UCI Cheer Bios
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Name: Alysia Cornwell
Hometown/High School: Upland High School
Class Standing: Senior
Major/Minor: Cognitive Psychology
Year on Squad: 2nd Year
Hobbies: Dancing, Wakeboarding, Snowboarding, Running, Bikram Yoga
Favorite Quote: "Everything happens for a reason," "Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got!" and "All things through God are possible"
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Research abroad one day and do lots of traveling
I'm happiest when...there is music on! Oh, and when I get to sleep in! J
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Hometown/High School: San Jose, CA / Pioneer HS
Class Standing: Sophomore
Major/Minor: International Studies & Sociology ; Minor in Spanish
Year on Squad: 1st
Dance/Cheer Experience: 3 Years
Other school activities: ASUCI- EVP Campus Organizing Team
Crossroads Campus Ministries
Invisible Children
Favorite Movie: Anything that makes me laugh a lot
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Working with Human Trafficking &
International Relations
I'm happiest when... I am eating good food and enjoying life with the people
I love.
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Name: Caitlin A. Matsumoto
Hometown/High School: Redding, CA, Shasta High School
Class Standing: 3rd year
Major/Minor: Biological Sciences
Year on Squad: 2nd
Dance/Cheer Experience: 7 years cheer experience, 7 years gymnastics
Hobbies: softball, snowboarding, reading, traveling
Favorite Movie: anything with Jackie Chan
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: post-undergraduate school, my own business
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Name: Sadaf Djavadi
Hometown/High School: Houston, Texas / Arnold O. Beckman High School
Class Standing: Freshman
Major/Minor: International Studies
Year on Squad: First
Dance/Cheer Experience: Cheerleading for 5 years
Hobbies: Shopping, cheering, listening to music, watching movies, laughing, and drawing
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Graduating and attending law school
I'm happiest when... Eating, Spending time with family and friends, dancing, and of course cheerleading!
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Name: Jamie Scheller
Hometown/High School: Garden Grove, CA/ Pacifica High School
Class Standing: 3rd year
Major/Minor: Sociology
Year on Squad: 2nd
Hobbies: Singing, cheer, and hanging out with friends
Favorite Quote: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."-Philippians 4:13
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: I plan on going to graduate school after my Bachelor's, and then I want to become a high school counselor!
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Name: Kelley Mason
Hometown/High School: Valencia, CA/Hart High School
Class Standing: 4th year
Major/Minor: Psychology/Digital Arts
Year on Squad: 1st
Dance/Cheer Experience: 2 years high school, 1 year competition All Star team, 4 years gymnastics
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, shopping, art, interior design, snowboarding, eating good food
Favorite Movie: 500 Days of Summer, Across the Universe, Out Cold, Grandma's Boy, Almost Famous
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Production Designer or Art Director
I'm happiest when...I am doing things I love with the people that I love.
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Name: Julie Licata
Hometown/High School: Calvary Chapel High School, Costa Mesa
Class Standing: Second Year
Major/Minor: Biology Major, Art History Minor
Year on Squad: Second Year
Dance/Cheer Experience: 9 years Gymnastics, 4 years Varsity cheer in high school, 2 years on UCI cheerleading
Other school activities: LARC tutor, Campus Crusade, Bio Sci Mentor program, NSCS, PACT
Favorite Quote: "Life desires not a response but a reaction"
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Go to Graduate School to become a Physician Assistant.
I'm happiest when...I am with my friends and family, or am eating.
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Name: Kristin Ramos
Hometown/High School: Temecula, Temecula Valley High
Class Standing: Junior
Major/Minor: Psychology and Social Behavior, Education
Year on Squad: 2
Dance/Cheer Experience: 4 years competitive (TVS Stars, California All-stars), 3 years Varsity High School, 3 years high school dance production
Hobbies: dancing, watching hockey, eating delicious food, swimming, trying new things, going to the beach <3
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Working with kids/adolescents/young adults, probably something in education, traveling, becoming an astronaut, being happy, having a family of my own [much later of course]
I'm happiest when...when I'm with my family and friends, or dancing, or doing anything to get my adrenaline going.
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Name: Kyndell D'ney Nunley
Hometown/High School: Phillips Ranch, CA / Diamond Ranch High School
Class Standing: 2nd Year
Major/Minor: Biological Sciences
Year on Squad: 2nd Year
Dance/Cheer Experience: 6 Years of Cheerleading Experience, 3-Year DRHS Squad Captain, 2 Years of SCATS Diamond Elite Gymnastics Training
Other school activities: Kappa Alpha Theta
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Dancing, Playing the Piano, and Shopping
Favorite Quote: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." -Mahatma Gandhi
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Dentistry
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Name: Lindsey Cortright
Hometown/High School: Mission Viejo Tesoro High School
Class Standing: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Biological Sciences
Year on Squad: Second
Dance/Cheer Experience: 4 years in high school, dance classes when I was younger
Other school activities: Member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, shopping, swimming, going to the beach, hanging out with friends, cooking.
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Attend Medical school and become a respected dermatologist.
I'm happiest when... I'm with my friends or around those I love
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Name
: Elizabeth Poteracki
Hometown/High School: Dana Point, CA/ JSerra Catholic High School
Class Standing: First Year
Major/Minor: Psychology
Year on Squad: 1
Favorite Quote: "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
Favorite Movie: Across the Universe
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Elementary School Teacher
I'm happiest when... I am spending time with my best friends.
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Name: Melody Chen
Hometown/High School: Cupertino / Monta Vista High School
Class Standing: 3rd
Major/Minor: Psychology -- Cognitive Sciences Major, Management Minor
Year on Squad: 1st
Dance/Cheer Experience: 4 years Varsity High School cheer, 3 years of dance.
Favorite Quote: `Worry is the misuse of imagination'
I'm happiest when... I'm in the company of friends and family.
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Name: Kelsey Bayless
Hometown/High School: Laguna Hills, Laguna Hills High School
Class Standing: Sophomore
Major/Minor: English
Year on Squad: 1
Dance/Cheer Experience: 10 years of competitive gymnastics, 4 years Highschool Cheer, 1 year competitive cheer
Other school activities: Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Hobbies: dancing, tumbling
Career Goals/Plans for the Future: Working with young athletes in the field of Sports Medicine or Physical Therapy
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