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Eddie Amador Wins the Voices of Philadelphia

Xavier Brown Wins Novice Tournament
Drexel University Awards $30,000 in Scholarships
posted by Jon Cruz on April 19th, 2008

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — Perspectives, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization promoting youth debate education, sponsored its second annual Voices of Philadelphia Debate Tournament this weekend. The tournament was held at Drexel University, and the institution awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to the top-placing competitors.

The final round of the varsity tournament featured Eddie Amador of Franklin Towne Charter School and Parkway Center City High School’s Ryan Rudolph; Eddie emerged victorious to claim the Perspectives title. In the final round of the novice tournament, Xavier Brown of Paul Robeson High School for Human Services defeated Brittany Davis of Constitution High School to win the division.

Eddie is coached by Lauren Geschel and Katie Poulos; Ryan is coached by Brenda Shamsi and Ali Huberlie. Xavier Brown is coached by Bart Poindexter, Ben Grunwald, Danny Heller, and Linda Kang; Brittany is coached by Marc Brasoff, Esther Cho, and Alok Choksi.

Perspectives coordinates after-school debate programs at high schools throughout Philadelphia and — as was the case last year — this free, city-wide tournament was the culmination of their season.

The following awards were presented to individuals or schools for outstanding work throughout the school year in Perspectives’ programs. These are the people and institutions who have shown significant dedication to debate and its advancement:

SCHOOL OF THE YEAR: Franklin Towne Charter School (PA)

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Evan Medina — University of Pennsylvania

COACH OF THE YEAR: Lauren Geschel — Franklin Towne Charter School (PA)

STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Subee Jacob– Parkway Center City High School (PA)

PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR: Dr. Tom Davidson — Constitution High School (PA)

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QUARTERFINALISTS
Subee Jacob — Parkway Center City High School (PA)
Rubin Rhodes — Parkway Center City High School (PA)
Janeisa Davis — Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School (PA)
Melanie Young — Bodine High School (PA)

SEMIFINALISTS ($5,000 Scholarships)
Yong Lin Lee — Franklin Towne High School (PA)
Jalon Alexander — Bodine High School (PA)

RUNNER-UP ($7,500 Scholarship)
Ryan Rudolph — Parkway Center City High School (PA)

CHAMPION ($10,000 Scholarship)
Eddie Amador — Franklin Towne High School (PA)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Yong Lin Lee — Franklin Towne High School (PA)
2. Rubin Rhodes — Parkway Center City High School (PA)
3. Eddie Amador — Franklin Towne High School (PA)
4. Subee Jacob — Parkway Center City High School (PA)
5. Ryan Rudolph — Parkway Center City High School (PA)

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NOVICE SEMIFINALISTS
Nikki Branhut — Constitution High School (PA)
Ashley Hannah — Franklin Towne High School (PA)

NOVICE RUNNER-UP
Brittany Davis — Constitution High School (PA)

NOVICE CHAMPION ($2,500 Scholarship)
Xavier Brown — Paul Robeson High School for Human Services (PA)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Xavier Brown — Paul Robeson High School for Human Services (PA)
2. Ashley Hanna — Franklin Towne High School (PA)
3. Brittany Davis — Constitution High School (PA)

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13 Responses to “Eddie Amador Wins the Voices of Philadelphia”

  1. VBD Weekend Coverage: Apr. 18-20, 2008 | VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum
    Posted from: 206.251.74.247

    April 21st, 2008 10:27
    1

    […] Post-Season: Six Rounds of Spring, Perspectives RR, Voices of Philly […]

  2. Karlyn
    Posted from: 69.253.230.13

    April 21st, 2008 15:28
    2

    perspectives is such a great organization, and it sounds like this tournament was a ton of fun.

    congrats to subee, yong, rubin, and ryan for breaking.
    WAY TO GO EDDIE!!! =)

  3. Patrick Field
    Posted from: 216.83.122.43

    April 22nd, 2008 05:04
    3

    All of your friends and family at Franklin Towne could not be more proud! Eddie, you are our hero!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mr. Field, Principal

  4. DMeyers
    Posted from: 24.120.60.99

    April 22nd, 2008 12:59
    4

    The above post is awesome. Every school should be so lucky as to have an administrator that reads VBD

  5. Ali Huberlie
    Posted from: 165.123.230.87

    April 22nd, 2008 13:47
    5

    Mr. Field, Ms. Geschel, Eddie, Yong, and, well Franklin Towne in general are pretty amazing.

