu
  • Enjoyed debating with Mr. Sullivan for hours about the Cold War and SAR
  • Quarterfinalist (2015) and Octofinalist (2014) in Original Oratory at the Cal Invitational
  • His last speech as a thank you to MLSD and in honor of Satyaprit Das: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G8murRvU1Bg
  • Currently attends the University of California, Davis


​2016


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Shaina Zuber
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  • 9th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President
  • 2014-2015 Treasurer
  • Qualified to 2014 NCFL Nationals in Public Forum
  • Qualified to 2015 State Tournament in Public Forum
  • Semifinalist in Novice Public Forum at the 2013 UOP Invitational
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley,  Class of 2020
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Maya Alexis
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  • Champion in LD at the 2015 UOP Invitational
  • 2nd place runner-up in LD at the 2016 James Logan Invitational
  • 2nd place runner-up in LD at the 2014 UOP Invitational
  • Top 20 at 2014 State Tournament
  • Winning record at every league tournament ever attended
  • Champion in Novice LD at the 2013 UOP Invitational (first ever tournament)
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Nishita Jain

  • 2013-2014 Team Secretary
  • Competed at the 2015 National Tournament
  • Qualified to 2013 Nationals and 2015 States
  • Quarterfinalist in LD at 2016 James Logan Invitational
  • Semifinalist in LD at 2014 UOP Invitational
  • Semifinalist in Novice LD at 2012 UOP Invitational
  • Attending the University of Pennsylvania, Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
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Jonathan Kung
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  • 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Debate Captain
  • 3rd place Semifinalist at 2016 LD James Logan Invitational
  • Octofinalist in Lincoln Douglas at 2012 and 2014 UOP invitational
  • 2014 UOP Invitational Preliminary No. 1 Seed
  • Octofinalist in LD at 2014 James Logan Invitational
  • Octofinalist in LD at 2013 Stanford Invitational
  • Attending University of California, Berkeley
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Nimish Saxena

  • 2014-15 and 2015-16 Debate Captain
  • 2013-14 Treasurer
  • 1st Place Qualifier for 2014 NCFL Nationals in Public Forum 
  • Competed at 2014 and 2015 State Tournaments in Public Forum
  • Octafinalist in Public Forum at 2013 and 2014 UOP Invitationals
  • 3rd Best Speaker in Public Forum at 2013 UOP Invitational​
  • Octafinalist in International Extemporaneous at 2015 UOP Invitational
  • Double-Octafinalist in Public Forum at 2015 James Logan Invitational
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley


​2017
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Charlie McMurry
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  • 10th Mira Loma Speech and Debate Team President (2016-17), Vice President (2015-16), Speech Captain (2014-15)
  • First in team history to attend both a national and state tournament all four years: NSDA ('14, '15, '17), NCFL ('14, '17), NIETOC ('16, '17), CHSSA ('14 - '17)
  • POI champion (2016) and 2-time HI finalist (2014, 2015) at UOP Invitational
  • 2nd place in HI at 2017 James Logan Invitational
  • HI finalist and POI semifinalist at 2017 Berkeley Invitational
  • 3-time CA state semifinalist (2014, 2015, 2017) in HI
  • 13th place (2017) and 19th place (2016) in HI at NIETOC
  • 20th place in Dramatic Performance at 2017 NCFL Nationals
  • 31st place in HI at 2017 NSDA Nationals
  • Winner of the CVFL Orator’s Cup and qualified for the NSDA Academic All-American Award
  • Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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​Divita Pandita
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  • ML Secretary 2014-2015
  • ​4th place in Impromptu at the U.C. Berkeley Speech Invitational  (2017)
  • 4th place in Dramatic Interpretation at the Jon Schamber Speech Invitational
  • ​5th place in Oratorical Interpretation at the MLK (James Logan) Speech Invitational
  • Two-time octofinalist in Original Oratory (2015/2016) at the U.C. Berkeley Speech Invitational
  • ​1st place qualifier to the 2017 California State Tournament in both Original Oratory and Oratorical Interpretation
  • 2nd place qualifier to NCFL Nationals in Declamation
  • ​Attending the University of California, Berkeley
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Catherine Wang
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  • 2015 State Qualifier for Duo Interpretation
  • 2015-2016 Interp Captain
  • Octofinalist at 2016 James Logan Invitational for Duo Interpretation
  • Octofinalist at 2016 Cal Invitational for Duo Interpretation
  • 2016-2017 Team Treasurer
  • 7th place at 2017 James Logan Invitational for Duo Interpretation -
  • Quarterfinalist at 2017 Cal Invitational for Duo Interpretation
  • 2017 NCFL Qualifier for Duo Interpretation
  • 2017 NSDA Qualifier for Duo Interpretation
  • Top 60 at NSDA Nationals for Duo Interpretation
  • Attending UC Berkeley Fall 2017
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Evelyn Zhang
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  • 2016-17 speech captain
  • 2015 duo state qualifier
  • 2016 James Logan semifinalist in OI
  • 2017 James Logan finalist in duo
  • 2017 Berkeley quarter finalist in duo
  • Competed at 2017 NCFL national tournament in duo
  • Top 60 at 2017 NSDA national tournament in duo

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​2018


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Nikhilesh Kumar

  • ​2016-2017 and 2017-2018 LD Captain
  • 2015-2016 Secretary
  • Octofinalist and No.1 seed, 2016 UOP Invitational
  • Qualifier to 2015, 2017 NCFL National Tournament
  • Semi-finalist, 2015 Berkeley Invitational (JVLD)
  • Currently attending the University of Southern California
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