MembersBelow are the current members and coaches of Mock Trial at the University of Washington.
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2023-24 Executive Board
Michelle Nguyen | President
Michelle is a senior majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice and Education Studies. When she isn't doing mock trial, she's probably looking at memes on Reddit and sending them to her friends. Michelle enjoys defending her unpopular opinions including that tea is better than coffee, pickles shouldn't exist, and that mock trial is definitely a sport (because it is).
Individual Awards All-Region Attorney - 18 ∆ - Seattle Regional, 2024 Outstanding Attorney - 18 ∆ - Thornhill Throwdown, 2023 Outstanding Attorney - 16 ∆ - Emerald City Open, 2023 |
Samantha Hasegawa | Vice President
Sam is a junior at UW majoring in English and Political Science. The majority of her free time is spent in mixed martial arts or napping in unconventional spots on campus. She’s passionate about a variety of topics but will probably figure out what she wants to do eventually.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 17 ∆ - Anna Wood Open, 2022 All-Region Witness - 16 ∆ - Regional 3-A, 2022 |
Daisy Fernandez | Tournament Coordinator
Daisy is a junior at UW studying English and International Studies. She is excited to continue Mock Trial in college. Outside of Mock Trial, she can be found watching bad movies, pointing out cute dogs around campus, or judging people who prefer milk chocolate over dark chocolate.
Individual Awards Outstanding Attorney - 16 π - Slo-Town Hoedown, 2024 Outstanding Attorney - 19 π - Nordic Undergraduate Mock Trial Battle, 2023 |
Dylan Stroh | Logistics Chair
Dylan is a fourth year student majoring in LSJ and Political Science with the international security option - mainly because he cannot be bothered to take any stem classes. He competed in Speech and Debate in high school and intends on going to law school.
Individual Awards All-Region Attorney - 18 π - Seattle Regional, 2024 Outstanding Attorney - 17 π- Thornhill Throwdown, 2023 Outstanding Attorney - 15 π- Emerald City Open, 2023 |
Aditi Srinivasan | Finance Chair
Aditi is a sophomore majoring in computer science and minoring in neural computation and engineering. She’s passionate about advocating for educational equality, bridging the gender gap in STEM fields, and bringing awareness about indigenous languages in society. Aditi did mock trial in high school and is beyond excited to continue her journey in college. She’s still exploring her career options and is yet to decide on whether she wants to go into startups, big tech, or corporate law.
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Competitors
Louis Zheng
A senior student still trying to find his way about things, Louis is majoring in Political Science and Law, Societies, and Justice. When not drowning in reading and essays, Louis looks to some more drowning in mock trial. In his free time, Louis enjoys drawing, gaming, working out, or perhaps having an existential crisis after watching some science documentary.
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Ahryn Hancock
Ahryn is a junior from Houston, Texas who is majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice at UW. When she's not doing mock trial, Ahryn loves to sleep, play guitar, and rant about how Seattle needs more Chick-fil-A restaurants.
Individual Awards All-Region Attorney - 17 π - Regional 3-A, 2022 Outstanding Attorney - 22 π - David Frohnmayer Invitational, 2022 Outstanding Witness - 23 ∆ - David Frohnmayer Invitational, 2022 Outstanding Attorney - 16 π - Emerald City Open, 2021 Outstanding Witness - 18 ∆ - Emerald City Open, 2021 |
Kat West
Kat is a senior who transferred to the UW, formerly a UBC student, majoring in integrated social sciences. She aspires to be a corporate tort defense attorney and swears she won't become a corporate sellout. Hobbies include anime, channeling their inner gym bro, and rambling about why Canada is objectively better than the US.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 17 π - Thornhill Throwdown, 2023 Outstanding Witness - 17 π - Emerald City Open, 2023 All-Region Witness - 17 π - Seattle Regional, 2023 |
Rebecca Sorg
Rebecca is a third-year at the UW from Tacoma, WA majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice, and potentially some Public Policy. She participated as one of the founding members of her high school’s Mock Trial team, and is very excited to continue the chaos at UWMT. When not stressing about the piles of reading she has to complete, you can find her religiously watching Gilmore Girls, or trying to convince her friends to not do anything too stupid.
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Abigail Smith
Abigail is a senior pretending to know the secrets of the universe in the form of physics and the history of science. When she's not having a crisis over the math she signed up for voluntarily, she's probably trying to catch up on reading about that same math. If you still can't find her, she's probably listening to music, watching her comfort shows, or playing video games.
