2022-2023 Awards

State and National Rankings

Note: These rankings are as of July 18, 2023, and were taken at the end of the 2022-2023 Speech season.

Original Oratory
Samhita Kashyap (10th in CA)
Anvitha Mattapalli (27th in CA)
Smriti Rangarajan (28th in CA)
Aarushi Jain (32nd in CA)

Impromptu
Tvisha Gupta (5th in CA, 16th in USA)
Jiya Singh (7th in CA, 19th in USA)
Saanvi Mantripragada (11th in CA, 39th in USA)
Abirami V. Kathiresan (20th in CA, 69th in USA)
Sooraj Vyadyanathan (33rd in CA)
Vedavi Kavoori (42nd in CA)
Andrew Chen (43rd in CA)

Dramatic Interpretation
Meggie Chen (7th in CA)
Sarah Liu (10th in CA)
Divya Venkataraman (22nd in CA)
Anya Goyal (22nd in CA)
Srushti Batni (48th in CA)

Humorous Interpretation
Shreyassriram Garimella (1st in CA, 9th in USA)
Michelle Zheng (22nd in CA)
Abha Dash (23rd in CA)
April Wang (25th in CA)
Petros Kougiouris (30th in CA)
Jiya Singh (34th in CA)

Extemporaneous
Alex Zhang (7th in CA)
Ali Malik (38th in CA)

Commentary
Ali Malik (31st in CA)

Declamation
Anusha Sainarayanan (18th in CA)
Smriti Rangarajan (21st in CA)
Vrinda Inani (49th in CA)

Stephen Stewart Invitational

Meggie Chen (4th Place, DI Finalist)
April Wang (7th Place, HI Finalist)
Tvisha Gupta (10th Place, IMP Finalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (15th Place, OO Finalist)
Jiya Singh (16th Place, IMP Finalist)
Ximeng Liu (25th Place, IMP Finalist)

CFL Novice

Shannon Yu (1st Place, HI Champion & 2nd Place, IMP Finalist)
Jivika Guljrani (1st Place, OO Champion)
Aaryan Sharma (3rd Place, HI Finalist)
Shannon Yu (3rd Place, OO Finalist)
Mahika Pandit (4th Place, HI Finalist)
Yixuan Li (4th Place, DI Finalist)
Elizabeth Liu (5th Place, DI Finalist)
Reema Karvir (5th Place, IMP Finalist)
Anika Ramachandran (6th Place, HI Finalist)
Tanisha Sood (7th Place, OO Finalist)
Rishabh Goel (EXT Semifinalist)
Suravi Sunil (EXT Semifinalist)
Niveda Hari (IMP Semifinalist)
Horton Zhu (IMP Semifinalist)
Ria Sethi (IMP Semifinalist)
Shivansh Kelkar (IMP Semifinalist)
Chunming Zhang (OO Semifinalist)
Kush Mathur (OO Semifinalist)
Charmaine Chua (OO Semifinalist)

CFL League 1

Abirami V Kathiresan (1st Place, IMP Champion)
Ali Malik (4th Place, NX Finalist)
Abha Dash (6th Place, HI Finalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (6th Place, OI Finalist & OO Semifinalist)
Shannon Yu (HI Semifinalist, IMP Semifinalist)
Harshil Dalal (OO Semifinalist)
Yash Thapliyal (OI Semifinalist)
Manvika Gopalsetty (IMP Semifinalist)
Saahithi Kancherla (IMP Semifinalist)

John Lewis SVUDL Invitational

Smriti Rangarajan (1st Place, OI Open Champion)
Shannon Yu (1st Place, HI Novice Champion & 1st Place IMP Novice Champion)
Petros Kougiouris (2nd Place, HI Open Finalist)
Rishabh Goel (2nd Place, Extemporaneous Novice Finalist)
Riddhi Shedge (3rd Place, OO Open Finalist)
Surya Kannan (3rd Place, HI Open Finalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (4th Place, HI Open Finalist)
Kush Mathur (4th Place, OO Novice Finalist)
Archana Kakar (4th Place, DI Novice Finalist)
Meggie Chen (5th Place, DI Open Finalist)
Geethikaa Tarra (5th Place, INFO Open Finalist)
Jillian Ju (5th Place, OO Novice Finalist)
Ali Malik (6th Place, Extemporaneous Open Finalist)
Suhana Mahabal (6th Place, Extemporaneous Novice Finalist)
Vrinda Inani (7th Place, OI Open Finalist)
Harshil Dalal (7th Place, OO Open Finalist)
Anika Ramachandran (7th Place, HI Novice Finalist)
Aarushi Jain (OO Open Semifinalist)
Rishi Salvi (OO Novice Semifinalist)

