Debate Rosters — 2011-12

Public Forum Debate

Belvidere (North)
Head Coach: Nicole Kroepel
Addie Griffin (Jr.) and Amelia DalPra (Jr.)

Buffalo Grove
Head Coach: Tracey Repa
Asst. Coach: Thomas Wagner
Asst. Coach: Sumeer Benawra
Asst. Coach: Mark Weiland
Asst. Coach: Sam Long
Andrey Privin (Sr.) and Steven Cyhaniuk (Sr.)
Kevin Angeliu (Fr.) and Erin Begnel (Jr.)

Elgin (St. Edward)
Head Coach: Wendy Kelly
Asst. Coach: Sarah Thomas
Tyler Morawski (Sr.) and Kelly Tripicchio (Sr.)
Robert French (Sr.) and Sean Richmond (Sr.)
Drew Kelly (Sr.) and Michael Holevas (Sr.)
Kevin Lamp (Jr.) and Kevin Phelan (Sr.)

Elk Grove Village (E.G.)
Head Coach: Tom Smith
Asst. Coach: Pierrette Malek
Sarah Craig (Sr.) and Thomas Rittondale (Sr.)

Evanston (Twp.)
Head Coach: Jeffrey Hannan
Asst. Coach: Ben Berkman
Asst. Coach: Dan Jennis
Aaron Clarke (So.) and Lewis Herman (So.)
Russell Fillmore-Brady (So.) and James Long (So.)

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
Head Coach: John Cupp
Victoria Butler (Fr.) and Natalie McCray (Fr.)
Stephen Pleasant (Fr.) and Nastassia Velasquez (Fr.)

Granite City
Head Coach: Vince Willaredt
Asst. Coach: Josh Anderson
Dillon Sugg (Sr.) and Seger Laures (Sr.)
Sara Zubi (So.) and Billy Lijewski (Sr.)

Highland Park
Head Coach: Pat Cannon
Asst. Coach: Jennifer Firer
Asst. Coach: Kathy Tenus
Evelina Yarmit (Sr.) and Michael Schoof (Sr.)
Cari Kraus (Jr.) and Jacob Zionts (Fr.)

Libertyville
Head Coach: Craig C. Schmidt
Asst. Coach: Amy Wiggins
Asst. Coach: Brian Voss
Osman Jamil (Sr.) and Hannah Oswald (Sr.)
Hiba Ahmed (Sr.) and Jojo Amdur (So.)
Nishad Phadke (Jr.) and Rahul Kanianchalil (Jr.)
Eric Boynton (Jr.) and Joey Nedland (So.)

Moline (H.S.)
Head Coach: Colette Guerdet
Asst. Coach: Christopher Thomas
Megan Shaffer (So.) and Gabby Pinc (So.)
Chip Lyman (Jr.) and Justin Rumley (Jr.)
Carlos Zamora (Jr.) and Linnea  Carr (So.)
Michael Herrick (So.) and Jared Larson (So.)

Niles (Northridge Prep)
Head Coach: Kevin Clemens
Colin Canfield (Sr.) and Kevin Birmingham (Sr.)
Kevin Conroy (Jr.) and Noah Repel (Jr.)

Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Head Coach: Michael Greenstein
Asst. Coach: Mary Gregg
Asst. Coach: Alex Pappas
Chris Reid (Jr.) and Elizabeth Silshtut (Jr.)

Oak Park (Fenwick)
Head Coach: Mary Beth Logas
Asst. Coach: John McCluskey
Anthony DeJulius (Jr.) and Michael Delmonico (Jr.)
Matthew Freda (Sr.) and Kevin Eicken (So.)
Devitt Conboy (Jr.) and Matthew Collins (Jr.)
Nicolette Curran (Fr.) and Christian Miller (Fr.)

Orland Park (Sandburg)
Head Coach: Lainee K. McGraw
Asst. Coach: Scott C. McGraw
Josh Skwarczyk (Sr.) and Megan Von Borstel (Sr.)
Tom Targosz (Sr.) and Alex Burzinski (Sr.)
Robert Bourret (Jr.) and Anastasia Scourtes (Jr.)
Jack Harmening (Jr.) and Mariel Natanawan (Jr.)

