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2025 SOUL Team

Catherine Conner

Catherine Conner

Sophomore from Springboro, Ohio

Major: Public Administration

Fun Fact: I love to make homeade pasta!

Involvement: Hiphop Crew, Government Relatioins Network

Noah Englund

Noah Englund

Junior from Bellevue, Ohio

Major: Psychology; Premedical and Pre-Health Studies

Fun Fact: I play videogames way too much!

Involvement: Miami University Marching Band, Stage Left, intramural broomball team

Caitlin Faulkner

Caitlin Faulkner

Sophomore from Camden, Ohio

Major: English: Creative Writing; Strategic Communication

Fun Fact: I love horror video games (I completed Resident Evil 2 in an hour and 30 minutes).

Involvement: Still working on it!

Karma Fecher

Karma Fecher

Sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio

Major: Music Performance (Harp); Music Education

Fun Fact: I have surfed in Costa Rica and have completed three half marathons!

Involvement: Miami Activities and Programming, Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association, Miami University Symphony Orchestra, TEACh Cincinnati, Honors College

Bri Fitzgerald

Bri Fitzgerald

Senior from Jackson Center, Ohio

Major: Organizational Leadership

Fun Fact: I have two rods and 14 screws in my spine!

Involvement: Marching Band, Steel Band, Resident Assistant, Residence Life Celebration Recreation and Service Committee, Foodie Club,

CarolAnne Gessner

CarolAnne Gessner

Senior from Forest, Ohio

Major: Psychology; Medical Laboratory Science

Fun Fact: In high school I played the drums in the marching band!

Involvement: Alpha Omicron Pi, Miami University Urban Cohort

Gracie Harding

Gracie Harding

Sophomore from Galena, Ohio

Major: Psychology; Neuroscience

Fun Fact: I did musical theatre for 12 years before coming to Miami.

Involvement: Gamma Phi Beta, Claws with a Cause, Dean's Student Advisory Council for CAS, National Residence Hall Honorary

Bennett Ladowitz

Bennett Ladowitz

Junior from Pickerington, Ohio

Major: Political Science

Fun Fact: I think "Lord of The Rings" (the books AND the movies) is the greatest piece of fiction ever written.

Involvement: Stage Left, Miami University Theatre Department, Miami Film Society

Christian Malenda

Christian Malenda

Sophomore from Vernon, New Jersey

Major: Individualized Studies

Fun Fact: I am a big "Harry Potter" fan.

Involvement: Pool Club

Emily Mason

Emily Mason

Junior from Maineville, Ohio

Major: Philosophy and Political Science

Fun Fact: I was an equestrian show jumper for four years.

Involvement: Associated Student Government, Alpha Phi Omega, ASL (American Sign Language) and Deaf Culture Club, Research Apprenticeship, Honors College

Alexia Matthews

Alexia Matthews

Sophomore from Cleveland, Ohio

Major: Business Economics; Entrepreneurship

Fun Fact

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Julia Moser

Julia Moser

Senior from Cincinnati, Ohio

Major: Sport Management; Psychology

Fun Fact: I have grown up working on cars with my dad.

Involvement: Pi Sigma Epsilon (professional business fraternity); Women in Sport Leadership club

Onyx Perkins

Onyx Perkins

Sophomore from Lancaster, Ohio

Major: Social Work

Fun Fact: I love my spiritual practice and could talk about meditation and spirituality for as long as you'll let me!

Involvement: Spectrum, Hook Yarn and Needles

Josie Pinelli

Josie Pinelli

Junior from Dover, Ohio

Major: Human Capital Leadership and Management

Fun Fact: I have a full blood sister who is 15 years older than me!

Involvement: Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, tour guide for the Farmer School of Business, MU Hockey Ice Crew

Isa Riddle

Isa Riddle

Senior from Cleveland, Ohio

Major: Music

Fun Fact: I am left handed and I dislike anything with orange flavor (including oranges)!

Involvement: Guitar and Music Club, Photography Collective

Noah Saunders

Noah Saunders

Sophomore from Springboro, Ohio

Major: Biology; Premedical and Pre-Health Studies

Fun Fact: I love to volunteer. I spent a week in North Carolina over J-Term helping with hurricane clean up programs.

Involvement: Anatomy and Physiology Club, Tour Guide, American Medical Student Association

Savana Scott

Savana Scott

Sophomore from Beavercreek, Ohio

Major: Strategic Communication; Entrepreeurship

Fun Fact: I'm actually an ordained minister. (I did it for funsies)

Involvement: Honors College Ambassador, Tau Beta Sigma, Miami Athletics Multimedia Internship (sports photographer), The Miami Student, Guitar and Music Club, Honors College

Lydia Smith

Lydia Smith

Sophomore from Oakhurst, New Jersey

Major: Theatre; Integrated English Language Arts Education

Fun Fact: I have sung at Carnegie Hall three times!

Involvement: Miami Cru, Delight Ministries, Stage Left, Choraliers

Harmela Solomon

Harmela Solomon

Senior from Blacklick, Ohio

Major: Public Health

Fun Fact

Involvement

Hayleigh Thompson

Hayleigh Thompson

Sophomore from Marietta, Ohio

Major: Psychology; Neuroscience

Fun Fact: I am writing a novel. 

Involvement: RAD Lab

Shrijana Timsina

Shrijana Timsina

Sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio

Major: Political Science

Fun Fact: I have a bunny named Clover and he's the sweetest thing in the world.

Involvement: Leads Institute HASS Scholar, Associated Student Government, Advancing Women in Entrepreneurship, Miami University Community for Creativity and Innovation

Izzy Ubelhart

Izzy Ubelhart

Sophomore from Uniontown, Ohio

Major: Biology; Premedical and Pre-Health Studies

Fun Fact: I went to Paris, France to play soccer a couple years back and I watched a Women's World Cup Game.

Involvement: LEADS Institute Scholars, STEMM Scholars, Best Buddies, Anatomy and Physiology, Nu Rho Psi, research in the Mancini Lab

Drew Vecchio

Drew Vecchio

Sophomore from Tallmadge, Ohio

Major: Speech Pathology and Audiology

Fun Fact: I have been scuba diving in the Florida Keys and my whole family are certified scuba divers.

Involvement: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, Miami Swim Club

Jobe Vogelsong

Jobe Vogelsong

Senior from Xenia, Ohio

Major: Strategic Communication; Political Science

Fun Fact: I gave a speech at my high school graduation.

Involvement: Stage Left, Resident Assistant, Tour Guide

Alex Wrobbel

Alex Wrobbel

Junior from Westerville, Ohio

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Fun Fact: I love collecting things. I have a bunch of funko pops, vinyl records, baseball cards, and pez dispensers. If you count concert t-shirts, then I also collect those; I have one from every concert I've been to!

Involvement: Cru, Honors Student Advisory Board (HSAB), Lilly Leadership Institute