2022TOC National Middle School Debate and SpeechTournament (5/13-15/2022)
Leetyan Chen and Jerry Zeng --- Doubles Finalists in PF Division
Anna YI and Bryan Wang --- Triples Finalists in PF Division
Aaron Wang --- TRiples Finalists in LD Division
Bryan Wang --- second place best speaker award (out of 423 debaters)
Anna Yi -- 7th place best speaker award (out of 423 debaters)
All Sugar Land SpiderSmart debaters won at least three rounds in the preliminary contests - this sets a team record at the national level debate tournament.
2022 TOC Middle School National Tournamnet


2022 Texas Middle School Speech and Debate State Tournament (4/1-2/2022)
Leetyan Chen and Jerry Zeng --- Texas State Championship in Public Forum event
Jason Chen --- Second place in Lincoln-Douglas event
Brandon Lin -- Third place in impromptu speaking event
Praveen Kothapalli -- Sixth Place in impromptu speaking event
Edward Kang -- Semifinalist in impromptu speaking event
Sugar Land SpiderSmart Won 5th place overall best achieving school award in the State of Texas -- We are the only private institution that won the top five ranks.
We Won the State Champ Again!


Aaron Wang -- Quarterfinalist in Middle School LD Division
Bryan Wang and Emmanuel Wang -- Quarterfinalist in Middle School PF Division
3/25-26/2022 Philhistorian Middle School And High School Championship


Impromptu Speaking
Ethan Gao --- Semifinalist
Edward Kang -- Semifinalist
Public Forum Debate
Alicia Gu/Kathryn Wu -- 3rd Place Award
Jenny Wu/Pingkang Qian -- Quarterfinalists
Nathan Fan/Hriday Sakaria - Quarterfinalists
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Khushi Patel -- Quarterfinalist
2/21-26/2022 OLLE OWL MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITATIONAL


Anna Yi/Bryan Wang (7-1) Top 16 among 283 Middle School Public Forum Teams.
Aditya Krishna Puppal/Curtis Tan (4-2): Triples Finalists
2/19-21/2022 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament


Champion: Meenakshi Sivanandam/Tanvi Chinnachalli (4-0)
Second Place (Tied) : Jason Li/Luke Shan (3-1), Jerry Mao/Nathan Wang (3-1) and Kathryn Wu/Alicia Gu (3-1)
2/12/2022 Mid Atlantic Winter Invitational


Leetyan Chen/Jerry Zeng -- 2nd place PF High School Junior Varsity Division
Lewen Feng/Emmanuel Wang -- 3rd place PF High School Novice Division
Jerry Zeng -- 1st place Best Speaker Award
Lewen Feng - 3rd place Best Speaker Award
Leetyan Chen -- 5th place Best Speaker Award
2/5-6/2022 Quarry Lane Invitational


Jason Chen -- Champ High School LD Junior Varsity Division
Jason Chen -- 2nd place Best Speaker Award
2/3-5/2022 Thomas S Foley TOC NIETOC Bid Memorial Tournament


Leetyan Chen/Lewen Feng -- 2nd place High School NPF Division
Jerry Zeng/Bryan Wang -- Quarterfinalists High School NPF Division
Leetyan Chen -- 3rd place Speaker Award
Lewen Feng - 4th place Best Speaker
Bryan Wang -- 5th place Best Speaker
2021 Berkner TFA (12/10-11/2021)


Jason Chen -- 2nd place High School NLD Division
Jason Chen -- 2nd place Speaker Award
2021 Riverhawk Invitational (12/10-11/2021)


Anna Yi/Cindy Lu -- 3rd place MSPF Open Division
Aditya Krishna Puppala/Abhiram Pavuluri -- 4th place MSPF Open Division
2021 Crypto Topic PF Freeze in December (12/11/2021)


Aditi Vadassery/Sophia Liu Champion
Luke Shan/Nathan Wang 2nd place
Katelyn Hu/Sai Gangu 3rd place
Jenny Wu/Jeffery Wei 3rd place
Celina Zhao 1st place speaker award
Sophia Liu 2nd place speaker award
Luke Shan 3rd place speaker award
Nathan Wang 4th place speaker award
Jenny Wu 5th place speaker award
2021 SpiderSmart Fall Debate Tournament


Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang -- 2nd place Middle School PF division
Anna Yi and Scarlett Yu -- Otcofinalist Middle School PF division
Anna Yi -- 2nd place speaker award
Scarlett Yu -- 3th place speaker award
Jerry Zeng -- 4th place speaker award
Jason Chen -- 3rd place Middle School LD division
Jason Chen -- 2nd place best speaker award
THE CSUF INVITATIONAL (10/15-17/2021)