Palatine (Fremd)
Head Coach: Martin Zacharia
Asst. Coach: Cristina Nagel
Asst. Coach: Dorothy Robak
Asst. Coach: Christopher Caton
Kevin Cassato (Sr.) and Johnathan Nowakowski (Jr.)
Angela DiCosola (Sr.) and William Shih (Sr.)
Rajat Duggirala (Sr.) and Jacob Werling (So.)
Scott Kirkwood (Sr.) and Srikanth Nanduri (Sr.)

Palatine (H.S.)
Head Coach: Lynda C. Appino
Derek Christiansen (Fr.) and Jacob Gordon (Fr.)
Jennifer Paul (Fr.) and Daniela Escala-Rodriguez (Fr.)
Zachary Seebacher (Fr.) and Nieve Heskin (Sr.)

Schaumburg (H.S.)
Head Coach: Darrell Robin
Asst. Coach: Carl Schwartz
Asst. Coach: Colleen Singer
Asst. Coach: Kate Ksiazek
Asst. Coach: Sam Haque
Rishi Arora (Sr.) and Jay Mehta (Sr.)
Saman Haque (Jr.) and Karan Amin (So.)
Mackenzee Kienitz (Jr.) and Melissa Tran (Fr.)
Brendan Du (So.) and Jared Vargas (Fr.)

Westchester (St. Joseph)
Head Coach: Justin White
Asst. Coach: Eric Hamilton
Jesse Tines (Fr.) and Ashley Oliver (So.)
Kyle Murray (Fr.) and Kendra Cowart (Fr.)
Marinna Camasta (Jr.) and Giancarlo Bedolla (Jr.)
Trevor Torrens (Fr.) and Jasmine Drew (So.)

Wilmette (Loyola Academy)
Head Coach: Jeff Hannan
Asst. Coach: Ben Berkman
Asst. Coach: Seth Peckham
John Buchanan (Jr.) and Stephen Ferro (Jr.)
Patrick Nally (Jr.) and Anlil Brikha (Sr.)

Winnetka (New Trier)
Head Coach: PJ Samorian
Asst. Coach: Aaron Vinson
Asst. Coach: Jeremy Selesner
Asst. Coach: Kevin Quinlan
Asst. Coach: Brent Strom
Asst. Coach: Zul Kapadia
Sam Kaplan (Sr.) and Will Nathan (Sr.)
Spencer Michelson (Jr.) and Trevor Thoma (Jr.)
David Brandfonbrener (So.) and Jonathan Shenkman (So.)
Tom McGarry (So.) and Andrew Hunt (Jr.)

Congressional Debate

Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Head Coach: John Stanislaw
Asst. Coach: Kevin Poduska
Asst. Coach: Keny Manthey
Asst. Coach: Ryan Danzinger
Logan Maurer (Fr.)
Gregory Spann (So.)
Mike Miller (So.)
Sarah Jaffe (So.)
Ben Goldberg (So.)
Joshua George (So.)
Melanie Cohodes (So.)
Vivek Shah (Jr.)
Ty Nocita (Sr.)
Moriah Mulroe (Sr.)

Barrington
Head Coach: Daniel Affleck
Asst. Coach: Constandina Giannakopoulos
Mohammed Mirza (Jr.)
Vikas Manjunath (Jr.)
Grant Whitmer (So.)
Benjamin Nepomuceno (So.)
Chris Lescher (Jr.)
Kara Rubashkin (So.)

Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown)
Head Coach: Michael Williamson
Kelsey Moss (Sr.)
Chester Pajarillo (Sr.)
Danielle Mountain (Jr.)
Allison Kolar (Sr.)
Tyler Jones (Jr.)
Caroline Hutton (So.)
Mary McNicholas (So.)
Christina Druck (So.)
Jacob Miller (Sr.)
Desiree Sulzmann (Jr.)

Elk Grove Village (E.G.)
Head Coach: Tom Smith
Asst. Coach: Pierrette Malek
Sadaf Misbah (Sr.)
Justyna Piechowska (Sr.)
Ronak Patel (Jr.)
Harry Patel (Jr.)
Ethan Castro (Fr.)
Natalie Piechowska (Jr.)

Evanston (Twp.)
Head Coach: Jeffrey Hannan
Asst. Coach: Ben Berkman
Asst. Coach: Dan Jennis
Noah Whinston (Sr.)
Dan Ruswick (So.)
Joey Erwin (Fr.)
George Seibold (Fr.)

Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Head Coach: Tara Tate
Asst. Coach: Jonathan Voss
Asst. Coach: David Kane
Asst. Coach: Calum Matheson
Asst. Coach: Jordan Blumenthal
David Colston (Jr.)
Jake Philip (Sr.)
Cyrus Pooniwala (Sr.)
Justin Vadumkumcherry (Jr.)
Christopher Sousa-Nieves (Sr.)
Tommy Sokolowski (Sr.)
Adam Hettinger (Jr.)
Mitchell Grunin (Sr.)
Minsoo Kim (Sr.)

Granite City
Head Coach: Vince Willaredt
Asst. Coach: Josh Anderson
Markie Gonzales (So.)
Justin Heavilon (So.)

Highland Park
Head Coach: Pat Cannon
Asst. Coach: Jennifer Firer
Asst. Coach: Kathy Tenus
Alex Gordon (Jr.)
Ross Hochwert (Sr.)
Jared Molk (Sr.)
Alexa Soren (Jr.)
Alex Foster (Jr.)
Daniel Nussbaum (So.)
Matt Kaufmann (Jr.)
Marty Schatz (Jr.)
Eli Ruffer (Jr.)
Isaac Lasko (Jr.)

LaGrange (Lyons)
Head Coach: Tom Swiontek
Asst. Coach: Jessica Lee
Soumya Yellapragada (Fr.)
Max Medlock (So.)
Arti Patel (Sr.)
Anika Ranginani (Fr.)
Ryan Foster (Sr.)
Kitty Medlock (Sr.)
Faith Medlock (Fr.)
Alex Contarino (Jr.)
Tom Cushing (Jr.)

Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
Head Coach: Erik Joerns
Asst. Coach: Doug Koski
Asst. Coach: Bill Fritz
Abhiram Sanka (Sr.)
Dominic Belmonte (Sr.)
Vickram Pradhan (Sr.)
Mike Bruk (Sr.)
Tim Klem (Fr.)
Jake Glaser (Fr.)
Jimmy Chang (Jr.)
Valerie Gutmann (So.)
Gina Li (Sr.)
Sydney Bauer (Sr.)

Naperville (Central)
Head Coach: Randy Smith
Asst. Coach: Tony Schlorff
Eric Perales (Jr.)
Kirthi Bellamkonda (Jr.)
Adam Hassanein (So.)
Rock Zhang (Jr.)
Amy Wang (Jr.)
Alice Xiao (Jr.)
Jarjieh Fang (Jr.)
Steve Slas (Jr.)
Sanjay Subramanian (Fr.)
Emma Slas (Fr.)

Niles (Notre Dame)
Head Coach: Joan McDonald
Asst. Coach: John Borlik
Patrick Lameka (Sr.)
Neil Murphy (Sr.)
George Laskaris (Sr.)
Michael Disparte (Sr.)
Brendan Carney (Jr.)
Daniel Heylin (Jr.)
David Hodge (Jr.)
Patrick Sachaj (Fr.)
Edward Hennigan (So.)

Oak Park (Fenwick)
Head Coach: Mary Beth Logas
Asst. Coach: John McCluskey
Trey Cobb (Sr.)
Angela Ribaudo (Jr.)
John Miller (Jr.)
Cairo Lewis (Jr.)
Nicholas Pellegrino (Jr.)
Alexa Ohm (Jr.)
Amanda Waldera (So.)
Morgan Forst (Jr.)
Kate Millecker (So.)
Matthew Krause (Sr.)

Palos Hills (Stagg)
Head Coach: Mike Colletti
Asst. Coach: Matt Colletti
Andrew Havens (Jr.)
Nicholas Mamone (Jr.)
Kevin Korniejczuk (So.)
Brendan Lee (So.)
Ossian Xanos (Jr.)
Mohanned Safidi (So.)

Schaumburg (H.S.)
Head Coach: Darrell Robin
Asst. Coach: Carl Schwartz
Asst. Coach: Colleen Singer
Asst. Coach: Kate Ksiazek
Asst. Coach: Sam Haque
Cathy Suresh (Sr.)
Parth Shah (Sr.)
Anita Mathew (Jr.)
Sylwia Dutka (Jr.)
Adam Humphrey (Jr.)
Peter Bruno (Jr.)
Healy Gier (So.)
Jacob Hacm (So.)
Sarah Bier (Fr.)
Shraddha Patel (Fr.)

Wheeling
Head Coach: Mike Hurley
Asst. Coach: Wendy Relich
Christina Lorey (Sr.)
Abid Khan (Sr.)
Alex Linzmeier (Sr.)
Daniela Miranda (Sr.)
Jenny Garbarz (Sr.)
Mike Onyszczak (So.)
Alexandra Daggett (Fr.)
Alex Gleyzer (So.)

