Meet the WSC Champions Behind Your Success
Our coaches have competed at the highest levels of World Scholar's Cup. They know what it takes to win because they've done it themselves.
Our Coaching Team
Every coach on our team has competed at the highest levels of WSC and knows firsthand what it takes to succeed.
Minami Matsushima
Senior WSC Coach · 2018 WSC World Champion
Minami is a former WSC World Champion, having won the 2018 Tournament of Champions. She has close to a decade of experience coaching the World Scholar's Cup, and her students have reached deep elimination rounds at multiple competitions. She is also an accomplished debater, having secured multiple breaks at major regional and world championships in university.
Credentials
- 2018 WSC World Champion
- Nearly a decade coaching WSC
- Multi-break at major debate championships
Shaurya Chandravanshi
Senior WSC Coach · 2019 Global Round Champion Scholar
Shaurya has been at the cutting edge of WSC for over 8 years. As a competitor, he was the 1st Champion Scholar at the 2019 Hague Global Round, and placed 6th (2018) and 4th (2019) at the Yale Tournament of Champions. He also won the Asimov Award for topping the Scholar's Quiz three times and has been a Top 20 essay writer at the ToC. More than 90 of his students have reached WSC Global Rounds and over 40 of them have been awarded individual medals.
Credentials
- 1st Champion Scholar, 2019 Hague Global Round
- 3x Asimov Award · 4th at Yale Tournament of Champions
- 90+ students reached Global Rounds, 40+ medalists
Netra Easwaran
WSC Coach · Yale TOC Coordinator
Netra is currently a student at Yale where she helps run the Tournament of Champions. She has extensive experience mentoring students for the World Scholar's Cup and serves as the President of the Yale International Relations Association. Netra is an accomplished parliamentary debater and has reached late elimination rounds at multiple tournaments, including the Harvard Invitational.
Credentials
- Yale Student · TOC Coordinator
- President, Yale International Relations Association
- Late elimination rounds, Harvard Invitational
Ricky Huang
Senior Debate Coach · Former Oxford Union Director of Training
Ricky was previously the Director of Training and Head Debate Coach at the Oxford Union, where he developed curricula and taught over 500 competitive debaters. As a competitor, Ricky won the Indo-Pacific Debating Championship, reached Open Finals (2nd Best Speaker) at the North American University Debating Championship, and made Open Semifinals (3rd Best Speaker) at the Oxford IV. His students have won major awards at the World University Debating Championship, Oxford IV, and Australasian Debating Championship.
Credentials
- Former Director of Training, Oxford Union
- Indo-Pacific Debating Champion
- 2nd Best Speaker, North American Universities (Open Finals)
Peregrine Beckett
Senior Debate Coach · Former Head Coach, Columbia Debate Society
Peregrine ("Perry") was the Head Coach of the Columbia Debate Society, where he led training for the university's American Parliamentary debate squads. As a competitor, Perry was Top Speaker at the Harvard Invitational and reached the Finals of the Princeton IV. He has coached debate for over six years and worked with more than 500 students, including National Champions from Harvard, Yale, and the American national circuit.
Credentials
- Former Head Coach, Columbia Debate Society
- Top Speaker, Harvard Invitational
- 500+ students coached, including National Champions
Biser Angelov
Senior Debate Coach · European University Champion
Biser was a European University Debating Championship Champion and former coach of the Bulgarian National Debate Team. He represented Bulgaria at the World Schools Debating Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the World University Debating Championship in Madrid. As a former Board Member of the Bulgarian Debate Association, Biser spent three consecutive years training the country's top young debaters through individual coaching, workshops, and tournament judging, and has worked with over 60 members of his university debate club.
Credentials
- European University Debating Championship Champion
- Former Coach, Bulgarian National Debate Team
- Quarterfinals, World University Debating Championship (Madrid)