Former Coaches

Speechify’s former coaches brought tournament-winning experience into the program and helped shape the competitive standard our current roster carries forward.

Rohan Dash

  • Freshman @ Columbia University

  • ETOC National Champion

  • 5th at Florida Blue Key

  • 7th at Glenbrooks

  • 11th at Harvard

Grant Kozisek

  • Junior @ KSU

  • 4th in STO at NSDA

  • 3rd in EXPO at NSDA

  • Octofinalist in Info

Andrew Zheng

  • 4th in Extemp at NSDA

  • Freshman @ UC Berkeley

  • 3rd at Berkeley

  • TOC Bids Leader 24-25

Evelyn Tsoi

• Sophomore @ UCLA

  • 5th in Extemp at NSDA

  • MBA Round Robin Invitee

  • James Logan Champion

Abhijay Rana

  • Sophomore @ UC Berkeley

  • James Logan Champion

  • 3rd at Berkeley

  • TOC Semifinalist

Ellie Sohn

  • Sophomore @ UC Berkeley

  • 5th at UKTOC

  • MBA Round Robin Invitee

  • NSDA Semifinalist

Claire Han

• Freshman @ Brown

  • 6th at NCFL Nats

  • 6th at Glenbrooks

  • 2x NSDA Semifinalist

Sven Stumbauer

  • Freshman @ Georgetown

  • Florida Blue Key Champion

  • 2nd at Barkley Forum

  • TOC Semifinalist

Rowan Seipp

  • Freshman @ UC Berkeley

  • TFA State Champion

  • 4x UIL State Champion

  • 2nd at UKTOC/Glenbrooks

  • 3rd at ETOC

  • 2nd at MBA RR

Cody Brown

• Freshman @ USC

  • OK State Champion

  • 6th at NSDA in EXC

  • 10th at NIETOC

Victory Okoroji

  • Freshman @ WKU

  • Nsda POI Champion

  • UT Austin OO Champion

Shriya Dharmapurikar

  • Freshman @ Harvard

  • 4th @ Florida Blue Key

  • 15th @ NCFL

  • NSDA Quarterfinalist

Elisa King

  • Senior @ Shawnee Mission

  • 10th at NSDA in INFO

  • 16th at NCFL in DUO

  • 2x KS State Champion

Lindsay Brasner

  • Senior @ American Heritage

  • 13th in INFO at NSDA

  • FFL States INFO Champion

  • 5th at NIETOC

DaZayah Hartshorn-Harvey

  • Freshman @ UNL

  • 6th in POI at NSDA

  • NIETOC Quarterfinalist

  • NSDA OO Octofinalist

Sawyer Beach

  • Emory OO Champion

  • Senior @

  • Harvard Semifinalist

  • NSDA Quarterfinalist

George Matthew Gutierrez

  • Senior @ Harlingen High

  • NSDA HI National Champion

  • NIETOC HI National Champion

  • NSDA Duo Runner Up

George Matthew Gutierrez

  • Freshman @ UT Austin

  • NSDA DI National Champ

  • NSDA Duo Runner Up

  • Harvard Duo Champion

Jonah Downs

  • Freshman @ FSU

  • 2x NSDA Champion in EXC

  • FFL State Runner Up

  • Florida Blue Key RR Champion

Akshaya Krishnan

  • Sophomore @ Georgetown

  • UPenn Invitational Champ

  • NJ State Champ

  • TOC Semifinalist

Alina Vang

  • Freshman @ UIUC

  • 15th at NSDA Nats

  • IL State Champion

  • Extemp TOC Semifinalist

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