Ishan competed for and now coaches at Strake Jesuit. As a competitor, he earned a record 36 bids, including 27 golds, and championed 15 bid-offering tournaments, most notably winning the Barkley Forum twice. He was also runner-up at the 2022 Gold TOC and remains the only person to have won TFA State twice in PF. After graduating in 2023, Ishan coached the 2024 and 2025 Gold TOC champions. His team led the 2025 field in qualifiers and had the most elimination round participants in both years. Students he has worked with have either won or top-spoken at half of the season’s octas-bid-offering tournaments.
