Meet Our Team

Pauline Gordula

Pauline Gordula

Junior

Mock Trial Leadership Position: President

Hometown: Quezon City, Philippines

Major: Political Science

Other Campus Activities: SA Government, Students’ Activities Board, Medallion Program

Pauline’s on a stock photo!

Sarah Kideckel

Sarah Kideckel

Sophomore

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Yellowjacket Tournament Director

Personal Bio

Hometown: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Major: Psychology

Other Campus Activities: Club Tennis and Pep Band

Sarah loves going to Broadway shows!

 

Bethany Adams

Bethany Adams

Senior

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Fundraising Director

Personal Bio

Hometown: New Hartford, Connecticut

Major: Psychology

Bethany has ripped the door off of a washing machine before!

Isabella Rocha

Isabella Rocha

Senior

Awards

Red Cedar Classic Invitational Attorney, Michigan State University Invitational-18 Ranks

Personal Bio

Hometown: Somerset, Massachusetts

Majors: Economics, Political Science

Other Campus Activities: Model UN, College Republicans

Isabella is a Texas fanatic! She loves catching up on Texas news, as well as preparing famous Texas dishes. She wants everyone to know that her favorite celebrity is Davy Crockett, and that she always Remembers the Alamo throughout the day in everything that she does!!!!!!

Sunahra Tanvir

Sunahra Tanvir

Senior

Hometown: Rochester, New York

Major: Political Science

Sunahra had lice twice and would cry every time her mom would pick one out and kill it.

Kanishk Shanmugam

Kanishk Shanmugam

Junior

Awards

Red Cedar Classic Invitational Witness, Michigan State University Invitational-18 Ranks

Personal Bio

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Major: Psychology

Other Campus Activities: Wind Symphony/Brass Orchestra, ARC Analyst

Kanishk’s idea of a friend is someone who will put on Joker makeup and listen to Playboy Carti with him. No worries, Kanishk we will make sure you find your soul mate here in Mock trial!

Alexis Costas

Alexis Costas

Sophomore

Hometown: Strafford, Pennsylvania

Majors: International Relations, Russian Studies

Alexis is slightly obsessed with sparkling water and has two cases of it in her room at all times!
Daniel Menis

Daniel Menis

Junior

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Vice President

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Major: Chemical Engineering

Other Campus Activities: Improv

 Daniel has never had the nickname D-dawg

Owen Christensen

Owen Christensen

Senior

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Secretary

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

Major: Political Science

Other Campus Activities: Exclusive relationship with Mock Trial ( he also goes to his classes)

Owen made it into Politico, an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company!!

Katie Young

Katie Young

Sophomore

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Business Manager

Hometown: Washington DC

Majors: Political Science, Economics

Katie has a boating license!

Matan Kotler-Berkowitz

Matan Kotler-Berkowitz

Senior

Awards

All Regional Witness- 16 ranks

Outstanding Attorney: 17 ranks– Bryant’s Tupper Classic

Personal Bio

Hometown: Waltham, Massachusetts

Majors: Political Science, Computer Science

Other Campus Activities: Hillel

Matan can wiggle his knuckles without moving the rest of his hand. It has been described by some people as “very cool” and others as “the most disturbing thing I’ve seen all week.” Very cool, Matan!

Nathan Cho

Nathan Cho

Junior

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Major: Psychology

Other Campus Activities: Korean Student Union

Nathan wants people to know that he knows how to BEATBOX!

Daisy Muñoz Castro

Daisy Muñoz Castro

Junior

Awards

Outstanding Witness: 18 Ranks– Geneseo Joust, 2023

Personal Bio

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Major: Political Science and History

Other Campus Activities: UPSIRC

Daisy has two adorable cats!!

 

Alex Hegewald

Alex Hegewald

Junior

Hometown: Barnesville, Minnesota

Majors: ASL, Political Science

Other Campus Activities: College Democrats, Model UN, Women’s Rugby, Book Club, ASL Club, and Yoga

Alex got frostbite last winter 🙁

Yuting Pu

Yuting Pu

Sophomore

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Director of Publicity

Hometown: Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Majors: Digital Media Studies, Computer Science

Other Campus Activities: RocLab

Yuting’s favorite Ninjago character is Kai! Nya is a close second, though.

Dre Restitullo

Dre Restitullo

Sophomore

Mock Trial Leadership Position: External Tournament Director

Hometown: NYC

Majors: Political Science and Philosophy

Dre can touch her toes while standing!

Jewelianna Langston

Jewelianna Langston

Junior

Mock Trial Leadership Position: Director of Education

Hometown: Grass Valley, California

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jewelianna loves to listen to Kid Cudi 🙂

Phyllis Ong

Phyllis Ong

Senior

Hometown: Penang, Malaysia

Major: Chemical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering

Other Campus Activities: Undergrad Research (kinda exclusive with mock)

Phyllis had never ever missed a flight at any point in her life until August because she couldn’t check into her flight. When she re-booked her ticket, she made it all the way to Philadelphia but got stuck there because her connecting flight to Rochester got canceled. We wish her the best of luck in her future flights!

Emma Maconaughey

Emma Maconaughey

Junior

Hometown: Charleston, West Virginia

Majors: English, Japanese

Other Campus Activities: JSA, URSO

Emma loves food – she’ll will be friends for life with anyone who gets food with her

Krystal Ni

Krystal Ni

Senior

Awards

Outstanding Witness: 15 Ranks — Binghamton’s Bearcat Invitational, 2022

Personal Bio

Hometown: Rochester, New York

Major/Minor: Major in Biochemistry and Minors in Political Science & Creative Writing

Other Campus Activities: MAPS & Model UN

Krystal can sing “Sofia the first” in a toad voice! Epic