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MEET THE LEADERS
Buckwild 2018
Name: Anthony Ramos
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Class Year: 2019 (5 year program)
Major: Chemical Engineering, Spanish minor
Interests: Outdoors, Rock climbing, Lacrosse, Swimming
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Climbing
Past Trips/Experience: I did a 3 week Outward Bound course where we did white water canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing. I did Buckwild in the summer of 2014, and ever since becoming a leader I have been outdoors plenty, doing cross country skiing, backpacking and navigating through a lot of snow.
Fun Fact: I ride around campus on a green or red skateboard depending on whether or not it’s raining. Clara’s sock collection is far superior to my own, but I’m afraid to admit it.
Name: Dan Rogus
Hometown: Jamison, PA
Class Year: 2019 (5 year program)
Major: BS: Computer Science & Engineering; BA: Economics
Interests: Reading, being outdoors, swimming, being with friends, helping others.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Kayaking or Backpacking
Past Trips/Experience: Participated in Cub Scouts/ Boy Scouts for 12 years, reaching Eagle Scout; backpacked in New Mexico for 11 days (Boy Scout High Adventure Trip); participated in the Ohiopyle Basecamp trip for the 2014 BuckWild session.
Fun Fact: I swam throughout high school, and I have a twin sister.
Name: Elyza Agosta
Hometown: Harvard, MA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Electrical Engineering
Interests: Ballroom Dancing, Cycling, Electronics, Hiking, Knitting, Reading
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Cycling
Past Trips/Experience: My first year I went backpacking and climbing, my second year I lead cycle-touring, and my third year I lead Unpacked. I’ve been hiking and camping my whole life!
Fun Fact I once got detention for not wearing shoes in school.
Name: Ikmal Azman
Hometown: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Class Year: 2019
Major: Math & Econ
Interests: Travel, Food, Sleep, Not being productive, Soccer
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Paddling
Past Trips/Experience: Hiked Grand Canyon, Paddling, Caving, Rock rappelling, Backpacking
Fun Fact: I went to an international boarding high school with 200 kids from 70 countries located in the middle of nowhere of New Mexico. It was fun. We had hot springs.
Name: Isa Bjorkeson
Hometown: Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Class Year: 2020 (five year program)
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Management
Interests: Napping, chocolate, anything adventurous.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Skiing and Running!
Past Trips/Experience: I have hiked Machu Picchu with my family and backpacked across australia for a month! With OEL I have gone climbing, paddling, backpacking and spent 10 days in Utah doing various outdoor activities!
Fun Fact: Avatar is my favorite movie and I have dual citizenship (US and Sweden).
Name: Ziwei Chen
Hometown: Beijing, China
Class Year: 2019
Major: Anthropology
Interests: nature & culture, art & crafts, every little thing that makes life more colorful : )
Favorite Outdoor Activity: hiking and camping
Past Trips/Experience: I love travelling a lot, but I didn’t start the real outdoor trips until I got to Bucknell. I’ve been to Ohio State park for fall break, tried white water rafting for the first time but fell over, and biked on the trail for the first time and did 33 miles. I’ve been to Adirondacks for spring break and will be in Utah for the next spring break. I almost started from ground zero. If I can make it, you can do it!
Fun Fact: Some friends say that I’m high-key savage, who knows?
Name: Leah Chowenhill
Hometown: Mount Kisco, NY
Class Year: 2019
Major: Electrical Engineering (minor in mathematics and physics)
Interests: hiking, rowing, gardening, watching movies, stargazing, hammocking
Favorite Outdoor Activity: BACKPACKING, wakeboarding
Past Trips/Experience: I led Black Forest Trail Backpacking during Buckwild ‘17 and had to medically assist one of my participants who was bitten by a Timber Rattlesnake on the trail. Never fear, everything was handled properly and the participant was able to safely complete the trip. This is what we leaders like to call type 2 fun. I backpacked through Moab, Utah during Spring Break ‘17 and spent a month in Iceland during Summer ‘17. I will be abroad during the spring semester of 2018 in Sydney, Australia and will definitely be hitting the trails as much as possible!
Fun Fact: I’ve seen over 100 music artists perform live, and I can identify over 300 different types of Japanese maple tree (one day this skill will come in handy I’m sure).
