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.
Location: Carolina Session 1
Victory Okoroji
Victory Okoroji is a senior at Hastings High School in Texas. She began her speech and debate journey in middle school as a debater. In high school, she found her passion for advocacy through interpretation, launching her career as an “interper.”
She qualified for state in Dramatic Interpretation as a freshman and excelled as a sophomore, reaching octo-finals at Harvard, qualifying for NIETOC and nationals, and quarter-finaling in Prose. Her junior year was a breakthrough, with numerous local wins, five state qualifications, a third-place finish in Program Oral Interpretation at TFA state, and she was crowned the 2024 NSDA National Champion in POI this past summer. Starting her senior year strong, Victory won first place in Oratory at the University of Texas at Austin tournament. She believes this is just the beginning and is excited to be at ISD this summer!
Beth Clarke
Beth is a four-diamond coach who has been competing in or coaching speech for almost thirty years. She grew up in Illinois, attended Illinois State, and was a two-time collegiate finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking. She then coached and taught at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix for sixteen years, during which she coached multiple national finalists and champions in Extemp, Impromptu, and Oratory. In 2019, she moved to Taipei to teach and coach at Taipei American School, and in 2023, she moved to Washington, D.C., to do a Master’s in Divinity program at Virginia Theological Seminary. Beth is thrilled to be joining the ISD staff this summer!
Eva Redmond
Eva is currently a senior at The Blake School and has debated there for four years. Eva has amassed 15 bids to the Tournament of Champions and won the UK Season Opener, Apple Valley, the Blake Round Robin (2x), the Ivy Street Round Robin, the Barkley Forum, and Minnesota State (2x). She has broken at the TOC two years in a row, receiving 5th speaker her sophomore year. She also loves sailing, playing with her dog, and reading. Eva is thrilled to be a part of ISD!
Aumrita Savdharia
Aumrita is a senior at Fairmont Preparatory Academy where she has debated for five years. Prior to her senior season, she has amassed 17 bids (11 gold, 6 silver) to the Tournament of Champions and she has championed 7 tournaments including NDCAs (2x), Golden Desert Debate Tournament, La Costa Canyon Winter Classic, and Nano Nagle Invitational. Outside of debate, she loves playing NYT word games, reading modernist novels, and listening to microjazz. She is excited to coach at ISD this summer!
Eddy Cavazos
Eddy Cavazos holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Texas A&M University – Kingsville and an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. In addition, Cavazos is a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher and Social Emotional Learning Facilitator via Breathe4Change. Cavazos serves as Head Theatre Director, Speech Coach, and UIL Academic Coordinator at Harlingen High School South and Program Director for Musical Theatre at the Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory, located in South Texas. Cavazos has coached numerous finalists and champions at Yale, Glenbrooks, and Harvard, Texas Forensic Association State Champions, University Interscholastic League State Champions, NIETOC Champions, and NSDA National Champions in Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Prose, and Storytelling. Cavazos received NSDA Coach of the Year Awards for the Gulf Coast District in 2021 and 2023.
Cavazos’ coaching philosophy is rooted in artistry and authenticity while providing his student collaborators with the necessary tools to explore the power of both literature and their point of view. He is thrilled to join the ISD team in 2025 as a Senior Instructor in Interpretation of Literature and cannot wait to support you in your journey and watch you thrive!
Swathi Bodduluri
Swathi Bodduluri is a rising senior at Pennsbury High School. She has served as the Captain of the Speech and Debate team for the past three years while competing in Congressional Debate and Extemporaneous Speaking. Throughout her career, Swathi has placed 4th at NSDA Nationals, 5th at Yale, 6th at Glenbrooks, 4th at the Barkley Forum (Emory), and 5th at Harvard. She has championed tournaments like UPenn, Bronx, and PA/PHSSL State, as well as receiving a Harvard Round Robin invite! When she’s not debating, she’s reading, rowing, or with her friends. She can’t wait to see everyone in Carolina!
Anthony Berryhill
Anthony is the owner of Elite College Hacker, a debate-oriented college admissions company for applicants to the US’s top undergrad, Ph.D., STEM Masters, MBA, and med schools. He also serves as an Assistant LD Debate coach for Isidore Newman High school. Most recently, Anthony coached the #2 speaker (and 9th place) at NSDA Nationals in LD. His students, across the previous 20+ years, have won LD championships at NCFL and TOC, multiple Round 12+ finishes and speaker awards at NSDA, and in the past decade, multiple state championships (North Carolina, Louisiana, Oregon).Anthony is also a former Vice President and Executive at PIMCO, the largest U.S. fixed income fund, where he served as the Head of Learning and Program Management. Anthony is also an alumnus of Stanford (undergrad), Yale (Ph.D)., and has additional credentials as an MBA and certified project manager (PMP).
Ethan Massa
Ethan is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Philosophy. He also served as the director of Lincoln Douglas debate for the Florida Blue Key Tournament. His students have won tournaments such as Bronx, Valley, the Harvard Round Robin, Stanford, the Tournament of Champions, and NSDA Nationals. Ethan’s specialties include theory debate, speech execution/strategy, and argument construction. In his free time, Ethan greatly enjoys football and mixed martial arts – and if you ever have trouble finding him, it would be helpful to start your search at the nearest sushi bar.
Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Miller is the Director of Speech & Debate at Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia where he has been since 2011. Jeffrey is a three-diamond NSDA coach who was the Georgia Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2023. He was also inducted into the Georgia Debate Hall of Fame in 2023. He has held leadership positions within the state organization as well as currently serving his 8th year on the NSDA Public Forum Wording Committee. Throughout his tenure at Marist, he’s qualified more than 100 students to the NSDA National Tournament and more than 40 students to the Tournament of Champions across all events. His students have reached late elimination rounds at virtually every national tournament in the country. He previously has worked as a Public Forum Debate Curriculum Director at Summit Debate, UGA, Emory University and Dartmouth College. Jeffrey is looking forward to his first summer with ISD!