Meet Our Team
Jay Foss
Senior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: President
Awards
2021 All-Regional Attorney, 18 Ranks
Outstanding Attorney, Yale Mock Trial Invitational 2021 – 19 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Bethel, Connecticut
Majors: Psychology and Computer Science with a minor in Legal Studies
Other Campus Activities: Cards Club
Jay has flown a plane and sailed a boat, so neither air nor land nor sea can stand in his way. Well duh Jay, none of those three things can stand up! Bah dum psh. Just kidding, Jay is the master of all elements.
Annette Hopkins (N-et)
Junior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Director of Education
Hometown: Great Neck, New York
Majors: Bioethics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Other Campus Activities: ACJC and Cards Club
When she was a kid, Annette met Esteban from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody at an audition, something that she calls the flex of her life. In addition, she loves sharks and capybaras, and allegedly pelicans.
Amy Zheng
Sophomore
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Director of Publicity
Hometown: Queens, New York
Majors: International Relations and East Asian Studies
Other Campus Activities: Badminton Club, Asian American Alliance, and UR Presidential Advisory Council
Amy has a twin sister who currently attends Binghamton University!!!!
Brian Ganeles
Senior
Hometown: Albany, New York
Major: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Other Campus Activities: Club Baseball, Food Recovery Network, Inorganic/Physical Chemistry Research
One time, Brian and his friend Ari flew to Miami for 7 hours and came back all in the same day. Also, his housemates and him have a bat in their attic, so they now call it the battic.
Grace Shin
Senior
Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana
Major: Microbiology
Other Campus Activities: UR Disability Awareness, EDRA Program, Alpha Phi Omega, TOUR
It’s no secret that folks in Mock Trial learn many skills. For Grace, that skill was learning the ability to cry on command. Very cool!
Grace Hoblock
Senior
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York
Major: Political Science with minors in Legal Studies and Bioethics
When Grace is not pretending to be a doctor (with Mock Trial), she bartends in college town!
Aaron Woodman
Senior
Hometown: Utica, New York
Major: Political Science
Other Campus Activities: Currently in an exclusive relationship with Mock Trial
Aaron’s favorite color is orange because he likes to eat and drink orange flavored snacks and fruits. His favorite soda is orange soda (Crush, Fanta, Sunkist) and his favorite fuit is an orange. Orangetastic!
Trevor Dominguez
Junior
Hometown: Arlington, Virginia
Majors: Philosophy and Psychology
Other Campus Activities: Club Lacrosse and Pre-law Society
Trevor likes to tell people he is from D.C., and he takes immense pleasure when D.C. natives promply reply by telling him that he is most certainly not from D.C. In his downtime, you can find Trevor losing all of his ranked games in DOTA 2. Honestly, even getting through a game is a miracle on the school’s wifi, though.
William Bothe
Junior
Hometown: Windham County, Connecticut
Major: International Relations
Other Campus Activities: Chamber Orchestra, Cards Club, Simulation Gaming Association, Modern Languages and Cultures Undergraduate Council, Undergraduate Political Science and International Relations Council
Will wants everyone to know that he plays two music instruments which are the piano and cello. He also speaks three languages: English, German and French. Finally, he absolutely LOVES to edit Wikipedia and has even been to several Wikipedia-related conferences.
Isabella Rocha
Sophomore
Hometown: Somerset, Massachusetts
Majors: Economics and Political Science
Other Campus Activities: Model UN, College Democrats
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!!!!!!
Paul Viscarbro
Junior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Vice President
Awards
2022 All-Regional Attorney, 19 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Middletown, New York
Majors: English and Psychology
Other Campus Activities: Currently in an exclusive relationship with Mock Trial
Paul Viscarbro wants everyone to know that he is on the DP Dough VIP list. What an achievement!
Garrett Briggs
Junior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: Director of Fundraising
Awards
2022 All-Regional Attorney, 19 Ranks
Outstanding Attorney, Drexel Mock Trial Invitational 2021 – 17 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Brenham, Texas
Major: Political Science and Philosophy
Other Campus Activities: Cards Club, SA Government
Garrett is an avid fan of penguins, especially Marley the Penguin, but he was not in the mood for a photo that day. He likes the way that penguins go “agjghhhhhh agghhjnj aghhh” as their socializing sound. In addition, he has a large collection of turtles in his room on and off campus, which is cool, but not related to penguins at all.
Hannah Sattler
Senior
Hometown: Evanston, Illinois
Major: Neuroscience
Other Campus Activities: Squash, Research at the Medical Center, Hillel
When Hannah was younger, she took circus lessons. This means that she can juggle ride a unicycle, walk on stilts, and do the whole circus “shabang” as she calls it!
Alonso Ponce
Senior
Hometown: Matamoros, Mexico
Major: Environmental Science
Other Campus Activities:
Alonso is a huge turtle fan, and I have mad respect for that.
