January 2012:

The new year began with three scheduled tournaments in the first month of 2012. At the Cal Lutheran High School Invitational Tournament, David Dosch won 1^st place in Novice Lincoln-Douglas debate, while Morven Sharp earned 3^rd, and Emily Zeng earned 4^th. Morven also achieved 1^st place in Novice Persuasive Speaking, while Jeremy Stewart pulled in 2^nd. Lastly, David and Jeremy teamed up to capture 3^rd place in Novice Duo Interp.

Later in the month, Kudos took the JV Lincoln-Douglas debate championship at the Pepperdine University Invitational, when David Dosch earned 1^st place. Finally, at the middle school league tournament towards the end of January, Melinda Guo won the Original Advocacy championship, while Jason Jia finished 4^th in that event. Audrey Lam and Joseph Kiang earned the 6^th place trophy in Public Forum Debate, and Caty Szeto finished 2^nd in impromptu as well.