Aditya Puppala/ Cutis Tan -- 1st place Middle School PF division
Mid Atlantic Middle and High School Invitational (10/16/2021)


Elementary School Impromptu Speech:
Aarav Ancha: Champion
Brandon Xia: 2nd Place
Middle School Impromptu Speech
Brandon Lin: 2nd Place
Kateky Hu: 4th Place
2021 Invitational Speech Tournament hosted by Nova 42 (10/9/2021)


Andy Hao -- Champion in NLD division
Jason Chen-- Quarterfinalist in NLD division
Jason Chen -- 2nd place NLD Best Speaker Award
Andy Hao -- 5th place NLD Best Speaker Award
Anna Yi/Scarlett Yu -- Champion in NPF division
Scarlett Yu -- 6th place NPF Best speaker Award
Anna Yi -- 7th place NPF Best speaker Award
2021 Dulles Classic High School Debate Tournament (10/1-2/2021)


Leetyan Chen and Lewen Feng quarterfinalists
Jerry Zeng won 5th place in best speaker awards
2021 66th Bellaire Forensic Tournament (10/1-2/2022)


Andy Hao -- 3rd place NLD division
Sherine Liu-- 7rd place NLD Best Speaker Award
Anna Yi/Scarlett Yu -- Quarterfinlists in NPF division
Scarlett Yu -- 4th place NPF Best speaker Award
Lindale TFA Nietoc TOC Classic (9/17-18/2021)


Leetyan Chen and Lewen Feng won 9th place (5-1 records in preliminary rounds)
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang won 17th place (4-2 records in preliminary rounds)
Leetyan won 17th place in the best speaker awards (out of more than 100 debaters)
2021 National Debate Tournament Hosted by UK (09/11-13/2021)


Leetyan Chen and Lewen Feng quarterfinalist
Anna Yi and Scarlett Yu quarterfinalist
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang quarterfinalist
Lewen Feng 1st place best speaker award
Leetyan Chen 4th place best speaker award
Hendrickson Pflugerville Swing High Schoool Debate Tournament (9/2- 4/2021)


Chen Wang and Brian Liu won the third place award (out of 246 PF teams)
Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong won five rounds and broke into the elimination rounds.
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang won four rounds
Leetyan Chen and Helen Zhang won three rounds
Anne Chen and Oliver Zhang won three rounds
Andrew Lian and Zitong Wang won three rounds
Ellen Li and Scarlett Yu won three rounds
Helen Mao and Megan Wu won three rounds
Lewen Feng and Alexander Xu won three rounds
Amaani Raunia and Ayushi Kasotia won three rounds
2021 TOC National Middle School Debate Tournament (5/8-10/2021)


Tanvi Chinnahalli & Daniel Pan -- champion
Curtis Tan & Alice Li -- the second place
Taiwen Feng & Yu Wang -- the third place
Lucas Liu & Hannah Hsu -- the third place
Sugar Land SpiderSmart Spring Championship (5/2021)


Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang --- Champion
Chen Wang and Brian Liu -- the second place
Lewen Feng and Alexander Xu --- the third place
Ellen Li and Scarlett Yu --- the sixth place
Southern States Middle School Speech and Debate Championship (4/17/2021)


Chen Wang and Brian Liu --- quarterfinalists
Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong -- broke into elimination rounds
Sherry Huang -- #6 best speaker award (out of 150 PF debaters)
Rosie Hong -- #16 best speaker award (out of 150 PF debaters)
Georgetown Spring 2021 Tournament (4/2-3/2021)


Jerry Pang and Emmanuel Wang -- Champion
Ayushi Kasotia and Kathleen Yan -- 2nd Place Winner
Daniel Pan and Tanvi Chinnahalli -- 3rd Place Winner
Yu Wang and Taiwen Feng --- 3rd Place Winner
Sugar Land SpiderSmart Debate Tournament 2021 (3/5-7/2021)


Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong -- Octas Finalists
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang -- broke into the elimination rounds
Lakeland Westchester Classic 2021 (2/26-27/2021)


Chen Wang and Brian Liu -- Quarter Finalists in high school PF open division
Theodore Roosevelt High School Debate Tournament (2/26-27/2021)


