Zain Kapoor debated for Newton South for four years. During his career, he amassed 6 TOC bids (as of December 2024), and qualified for the TOC twice, earning a gold autoqual for his senior year. He's reached late elimination rounds at many tournaments, like semi-finals at Georgetown, quarter-finals at Averill, and breaking at many other notable tournaments like TOC, NCFLS, Harvard, and Yale. He's also mentored many of his teammates at Newton South to their first bids. While the majority of his experience is with lay debate, he prefers more technical substance debates and looks forward to teaching round vision, high-level research skills, and judge adaptation. Outside of debate, he enjoys yelling at Jayson Tatum through his TV and listening to music.