(Please pardon our dust as we await photographs of our new members!)
Class of 2026
(Alphabetical Order)
Coby Ackerman
Chicago B (Captain)
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Major: Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: In & Out after Beach Party.
Maya Buckley
Chicago A
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major: Public Policy
Favorite Mock Memory: Eating 4th meal with her team at Cathey during the stack season.
Isabella Kelly
Chicago C (Captain)
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Major: Political Science + Business Economics + Psychology
Favorite Mock Memory: Singing Taylor Swift in the car on the way to Regionals.
Jack Martinez
Chicago A (Captain)
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Major: Political Science + Business Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Having team dinners and bonding time after a day of rounds.
Leena Saif
Chicago B (Captain)
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Major: Political Science
Favorite Mock Memory: Hotel room conversations with her team in Berkeley while writing a paper on Marx.
Ryan Sanghavi
Chicago A
Hometown: Boston, MA
Major: Business Economics + Political Science
Favorite Mock Memory: Aj asking him if he “identifies as Brown” on the plane ride home from Irvine.
Emberlynn St. Hilaire
Chicago A (Captain)
Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL
Major: Political Science
Favorite Mock Memory: “Assembling the hive” and buzzing with her team before each round.
Isabelle Townley
Chicago B (Captain)
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major: Public Policy
Favorite Mock Memory: Nights spent at Motel 6.
Class of 2025
(Alphabetical Order)
Eugenio Garza
Chicago D1 (Captain)
Hometown: Monterey, Mexico
Major: Mathematics
Favorite Mock Memory: His prestack team making King Von’s “Took Her to the O” its team chant.
Mateo Gjinali
Chicago A
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Major: Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Spitballing the craziest possible case changes with A team.
Anderson Lynch
Chicago A
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Major: Sociology
Favorite Mock Memory: Jumping into the Pacific Ocean at Beach Party.
Sam Morse
Chicago B
Hometown: Hollywood, FL
Major: Business Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Brainstorming a variety of themes with the team.
Andrea Pita Mendez
Chicago C
Hometown: Miami, FL
Major: Public Policy + Business Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Visiting Times Square in NYC after placing at CUBAIT.
Penelope Stinson
Chicago A
Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
Major: Political Science
Favorite Mock Memory: Shoving Aj Palacios in the back of a Tesla trunk after the Lyft driver decided size dictated seat.
Melanie Zhang
Chicago B
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Major: Theater & Performance Studies + Business Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Isabelle doing tarot readings in the Best Western at Eau Claire.
Class of 2028
(Alphabetical Order)
Kaden Balfour
Chicago C
Hometown: Wellington, FL
Major: Law, Letters, and Society + Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Squeezing four people in the back of an Uber with Ryan and Penelope fighting the whole time
Adya Jha
Chicago D2 (Captain)
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Polina Kopyrina
Chicago B
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Major: Human Rights + Law, Letters & Society
Favorite Mock Memory: Ordering in from Chinatown with her team when it was raining and everyone was tired – a very cute bonding experience.
Georgia Levine
Chicago D2 (Captain)
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Major: History + Public Policy
Favorite Mock Memory: Putting together case boxes before Northwestern’s prestack tournament.
Charese Mutebi
Chicago D1 (Captain)
Hometown: Lakeville, MN
Major: Political Science + Public Policy
Favorite Mock Memory: Eating at Culver’s after the prestack tournament.
Zachary Nemec
Chicago B
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Major: Public Policy + Economics
Favorite Mock Memory: Getting food in New York at an Italian restaurant with B team.
Charles Potjer
Chicago B
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Matthew Ringel
Chicago D1
Hometown:
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Sam Jahangir
Head Coach
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Job: Attorney
Favorite Mock Memory: Every moment spent with his amazing team.