Name: Johnathan “Chief” Coleman Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Philosophy and Political Science
Interests: Playing Water Polo, Reading, Dancing (I am most certainly an Amateur), anything that gets me out of my dorm and into the fresh air, Driving my Hummer next to a bike
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Caving!!!!!!!!!!!
Past Trips/Experience: As a participant I went on Climbing and Caving and had a blast. I love caves. This past year I got to relive my dream and lead Climbing and Caving and let me tell you it was even better. I’ve also been to J Tree in California several times to boulder. I know how to Bushwack, let’s just hope we don’t have to do it, and read a compass. I’m kind of like Allstate with me there you’ll be in good hands.
Fun Fact: I constantly have music playing in my head so if you see me dancing don’t be afraid. I can also teach you proper campfire sitting etiquette.
Name: Matt Geiger
Hometown: Schwenksville, PA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Civil Engineering, Experimental Philosophy
Interests: Hiking, Camping, Snowmobiling, Swimming. Lover of Cheesesteaks.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Snowmobiling
Past Trips/Experience: As a Buckwild participant, I was part of the Ricketts’ Glen Basecamp. Since then, I’ve led the Adventure Race, backpacked in Vermont and Pennsylvania, and spent a week canoeing in the Adirondacks. I spent Spring Break backpacking, mountain biking, and canyoneering in Utah’s Canyonlands!
Fun Fact: I’m a big classical music fan! I play violin, and have played in places like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.
Name: Kaitlyn Kurdziel
Hometown: Midlothian, VA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Sociology and Anthropology
Interests: Hiking, Baking, Building wheelchair ramps and Photography
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking and Whitewater Rafting
Past Trips/Experience: My first camping experience was on my Buckwild trip freshman year at Ohiopyle basecamp. I have gone rafting at the National Whitewater Center in NC and on the James River.
Fun Fact: I have climbed an active volcano.
Name: Paul Lego
Hometown: Woodside, California
Class Year: 2020 (Five year program)
Major: Risk Management
Interests: Cross stitching, friendship bracelets, and coloring books
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Watching a thunderstorm, curled up with a good book on a couch
Past Trips/Experience: climbing climbing and climbing and caving and mountaineering
Fun Fact I played rooster in the musical “Annie”, I had a pet koi fish named nugget. I drive a prius and haven’t eaten meat in 13 years. If I had a dog, I would name it Pringles. I hate trucks and guns.
Name: Kathleen McGivern
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Class Year: 2019
Major: History and Secondary Education
Interests: Running, hiking, napping, Caf sitting with Chief, kite flying, anything NOT DAIRY, and quoting She’s the Man with Shmoo
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hammocking outside on a glorious fall day
Past Trips/Experience: I did a hiking and camping tour of U.S. national parks on the West Coast, as well as skiing and sledding (!!!) in the Midwest. I did the Adventure Race for my BuckWild trip and it was rockin.
Fun Fact I connect on a personal level to Mushu from Mulan Also, I was an extra in the movie Divergent #blessup. I have strong animal magnetism. Nuts. I am also an ordained minister, but exclusively for dog weddings.
Name: Sarah Mooney
Hometown: Piedmont, CA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Political Science and History
Interests: Traveling, Hiking, Water Polo, and movies are some of my interests, and quoting She’s the Man with Kathleen, and parent trap with Sarah Shocat
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking and Swimming are two of my favorites.
Past Trips/Experience: Are you done Backpacking and rock climbing in the Grand Tetons, hiking in the sierras, and just last year I went backpacking with my sister in the swiss alps and the black forest in Germany.
Fun Fact: My spirit animal is D.W. Read from Arthur. Grandparents love me and I get traffic updates on my phone every 15 minutes!! Also, fun fact, only 3 minutes after this picture was taken, we saw a baby chick run from the trees chased by a giant iguana.
Name: Rebecca Richardson
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Managing for Sustainability
Interests: Surfing, skateboarding, hiking, traveling, skiing, netflix, and puns
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking up to a beautiful view.
Past Trips/Experience: The summer before I came to college I went on a three week long backpacking trip in the Sierra’s. Before that three week trip I had gone out backpacking for a week each year (starting freshman year) to Yosemite, or Redwood National Park. I have also gone rock climbing and rappelling over various weekends to Joshua Tree National Park.
