March 14, 2025
The Texas Forensics Association's 2025 State Championship Tournament was held March 6-8 in Katy, Texas.
Out of 180 schools and 1412 students, Plano ISD orators brought home dozens of placements, including multiple state championships. All three senior high school forensics teams brought significant experience and poise to the State tournament, landing multiple competitors in final rounds and medaling against the best orators in Texas forensics. Plano West Senior High School finished 2nd overall in sweepstakes points and Plano East Senior High rounded out the tournament in 5th overall sweepstakes earnings.
From left to right: Plano West, Plano East and Plano Senior High School team group photos with their awards.
The biggest weekend winners included Plano Senior High School’s Sahith Reddy, who captured a double state individual championship by earning 1st place in Informative Speaking and Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, and Plano West’s Peter Yoon, who became a State Champion in Humorous Interpretation.
From left to right: Plano Senior High School Student Sahith Reddy and Plano West Senior High Student Peter Yoon with their respective trophies.
State medalists include Plano Senior High’s Esther Jesse (3rd Place) Program Oral Interpretation,Plano West’s Eric Quan (3rd Place) and Katherine Liu (4th) in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Shiloh Wilson & Nicole Lee (6th Place) in Duo Interpretation, Plano East’s Pranav Gorty (3rd Place) and Arya Gurumukhi (4th Place) in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, Swathi Parameshwar (6th Place) in Informative Speaking and Tarwat Chowdhury (5th Place) in Impromptu Speaking.
Dozens of students finished as octofinalists, quarterfinalists, and semifinalists in the state championships, representing Plano ISD with pride and excellence. Congratulations to all students, coaches and supporters on an amazing showing at the 2025 TFA State tournament!
FULL LIST OF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Plano Senior High School
Sahith Reddy - 1st Place, State Champion, Informative Speaking
Sahith Reddy - 1st Place, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Esther Jesse - 3rd Place, Program Oral Interpretation
Lindsey Zhao - 8th Place, Congress
Lawson Leblanc - 16th Place, Congress
Plano West Senior High School
Overall Team 2nd Place Sweepstakes
Humorous Interpretation
Peter Yoon - 1st Place, State Champion
Lexing Wei - Semifinalist
Catherine Cockrell - Semifinalist
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Angel Ribo Ley - Double Octofinalist (Top 32)
Congressional Debate
Sasha Morel - Semifinalist
Tishya Banka - Semifinalist
Dramatic Interpretation
Maimuna Ilyas - Quarterfinalist
Peter Yoon - Quarterfinalist
Catherine Cockrell - Semifinalist
Shiloh Wilson - Semifinalist
Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Amrita Shyam - Quarterfinalist
Anshul Khandekar - Semifinalist
Rehan Buvvaji - Semifinalist
Roshan Shivnani - Semifinalist
Sasha Morel - Semifinalist
Original Oratory
Maimuna Ilyas - Quarterfinalist
Sasha Morel - Semifinalist
Program of Oral Interpretation
Nicole Lee - Semifinalist
Duo Interpretation
Shiloh Wilson & Nicole Lee - Finalists, Placing 6th in the State
International Extemporaneous Speaking
Eric Qian - Finalist, Placing 3rd in the State
Katherine Liu - Finalist, Placing 4th in the State
Ryan Xu - Semifinalist
Evelyn Ding - Semifinalist
Abraham Zhang - Semifinalist
Kaitlyn Fan - Semifinalist
Plano East Senior High School
Overall Team 5th Place Sweepstakes
Pranav Gorty - 3rd Place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, 6th Place in Congressional Debate, Outstanding Congressional Debate Presiding Officer
Arya Gurumukhi - 3rd Place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Ishika Kothari - 5th Place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Swathi Parameshwar - 6th Place Informative Speaking, Duo Interpretation Semifinalist
Sahana Thasma - 9th Place Congressional Debate, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Quarterfinalist
Tarwat Chowdhury - 5th Place Impromptu Speaking, Congressional Debate Qualifier, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Qualifier
Aakash Arulkumaran - Congressional Debate Semifinalist, International Extemporaneous Speaking Semifinalist
Shreya Dhananjayan - Duo Interpretation Semifinalist, Humorous Interpretation Quarterfinalist, Duet Acting Quarterfinalist
Advait Boyanapalli - Congressional Debate Semifinalist
Dara Fagbami - Informative Speaking Semifinalist
Aariz Inamdar - Congressional Debate Semifinalist
Sanjeev Gedela - Impromptu Semifinalist, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Qualifier
Tisha Sinha - Poetry Semifinalist, Original Oratory Qualifier, Dramatic Interpretation Qualifier
Siya Tripathi - Impromptu Semifinalist, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Qualifier
Anshveer Kang - Humorous Interpretation Quarterfinalist, Duet Acting Quarterfinalist
Jannah Ali - Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Sanaya Aswani - Duo Interpretation Quarterfinalist, Dramatic Interpretation Qualifier
Angelo Ferris - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Quarterfinalist
Hiba Iqbal - Original Oratory Quarterfinalist, Informative Speaking Qualifier
Reyah Makkar - Duo Interpretation Quarterfinalist, Dramatic Interpretation Qualifier
Muhammad Meetheen - International Extemporaneous Speaking Quarterfinalist
Alex Ngu - International Extemporaneous Speaking Quarterfinalist
Anointing Okereke - Original Oratory Quarterfinalist, Informative Speaking Qualifier, Congressional Debate Qualifier
Arjun Rajagopal - International Extemporaneous Speaking Quarterfinalist
Keshav Anand - Impromptu quarterfinalist, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Qualifier
Ashraf Kuzbari - Impromptu Quarterfinalist, Congressional Debate Qualifier
Aditi Gaddam - Public Forum Debate Qualifier
Marisa Galu - Public Forum Debate Qualifier
Noah Rahman - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Qualifier
Shivam Tripathi - Lincoln-Douglas Debate Qualifier