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Bao Khong
Bao is a sophomore at UW hoping to major in Political Science and/or Laws, Societies, and Justice. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and decided to attend UW because it resonated with him. When he isn't mock trialing, he's reading books, inhaling boba drinks, creating videos/short films, exercising, or spending quality time with family and friends.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 18 ∆ - Thornhill Throwdown, 2023 Outstanding Attorney - 17 π - Thornhill Throwdown, 2023 |
Catherine Chen
Catherine is a junior majoring in Economics. She was so traumatized by Foster’s finance bros that she had to switch her whole career path to law. Outside of mock trial, she loves to online shop, journal, and read. Her dream is to live in the Hype House, where she can finally be with her favorite TikTok boy.
Individual Awards Outstanding Witness - 17 π - Anna Wood Open, 2022 |
Lorena Vegas
Lorena is a first-year majoring in Business, although she dreams of going to law school and becoming an immigration lawyer. Originally from Pasco, Washington, Lorena found her passion for public speaking in her high school's Speech and Debate Team and is excited to find similar experiences in UW Mock Trial. Her favorite hobbies include being a full-time Swiftie, solving Rubik's cubes, and collecting crewneck sweaters.
All-Region Witness- 18 π - Seattle Regional, 2024 |
Alexandra Gomez
Alexandra is a freshman in the College of Engineering. She hopes to major in Bioengineering--even though she despises math. When she isn’t doing chemistry homework, you’ll probably find Alex reading crazy thriller novels, eating pickles, or (most likely) squirrel-watching in the quad!
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Susruthi Karanam
Susruthi is a sophomore from Sammamish, Washington who is intending to major in Informatics and Law, Societies, and Justice. This is her first year doing Mock Trial and she is thrilled to be a part of the team! When she's not pouring over her assignments, she can be found spending time with her friends and family, sleeping, and spending too much time on YouTube.
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Daisy Hu
Daisy is a freshman hoping to major in business. She has yet to talk herself out of going to law school and is still figuring out which field of law to pursue. When she's not doing mock trial, she's probably drinking an overly sweetened beverage or dancing.
Outstanding Attorney - 20 ∆ - Slo-Town Hoedown, 2024 |
Chloe Mau
Chloe is currently a fresh-faced freshman who is fascinated with two disparate disciplines of Informatics and International Studies at the UW. While not badgering or arguing in MT, you can find Chloe pulling herself up on rocks or showing aggressive love to her unaffectionate cat, Squid.
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Angela LeDrew
Angela is a first year at the University of Washington and hopes to major in political science. She grew up in California and is still getting used to the rainy weather. Angela is extremely excited to continue her mock trial journey with UWMT. When she is not at practice she is spending time with friends, rock climbing, or reconnecting with nature.
Individual Awards Outstanding Attorney - 16 π - Emerald City Open, 2023 |
Matthieu Durieux
Matthieu is a senior studying applied and computational mathematics. He spends his time in nature or eating food. He was born in France but moved over here when he was 3. Matthieu plans on traveling the world.
Individual Awards All-National Witness - 18 π - St. Paul ORCS, 2023 Outstanding Witness - 15 π - Emerald City Open, 2023 |
Coaches
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 has coached the Huskies since his graduation.
To view Landon's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |
Nina Karagounis | Coach, Staff Tournament Director
Nina competed for UWMT from 2016 to 2019 and earned an All National Attorney Award her final year on the team. She has a Master's in Library and Information Sciences from UW.
To view Nina's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |
Isabelle Shain | 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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Sara Leonetti | Coach
Sara spent four seasons with UWMT as both an attorney and a witness. She was on the 2013-2015 NCT teams, including the team that earned a UWMT-best 2nd Place finish at the Championships in 2015! Sara earned a perfect 30 attorney ranks at that event--a first in collegiate mock trial--enshrining her as an All-American. Now, Sara is an attorney and helps UWMT as an Assistant Coach.
To view Sara's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |
Kyler Teo | Coach
Kyler spent four years at UWMT from 2018-2022. While many know Kyler for being a fierce competitor, his strong leadership and deep compassion for his teammates is what our program remembers the most. After graduation, he continued his leadership and became a coach for the team. Kyler is currently a 1L at the UW School of Law.
To view Kyler's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |
Hannah Dahleen | Coach
Hannah competed with UWMT for three years from 2019-2022. During her time, Hannah was as an attorney, witness, captain, and sometimes all three at once. Despite juggling many roles, Hannah performed exceptionally. She earned many individual awards, including an All-National Attorney award in her final year with the program. After graduating, Hannah works at a private law firm and rejoined UWMT as a coach.
To view Hannah's accolades, visit the Alumni page. |