Winnetka (New Trier)
Head Coach: PJ Samorian
Asst. Coach: Aaron Vinson
Asst. Coach: Jeremy Selesner
Asst. Coach: Kevin Quinlan
Asst. Coach: Brent Strom
Asst. Coach: Zul Kapadia
John Barnard (Sr.)
Ian Lukidis (Sr.)
Matt Forloine (Sr.)
Will Trabaris (Jr.)
Jamey Sharp (Jr.)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Barrington
Head Coach: Daniel Affleck
Asst. Coach: Constandina Giannakopoulos
Evan Blum (Sr.)
Sarah Merchant (Jr.)
Mark Gensburg (Sr.)
Robert Donoghue (Sr.)

Belleville (East)
Head Coach: Carol Harms
Corine Maloy (Sr.)
Devorah Collins (Sr.)
Adeja Powell (Fr.)

Buffalo Grove
Head Coach: Tracey Repa
Asst. Coach: Thomas Wagner
Asst. Coach: Sumeer Benawra
Asst. Coach: Mark Weiland
Asst. Coach: Sam Long
Kayla Huber (Sr.)
Payal Kumar (Sr.)
Michael Maley (Jr.)
Tracy Preza (So.)

Evanston (Twp.)
Head Coach: Jeffrey Hannan
Asst. Coach: Ben Berkman
Asst. Coach: Dan Jennis
Erik Baker (Sr.)
Gabriel Dallas (Sr.)
Emanuel Dallas (So.)
Eric Weine (Fr.)

Granite City
Head Coach: Vince Willaredt
Asst. Coach: Josh Anderson
Jamie Vaught (Sr.)
Alex Houston (Sr.)

Libertyville
Head Coach: Craig C. Schmidt
Asst. Coach: Amy Wiggins
Asst. Coach: Brian Voss
Gokul Krishnan (Sr.)
Alex Wang (Jr.)
Richard Pan (Jr.)
Justin Lenz (Jr.)

Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Head Coach: Michael Greenstein
Asst. Coach: Mary Gregg
Asst. Coach: Alex Pappas
Jason Hirshman (Sr.)

Oak Park (Fenwick)
Head Coach: Mary Beth Logas
Asst. Coach: John McCluskey
Alexandra Nero (Sr.)

Orland Park (Sandburg)
Head Coach: Lainee K. McGraw
Asst. Coach: Scott C. McGraw
Gabriel Hajyousif (Sr.)
Kevin Massimilian (Jr.)

Palatine (Fremd)
Head Coach: Martin Zacharia
Asst. Coach: Cristina Nagel
Asst. Coach: Dorothy Robak
Asst. Coach: Christopher Caton
Shourik Dutta (Jr.)
Priya Mehta (Sr.)
Bushra Shams (Jr.)
Miguel Suarez (Jr.)

Palatine (H.S.)
Head Coach: Lynda C. Appino
Laura Plata (Fr.)
Kelly Gimmler (Fr.)
Alayna Appino-Tabone (So.)
Aja Brown (So.)

Palos Hills (Stagg)
Head Coach: Mike Colletti
Asst. Coach: Matt Colletti
Sichan Kim (Sr.)
Samuel Kearns (So.)

Schaumburg (H.S.)
Head Coach: Darrell Robin
Asst. Coach: Carl Schwartz
Asst. Coach: Colleen Singer
Asst. Coach: Kate Ksiazek
Asst. Coach: Sam Haque
Palak Patel (Sr.)
Kali Froh (Sr.)
Aru Singh (Sr.)
Brook Leonhardt (Sr.)

Winnetka (New Trier)
Head Coach: PJ Samorian
Asst. Coach: Aaron Vinson
Asst. Coach: Jeremy Selesner
Asst. Coach: Kevin Quinlan
Asst. Coach: Brent Strom
Asst. Coach: Zul Kapadia
Colin Slivka (Sr.)
Arthur Ozga (Sr.)

Policy Debate

Chicago (Lane)
Head Coach: Valerie Mason
Asst. Coach: Andrew Fine
Asst. Coach: Nick Locke
Owen Jones (Sr.) and Joseph Peculis (Sr.)
Ariana Arnone (Jr.) and John Walsh (So.)

