Our Directors
Nikhil Daniel, Camp Director
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Nikhil is a rising junior at Trinity Prep High School in Florida. He's one of the captains of his PF team and has been debating for three years. Over that time, He's earned 11 bids to the TOC and been ranked as high as 11th nationally. His favorite aspects of debate include theory, weighing, and impact turns. Outside of debate, He loves playing with my dog, listening to Drake, and watching “Suits”. He's excited to work with everyone!
Eva Redmond, Camp Director
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Eva is a rising senior at Blake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has received 11 bids to the TOC, where she broke and received 5th speaker her sophomore year. She has championed UK, Apple Valley, the Blake Round Robin, the Ivy Street Round Robin, and Emory, and been ranked as high as 1st nationally. Eva leads the Minnesota branch of Outreach Debate, directs the Outreach Newsletter, and has instructed at past summer and winter camps.
Kion Manesh, Camp Director
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Kion Manesh debated at Fairmont Prep for 4 years. In that time, he qualified to Tournament of Champions three times and amassed 5 career bids. Most notably, he semifinaled Apple Valley, octafinaled Berkeley, and reached out rounds at tournaments like ASU, Yale, Stanford, the TOC Digital Series, and more. Kion loves to teach and is super excited to be helping direct the Summer Outreach Debate Camp!
Important Information
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We ask all financially able debaters to donate $10 - $15 to our camp. Our camps incur costs that add up from tabroom and Zoom. If you'd like to see the long term success of our program, please donate! Only 50% of our registrants donating would ensure our summer camp could run for 3 years
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Applications to instruct our open, and under review by our camp directors. Apply here.
Our History
Our instructors have historically been some of the best debaters in the nation. They have championed the Peach State Tournament, championed the Palm Classic, championed the Yale Invitational, finaled the UK Season Opener, finaled Glenbrooks, finaled TOC Digital 1, semifinaled the Blake Tournament, quartered the Barkley Forum, reached eliminations at the Tournament of Champions, autoqualified through NSDAs and NCFLs, and amassed 80+ bids to the TOC.
Special Thank You to Outreach Debate Instructors and Directors
Ilan Arias: NSU School
Eva Redmond: The Blake School
Leo Jia: Saratoga Highschool
Neil Jin: Boston Latin School
Sasha Cara: Princeton Highschool
Ramon Perez: West Broward Highschool
Ethan Jacobs: Myers Park Highschool
Fiona Hu: Cary Academy
Ella Zhang: Cary Academy
Usho Watanbe: Tapei America Highschool
Aaron Tian: Thomas Wootton Highschool
Grant Goering: Norman North Highschool
Ridwan Siddique: Norman North Highschool
Nikhil Daniel: Trinity School
Summer '23 Alumni
Sam Chen: Boston Latin School
Duaa Ali: Dreyfoos School
Raiyan Choudhury: BASIS Chandler
Julien Benchek: Hawen
Kaveri Krishnamoorthy: Newton South
Ishan Tewari: Newton South
Michelle Su: Northview Highschool
Peggy Wu: Saigon South
Shannon Nguyen: Saigon South
Winter '23 Alumni