CFL League 2

Niranjana Sankar (5th Place, IMP Finalist)
Anvitha Mattapalli (10th Place, OO Finalist)
Archana Kakar (DI Semifinalist)
Elizabeth Liu (DI Semifinalist)
Anika Ramachandran (HI Semifinalist)
Shannon Yu (HI Semifinalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (HI Semifinalist)
Anthony Wang (IMP Semifinalist)
Vedavi Kavoori (IMP Semifinalist)
Ximeng Liu (IMP Semifinalist)
Ali Malik (NX Semifinalist)
Kush Mathur (OO Semifinalist)
Jisha Rajala (OO Semifinalist)

ASU Invitational

Shreyassriram Garimella (1st Place, HI Champion)
Aaryan Sharma (2nd Place, HI Finalist)
Petros Kougiouris (3rd Place, HI Finalist)
Saahithi Kancherla (6th Place,  IMP Finalist)
April Wang (HI Semifinalist)
Andrew Chiu (IMP Semifinalist)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (OO Semifinalist)
Sarah Liu (DI Semifinalist)
Meggie Chen (DI Semifinalist)
Sudisha Kumar (INF Semifinalist)
Anusha Barave (EXT Quarterfinalist)
Ali Malik (EXT Quarterfinalist)
Maggie Du (OO Quarterfinalist)
Jisha Rajala (OO Quarterfinalist)
Aarushi Jain (OO Quarterfinalist)
Jivika Gulrajani (OO Quarterfinalist)
Chris Kunnathu (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Ryan Ko (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Andrew Chen (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Tanvi Parupalli (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Lemon Liu (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Alan Tai (IMP Quarterfinalist)

James Logan Invitational

Shreyassriram Garimella (3rd Place, HI Finalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (3rd Place, OI Finalist)
Sarah Liu (DI Semifinalist, OI Semifinalist)
Ali Malik (NX Semifinalist)
Aaryan Sharma (HI Semifinalist)
Riddhi Shedge (OO Semifinalist)
Meggie Chen (DI Quarterfinalist)
Petros Kougiouris (HI Quarterfinalist)
Saanvi Mantripragada (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Abirami V. Kathiresan (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Sudisha Kumar (INFO Quarterfinalist)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (INFO Quarterfinalist, OO Quarterfinalist)
Geethikaa Tarra (INFO Quarterfinalist)
Rishabh Goel (NX Quarterfinalist)
Saanvi Goyal (NX Quarterfinalist)
Sophia D'sa (OI Quarterfinalist)
Vrinda Inani (OI Quarterfinalist)
Charmaine Chua (OO Quarterfinalist)
Jisha Rajala (OO Quarterfinalist)
Harshil Dalal (OO Quarterfinalist)
Jivika Gulrajani (OO Quarterfinalist)
Aarushi Jain (OO Quarterfinalist)

CFL League 3

Anusha Sainarayanan (2nd Place, OI Finalist)
Meggie Chen (2nd Place, DI Finalist)
Iniyaa Suresh (2nd Place, NX Finalist)
Elizabeth Liu (4th Place, DI Finalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (5th Place, HI Finalist)
Archana Kakar (DI Semifinalist)
Petros Kougiouris (HI Semifinalist)
Shannon Yu (HI Semifinalist)
Ryan Ko (IMP Semifinalist)
Niranjana Sankar (IMP Semifinalist)
Vedavi Kavoori (IMP Semifinalist)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (INFO Semifinalist)
Ritu Kandi (NX Semifinalist)
Jisha Rajala (OO Semifinalist)
Aarushi Jain (OO Semifinalist)
Tanisha Sood (OO Semifinalist)
Riddhi Shedge (OO Semifinalist)

