Squad

CAPTAINS

	Megan Cox (coxmea) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Management and Economics (14 & 15) Interests: Yoga, Fitness, Networking, Shopping, Beauty/Makeup, Leadership Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Too many to count! The games we play at our parties and sleepovers where we get to know each other better. The NCAA trip was really, really fun. I also loved hearing from a 1968 alumna.
	Danielle Olson (dolson) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Computer Science (6-3) Interests: Blogging, Technology, Writing, City-Dwelling, Human Rights, Psychology, HCI Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Getting to know everyone during bonding events and team parties and travelling to Virginia for the NCAA Basketball Championships with the squad in 2012!

SQUAD

	Alec Garza-Galindo (alecgg) Year: Graduate Student Been Cheering Since: Sophomore Year Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6-2) Interests: Sleeping, eating, giraffe fight videos on Youtube, spending a lot of time organizing things I won’t even use, moving my hips around town, feeling bad about not completing little tasks and then ending up just thinking about how much I have to do and not doing anything, voice imitations, leaving lists unfini Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Partner stunting. It amazing how strong and good you feel after realizing that you just pushed and held a whole person above your head.
	Nikki Neibloom (neibloom) Year: 2015 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Biological Engineering (20) Interests: Dance, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Spiderman, not Aquaman, Environmental Science Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: At practice where we worked on pyramids and Swedish Falls. It was comforting that every time the stunt fell every one was ready to dive under the falling person to protect them. It is nice to know that you and your team are close friends as well as teammates that do not want you to get hurt.
	Carolina Roque (croque) Year: 2013 Been Cheering Since: Sophomore Year Major: Brain & Cognitive Sciences (9) Interests: Dance, Theatre, Fitness, Baking & Cooking, Silliness Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Too many to count. But I can sum them all up by saying how grateful am I that the cheer squad feels like a family to me, and that we work so well together and always make each other laugh too.
	Kelly Brock (kbrock) Year: Graduate Student Been Cheering For: 1 Year at MIT Major: Computational and Systems Biology, PhD Interests: Dancing through life, reading, being very loud, and making computers do what I want them to do! Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Hitting our stunt group’s first lib, or the end of the semester cheer party, or cheering in the rain with costumes for the Halloween football game. Too many to count!
	Lilian Guevara (lilyg4) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Junior Year Major: Materials Science & Engineering (3) Interests: I love working out – lifting, running, jumping. In the future, I want to own a gym! On the nerdy side, I also really like working with chemicals and the manufacturing of products. Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: My favorite cheer moment has been the whole new cheer program experience! I have yet to undergo what it’s like being a cheerleader during the academic year. I’m so excited!!!
	Aviana Polsky (avianap) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Junior Year Major: Brain & Cognitive Sciences (9) Interests: Gymnastics, dance, writing, action movies, eating, and brains, brains, brains! Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Tryouts! After cheer day, my fellow recruits and I had been practicing a lot and our hard work paid off. It felt great to finally dance and cheer as a squad. I’m looking forward to more of that this season!
	Josh Santos (jsantos1) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Junior Year Major: Chemical-Biological Engineering (10-B) Interests: Dance, electronic music, flying, DJ’ing, exercise, trying to do science, tattoos, piercings, and other hedonistic activities.
	Kristen Wilhite (kdionne) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Junior Year Major: Biological Engineering (20) and Biology (7) Interests: Biology, Cheer, Reading, Shopping, and Overall Having a Good Time! Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Summer Conditioning! It was great to meet new people and make lots of friends to get in shape with!
	Sylvan Tsai (sylvant) Year: 2015 Been Cheering Since: Sophomore Year Major: Computer Science & Molecular Biology (6-7) Interests: Fencing, Swimming, Dance, Frisbee, Game of Thrones, Epidemiology, Law, Puppies in Baskets, Napping Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Meeting everyone on the team! Getting to know everyone during summer, from conditioning to bonding to tryouts, convinced me to join cheer. I’m definitely looking forward to the upcoming season and making more cheer memories.
	Annie Kuan (akuan) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Biological Engineering (20) Interests: Dancing, Skipping About, Cloud-Watching, Star-Gazing, Writing Letters, Volunteering, Kayaking, Smiling!
	Shanasia Sylman (shanasia) Year: 2015 Been Cheering Since: Sophomore Year Major: Chemical-Biological Engineering (10B) Interests: Medicine, Cheerleading, Cartoons
	Andrea Lopez (lopez94) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Biological Engineering (20) Interests: Biology, Math, Shopping, Playing the Piano, Running, Going Abroad
	Kianna Jackson (kianna) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Chemistry (5) Interests: Musical Theater, Dance, Cheer, NBA Basketball, Food
	Katrina Hui (klhui) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Physics (8) Interests: Figure Skating, Food, Traveling, and Enrique Iglesias
	Tori Finney (dvfinney) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: High School Major: Biological Engineering (20) Interests: Cheering, Swimming, Sailing, Dancing, Eating Chocolate Chip Cookies, Running, Working Out, Choir, Orchestra
	Sarine Shahmirian (sarine) Year: 2014 Been Cheering Since: Junior Year Major: Biology (7) Interests: I love to dance!!! I love and do many forms of dance – Armenian folk dance, belly dance, ballroom, salsa… and I keep discovering more styles! I am also a nutrition freak and can go on for hours about dieting, sleep, and exercise! Favorite MIT Cheer Moment: Joining the team!!! And more to come!
	Sophie Cao (sophicao) Year: 2016 Been Cheering Since: Freshman Year Major: Mathematics (18) Interests: Food, Sleep