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Yixiao Zhang

Yixiao Zhang

Position: Pitch(pipe)

Major: Global Affairs

Interests: Opera, soccer, dogs

Fav quote: “Per aspera ad astra!” - Some roman guy

Fav memory: Hiking the gorgeous mountains in Switzerland :)

Charlie Calkins

Charlie Calkins

Position: Business Manager & Head Rush Manager

Major: Ginger Studies

Interests: Triathlons, free charcuterie boards, golden retrievers

Favorite Quote: "Too much of a good thing can be great."

Favorite Cat Memory: Buying gummy worms on the top of Table Mountain after an intense hike up

Benjamin Jimenez

Benjamin Jimenez

Position: President, Rush Manager

Major: Theater, Dance and Performance Studies & Political Science

Interests: Tap dancing and Caamp

Favorite Quote: “Gooood”

Favorite cat memory: Bellyflopping into the Breckenridge snow after sitting in a hot tub

Cyrus Rivers

Cyrus Rivers

Position: Co-Publicity Manager & Tour Manager

Major: Conjuring, Spellcraft, and Illusions

Interests: Oil painting outdoors, playing pickleball, and titrating the bile of a river toad into a solution of Gilgamesh’s seed to enhance one’s levitative capabilities.

Favorite Quote: "Jesters do oft prove prophets.” Alternatively, “Jesters do oft make profits.”

Favorite Cat Memory: Conjuring a yodeling ghoul to sing with us in the Swiss Alps.

Jonathan Akinniyi

Jonathan Akinniyi

Position: Guiding Light

Major: Political Science

Interests: Blessing hearts

Favorite Quote: Dum spiro, Spero (while I breath I hope) and Que sera, sera (what will be, will be)

Favorite Cat Memory: Please don’t make me choose just one!

Sebastian Gervase

Sebastian Gervase

Position: Assistant Pitch, CG

Major: English

Interests: Frozen grapes, musical theater, avoiding ops in L&B

Favorite Quote: "If it all goes south, it was a lot of fun" - Sammy Rae

Favorite Cat Memory: Climbing the Great Wall of China in sickness and in health (but mainly sickness)

Stellan Min

Stellan Min

Position: Rush Manager

Major: Seahawks fan

Interests: Poetry, fine wine, leather chairs, desks of a deep rich mahogany

Favorite Quote: “They’d say no sloppy steaks, but they can’t stop you from ordering a steak and a glass of water.”

Favorite Cat Memory: Singing "Golden Slumbers" on the Great Wall of China

Jehan Fernando

Jehan Fernando

Position: Executive Kitten

Major: Global Affairs

Interests: Cheese and Beach Volleyball

Favorite Quote: “But Ja-haaaaan” - Lyle

Favorite Cat Memory: Apple Pie Baking with the Cats

Jaden Nicita

Jaden Nicita

Position: 3rd Base

Major: Theater, Dance and Performance Studies & Political Science

Interests: Spider-Man and Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Favorite Quote: “Mary, would you like to emancipate the proclamations?” - Abraham Lincoln

Favorite cat memory: Drinking mystery liquid from that weird goblet

August Rivers

August Rivers

Ben Heller

Ben Heller

Position: [REDACTED] & Social Chair

Major: Theater, History, & [REDACTED]

Official Nickname: Hellbender

Interests: [REDACTED], [REDACTED], Ben Platt and [REDACTED]

Favorite Cat Memory: Singing [REDACTED], which led to [REDACTED]

Marko Gajic

Marko Gajic

Position: Assistant Business Manager, Mystical Older Man

Major: EP&E

Interests: Talking, gesticulating, more talking

Favorite Quote: "Great success!” - Yixiao

Favorite Cat Memory: Dune bashing in the deserts of Qatar

Noah Jung

Noah Jung

Position: Head Tour Manager & Short King 👑

Major: Isolation, because I, in fact, don't Noah guy.

Interests: Looking for people to be in a band with, tweaking a sample until auditory perfection, and bingeing K-Dramas

Favorite Quote: "And I did it, maiayahaiaiahahaaahay waeaeaey" - micahslidatra

Favorite Cat Memory: Finding our feline doppelgangers on the streets of Istanbul

Schandy Cordero

Schandy Cordero

Ryann Schaffer

Ryann Schaffer

Position: Co-Publicity Manager & Resident Hotshot

Major: Deal

Interests: Freshwater Fish Keeping, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Jazz

Favorite Quote: "Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" — Derek Zoolander

Favorite Cat Memory: Falling into a ditch while chasing a lion during a South African Safari. All the other Alley Cats pointed and laughed. Ryann will never forgive them.

Lyle Mondano

Lyle Mondano

Leo Rael

Leo Rael

Position: The Oracle

Major: English and something else

Interests: Subtext, judgement, The Hunger Games, poetry, kindness, swag

Favorite Quote: “It feels like somebody… WANTS TO SELL ME SOMETHING!” — Spongebob Squarepants

Favorite cat memory: Joining the Cats and feeling loved and welcomed by everyone!! 😊😍

Joseph Aguilar

Joseph Aguilar

Position: Performance Manager

Major: Computing and the Arts (so I can both develop and be replaced by AI)

Interests: Hosting game shows

Favorite Quote: “Everybody knows the best bananas will be ripe with time.”

Favorite cat memory: Learning to ski down the Breckenridge slopes with the Alley Cats

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Yixiao Zhang
Charlie Calkins
Benjamin Jimenez
Cyrus Rivers
Jonathan Akinniyi
Sebastian Gervase
Stellan Min
Jehan Fernando
Jaden Nicita
August Rivers
Ben Heller
Marko Gajic
Noah Jung
Schandy Cordero
Ryann Schaffer
Lyle Mondano
Leo Rael
Joseph Aguilar
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