NSD_Update
Greenhill’s Rebecca Kuang holds the lead for the Dukes & Bailey cup with 1638.16 points, just barely leading Henry Zhang of Peninsula, who has 1638.04.
The Dukes and Bailey Cup is an annual award given to the LD debater competing at the NDCA Championship Tournament who has amassed the most NDCA qualifying points over the course of the season. The past three winners are Jordan Lamothe (’09 and ’10), Steven Adler (’11), and Noah Star (’12).
The data below include results from Alta, Apple Valley, Berkeley, Blake, Bronx, Crestian, CPS, Dowling, Iowa Caucus, George Mason, Glenbrooks, Grapevine, Greenhill, Houston Memorial, Harvard, Hendrick Hudson, Meadows, Newark, Princeton, Ridge, St Marks, Stanford, Sunvitational, UPenn, U Texas, Valley, Victory Briefs, Voices, Wake Forest, and Yale. Any tournament can count towards NDCA credit. If you would like another tournament included in the scores, please contact me at palmer at tabroom dot com.
NDCA points are calculated by multiplying the winning percentage in prelims by the size of the field (with a cap at 100), with bonus multipliers for advancing in elimination rounds (2.3 for winning, 1.8 for finals, 1.6 for semis, 1.4 for quarters, 1.2 for octos, and 1.1 for clearing) and for geographic diversity (2 for 16+ states, 1.8 for 13-15, 1.6 for 9-12, 1.4 for 6-8, 1.2 for 3-5). Only a debater’s top five tournaments count towards NDCA points.
Also if you spot an error let me know; if your name or your school name was spelled differently at two tournaments or something, it’s possible you don’t have your full total credited. The last column is number of tournaments I have records for, though your top 5 tournament scores are the only ones included in the totals.
You can track results tournament-by-tournament as I add them on the publicly viewable Google spreadsheet.
Leaderboard
| Place | School | Debater | Total | Tourns | Counted |
| 1 | Greenhill | Rebecca Kuang | 1638.16 | 6 | 460 (Bronx) – 395.6 (Glenbrooks) – 331.20 (Emory) – 265.6 (Harvard) – 185.76 (Apple Vall) |
| 2 | Palos Verdes Peninsula | Henry Zhang | 1638.04 | 8 | 360 (Glenbrooks) – 360 (Harvard) – 356.04 (Apple Vall) – 322.00 (Stanford) – 240 (Bronx) |
| 3 | Millburn | Yang Yi | 1410.24 | 9 | 303.60 (Sunvitatio) – 288 (Lexington) – 288.00 (Yale) – 278.64 (Apple Vall) – 252 (Princeton) |
| 4 | Loyola | Michael Harris | 1407.6 | 10 | 368 (Berkeley) – 276.00 (CPS) – 256.00 (Victory Br) – 255.6 (Bronx) – 252 (Apple Vall) |
| 5 | Harrison | Danny DeBois | 1380.24 | 7 | 381.8 (Harvard) – 275.2 (Bronx) – 268.92 (Lexington) – 237.60 (Greenhill) – 216.72 (Apple Vall) |
| 6 | St. Louis Park | Richard Shmikler | 1261.31 | 9 | 306.67 (Victory Br) – 305.44 (Blake) – 240 (Glenbrooks) – 210.00 (Valley) – 199.2 (Harvard) |
| 7 | New Orleans Jesuit | Jim Huang | 1237.84 | 6 | 414.00 (Valley) – 240.8 (Bronx) – 240.8 (Glenbrooks) – 174.24 (Greenhill) – 168.00 (Emory) |
| 8 | Pflugerville | Tillman Huett | 1220.45 | 6 | 285.12 (Sunvitatio) – 276.00 (Grapevine) – 276.00 (UT Austin) – 194.13 (St Marks) – 189.2 (Glenbrooks) |
| 9 | Palos Verdes Peninsula | Daniel Tartakovsky | 1217.4 | 7 | 303.60 (Greenhill) – 288.00 (Victory Br) – 227.2 (Glenbrooks) – 216.00 (CPS) – 182.6 (Harvard) |