Stanford Invitational

Anusha Sainarayanan (1st Place, V OI Champion)
Elizabeth Liu (1st Place, JV DI Champion)
Shannon Yu (1st Place, JV HI Champion & JV IMP Semifinalist)
Vedavi Kavoori (2nd Place, V Spar Finalist)
Rishabh Goel (2nd Place, Novice IX Finalist)
Sophia D'sa (2nd Place, JV OI Finalist)
Aaryan Sharma (3rd Place, JV HI Finalist)
Sooraj Vydyanathan (4th Place, V Spar Finalist)
Yixuan (Joyce) Li (4th Place, JV DI Finalist)
Saahithi Kancherla (5th Place,  V IMP Finalist)
Ali Malik (5th Place, V NX Finalist)
Archana Kakar (5th Place, JV DI Finalist)
Ria Sethi (5th Place, JV IMP Finalist, & 5th Place, Novice Spar Finalist)
Suhana Mahabal (5th Place, Novice IX Finalist)
Kush Mathur (5th Place, Novice OO Finalist)
Charmaine Chua (6th Place, JV OO Finalist)
Daniel Qin (6th Place, Novice IMP Finalist)
Navya Nilkant (6th Place, Novice NX Finalist)
Sarah Liu (V DI Semifinalist)
Petros Kougiouris (V HI Semifinalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (V HI Semifinalist)
April Wang (V HI Semifinalist)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (V OO Semifinalist)
Saanvi Goyal (JV IMP Semifinalist)
Ximeng Liu (JV IMP Semifinalist)
Tanisha Sood (JV OO Semifinalist)
Horton Zhu (Novice IMP Semifinalist)
Riddhi Shedge (V OO Quarterfinalist)
Niveda Hari (Novice IMP Quarterfinalist)

Berkeley Invitational

Jiya Anand (2nd Place, IMP Finalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (3rd Place, HI Finalist)
Aaryan Sharma (5th Place, HI Finalist)
Ali Malik (6th Place, EXT Finalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (7th Place, OO Finalist)
Tanvi Parupalli (IMP Semifinalist)
Reema Karvir (IMP Semifinalist)
Sarah Liu (DI Quarterfinalist)
Meggie Chen (DI Quarterfinalist)
Shannon Yu (HI Quarterfinalist & IMP Octafinalist)
Abirami V Kathiresan (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Saanvi Mantripragada (IMP Quarterfinalist)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (OO Quarterfinalist)
Anvitha Mattapalli (OO Quarterfinalist)
Tvisha Gupta (IMP Octofinalist)
Sooraj Vydyanathan (IMP Octofinalist)
Jillian Ju (OO Octofinalist)
Sophia D'Sa (OO Octofinalist)
Riddhi Shedge (OO Octofinalist)
Aarushi Jain (OO Octofinalist)

State Qualifiers

Anusha Sainarayanan (1st Place, Dec Champion)
Ali Malik (1st Place, NX Champion)
Samhita Kashyap Kiran (2nd Place, OO Finalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (3rd Place, Dec Finalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (5th Place, HI Finalist)
Petros Kougiouris (6th Place, HI Finalist)
Abirami Kathiresan (6th Place, IMP Finalist)
Saahithi Kancherla (IMP Qualifier)
Abha Dash (1st Alternate, HI Finalist)
Aaryan Sharma (5th Alternate, HI Finalist)
Vrinda Inani (6th Alternate, Dec Finalist)

SCU Spring Invitational

Anusha Sainarayanan (1st Place, Open OI Champion)
Archana Kakar (1st Place, Novice DI Champion)
Anusha Barave (1st Place, Novice EXT Champion)
Niranjana Sankar (1st Place, Open EXT Champion)
Saanvi Mantripragada (1st Place, Open IMP Champion)
Petros Kougiouris (2nd Place, Open HI Finalist)
Niranjana Sankar (2nd Place, Open IMP Finalist)
Jisha Rajala (2nd Place, Open OO Finalist)
Jivika Gulrajani (2nd Place, Novice OO Finalist)
Elise Chiu & Darren Chiu (3rd Place, Open DUO Finalist)
Ishaan Deshpande (3rd Place, Novice EXT Finalist)
Anika Ramachandran (3rd Place, Novice HI Finalist)
Chunming Zhang (3rd Place, Novice OO Finalist)
Andrew Chen (4th Place, Open IMP Finalist)
Melissa Qin (4th Place, Novice OO Finalist)
Daniel Qin (5th Place, Novice IMP Finalist)
Yash Thapliyal (6th Place, Open OI Finalist)
Rishi Salvi (6th Place, Novice OO Finalist)
Harshil Dalal (7th Place, Open OO Finalist)
Ryan Ko (Open IMP Semifinalist)
Vedavi Kavoori (Open IMP Semifinalist)

Calif. Coast District Tournament

Shreyassriram Garimella (1st Place, HI Qualifier)
Ali Malik (1st Place, NX Qualifier)
Petros Kougiouris (4th Place, HI Finalist)
Rishabh Goel (6th Place, IX Finalist)
Niranjana Sankar (NX Semifinalist)

CHSSA State Championship

Anusha Sainarayanan (7th Place, Dec Finalist)
Petros Kougiouris (HI Semifinalist)
Aaryan Sharma (HI Semifinalist)
Shreyassriram Garimella (HI Semifinalist)
Smriti Rangarajan (Dec Semifinalist)