    Voices was an incredible experience for all involved, and I’m so glad that this was posted on VBD for all to say. I consider myself incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to work with Eddie, Yong, Ryan, Rubin, and Subee, and it’s great to see them honored here.

    Special shout-out to Eddie, who remains one of the nicest and most genuine people I’ve ever met inside or outside of debate. Congrats, Eddie. You deserve this!

  6. Holly Downey
    Posted from: 76.98.254.83

    April 22nd, 2008 14:44
    6

    I can’t help but remember how nervous Eddie and Yong were for their first debates this year. You have both come a long way and we are sooooo proud of you!

    Mrs. Downey

  7. Matt Ross
    Posted from: 66.108.131.237

    April 22nd, 2008 18:33
    7

    i second Dan Meyers

  8. David McGinnis
    Posted from: 12.216.167.34

    April 23rd, 2008 17:07
    8

    Congratulations to coach Katie Poulos!

  9. Alexander McCobin
    Posted from: 165.123.229.87

    April 23rd, 2008 18:16
    9

    I’d just like to congratulate every student who competed! So many students have learned so much this year and schools that have never had debate teams before have become absolutely incredible!

    The Voices of Philadelphia was only possible because of tremendous support from a variety of individuals who deserve recognition:

    Thank you Alex Anderson and Katie Poulos who directed the tournament and the plethora of volunteers and RR participants who helped with logistics and judging.

    Thank you to the esteemed final round judging panel and other prominent members of the Pennsylvania community who participated in the tournament.

    Thank you to Jon Cruz for donating the amazing trophies that students fell in love with at first sight.

    And most of all, thank you to Drexel University and its administrators! Drexel donated all the space for the tournament, free breakfast, lunch and snacks for competitors, coaches and judges, and on top of it all, awarded a total $30,000 in college scholarships to students who competed! Drexel is an amazing university with incredible leaders who are truly dedicated to advancing education at every level.

  10. Ms. Lauren Geschel
    Posted from: 96.227.25.105

    April 23rd, 2008 21:01
    10

    I would like to thank Lilly, Alex, Katie, Evan, Ali, and everyone who has helped us this past year. We went from walking in blindly to debates to walking in prepared and confident. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!!
    Yay Eddie! Yay Yong!

    Miss G

  11. Vineet
    Posted from: 71.131.177.252

    April 23rd, 2008 23:39
    11

    SUBEE

  12. Eddie Amador
    Posted from: 71.226.213.29

    April 24th, 2008 14:40
    12

    Well, thank you everyone for all the congratulations and kind words. I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who helped me win this competition, because I clearly didn’t do it on my own. Thanks to Katie and Evan first, because they were the first people who really helped me with debate; being volunteers at FTC. Second, who should almost be first, is Lauren Geschel for being so absolutely dedicated to her debate team. The list of things she’s done for the team would be endless. Ali, for helping me with my cases, and offering advice and help when you could. Lilly Deng and Alex McCobin also deserve thanks for being so awesome and creating and running Perspectives, haha. This year was awesome, and I’m really proud I got into the swing of things with debate. I’m sad my year is over though :[ Haha, but I plan on being a part of Perspectives in the future. I definitely plan on going back to FTC and helping our team next year, and perhaps volunteer some with Perspectives.
    Once again, thank you everyone for what you’ve said, and thank you everyone who has helped me make it this far.

    :D

  13. Subee Jacob
    Posted from: 68.80.199.81

    June 24th, 2008 01:55
    13

    I never thought i would be any good at debate…seriously! I tremendously want to thank Ali Huberlie who is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. Big thanks to Perspectives and everyone i met. Im going to miss everyone who is leaving and next year is going to be AWESOME! :p :D~ late comment

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