| 10 | Lake Highland | Terrence Lonam | 1216.66 | 10 | 343.62 (Lexington) – 240.8 (Bronx) – 221.76 (Sunvitatio) – 212.48 (Berkeley) – 198.00 (Valley) |
| 11 | Lexington | Adam Hoffman | 1178.88 | 6 | 345.00 (Yale) – 265.6 (Harvard) – 224 (Blake) – 173.88 (Hendrick H) – 170.4 (Glenbrooks) |
| 12 | West Des Moines Valley | Megan Nubel | 1140.68 | 8 | 324.00 (Yale) – 232.4 (Harvard) – 209.16 (Lexington) – 189.2 (Bronx) – 185.92 (Blake) |
| 13 | Cypress Bay | Robert Steirn | 1115.76 | 7 | 280 (Harvard) – 259.20 (Emory) – 211.20 (Sunvitatio) – 209.16 (Lexington) – 156.2 (Glenbrooks) |
| 14 | Scarsdale | Grant Reiter | 1100.24 | 7 | 285.12 (Sunvitatio) – 220 (Harvard) – 216.72 (Apple Vall) – 189.2 (Bronx) – 189.2 (Glenbrooks) |
| 15 | Carpe Diem | Joseph Millman | 1080.73 | 7 | 288 (Lexington) – 267.26 (Princeton) – 186.67 (Victory Br) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 156.2 (Bronx) |
| 16 | Sacred Heart | Adam Tomasi | 1068.96 | 8 | 294.40 (George Mas) – 210.00 (Yale) – 209.16 (Lexington) – 199.2 (Harvard) – 156.2 (Bronx) |
| 17 | Palo Alto | Travis Chen | 1036.87 | 6 | 279.07 (St Marks) – 224.00 (Victory Br) – 220 (Harvard) – 211.20 (Greenhill) – 102.6 (Apple Vall) |
| 18 | Bronx Science | Shai Szulanski | 996.64 | 10 | 324.00 (Valley) – 192.00 (Emory) – 179.28 (Lexington) – 159.36 (Blake) – 142 (Glenbrooks) |
| 19 | Kent Denver | Sam Mathews | 989.24 | 8 | 256.00 (Victory Br) – 240 (Glenbrooks) – 185.76 (Apple Vall) – 159.36 (Berkeley) – 148.12 (Iowa Caucu) |
| 20 | Fordham Prep | David Joannides | 982.68 | 7 | 273.7 (Columbia) – 220 (Harvard) – 185.92 (Princeton) – 170.4 (Bronx) – 132.66 (Lexington) |
| 21 | Strake Jesuit | Jeremy Dang | 975.8 | 8 | 227.2 (Glenbrooks) – 192.00 (Grapevine) – 189.2 (Bronx) – 184.80 (Sunvitatio) – 182.6 (Harvard) |
| 22 | Byram Hills | Josh Altman | 944.54 | 8 | 276 (Newark) – 180.00 (Yale) – 168 (Princeton) – 164.34 (Lexington) – 156.2 (Bronx) |
| 23 | West Des Moines Valley | Lucy Korsakov | 939.52 | 9 | 288 (Blake) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 168.00 (Yale) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 144.72 (Lexington) |
| 24 | CESJDS | Elana Leone | 932.84 | 5 | 206.4 (Bronx) – 204.48 (Apple Vall) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 170.4 (Glenbrooks) – 168.96 (Greenhill) |
| 25 | Meadows | Ed Hendrickson | 930.75 | 6 | 247.68 (Apple Vall) – 198.8 (Glenbrooks) – 185.92 (Berkeley) – 151.68 (Voices (Pr) – 146.67 (Victory Br) |
| 26 | West Des Moines Valley | Jason Smith | 922.7 | 8 | 256 (Blake) – 198.8 (Glenbrooks) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 144.72 (Lexington) – 140.58 (Apple Vall) |
| 27 | La Jolla | Ram Prasad | 912.36 | 9 | 209.16 (Crestian) – 199.2 (Harvard) – 174.24 (Greenhill) – 170.4 (Glenbrooks) – 159.36 (Blake) |
| 28 | Brophy College Prep | Samir Reddy | 875.07 | 6 | 280 (Harvard) – 186.67 (Victory Br) – 168.00 (Alta) – 126.40 (Voices (Pr) – 114 (Glenbrooks) |
| 29 | Walt Whitman | Jessica Levy | 859.32 | 6 | 227.2 (Bronx) – 185.92 (Blake) – 184.80 (Greenhill) – 147.4 (Harvard) – 114 (Glenbrooks) |
