National Speech and Debate Championships 2007
Wichita, Kansas
June 18-22

Over 2000 student competitors (about 200 in each event) from over 40 states participated in the week long tournament.
In addition to the individual honors listed below, Bellarmine was also presented with the following team awards:

School of Excellence in Speech
School of Excellence in Debate

School of Excellence in Speech and Debate
(Bellarmine was one of only 3 schools in the U.S. to achieve this distinction. Interestingly, the other two schools were Leland High School of San Jose and James Logan High School of Union City).

National Extemporaneous
2nd Brian Stephan (Brian also received an award as one of only twenty students to qualify to four national tournaments)
10th Evan Larson
Octofinalist Rustin Kashani (top 60)

International Extemporaneous
Semifinalist Nihaal Karnick (top 14)
Octofinalist Vasant Ramachandran (top 60)

Student Congress
6th JP Padilla

Policy Debate Speaker Awards
11th Carl Rice

Policy Debate
10 rounds Ben Sigrist-Joe Grimes (top 30)
9 rounds Nick Simmons- Nate Wong (top 40)
9 rounds Georgi Dimitrov-Carl Rice (top 40)

Lincoln Douglas Debate
8 rounds Tim McKenzie (top 60)

Original Oratory
Octofinalist Sagar Vijay (top 60)

Dramatic Interpretation
Octofinalist Stephen Elrod (top 60)