John R. Park Debate Society Finishes the Fall Season With a Debate Wins Across the Board

The John R. Park Debate Society wrapped up its fall season in Walnut, California on December 6-8, 2024, participating in the PSCFA Fall Champs Invitational hosted by Mt. San Antonio College. With only 10 students in attendance, the team had more than 100 rounds of competition over the weekend with 21 final-round appearances. The team finished second overall in the field of 38 schools, bringing home first-place finishes across all four debate events and Communication Analysis.  The University of Utah was the only team to advance to the final rounds in NFA-LD and Junior NPDA, closing out the events. The team will resume competition in the spring when they host the Great Salt Lake tournament on January 18-20. 

COMPLETE RESULTS

Overall Awards

2^nd Place Sweepstakes - 4-Year

Debate Awards 

Gold – Junior NPDA – Alexis McMullin and Will Ruzanski

Gold – Junior NPDA – Juan Boscan and Jeremy Parrish

Gold – Open IPDA – Maria Manousakis

Gold – Junior IPDA – Myra Hicks

Bronze – Junior NPDA – Amy Gao and Myra Hicks

Bronze – Open NPDA – Maria Manousakis and Dulce Santana

1^st Place – NFA-LD – Samantha Watrin

2^nd Place – NFA-LD – Aubrie Powers

3^rd Place – NFA-LD – Jeremy Parrish

2^nd Place – Junior NPDA Speaker – Jeremy Parrish

5^th Place – Junior Speaker – Will Ruzanski

 

Individual Event Awards

1^st Place Communication Analysis – Jeremy Parrish

1^st Place Informative Speaking – Will Ruzanski

2^nd Place Communication Analysis – Juan Boscan

3^rd Place Persuasive Speaking – Samantha Watrin

4^th Place Persuasive Speaking – Maria Manousakis

6^th Place Extemporaneous Speaking – Samantha Watrin

6^th Place Informative Speaking – Aubrie Powers

6^th Place Poetry Interpretation – Amy Gao

6^th Place Communication Analysis – Amy Gao

9^th Place Extemporaneous Speaking – Myra Hicks

Semifinals Extemporaneous Speaking – Aubrie Powers

Semifinals Extemporaneous Speaking – Will Ruzanski