The National Speech & Debate Association honors exceptional students with the Academic All-American Award.
Student |
Year Awarded |
| Melissa Dunn | 2009 |
| Brittany Schloesser | 2009 |
| Sohum Doshi | 2010 |
| Rachel Matusewicz | 2010 |
| Kevin Palermo | 2012 |
| Kevin Qiao | 2012 |
| Nathan Cha | 2013 |
| Aaron Bennett | 2015 |
| Harry Kern | 2016 |
| Amy Pu | 2017 |
| Bryn Bennett | 2017 |
| Shefali Das | 2017 |
| Caitlyn Dempsey | 2017 |
| Kathryn Altman | 2018 |
| Nicole Nissel | 2018 |
| Claudia Pietrus | 2019 |
| Katherine Hu | 2019 |
| Allie Wu | 2019 |
| Brenna McConnell | 2020 |
| Kyle Johnson | 2021 |
| Conner Cafero | 2022 |
| Christopher Sebastian | 2022 |
| Carolyn He | 2024 |
Academic All-American Criteria
Team members who have met the criteria below are encouraged to apply:
- Earned the degree of Superior Distinction (750 points)
- Earned EITHER:
- A GPA of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale; OR
- A GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, and received an ACT score of 27 or higher or SAT score of 1300
- Completed at least 5 semesters of high school
- Demonstrated outstanding character and leadership