The Heart of Texas Invitational
Past Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champions
1985: Joey Profaizer and Cherrie Daniels (tie) Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas
1986: Laurie Belin Valley High School West DesMoines, Iowa
1987: Brian Hebert St. Thomas More School, Lafayette Louisiana
1988: Heath Dixon Plano East Senior High School Plano, Texas
1989: Ashley Chaffin Plano East Senior High School Plano, Texas
1990: Jeff Nicodemus Newman Smith High School Carrollton, Texas
1991: John Williams Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas
1992: Jason Baldwin Vestavia Hills High School Birmingham, Alabama
1993: Claire Carman Vestavia Hills High School Birmingham, Alabama
1994: Jonathan Carr St. James School Montgomery, Alabama
1995: Will Hayes Klein High School Houston, Texas
1996: Craig Rice Iowa City West High School Iowa City, Iowa
1997: Alex Gomez Palmetto Senior High School Miami, Florida
1998: Tom Zimpleman Valley High School West Des Moines, Iowa
1999: Tom Pryor Hopkins High School Minnetonka, Minnesota
2000: Tommy Clancy Westwood High School Houston, Texas
2001: Kelsey Olson Apple Valley High School Apple Valley, Minnesota
2002: Sam Duby Greenhill School Dallas, Texas
2003: John McKay Menlo-Atherton Menlo Park, California
2004: Adwait Parker Paul D. Shreiber Port Washington, New York
2005: Ryan Cooper Westlake High School Austin, Texas
2006: Patrick Diehl Lynbrook High School San Jose, California
2007: Chris Theis Apple Valley High School Apple Valley, Minnesota
2008: Chris Theis Apple Valley High School Apple Valley, Minnesota
2009: Larry Liu Indian Springs Pelham, Alabama
2010: Shawn Tuteja: The Altamont School Birmingham, Alabama
2011: Sarah Sachs College Prep School Oakland, California
2012: Travis Chen Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, California
2013: Akhil Gandra Westwood High School Austin, Texas
2014: Akhil Jalan and Arjun Tambe (close out) Peninsula High School Rolling Hills Estates, California
2015: Bennett Eckert, Graham Baker, Varad Agarwalla (close out) Greenhill School Dallas, Texas
2016: Richard Cook Strake Jesuit College Prep Houston, Texas
2017: Shruthi Krishnan, Anna Meyers (close out) Greenhill School Dallas, Texas
2018: Ari Davidson Harvard-Westlake Los Angeles, California
2019: Zion Dixon Strake Jesuit College Prep, Houston, Texas
2020-21: Zion Dixon Strake Jesuit College Prep, Houston, Texas
2021 Aanya Ghosh Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts
The Heart of Texas Invitational
Past Lincoln Douglas Debate Top Speakers
1985: Joey Profaizer Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas
1986: Chad Forsberg Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas
1987: Carolyn Nedder Whalert High School Whalert, Iowa
1988: Aaron Suder Plano East Senior High School Plano, Texas
1989: Shalini Ramanathan Newman Smith High School Carrollton, Texas
1990: Jason Baldwin Vestavia Hills High School Birmingham, Alabama
1991: Steve Hunter Homewood High School Homewood, Alabama
1992: Rick de los Reyes Klein High School Houston, Texas
1993: Claire Carman Vestavia Hills High School Birmingham, Alabama
1994: Jonathan Carr St. James School Montgomery, Alabama
1995: Will Hayes Klein High School Houston, Texas
1996: Ari Simon Valley High School West DesMoines, Iowa
1997: Marc Wallenstein Greenhill School Dallas, Texas
1998: Emily Pryor Hopkins High School Minnetonka, Minnesota
1999: Noah Grabowitz Hendrick Hudson High School Montrose, New York