December 2024 - ModernBrain Results

International Mock Trial League:

This was the largest international contest of the year. 40 teams from Toronto, Vancouver, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, California, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, and more attended. ModernBrain closed out, winning 1st through 4th place.

• Honorable Mention Team: Dominion (Tobin Hill, Aryaan Hussein, Jason Kuo, Isabella Lin, Eric Zhu, Kayla Hua, Johnny Shiell)
• Honorable Mention Attorneys - Priyanka Singh, James Zhou, Jiachen Qiu (x2)
• Honorable Mention Witnesses - Johnny Shiell, Larry Fan, Abby Liu, Isabella Lin, Sailee Charlu, Audrey Ma
• Outstanding Middle Schooler: 1st - Logan Pham
• Outstanding Team #1: Krystal Deng, Jiachen Qiu, James Zhou, Lily Kizirian, Ethan Bai
• Outstanding Team #2: Christiana Garcia, Sailee Charlu, Audrey Ma, Daniel Chien
• Outstanding Team #3: Anya Luo, Vivian Mei, Angelia Li, Mira Jiang, YuQiao Shao
• Outstanding Team #4: Elizabeth Lu, Jaden Hong, Larry Fan, Logan Pham, Priyanka Singh, Olivia Han, Grace Li
• Outstanding Attorneys: Christiana Garcia (x2), Anya Luo (x2), Tobin Hill, Elizabeth Lu
• Outstanding Witnesses: Ethan Bai (x2), Daniel Chien, Mira Jiang

MASQ NIETOC Qualifier:

ModernBrain's small squad took 3rd at this national contest!

• JV Informative: 1st - Jiayou Liu
• JV Oratory: 3rd - ZiQi Lin, 4th - Zihan Mary Li
• POI: 2nd - Natalie Hong [fully qualified for NIETOC], Semifinals - Pranya Nagpal, Anna Feng, Iris Ye [bid to NIETOC]
• Informative: 3rd - Kathleen Hong [fully qualified for NIETOC], Semifinals - Izzie Tran [bid to NIETOC]
• Declamation: 3rd - Nathan Yuan, 4th - Maanya Kaur
• Oratory: 4th - Luna Bouhairi, 6th - Anya Luo [both fully qualified for NIETOC]
• Extemp: Semifinals - Claire Liu [bid to NIETOC]
• Humorous: Semifinals - Anya Luo [bid to NIETOC]

Model United Nations in Malaysia:

Elizabeth Lu earned a Merit award for her performance as a delegate!

Our policy students dominated the field, earning 1st and 2nd.

• Policy Debate: 1st - William Lin & Charlie Pan, 2nd - Samuel Cheng & Evan Choe
• Policy Speakers: 1st - Charlie Pan, 2nd - William Lin, 8th - Evan Choe, 10th - Samuel Cheng

Texas Contests:

Our Texas partners at BrainMaster are dominating their local circuits.

Centennial Titan, Novice Lincoln Douglas: Mihika Gupta won 1st, and Ryan Samuels got 3rd.

Law Magnet: Connie Zhao competed for Hockaday as a varsity debater in a World Schools team. She broke to quarterfinals.

Plano West (MS):

• Lincoln Douglas: Ayden Ijaz won 1st, Joshua Guo 2nd, Tanvi Dravid, 3rd.
• Student Congress: Akshitha Bhaarath broke to finals.
• International Extemp: Jerry Zhang broke to finals.

California League Tournaments:

Students, competing for their schools, excelled. We always support our mentees representing their teams!

• Western Bay Forensics League: 1st in Congress - Jake Spark
• Coast Forensics League: 2nd in POI - Pranya Napgal, 5th in Informative - Meera Kalluarya, 10th in Informative - Seoyun Chong, Semifinals in Declamation - Seoyun Chong

La Costa Canyon in San Diego:

Our small squad of students did phenomenally, returning with more bids and awards then the number of speech students we sent - and taking 5th overall!

• POI: 1st + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Natalie Hong, Semifinals - Iris Ye (Peninsula)
• Informative: 2nd + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Kathleen Hong, 7th + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Anna Yan, Semifinals + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Izzie Tran
• Extemp: 3rd + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Claire Liu
• Impromptu: 5th - Ellie Kim, Semifinals - YuQiao Shao, Jiayou Liu, Vivian Mei, Kelly Liu
• Dramatic: 5th + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Ellie Kim
• Oratory: Semifinals + NIETOC + TOC Bids - Emily Wang
• Humorous: Semifinals - Kathleen Hong
• Lincoin-Douglas: Octofinals - Jason Huang

Tournament of Champions Digital Qualifier:

Our students, competing under their schools' names, earned great accolades.

• Oratory: 1st + TOC Bid - Maitland Wais (Branson)
• Congress: Semifinals + TOC Bid - Zixiang Zhang, Semifinals - Jake Spark, Anne Liu