Where our speakers go next!

Stanford University · Management Science and Engineering

Events: Info, HI, OO, Impromptu, Poetry, Storytelling, Congress. Fav memory: Eating pizza at States and Sushi at Nats with the team!

USC · Economics

Anchored the Public Forum A-team for three seasons. Credits late-night case rewrites for making college problem sets feel easy.

Harvey Mudd · Communication

Won her first Original Oratory final as a junior after joining with zero experience. Coaches middle school speech on weekends.

Harvard University · Government

Former Congress Captain who authored more legislation than anyone in club history. Says presiding taught him how to run a room.

UC Berkeley · Business Administration

Ran club logistics and turned food fest into the team's biggest fundraiser. Now leads case competitions at Marshall.

UC San Diego · Cognitive Science

Broke to octafinals at a national circuit tournament in Parli. Still keeps her old flow paper as a good-luck charm.

Georgetown University · Government and Economics

​My name is Ishan Patel. I’m a freshman at Georgetown University (CO ‘25) who is intending to study Government and Economics. At Troy, I was also mainly involved in Speech and Debate, Mock Trial, FBLA, Varsity Wrestling, and Peer Tutoring. On the side, I founded a podcast with my friends and wrote a few articles on Medium. Mock Trial was one of my central activities in high school that really sparked my interest in law.

UC Berkeley · Economics

​What’s up everyone. I’m Aaron Bai – former VP of Troy Speech and Debate. I’m the founder of Almonds, a fintech company providing what banks haven’t been able to do for decades – giving the average person financial freedom. Additionally, I’m an advisor to an education startup and I study economics at UC Berkeley. Troy Speech and Debate helped me strengthen the skills I need now – along with providing me a family of a lifetime. Shoutout to my parli partner Dale Tran :).

Indiana University · Kelley School of Business

Hi everyone! My name is Nanette Zhang and I am currently majoring in marketing at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. At Troy, I was involved with public forum in speech and debate and was president of Future Business Leaders of America. Currently, I’m part of the Public Relations team for my school’s fashion magazine (SEASON MAGAZINE) while serving as the Politics + Activism Web Writer at META MAG. Speech and debate was the thing that got me really interested in communication and nuances between various perspectives. Despite serving creative teams currently, I am still able to implement deep research and synthesis skills from speech and debate to formulate marketing campaigns or articles. Feel free to reach out if you may have any questions!