Helen Zhang/Leetyan Chen -- broke into the elimination round
Helen Zhang -- #32 speaker awards (out of 352 middle school PF debaters)
Leetyan Chen -- #34 speaker awards (out of 352 middle school PF debaters)
35th Annual Stanford Invitational (2/6-8/2021)


Brian Liu and Chen Wang placed 17th (out of 281 PF teams)
Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong placed 17th (out of 281 PF teams)
Megan Wu and Helen Mao broke into the elimination rounds
Andrew Lian and Ray Tian broke into the elimination rounds
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang broke into the elimination rounds
Helen Mao ranked #42 in speaker award (out of 562 debaters)
Sugar Land SpiderSmart debate team ranked #3 for the number of PF teams breaking into the MSPF elimination rounds
47th Annual Harvard National Debate Tournament (2/13-15/2021)


Jerry Zeng/Bryan Wang -- 2nd place NPF division
Bryan Liu/Chen Wang -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Anne Chen/Zitong Wang -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Chen Wang --- Best Speaker in NPF division
25th Annual Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational (2/5-6/2021)


Jenny Wu (5th grade) -- Quarterfinalist in impromptu speaking
Murray Middle School Speech Tournament (1/08-09/2021)


Chen Wang/Brian Liu -- 3rd place NPF division
Sherry Huang/Rosie Hong -- 3rd place NPF division
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Clear Falls TFA VIQT Tournament (12/11-13/2020)


Lewen Feng and Alexander Xu -- 3rd place NPF division
Ellen Li and Scarlett Yu -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Oliver Zhang and Ethan Li -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Helen Zhang and Saesha Loonker -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
Alexander Xu -- 3rd best speaker
Helen Zhang -- 5th best speaker
Ethan Li -- 7th best speaker
Ellen Li -- 8th best speaker
Oliver Zhang -- 9th best speaker
Leetyan Chen -- 10th best speaker
Berkner TFA Tournament (12/11-13/2020)


Jenny Wu (5th grade) -- 3rd place in impromptu speaking
Joylin Qin (5th grade)-- 5th place in impromptu speaking
Edward Kang (5th grade) -- 7th place in impromptu speaking
Sugar Land SpiderSmart team won 9th place sweepstakes award (out of 18 schools)
Middle School Virtual Christmas Junior Speech Tournament at Bardstown (12/3-5/2020)


Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong -- Champion NPF division
Lewen Feng and Ethan Li -- 3rd place NPF division
Cathy Sui and Ayushi Kasotia -- 3rd place NPF division
Oak Grove Warrior Invitational Tournament (11/20-21/2020)


Chen Wang/Brian Liu -- Champion NPF division
Jerry Zeng and Bryan Wang -- 7th place NPF division
Washington Warrior Invite Tournament (11/20-21/2020)


Chen Wang and Rosie Hong -- 3rd place NPF division
Andrew Lian and Leetyan Chen -- Quarterfinalists NPF division
TFA 2020 Stratford Spartan (10/16-17/2020)


Chen Wang/Brian Liu -- 2nd place middle school open PF division
Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong -- Quarterfinalists middle school open PF division
Lewen Feng and Alexander Xu -- Quarterfinalists middle school novice PF division
Brian Liu -- 5th place speaker award (out of 142 debaters)
Sherry Huang -- 8th place speaker award (out of 142 debaters)
Rosie Hong -- 10th place speaker award (out of 142 debaters)
Our students won a total of 33 rounds of contest.
Georgetown Fall Debate Tournament (10/09-11/2020)


Chen Wang and Brian Liu -- Quarterfinalists JVPF division
Brian Liu -- 6th place speaker award (out of 96 debaters)
Stephen Stewart middle and high school invitational (09/25-27/2020)


Sherry Huang and Rosie Hong -- Quarterfinalists middle school open PF division
Sherry Huang -- 13th place speaker award (out of 110 debaters)
National Debate Tournament Hosted by UK (09/12-13/2020)


