Mitty’s Speech and Debate has claimed first at the California State Championship five times: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 (2020 tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19).
As of July 2025, MSD has produced 26 National Finalists and 19 State Champions.
This past summer at Nationals, MSD earned the highest team award at the National Speech and Debate Tournament for the 8th time. Our Monarchs earned School of Outstanding Distinction, awarded to the nation’s Top 10 schools out of over 2000.
Congratulations to the following National Finalists:
Navya Tyagali(AMHS ‘25) placed 11th in Congressional Debate: Senate.
Senior Chaith Mittal(AMHS ‘26) placed 3rd in Congressional Debate: House.
Sameet Das(AMHS ‘25) and Niranjan Ashok(AMHS ’25) placed 2nd in Public Forum Debate.
Jayden Brown(AMHS ‘25) and Senior Avi Gupta(AMHS ‘26) were the DUO Interpretation Final Round Champions.