Debate Team wins 2nd Place!
The West Lafayette High School Debate Team won second place overall at the Penn Speech and Debate Tournament on November 8, 2025.
More than 20 schools and over 300 debaters participated in this tournament, including some from Michigan.Varsity PF
4th JiuJiu Liu / Sophia Yang
JV PF
1st Alisa Zhang/Sahaana Terani
5th Leon Lee/Shayok Bagchi
8th Max Kean/Chase Zhou
Novice PF
4th Mert Yavuz/Dionysi Giannios
5th Jessica Xie/Eric Yu
7th Cailean Chen/Isaac Reith
Varsity LD
1st Kate Won
6th Shayari Shanti
JV LD
1st Oshin Lindsay
5th Riddhi Patel
6th Melis Simsek
Novice LD
1st Jiuru Liu
4th Annie Wu
5th Suzy Sun
6th Joy Qu
7th Charitha Gani
8th Varshinee Muthukumar
Team Sweepstakes: Second Overall
Greatest of All Tournament Award: Jiuru Liu
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