Varsity Congressional Debate

This page catalogues the state champions and state runners up since the GFCA became the sole state championship for all events in 2011. Pictured to the right are the 2023 Varsity State Champions, Aran Sonnad-Joshi from Midtown High School. They are coached by Mario Herrera and Lucas Bailey.

  • 2013 (House)

    State Champion
    Lee County High School
    Hugh Slaton

    State Runner Up
    Lee County High School
    Stallion Cagle

  • 2013 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Salome Kakalashvili

    State Runner Up
    Lee County High School
    Alan Un

  • 2014 (House)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Salome Kakalashvili

    State Runner Up
    Warner Robins High School
    Cassie Malcolm

  • 2014 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Marist School
    Chandler Apple

    State Runner Up
    Lee County High School
    Stallion Cagle

  • 2015 (House)

    State Champion
    Lee County High School
    Yugansh Malik

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Gregory Federov

  • 2015 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Keegan Hasson

    State Runner Up
    Warner Robins High School
    Ryanne Popken

  • 2016 (House)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Max Rafferty

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Sophie Rivard

  • 2016 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Gregory Federov

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Todd Pengelly

  • 2017 (House)

    State Champion
    Columbus High School
    Morgan Pace

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Sophie Rivard

  • 2017 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Gregory Federov

    State Runner Up
    Houston County High School
    Avery Eddy

  • 2018 (Combined)

    State Champion
    Cherokee High School
    John Peterson

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Robert Weimar

  • 2019 (House)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Francisco Fernandez

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Eric Slovensky

  • 2019 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Lassiter High School
    Hadi Malik

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Harrison Gray

  • 2020 (House)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Nicolas Kamel

    State Runner Up
    Valdosta High School
    Kathryn Plumb

  • 2020 (Senate)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Tyler Jones

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    George Lefkowicz

  • 2021 (Combined)

    State Champion
    Henry W. Grady High School
    George Lefkowicz

    State Runner Up
    Henry W. Grady High School
    Ava Smith

  • 2022 (Combined)

    State Champion
    Midtown High School
    Lauren Scaffidi

    State Runner Up
    Decatur High School
    Maddock Thomas

  • 2023 (Combined)

    State Champion
    Midtown High School
    Aran Sonnad-Joshi

    State Runner Up
    Midtown High School
    Jeffrey Hallett