Executive Board
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Alexandra Bartos-O'Neill, President
Alexandra is rising senior at the UW, majoring in political science and philosophy. She joined UWMT's team after being drawn in by participating in her high school Mock Trial team. Being part of UWMT has been some of the best memories and experiences she has had so far at UW. While not doing mock trial, she listens to and sings opera and is a resident advisor on campus.
Individual Awards Outstanding Attorney - 20 π - AAMTI, 2016 Outstanding Witness - 20 π - Commodore Classic, 2015 Outstanding Attorney - 17 ∆ - Commodore Classic, 2015 |
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Caroline Nelson, Vice President
Caroline is a rising senior at UW and is hoping to major in business. She is very excited for her fourth and final year of mock trial, during which time she will hold the position of program VP! Between homework and mock trial, Caroline enjoys reading, writing, and traveling.
Individual Awards All-Region Witness - 17 π - Seattle Regional, 2017 |
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Sneha Indrajit, Fundraising Chair
Sneha is a Singaporean rising junior at UW. Currently, she is considering a major in International Studies or Communications. She enjoys painting from time to time, and writes as a hobby. She also loves to read and watches a lot of films and television shows - of which her current favourite is Hannibal.
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Chris Damitio, Logistics Chair
Chris is a rising senior at UW and a second-year member of UWMT. Mr. Damitio competed in high school mock trial and realized that his college experience just wasn't complete without it. He continues to coach his local high school program.
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Austin Graham, Tournament Coordinator
Austin is a rising junior at UW. He was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, grew up in Reno, Nevada, and moved up to Seattle to get his undergraduate degree. Austin hopes to double major in Philosophy and Economics with a minor in Spanish. Mr. Graham plans to attend law school and hopes to one day work at the federal level as an attorney, judge, or representative.
Individual Awards All-Region Witness - 17 π, 16 ∆ - Boise Regional, 2016 |
Competitors
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Nina Downey
Nina is a rising sophomore at UW. She has travelled many miles over rough Californian desert terrain to get here and hopes to major in Law, Societies and Justice. She gave up her hopes of a social life with Dos Pueblos Mock Trial her freshman year of high school and has never looked back. In her free time, she enjoys making tea, knitting and daydreaming about mock trial.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 17 π - AAMTI, 2016 |
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Chelsa Edano
Chelsa is a rising sophomore at UW, traveling all the way from the exotic lands of Las Vegas. While she may currently be a biochemistry major, her future is yet uncertain, though law school is certainly a possibility. To escape the constant stress of school, Chelsa loves to paint, read comic books, binge Netflix dramas, and practice Kung Fu.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 18 ∆, 17 π - AAMTI, 2016 |
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Thomas Karagounis
Thomas hails from the land down under, and began mock trial in his freshman year of high school. He has enjoyed continuing his mock trial career at UW while studying bioengineering. He hopes to one day have a job, doing something or other, but until he figures out what, he plans to watch as the amount of tabs on his laptop swells with calc proofs and youtube. When not studying or with friends, he naps.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 27 π - Gunslinger Invitational, 2017 Outstanding Attorney - 18 ∆ - Yale Invitational, 2016 |
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Zac Lam
Zac is a rising sophomore at the University of Washington from Puyallup, WA where he was born and raised. He looks forward to majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice. Afterwards, he plans on attending law school and eventually becoming a Judge Advocate General for the United States Air Force. As such, he is also part of the Air Force ROTC detachment at UW.
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Angelia Miranda
Angelia is a transfer student at the University of Washington double majoring in Philosophy and International Studies. After graduation, she hopes to travel and work abroad before attending law school to pursue international legal studies. Her favorite things include romantic comedies, iced coffee, her inline speed-skates, and quoting The West Wing.
Individual Awards All-Region Attorney - 20 π - Seattle Regional, 2017 |
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EJ Velasco
Born in Houston, raised in Seattle, EJ is a rising sophomore at UW. He hopes to attend the Foster School of Business and, eventually, Law School. Despite having no mock trial experience before college, EJ loves public speaking and looks for any reasonable opportunity to make a flowery speech. Outside of Mock Trial, EJ enjoys playing football, cooking, music, telling jokes, and watching the Seahawks. #GoHawks
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Coaches
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Landon Whitbread, Head Coach
Landon graduated in 2013 as one of the most decorated members in club history. He helped propel the Huskies to multiple NCT appearances and tournament victories. Landon continues to share his knowledge of witnessing as an assistant coach with the program.
To view Landon's accomplishments, visit the Alumni page. |
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Brent Powell, Head Coach
Brent spent four years helping UW earn its national reputation. After graduating in 2013, Brent began his career as a transportation engineer in downtown Seattle. Brent and his wife and co-coach Kaleigh will be spending the 2017-18 season in Port Huron, Michigan while she works completes a federal district court clerkship. He'll resume full-time coaching duties when they return to Seattle in 2018.
To view Brent's career profile, visit the Alumni page. |
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Madeline Roche, Assistant Coach
Madeline, Maddy, or Mad-Dawg Roche is an assistant coach of the Huskies. She mocked as an undergrad for Cornell College in Iowa and earned an All-American award her senior season. Maddy has helped coach UWMT to four national championship appearances and multiple invitational victories.
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Stephan Yhann, Assistant Coach
Stephan is a 2014 UW graduate who proudly represented the Huskies at back-to-back national championship tournaments. Outside of his knack for coaching, Stephan is active in local politics and political campaigns, and is fortunate to be a 2L studying at UW's Law School on a Gregoire Fellows scholarship.
To learn more about Stephan's career, visit the Alumni page. |
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Kaleigh Powell, Assistant Coach
Kaleigh was a part of UWMT's first back-to-back NCT teams. During her senior year, she served as club President and is responsible for UW's first ever High School Workshop. After taking a year off, Kaleigh joins the program as an assistant coach that is, you know, actually headed to the legal profession. She is currently a 3L at UW School of Law, where she participates in Moot Court, Mock Trial, Washington Law Review, and Moot Court Honor Board.
To view Kaleigh's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |
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Isabelle Shain, Assistant Coach
Isabelle graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2016 and competed on the mock trial team for all four years. Isabelle represented Vanderbilt at the National tournament two of her four years and earned an All National Attorney award in 2015. When Isabelle isn't coaching, she is working on criminal trials at the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office or training horses.
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Allie Cin, Assistant Coach
Allie graduated with her undergraduate business degree in 2016 after spending 3 years competing with Miami University and finishing her witness time by placing third in the nation - only to find herself drawn back to mock trial with UW. She's excited to share her love of mock, witnessing, and having an all around good time with the Huskies!
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