Meet Our Team
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
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
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!
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
Junior
Awards
Outstanding Witness
Michigan State University, Red Cedar Classic Invitational – 18 ranks
SUNY Geneseo, Annual Joust – 16 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
Sophomore
Awards
Outstanding Witness
La Salle University, Explorer Invitational – 17 ranks
University of Albany, Capital Clash – 16 ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Strafford, Pennsylvania
Majors: International Relations, Russian Studies
Daniel Menis
Junior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Vice President
Awards
Outstanding Witness
Bryant University, Tupper Classic – 17 ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Major: Chemical Engineering
Other Campus Activities: Improv
Daniel has never had the nickname D-dawg
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
Sophomore
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Business Manager
Hometown: Washington DC
Majors: Political Science, Economics
Katie has a boating license!
Matan Kotler-Berkowitz
Senior
Awards
All Regional Witness – 16 ranks
Outstanding Attorney
SUNY Geneseo, Annual Joust – 20 ranks
Bryant University, Tupper Classic – 17 ranks
Outstanding Witness
SUNY Geneseo, Annual Joust – 19 ranks
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
Junior
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Major: Psychology
Other Campus Activities: Korean Student Union
Nathan wants people to know that he knows how to BEATBOX!
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
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
Sophomore
Mock Trial Leadership Position: External Tournament Director
Hometown: NYC
Majors: Political Science and Philosophy
Dre can touch her toes while standing!
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
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
Junior
Awards
La Salle University, Explorer Invitational – 14 ranks
Personal Bio
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
Senior
Awards
Outstanding Witness
Binghamton University, Bearcat Invitational – 15 ranks
Outstanding Attorney
University of Albany, Capital Clash – 18 ranks
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