January 2025 - BrainMaster Results

Peninsula in Palos Verdes:

Despite sending a majority of middle schoolers to this high school national Tournament of Champions qualifying tournament, we continued our streak of being the most successful afterschool enrichment academy in the country. We were the #1 overall team at this contest out of 95 teams!

• Informative: 1st - Kathleen Hong (NIETOC + TOC bid), 6th - Izzie Tran (TOC bid), Semifinalist - Maanya Kaur

• POI: 2nd - Natalie Hong (TOC bid), 6th - Betty Chen (Troy)

• Extemp: 3rd - Claire Liu (TOC bid)

• Oratory: 4th - Sofia Patel (middle schooler; NIETOC + TOC bid), 5th - Luna Bouhairi (NIETOC + TOC bid), 6th - Emily Wang (NIETOC + TOC bid)

• Impromptu: 6th - Sissi Wang (middle schooler), Semifinalists - Luna Bouhairi, Kelly Liu, Melody Mo (Harvard-Westlake, middle schooler)

• Novice Policy: 1st - Daniel Lu/Gloria He, Quarterfinalists - Evan Choe/Jerry Zhang, Bella Tan/Melody Wu; 1st Speaker - Daniel Lu, 3rd Speaker - Bella Tan, 4th Speaker - Melody Wu (all middle schoolers)\

• Novice LD: 2nd - Kamille Le, Semifinalist - Rena Zhuang, Quarterfinalists - Benjamin Haselhuhn, Grace Chen; 2nd Speaker - Kamille Le, 4th Speaker - Rena Zhuang (middle schoolers)

• Novice PF: 1st - Elizabeth Lu/Elsa Zhou; 1st Speaker - Elizabeth Lu, 2nd Speaker - Elsa Zhou (middle schoolers)

• Open Policy: Octofinalists - Charlie Pan/Stella Pellier (middle schoolers)

Private Students:

Congrats to Iris Ye (Peninsula), who took 2nd in Dramatic and POI at Arizona State University, earning NIETOC and TOC bids in both categories!