Gautam is a computer engineering major currently in his first year of college with a contract to transfer to UC Irvine. As a debater who was on the circuit for 2 years and was the M and first speaker in Golden State MR and DebateDrills MR, Gautam got 3 bids, qualified to TOC without a school, won SCU twice, won John Lewis Invitational, finaled at CSU Fullerton, quartered at Michigan, Badgerland Chung, and Georgetown while picking up speaking awards throughout. Gautam has two years of coaching experience and recently coached at NSD Philly. As a debater he was very flay focused and hopes to continue coaching that type of debate.