2023 CX Debate Results
State Champions
CONFERENCE 1A - Nicolas Tellez & Jaxon Wyatt - Rankin
CONFERENCE 2A - Amir Sultan & Layne Morris – Ore City
CONFERENCE 3A -Luke Fehlis & Yash Saboo - BASIS Shavano
CONFERENCE 4A -Liam Stayton & Eli Cochrane - Canyon
CONFERENCE 5A - Shauri Yedavalli & Isaiah Duvvuri - Hendrickson
CONFERENCE 6A -Kalea Grant & Saanvi Seth – Lake Travis
Silver Medalists
CONFERENCE 1A -Oscar Yahir Flores & Lynnsey Mahler – Springlake-Earth
CONFERENCE 2A -Aubrey Camp & Ava Silva - Shelbyville
CONFERENCE 3A -Aspen Woodall & Ceslie Barnes - Sabine
CONFERENCE 4A -Wyatt Hall & John Taft – La Vernia
CONFERENCE 5A -Maile Low & Kirthi Koratthur -Austin LASA
CONFERENCE 6A -Kaden Carr & Venkata Danush Gade – Rock Hill
Bronze Medalists
(UIL does not hold a round to decide 3rd and 4th place, so each conference has two third place teams.)
CONFERENCE 1A
Rykin Don McCowan & Brayson Lee Cox - Ira
Patrick Garza & Magdalena Delafuente - Bruni
CONFERENCE 2A
Andrew Menefee & Kelby Olson - Panhandle
Kalonji Martin & Emily Rodriguez - Wink
CONFERENCE 3A
Mariska Khalikov & Maria Pelaez - BASIS Shavano
David Ha & Jett Garren - Grandview
CONFERENCE 4A -
Cooper Rich & Isaac Hoch - Athens
Ari Arceo & ValenGarcia - Dallas Law Magnet
CONFERENCE 5A
Addison High & Grant Parris - Argyle
Aiden McQueary & Travis Johnson – Pine Tree
CONFERENCE 6A
Grace Farnworth & William Bui – Lake Travis
Michael Wu & Jason Zhao – Katy Seven Lakes
5th & 6th Place
CONFERENCE 1A
5th Anslee Buchanan & Tyler Cole - Borden County
6th Nehemiah Castillo & Tyler Douglas Tanaro – Springlake-Earth
CONFERENCE 2A
5th Makayla Knapp & Sadie Bonnette - Ore City
6th Michaela McLean & Rhilee Baldera - Kenedy
CONFERENCE 3A
5th Anna Iske & Kynlee Bright – White Oak
6th Jonathan Carter & Ayden Tapley - East Chambers
CONFERENCE 4A
5th Austin Esch & Zane Halcomb-Burton - Canyon
6th Kathryn McKinney & Josh Bober - Wimberley
CONFERENCE 5A
5th Jaxon Dial & Cole Anderson - Joshua
6th David Wise & Paari Palani - Lovejoy
CONFERENCE 6A
5th Adarsh Agrawal & Vishnu Nataraja – FB Dulles
6th James Edwardsen & William Mabe – Mansfield Legacy
Speaker Awards
CONFERENCE 1A
Gold Gavel – Randen Williams, Borden County
Silver Gavel – Nehemiah Castillo, Springlake-Earth
Bronze Gavel – Nicolas Tellez, Rankin
4th Place – Leah Salazar, Aspermont
5th Place – Tyler Tanaro, Springlake-Earth
6th Place – Allee Hamilton, Spur
CONFERENCE 2A
Gold Gavel – Ava Silva, Shelbyville
Silver Gavel – Sadie Bonnette, Ore City
Bronze Gavel – Aubree Camp, Shelbyville
4th Place – Lainy Henderson, Tolar
5th Place – Willa Brackin, West Hardin
6th Place – Michaela McLean, Kenedy
CONFERENCE 3A
Gold Gavel – Ayden Tapley, East Chambers
Silver Gavel – Skyler Schmidt, Grandview
Bronze Gavel – Ceslie Barnes, Sabine
4th Place – Mariska Khalikov, BASIS San Antonio Shavano
5th Place – Anna Iske, White Oak
6th Place – Aspen Woodall, Sabine
CONFERENCE 4A
Gold Gavel – Isaac Hoch, Athens
Silver Gavel – Josh Bober, Wimberley
Bronze Gavel – Evyan Parnell, Smithville
4th Place – Harper Duran, Big Spring
5th Place – Austin Esch, Canyon
6th Place – Ari Arceo, Dallas Law Magnet
CONFERENCE 5A
Gold Gavel – Anthony Orellana, Mount Pleasant
Silver Gavel – David Wise, Lovejoy
Bronze Gavel – Cole Anderson, Joshua
4th Place – Travis Johnson, Pine Tree
5th Place – Coral Newsom, Porter
6th Place – Sophia Simmons, Porter
CONFERENCE 6A
Gold Gavel – Keerthi Chalamalaseety, Coppell
Silver Gavel – Vishnu Nataraja, FB Dulles
Bronze Gavel – Tyler Crivella, Katy Seven Lakes
4th Place – Jason Zhao, Katy Seven Lakes
5th Place – Kalea Grant, Lake Travis
6th Place – Michael Wu, Katy Seven Lakes