| 30 | Hockaday | Katherine Qiu | 853.16 | 6 | 216.00 (Valley) – 206.4 (Bronx) – 158.40 (Sunvitatio) – 156.2 (Glenbrooks) – 116.16 (Greenhill) |
| 31 | Scarsdale | Larry Milstein | 850.26 | 5 | 270.00 (Yale) – 190.4 (Columbia) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 127.82 (Princeton) – 105.84 (Hendrick H) |
| 32 | Harvard-Westlake | Annie Kors | 849.96 | 7 | 256 (Blake) – 170.4 (Bronx) – 160.00 (Victory Br) – 147.4 (Harvard) – 116.16 (Greenhill) |
| 33 | Harker | Pranav Reddy | 849.2 | 6 | 189.2 (Glenbrooks) – 180.00 (Valley) – 176 (Berkeley) – 160.00 (Victory Br) – 144.00 (Stanford) |
| 34 | Brentwood | Andrew Glantz | 848.32 | 6 | 210.00 (Yale) – 185.92 (Berkeley) – 170.4 (Glenbrooks) – 168.00 (Valley) – 114 (Bronx) |
| 35 | Scarsdale | Noah Thaler | 833.42 | 7 | 252.00 (Yale) – 159.36 (Newark) – 147.4 (Harvard) – 142 (Glenbrooks) – 132.66 (Lexington) |
| 36 | Bronx Science | Zeke Rosenberg | 830.26 | 8 | 185.92 (Princeton) – 179.28 (Newark) – 159.36 (Blake) – 156.2 (Glenbrooks) – 149.50 (Meadows) |
| 37 | Walt Whitman | Daisy Massey | 827.98 | 6 | 189.2 (Glenbrooks) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 170.4 (Bronx) – 145.20 (Greenhill) – 140.58 (Apple Vall) |
| 38 | Palos Verdes Peninsula | Akhil Jalan | 826.8 | 9 | 196.00 (Stanford) – 182.6 (Harvard) – 160.00 (Victory Br) – 156.2 (Glenbrooks) – 132.00 (Valley) |
| 39 | Lexington | Jerry Chen | 824.08 | 5 | 199.2 (Harvard) – 170.4 (Glenbrooks) – 165.00 (Yale) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 133.28 (Columbia) |
| 40 | Cypress Bay | Jake Steirn | 820.48 | 8 | 184.80 (Sunvitatio) – 179.28 (Lexington) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 156.2 (Glenbrooks) – 144.00 (Emory) |
| 41 | Wenatchee | Colton Smith | 820 | 7 | 192.00 (Stanford) – 180.00 (Valley) – 176 (Berkeley) – 140.00 (Alta) – 132.00 (CPS) |
| 42 | Collegiate | Andrew O’Donohue | 815.2 | 7 | 180.00 (Yale) – 179.28 (Lexington) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 152.32 (Columbia) – 147.4 (Harvard) |
| 43 | Stuyvesant | Samantha Hom | 790.84 | 10 | 209.16 (Lexington) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 147.4 (Harvard) – 146.08 (Blake) – 132.00 (Yale) |
| 44 | Northland Christian | Shania Hunt | 788.93 | 8 | 232.96 (St Marks) – 147.84 (Greenhill) – 146.08 (Berkeley) – 144.72 (Lexington) – 117.33 (Victory Br) |
| 45 | Harvard-Westlake | Tommy Choi | 785.64 | 7 | 224.00 (Alta) – 159.36 (Blake) – 156.2 (Bronx) – 146.08 (Berkeley) – 100.00 (Stanford) |
| 46 | Walt Whitman | Tori Seidenstein | 771.2 | 6 | 187.6 (Harvard) – 170.4 (Bronx) – 165.00 (Yale) – 132.00 (Emory) – 116.20 (Crestian) |
| 47 | Palos Verdes Peninsula | Arjun Tambe | 761.27 | 10 | 182.6 (Harvard) – 168.00 (Stanford) – 146.67 (Victory Br) – 144.00 (Valley) – 120.00 (CPS) |
| 48 | Scarsdale | Ben Ulene | 755.9 | 7 | 184.80 (Sunvitatio) – 179.28 (Lexington) – 132.00 (Valley) – 132.00 (Yale) – 127.82 (Princeton) |
| 49 | Timothy Christian | Andrew Meleta | 750.66 | 8 | 182.6 (Harvard) – 162.68 (Princeton) – 139.44 (Newark) – 133.28 (Columbia) – 132.66 (Lexington) |
| 50 | Lake Highland | Julian Alvarez | 750.4 | 10 | 210.00 (Valley) – 158.40 (Sunvitatio) – 147.4 (Harvard) – 120.6 (Lexington) – 114 (Bronx) |