National Gold Medal Award
Scarlett Yu (Journalism)
National Silver Medal Award
Justin Wang (Short Story)
26 Gold Key Awards
Cindy Lu (Critical Essay, Personal Essay)
Henry Xu (Critical Essay)
Scarlett Yu (Critical Essay, Journalism, Poetry)
Justin Wang (Critical Essay 2, Personal Essay 2, Short Story)
Vidya Ganesh (Poetry)
Anna Yi (Critical Essay)
Dylan Yu (Critical Essay)
Andy Hao (Critical Essay, Personal Essay)
Michelle Chen (Short Story)
Chloe Ni (Personal Essay)
Bryan Zhao (Personal Essay)
Alice Zhang (Critical Essay)
Kathleen Yan (Critical Essay)
Megan Wu (Critical Essay)
Lewen Feng (Critical Essay)
Allison Xia (Critical Essay)
Eliana Li (Critical Essay)
Michelle Gu (Critical Essay)
21 Silver Key Awards
Aaron Chen (Poetry, Flash Fiction)
Alice Li (Critical Essay)
Brian Zhao (Humor)
Vidya Ganesh (Poetry)
Tiffany Zhang (Critical Essay)
Emily Cao (Personal Essay, Critical Essay)
Benjamin Who (Critical Essay 2)
Grace Hu (Personal Essay)
Iris Qu (Critical Essay, Short Story)
Phebe Emmanuel (Poetry 2)
Taylor Parker (Critical Essay)
Sophia Mao (Critical Essay)
Ray He (Critical Essay)
Emily Wu (Critical Essay)
Michelle Chen (Short Story, Personal Essay)
15 Honorable Mention Awards
Dylan Yu (Critical Essay)
Michelle Chen (Journalism, Flash Fiction)
Allison Xia (Critical Essay)
Vidya Ganesh (Poetry 4)
Michael Chen (Critical Essay 2)
Benjamin Who (Personal Essay)
Ray He (Critical Essay)
Lydia Tang (Critical Essay)
Delbert Nie (Critical Essay)
Christina Wang (Critical Essay)
2022 Scholastic Writing Contest


Logan Hu, 13: (“Why It’s Our Job to Take Down Hateful School Names”) wins honorable mentions award
2021 New York Times 8th Student Editorial Contest


National Silver Medal Winner
Valerie Huang (8th Grade, Personal Essay)
Gold Key Winners
Michelle Chen (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Michelle Gu (7th Grade, Personal Essay)
Grace Hao (10th Grade,Critical Essay)
Valerie Huang (8th Grade, Critical Essay and Personal Essay)
Howard Shi (10th Grade, Critical Essay)
Christina Wang (9th Grade, Poetry)
Justin Wang (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Sage Wang (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Benjamin Who (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Alice Zhang (8th Grade, Journalism)
Sophia Zhao (8th Grade, Short Story)
Silver Key Winners
Michelle Chen (10th grade, Short Story)
Grace Hao (10th Grade, Critical Essay)
Andrew Lian (8th Grade, Short Story)
Shahrick Mechant (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Christina Wang (9th Grade, Critical Essay, Poetry and Short Story)
Claire Wang (11th Grade, Critical Essay)
Justin Wang (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Sage Wang (8th Grade, Personal Essay, Poetry and Short Story)
Benjamin Who (9th Grade, Journalism)
Helen Zhang (8th Grade, Poetry)
Sophia Zhao (8th Grade, Poetry)
Honorable Mention Winners
Michelle Chen (10th Grade, Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Junie Guo (10th Grade, Critical Essay)
Grace Hao (10th Grade, Poetry)
Ray He (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Kaylyn Li (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Andrew Lian (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Christina Wang (9th Grade, Poetry)
Sage Wang (8th Grade, Poetry, Short Story and Flash Fiction)
Helen Zhang (8th Grade, Flash Fiction)
2021 Scholastic Writing Contest


Gold Key Winners
Michelle Chen (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Grace Hao (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Ray He (8th grade, Critical Essay)
Silver Key Winners
Benjamin Who (8th Grade, 2 Journalism and 1 Personal Essay)
Honorable Mention Winners
David Chen (8th Grade, Critical Essay)
Tong Wang (9th Grade, Critical Essay)
Justin Wang (7th Grade, Critical Essay)
2020 Scholastic Writing Contest


Benjamin Who (7th Grade, Two Gold Keys in Journalism)
2019 Scholastic Writing Contest


Benjamin Who (5th Grade): Texas state 1st place winner
2016 U.S. Library of Congress Letters about Literature National Essay Contest


Valerie Huang: First Place Winner (Short Story)
Amy Zhang: First Place Winner (Comparative Essay)
Kaylyn Li: First Place Winner (Description Essay)
Alice Zhang: First Place Winner (Personal Narrative Essay)
2016 SpiderSmart National Essay Contest


Adelina Lee: First Place Winner (Creative Writing)
Jessye Fan: First Place Winner (Creative Writing)
Yuqing Liu: First Place Winner (Creative Writing)
2015 SpiderSmart National Essay Contest



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