 In 2014, Gaba was chosen for a National Federation of State High School Association "Speech, Debate and Theatre Association District 3 Award," representing Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.He was named a George Mason University Patriot Games Invitational Debate Tournament "Mason Mentor" in 2013, and was the Florida Forensic League's State Debate Coach of the Year in 2011-12.Wellington Debate's first coach was Barbara Dale McCall - dubbed "The Queen of Lincoln Douglas Debate" by the National Forensic League.