More than three-hundred students from thirty-five schools, sixteen states, and three countries attended the second annual Middle School National Tournament of Champions hosted by the University of Kentucky.

The university hosted the first high school Tournament of Champions in 1971. Fifteen Kudos students attended the tournament, and nine of them went home with trophies. Kudos was one of only two schools in the country with semifinalists in more than one debate events.

In policy debate, Ethan Chang and Aaron Lee finished in second place. Ethan was also seventh speaker.

In Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, Aaron Zhang won the third place and was seventh speaker. Christina Feng reached the partial octafinal round (top 10).

In public forum debate, the teams of Abigail Fang and Grace Jin and Alex Fu and Ava Ye both reached the octafinal round (9th place). Sunny Sun was 12th speaker among 136 competitors in PF.
Also in PF, the team of Rachel Bai and Allison Yue, and the team of Ellie Jiang and Sunny Sun finished 3-3, an outstanding record, missed breaking by a slim margin.

Ethan Chang CX w/ Aaron 2nd place
Ethan Chang CX 7th speaker
Aaron Lee CX w/ Ethan 2nd place
Aaron Zhang LD Semifinals (top 4)
Aaron Zhang LD 7th speaker
Christina Feng LD Octafinals (top 10)
Abigail Fang PF w/ Grace Octafinals (top 16)
Grace Jin PF w/ Abigail Octafinals (top 16)
Alex Fu PF w/ Ava Octafinals (top 16)
Ava Ye PF w/ Alex Octafinals (top 16)
Sunny Sun PF 12th speaker