Top 25 single-tournament finishes
| Greenhill | Rebecca Kuang | TX | Bronx | 100 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2.3 | 460 |
| New Orleans Jesuit | Jim Huang | LA | Valley | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 2.3 | 414.00 |
| Greenhill | Rebecca Kuang | TX | Glenbrooks | 100 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 2.3 | 395.6 |
| Harrison | Danny DeBois | NY | Harvard | 100 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 381.8 |
| Loyola | Michael Harris | CA | Berkeley | 100 | 1.6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2.3 | 368 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Henry Zhang | CA | Glenbrooks | 100 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1.8 | 360 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Henry Zhang | CA | Harvard | 100 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1.8 | 360 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Henry Zhang | CA | Apple Valley | 100 | 1.8 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 2.3 | 356.04 |
| Lexington | Adam Hoffman | MA | Yale | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 345.00 |
| Lake Highland | Terrence Lonam | FL | Lexington | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 343.62 |
| Greenhill | Rebecca Kuang | TX | Emory | 72 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 2.3 | 331.20 |
| West Des Moines Valley | Megan Nubel | IA | Yale | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 324.00 |
| Bronx Science | Shai Szulanski | NY | Valley | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 324.00 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Henry Zhang | CA | Stanford | 100 | 1.4 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 2.3 | 322.00 |
| St. Louis Park | Richard Shmikler | MN | Victory Briefs | 100 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 306.67 |
| St. Louis Park | Richard Shmikler | MN | Blake | 100 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 305.44 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Daniel Tartakovsky | CA | Greenhill | 99 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 303.60 |
| Millburn | Yang Yi | NJ | Sunvitational | 99 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 2.3 | 303.60 |
| Sacred Heart | Adam Tomasi | MA | George Mason | 100 | 1.6 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 2.3 | 294.40 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | Daniel Tartakovsky | CA | Victory Briefs | 100 | 1.6 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 288.00 |
| Carpe Diem | Joseph Millman | NJ | Lexington | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1.6 | 288 |
| West Des Moines Valley | Lucy Korsakov | IA | Blake | 100 | 1.6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1.8 | 288 |
| Millburn | Yang Yi | NJ | Lexington | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1.6 | 288 |
| Millburn | Yang Yi | NJ | Yale | 100 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.6 | 288.00 |
| Scarsdale | Grant Reiter | NY | Sunvitational | 99 | 1.6 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 285.12 |