Lindsey Michaud
Senior
Hometown: Pittsford, New York
Major: Political Science with minors in Legal Studies and Economics
Other Campus Activities: ACJC, 2023 Class Council
Lindsey did not put a fun fact, so I’ll put one!!! She once wrote and performed an opening statement in less that 10 minutes for a mock trial round. What a legend.
Alyssa Freda
Senior
Awards
Outstanding Witness, University at Albany’s Capital Region Clash Invitational 2021 – 18 Ranks
Outstanding Witness, Drexel Mock Trial Invitational 2022 – 16 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Akron, Ohio
Majors: Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology
Other Campus Activities: Currently in an exclusive relationship with Mock Trial
Freda wants everyone to know that she likes fishing, and I greatly approve!!!!
Rita Pei
Senior
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Majors: History and English
Other Campus Activities: Campus Times and Comics Club
Rita started wearing “fun (?)” hats since the pandemic! That means that if you walk by someone wearing glasses and a random hat, that is probably Rita, in which case you should stop by and say hi!!!
Clarice McKee
Junior
Hometown: Baldwin, Maryland
Majors: Political Science and History with minors in Economics and Chinese
Other Campus Activities: Model UN and Alpha Phi Omega
Clarice’s favorite animal is a turkey vulture!
Phyllis Ong
Sophomore
Hometown: Penang, Malaysia
Major: Chemical Engineering with a possible minor in business
Other Campus Activities: LOGOS, Creative Arts Club
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 cancelled. We wish her the best of luck in her future flights!
Aliza Panjwani
Senior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: External Tournament Director
Awards
2021 All-Regional Witness, 19 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Willowbrook, Illinois
Majors: Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy (three!!!)
Other Campus Activities: Panhellenic Council, Kappa Delta
Unfortunately for Aliza, she got three speeding tickets in the span of six months after a perfect three-year driving record.
Matan Kotler-Berkowitz
Sophomore
Mock Trial Leadership Position: YJ Tournament Director
Hometown: Waltham, Massachusetts
Majors: Political Science and Computer Science
Other Campus Activities: TOOP, College Democrats, 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!
Kimberly Heagerty
Senior
Mock Trial Leadership Position: CMET Director
Hometown: Mexico, New York
Major: Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Legal Studies
Other Campus Activities: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (she serves as Publicity Chair there!)
One of Kim’s favorite things to do is to make a lot of art in many different forms. She makes her own clothes, and she also has an art insta account (@k.heagerty.art) where she posts sketces and stuff. She also sells stickers on redbubble. Make sure to give her art account a follow and to empty your pockets for her stickers!
Evan Coleman
Senior
Hometown: Hamilton, New Jersey
Majors: Business and English with a minor in Legal Studies
Other Campus Activities: ROC Players, Student Alumni Ambassadors, Writing Fellows, Residential Life
Evan doesn’t like coffee, which is quite uncommon on our campus. However, he compensates with an iced tea addiction instead. At least he has other methods of getting his caffeine fix!
Aydan Fusco
Senior
Awards
Outstanding Witness, Yale’s Mock Trial Invitational 2021 – 17 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Majors: Political Science and History
Other Campus Activities: PAWS Club and Pride Network
Aydan is also a wonderful pet owner as of a few weeks ago, when she adopted two lovely rats named Pancakes and Waffle!! What an iconic duo!
Neil Yeung
Senior
Awards
Outstanding Witness, University of Connecticut New England Classic 2021 – 19 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Majors: Computer Science, Math and Statistics with a minor in Philosophy
Other Campus Activities: Computer Science Research, Campus Times Humor writer, Undergraduate Philosophy Council
Neil’s fun fact is that he has aphantasia, which is the lack of a mind’s eye.
Emily Bonanno
Junior
Awards
2022 All-Regional Attorney, 20 Ranks
Personal Bio
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
Major: Biochemistry and a minor in Music
Other Campus Activities: All-Campus Judicial Council, Pre-Law Society, SUBS, CDrew, Pre-Health Society
Emily is always hesitant to answer where she is from because she has only been living in Tennessee for about two years! While Knoxville is now her hometown, she has spent most of her life in Clifton Park, NY.
Adrija Bhattacharjee
Junior
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Majors: Political Science and Bioethics
Other Campus Activities: Asian American Alliance, SA Government, Active Minds, Rochester Bhangra
Adrija loves spicy food, the color red, political debates, Bollywood, DJ Khaled, pandas, and people (only sometimes.) So, if you every feel an urge to talk about any of those things, Adrija is your go-to!
Giovanni Monteiro-Do Canto
Sophomore
Hometown: Weymouth, MA (but he is from Boston)
Major: Political science with a possible minor in Philosophy or International Relations
Other Campus Activities: Black Student Union, Pan African Student Association, and Pride Network
Gio auditioned for Master Chef Junior in 7th grade! He didn’t make it past the first round, but he said he had a great time. That experience made him at first want to be a Chef, but now he wants to be a lawyer addressing racial disparities. Everybody loves a lawyer that can cook 😉