Detailed Results | Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society

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September 7-8	Johns Hopkins University (APDA Meeting) 3rd Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 2nd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 3rd Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ)
September 14-15	Smith College 7th Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 4th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ)
September 21-22	Columbia University 1st Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 16th Place Team: Harvard ZK (Madeline Zhu & Pragya Kakani) 1st Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 2nd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 9th Speaker: Madeline Zhu (Harvard ZK)
September 28 – September 29	Boston University Novice 5th Place Team: Harvard Phoenix (Tae Hu Kim & Dylan Hardenbergh) 8th Place Team: Harvard Owl (Lara Nicole & Celestine Warren) 6th Place Speaker: Indira Puri (Harvard Fox)
October 12-13	Mount Holyoke 2nd Place Team: Harvard/Brandeis Hybrid (Josh Zoffer & Shira Almeleh) 5th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard/Brandeis Hybrid)
October 21-22	Yale University IV (British Parliamentary Style) 3rd Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer), 2nd Place Novice Team: Harvard CT (Harry Choi & Teoh Ren Jie), 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard HK (Dylan Hardenbergh & Tae Hu Kim) 9th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 3rd Novice Speaker: Teoh Ren Jie (Harvard CT)
October 26-27	Brown University 5th Place Team: Harvard King Zoffrey (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer), 4th Place Novice Team: Harvard Needle (Tae Hu Kim & Dylan Hardenbergh) 2nd Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard King Zoffrey) 8th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard King Zoffrey) 5th Novice Speaker: Tae Hu Kim (Harvard Needle)
November 2-3	Northeastern University (Pro-Ams) 2nd Place Team: Harvard GZ (Josh Zoffer & Julia Geiger), 9th Place Team: Harvard PK (Coulter King & Indira Puri), 11th Place Team: Harvard DC (Nathaniel Donahue & Harry Choi), 1st Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard GZ) 5th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard PK) 7th Novice Speaker: Indira Puri (Harvard PK) 8th Novice Speaker: Tae Hu Kim (Harvard KC)
November 9-10	George Washington University (APDA Meeting) 4th Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 1st Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 3rd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ)
November 16-17	Fordham University 6th Place Team: Durham Academy A (Josh Zoffer & Nathaniel Donahue) 8th Speaker: Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy A)
November 30-31	Tufts University 2nd Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 6th Place Team: Harvard/Hopkins Hybrid (Nathaniel Donahue & David Israel) 1st Place Novice Team: Harvard Chipotleaway (Tae Hu Kim & Teoh Ren Jie) 4th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 5th Speaker: Nathaniel Donahue (Harvard/Hopkins Hybrid) 7th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 4th Novice Speaker: Tae Hu Kim
December 27-January 4	World Universities Debating Championships Octafinalist Team: Harvard A (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) Octafinalist Team: Harvard B (Julia Clark & Will Ryan) Double-Octafinalist Team: Harvard C (Martin Kiik & Ben Sprung-Keyser) Top ESL Speaker: Martin Kiik (Harvard C)
January 11-12	Dartmouth College 2nd Place Team: Harvard/Columbia Hybrid (Josh Zoffer & Joseph Eddy) 2nd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard/Columbia Hybrid)
January 18-19	George Washington University
January 25-26	North American Debate Championships at Syracuse University 1st Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 10th Place Team: Harvard DS (Nathaniel Donahue & Ben Sprung-Keyser) 1st Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 3rd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 14th Speaker: Ben Sprung-Keyser (Harvard DS)
February 1-2	Amherst College 1st Place Team: Harvard/Columbia Troll Frawg A (Josh Zoffer & Reid Bagwell) 5th Place Team: Harvard KS (Coulter King & Ben Sprung-Keyser) 4th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KS) 7th Speaker: Ben Sprung-Keyser (Harvard KS) 9th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard/Columbia Troll Frawg A) 10th Speaker: Nathaniel Donahue (Harvard KD) 1st Novice Speaker: Tae Hu Kim (Harvard KD)
February 8-9	New York University 2nd Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 1st Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 2nd Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ)
February 15-16	Princeton University (APDA Meeting) 4th Place Team: Harvard KZ (Josh Zoffer & Coulter King) 3rd Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 5th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ)
February 22-23	Providence College 7th Place Team: Harvard DR (Nathaniel Donahue & William Ryan)
March 1-2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1st Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 1st Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 2nd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 10th Speaker: Julia Clark (Harvard CL) 4th Novice Speaker: Julia Geiger (Harvard GT)
March 8-9	Rutgers University 2nd Place Team: Harvard/NYU Hybrid (Josh Zoffer & Shomik Gosh)
March 15-16	William and Mary College 2nd Place Team: Harvard/Hopkins Hybrid (Josh Zoffer & David Israel) 2nd Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard/Hopkins Hybrid)
March 22-23	Boston University (Elections) 1st Place Team: Harvard KZ (Coulter King & Josh Zoffer) 7th Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard KZ) 9th Speaker: Coulter King (Harvard KZ) 2nd Novice Team: Harvard/Tufts Hybrid (Tae Hu Kim & Brian Sayler)
March 29-30	Cornell University 1st Place Team: Harvard/Columbia Hybrid (Josh Zoffer & Alex McHale) 1st Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard/Columbia Hybrid)
April 5-6	Brandeis University 16th Place Team: Harvard Wrath of Khan (Lisa Mogilanski & Nathaniel Donahue)
April 12-13	Williams College 5th Place Novice Team: Harvard HK (Dylan Hardenbergh & Tae Hu Kim)
April 12-13	University of Chicago 2nd Place Team: Harvard ZSK (Josh Zoffer & Ben Sprung-Keyser) 1st Speaker: Josh Zoffer (Harvard ZSK) 2nd Speaker: Ben Sprung-Keyser (Harvard ZSK)
April 19-20	APDA National Championships at the University of Maryland 1st Place Team: Harvard ZSK (Josh Zoffer & Ben Sprung-Keyser)