Leadership

Emma is a rising senior and the Speech and Debate Captain at LHP. In debate, she primarily read soft left affirmatives and critical arguments but is also familiar with philosophy and policy positions. She reached elimination rounds at multiple national tournaments, including Cypress Tradition, Harvard, Sunvite, and Lexington. She was third speaker at Harvard JV and ninth speaker at Sunvite. Outside of debate, she enjoys baking, reading, and listening to music. 

Justin is a rising junior at American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. Debate wise, his argument interests include the Nietzsche K, Meta-Theory, Spark, and tricky philosophy. He has reached outrounds at multiple national circuit tournaments, including the Barkley Forum and Florida Blue Key, and has qualified for and broken at the NSDA national tournament this year. He is the only sophomore at Harvard to reach the octofinal stage, accumulating a TOC bid in the process. He also semifinaled FFL States, getting second place speaker. Outside of debate, he enjoys playing the violin, running for his school's track team, and reading philosophy. 

Neel is a rising junior debating for Lake Highland Prep. He primarily reads the capitalism kritik and soft-left affirmatives, occasionally reading policy and existentialist arguments. As a freshman, Neel qualified for NCFL Nationals in Chicago. In his sophomore year, he TOC-qualified, finaled the Lexington Round Robin, earned multiple speaker awards, and reached elimination rounds at national tournaments including Apple Valley, the National Speech and Debate Season Opener, the New York City Invitational, Lexington, Florida Blue Key, TOC Digi, and the Nova Titan Invitational. When not debating, Neel enjoys reading, spending time with friends, and playing with his dog.