Chicago (Northside)
Head Coach: Robert Berry
Asst. Coach: Greg Friend
Mitchell Caminer (Sr.) and Tom Trieu (Sr.)
Adira Levine (Sr.) and Norman Luu (Sr.)
Pauline Esman (So.) and Jennie Wang (Jr.)
Aidan Sadowski (Jr.) and Nick White (Jr.)

Chicago (UCCS/Woodlawn)
Head Coach: Megan Baskin
Asst. Coach: Shariba Rivers
Asst. Coach: Vince Bauer
Isaac Brown (Sr.) and Vernon Fleming (Sr.)

Chicago (Whitney Young)
Head Coach: Jeff Scheur
Asst. Coach: David Bell
Marcel Roman (Sr.) and Hanna Nasser (Sr.)
Sydney Doe (Sr.) and John Vitzileos (Jr.)
Jeron Dastrup (So.) and Christian Palacios (Jr.)

Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
Head Coach: Joshua Brown
Asst. Coach: Joseph Upton
Asst. Coach: Jacob Schoeneman
Asst. Coach: Samuel Brown
Donald Grasse (Sr.) and Margaret Strong (Sr.)
Sean Farris (Sr.) and Colin Gahungu (Jr.)
Rufus Coates-Welsh (Sr.) and Adam Griesbach (Sr.)
Jacob Fontana (Fr.) and Evan Runburg (Fr.)

Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Head Coach: Tara Tate
Asst. Coach: Jonathan Voss
Asst. Coach: David Kane
Asst. Coach: Calum Matheson
Asst. Coach: Jordan Blumenthal
Jacob Hurwitz (Sr.) and Marc Jacome (Sr.)
Robert Shaw (Jr.) and Ben Wolch (Jr.)
Brian Henderson (Sr.) and Tyler Salathe (Jr.)
Connor O'Brien (Sr.) and Donald Thibeau (Sr.)

Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Head Coach: Michael Greenstein
Asst. Coach: Mary Gregg
Asst. Coach: Alex Pappas
Rachel Boroditsky (Sr.) and Nathaniel Sawyer (Jr.)
Emma Singer (Sr.) and Alex Yang (Jr.)
Josh Tashma (So.) and Jason Charous (Jr.)
Daniel Hensel (So.) and Sahar Merchant (So.)

Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
Head Coach: David Gobberdiel
Nathan Rothenbaum (Sr.) and Noah Cramer (Sr.)
John Martin (Jr.) and Morgan Murphy (Jr.)

Park Ridge (Maine East)
Head Coach: Tim Pappageorge
Asst. Coach: Diana Placek
Fatima Shareef (Sr.) and Richard Metaj (Jr.)
Sharmeen Khan (Jr.) and Gisel Martinez (Jr.)
David Ghiurco (So.) and Sherri Ho (So.)
Megh Patel (So.) and Kamal Talukder (So.)

Skokie (Niles North)
Head Coach: Katie Gjerpen
Asst. Coach: Arjun Vellayappan
Asst. Coach: Andrew Baker
Asst. Coach: Sarah Smaga
Asst. Coach: Apoorv Kumar
Irene Diblich (Fr.) and Shelby Nordstedt (Fr.)
Samuel Eschker (Fr.) and D'Angelo Oberto-Besso Pando (Fr.)
Leelabari Fulbel (Fr.) and Jyotsna Seesala (Fr.)

Skokie (Niles West)
Head Coach: Eric M. Oddo
Asst. Coach: Matt Fahrenbacher
Asst. Coach: Kevin Bancroft
Asst. Coach: Val McIntosh
Asst. Coach: Jeff Buntin
Theo Noparstak (So.) and Emma Lazar (So.)
Vinay Patel (So.) and Jonass Placitis (Jr.)
Jessie Amgalanjargal (So.) and Lia Isono (So.)
Breana Brill (So.) and Kris Trivedi (So.)

Winnetka (New Trier)
Head Coach: PJ Samorian
Asst. Coach: Aaron Vinson
Asst. Coach: Jeremy Selesner
Asst. Coach: Kevin Quinlan
Asst. Coach: Brent Strom
Asst. Coach: Zul Kapadia
Nate Bennett (Sr.) and John Neaylon (Sr.)
Eric Chen (Jr.) and Nate Al-Najjar (Sr.)
Jack Manchester (Jr.) and Jackson Challinor (Sr.)
Jon Sussman (Jr.) and Alex Kontopoulos (Jr.)