Altogether, 12 Classic Debate Camp alumni competed at the 2018 NSDA National Tournament held in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Katie Blowers competed in LD, Michael John Larenas-Leach competed in PF, and Karishma Ponkshe competed in World Schools Debate. In speech events, CA LD state champ Tim Huang competed in International Extemporaneous Speaking and advanced to the top 60 while Auryon Azar competed in Dramatic Interpretation and also advanced to the top 60. In the elimination rounds of World Schools Debate, Tian Treb advanced to the double-octafinal round (top 32) and both Nikki Peter and Tia Speece advanced to the octafinal round (top 16). In the elimination rounds of Lincoln-Douglas, Max Bradley made it to round 9, Isaiah Paik made round 10, and Eva Lamberson reached round 12 and won 11th place. Most impressively, in Big Questions Debate, Clare Abboud advanced to the final round of competition and won 2nd place on a close 4-3 decision. Along with her 2nd place trophy, Clare won a $5000 scholarship. Finally, coach James Lewis was honored with his first coaching diamond from the NSDA. Other CDC instructors who attended nationals were Leslie Muhlbach, who is now serving on the NSDA LD Wording Committee; Jacob Schriner-Briggs, who qualified two PF teams to nationals, one making it to round 11 and one advancing to round 13; and Peter Paik, who was a judge in the final round of PF.