About the Awards
Each year, students at ADA Nationals vote for the Debater of the Year in their division.
Novice Debater of the Year
2022 Grace Blackwell, Samford University
2021 Timothy Phillips, George Mason University
2020 Louis Gleason, Boston College
2019 Ian Morris, George Mason University
2018 Shana Pederson, George Mason University
2017 Julia Lynch, University of Miami
2016 Michael Harrington, Liberty University
2015 Melissa Cavell, University of Miami
Junior Varsity Debater of the Year
2022 Jason Santiago, U.S. Naval Academy
2021 Abbie Amundsen, Minnesota
2020 Shahd Joari, George Mason University
2019 Morgan Copeland, Liberty
2018 John Huebler, University of Mary Washington
2017 Ian Lowery, George Mason University
2016 Rakeem Robinson, Liberty
2015 Michael Crenshaw, Liberty
Varsity Debater of the Year
2022 Nina Fridman, Northwestern
2021 Katie Wimsatt, Berkeley
2020 Ashton Smith, Michigan
2019 Harry Aaronson, Indiana
2018 Hemanth Sanjeev, Harvard
2017 Hemanth Sanjeev, Harvard
2016 Anthony Ogbuli, UT-Dallas
2015 Miranda Ehrlich, Minnesota
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