ONCE A CAT
Current Members
Classes of 2028 & 2029
Jaden Nicita | T2
Position: President
Major: Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies & Philosophy
Interests: Spider-Man and Ice Cream of all varieties
Favorite Quote: “All you need is love, ba da da da daaa”
Favorite Cat Memory: First meeting the Alley Cat’s pet gerbil (Furry)
Parker Mednikow | T1
Position: Musical Director, Vocal Percussionist
Major: Chemical Engineering
Interests: The Great Mystical Realm of the Musical Life™
Favorite Quote: "Goodbye forever 💛"
Favorite Cat Memory: Playing spikeball when I should’ve been studying for my final.
Jehan Fernando | B1
Position: Business Manager
Major: Global Affairs and Extraterrestrial Affairs
Interests: Haircuts, good food, volleyball
Favorite Quote: “If want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. Oooh” — Batman
Favorite Cat Memory: Singing on the jeaprody set!
Lyle Mondano | T1
Position: Head Rush Manager, Social Chair
Major: Ethics, Politics & Economics
Interests: Folk Music, Drawing, The Gym, Filipino culture, coffee
Favorite Quote: “If all you are at Yale is ‘busy’ I urge you to rethink your choices” - Dean of TD
Favorite Cat Memory: The How Deep is Your Love music video
August Rivers | B2
Position: Assistant Musical Director, Ol’ Blue Eyes
Major: Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies
Interests: Hemming, hawing
Favorite Quote: “My, my, my girl…”
Favorite Cat Memory: Ben Heller’s hometown concert
Leo Rael | B1
Position: Baritone
Major: English, Creative Writing
Interests: Subtext, judgement, poetry, kindness, hamartia, swag, house music
Favorite Quote: "It feels like somebody... WANTS TO SELL ME SOMETHING!" — Spongebob Squarepants
Favorite Cat Memory: Long conversations with the Rivers family dog, Archibald
Jack Miller | T1
Position: Swiftie
Major: English
Interests: Ireland, poetry, falling leaves, chai from the Acorn
Favorite Quote: “I will never be happy, but tonight, I am content” — Sylvia Plath
Favorite Cat Memory: The shores of Cape Cod
Arnav Nawani | T2
Position: Starnav, Head Tour Manager
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Eating, reading, and talking
Favorite Quote: "You can't have your cake and eat it too"
Favorite Cat Memory: Tap Night (what’s that?)
Nyle Jones | B1
Position: Creative Director
Major: Cognitive Science
Interests: Bjork
Favorite Quote: “shhhh” - Lorde
Favorite Cat Memory: The Alley Cat Hat Theory
Rich Eichhorst | B2
Position: Resident Redcoat, Performance Manager
Major: Accents
Interests: The great fields of England
Favorite Quote: "Loooomiss Chaffeee!” - Cyrus Rivers
Favorite Cat Memory: Spikeball shenanigans
Past Members
Classes of 2026+1, 2027, & 2027+1
Marko Gajic | B1
Position: Baritone
Major: Infrequent Studies
Interests: Gesticulating, racket sports, clementines
Favorite Quote: "Great success!" - Yixiao Zhang
Favorite Cat Memory: Dune bashing in the deserts of Qatar
Stellan Min | B2
Position: Power Forward
Major: Disappointment
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: Our spa day at a jimjilbang in Seoul.
Cyrus Rivers | B2
Position: Bass
Major: Biology
Interests: Small mouth sounds, the scales of justice, Spikeball
Favorite Quote: "Great success!" - Yixiao Zhang
Favorite Cat Memory: The bar in the Swiss Alps my first year in the group
Ryann Schaffer | T1
Position: Queen of the World
Major: English
Interests: Reading, writing, regency England, and being outside
Favorite Quote: “What, you egg?” – Macbeth, Act IV Scene II
Favorite Cat Memory: Singing Lizzy McAlpine on the way to gigs
Ben Heller | T2
Position: Statesman, Visionary
Major: Theater Studies, Political Science
Interests: Singing, Musical Theater, Beach
Favorite Quote: That I mentioned.
Favorite Cat Memory: Taking the Alley Cats to Wekiwa Springs
Sebastian Gervase | B1
Position: HG, WG
Major: Apples & Oranges
Interests: Knowing what’s beyond
Favorite Quote: “Goooooood” – Jason Kisare
Favorite Cat Memory: Singing for Justice Jackson on my hometown tour!
Joseph Aguilar | B2
Position: Bass
Major: Computing and the Arts (so I can both develop and be replaced by AI)
Interests: Working at Nintendo, doing what Nintendon’t
Favorite Quote: “Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food and of out hot eat the food” - Jon from Garfield