DOTY 2012 Table Gets a Flood of New Names

The playing field is level at the start of this year's debating season. Six Indonesian universities made it to the grandfinals of the country's first 3 tournaments in 2012 -- Indonesian Varsities English Debate, Asian English Olympics and ALSA Unpad E-Challenge. The best speakers of those competitions also hailed from 3 different schools. The result is there are 37 new names in the Debater of the Year 2012 table for February. There are also several rising stars on the list like Ashila Reza from Universitas Padjadjaran who did not have any record before but now is sitting at 6th place after winning ALSA Unpad. Click here to go to the complete table. The top 10 names on the latest DOTY list are:

1. Rifan Ibnu Rahman (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
2. Aryo Febrian (Universitas Bakrie)
3. Rendi Prahara (Universitas Padjadjaran)
4. Egalita Irfan (Universitas Indonesia)
5. Bramesada Prasastyoga (Universitas Indonesia)
6. Ashila Reza (Universitas Padjadjaran)
7. Mutiara Hapsari (Universitas Bakrie)
8. Rosmiyana (Binus University)
9. Aulia Anggita (Universitas Indonesia)
10. Amir Abdul Aziz (Universitas Gadjah Mada)