Fun Fact: I have an identical twin, I’m a dual citizen (US & European Union), and I know all the words to the song “All Star” by Smash Mouth
Name: Harper Stewart
Hometown: Rochester, NY (Penfield)
Class Year: 2019
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Running, Soccer, Canoeing, Paddle Boarding, Swimming, Sailing, Hiking, Backpacking, Canyoneering, Mountain Biking
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Being near water.
Past Trips/Experience: I participated in the Buckwild trip, Climbing and Caving 2 Hot to Handle and I led Climbing and Caving 1 my sophomore and junior year. One time my family went to Zion National Park in Utah and we climbed 21 switchbacks up to Angel’s Landing but never made it to the top because my parents thought we were going to fall off. I got mad at them and then they bought a picture of the hike just to tease me. Someday my sister and I are going to go back and climb it. My family has a cottage on Lake Ontario so we like to canoe and partake in various other water sports.
Fun Fact: I am a vegetarian and I love eating protein bars more than anything (except dessert). One time, I saw Eddie Murphy on a plane, and he told me I had the perfect voice to be the daughter of Fiona. I never ever let the microwave complete the time and beep because one time I did and i regretted it.
Name: Tyler Strobel
Hometown: Edina, MN
Class Year: 2019
Major: Classics and Mediterranean Studies
Interests: Environmentalism, traveling, writing, cats, and tea
Favorite Outdoor Activity: SCUBA diving (especially technical, deep (100’+), and spear-fishing dives)
Past Trips/Experience: I did A-Race as a first year, and have done on-campus logistics work for the past two years. While I prefer behind-the-scenes work, I also been skiing my whole life, have hiked several of Colorado’s 14er’s, and have canoed the Boundary Waters. I enjoy white water rafting, waterfall spelunking, and long walks on the beach.
Fun Fact: One million seconds is approximately 12 days, while one billion seconds is approximately 31 years
Name: Mackenzie Todd
Hometown: Freeville, NY
Class Year: 2019
Major: Chemical Engineering
Interests: the world around me, running, canoeing/sailing/swimming/almost anything on a lake, artsy crafty creativeness, skiing (telemark anyone?), hiking/walking aimlessly
Favorite Outdoor Activity: canoeing
Past Trips/Experience: My parents took me canoe camping starting when I was two years old (they had fun dealing with a hyper little me on that trip) shortly followed by teaching me how to hike (by snack bribery of coarse), ski, and race in whitewater canoe slalom (but on not so white water) when I was three. I have been on many canoe camping trips since then, including Buckwild’s Paddling on the Susie Q. I have also done many day trips up mountains in the Adirondacks and in Maine. Also, last year I led the Rickett's Glen base camp trip for Buckwild.
Fun Fact: My favorite foods are sandwiches and I excel at GIS
Name: Abbie Winter
Hometown: Easton, CT
Class Year: 2019
Major: Biology & Environmental Science
Interests: Knitting, plants, knitting plants, eating cereal, & appropriately-lengthed walks on beaches
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Climbing things (usually trees but I don’t discriminate). The cactus (Mitchell) featured in the photo was the first cactus I have ever climbed, and I just entered the 82nd Annual Cactus Climbing Competition in Columbus, Ohio to gain more experience.
Past Trips/Experience: Backpacking, rock climbing, caving, hiking, kayaking, skiing, I dabbled in sailing one time, and paddleboarding
Fun Fact: Beehives are in fact dark inside which I didn’t really think about until this year on account of the fact that 90% of my knowledge of bees is based on the Bee Movie. I believe hiccups are a government conspiracy theory. I have longer legs than Zac Efron.
Name: Faith Breen
Hometown: Portsmouth, RI
Class Year: 2020
Major: Biology and Environmental Science, Karst
Interests: La Croix, Rhode Island, nalgenes, Cat Stevens and caf sitting, Brothers and midnight oil, pumpkins
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Bird watching (BYOB (binoculars)), McDonalds
Past Trips/Experience: Hiking, Backpacking, and I like to paddleboard with my dog
Fun Fact: The bald eagle is my favorite endangered species act success story. Also I once had the hiccups for seven straight months. Gluten has me in a chokehold.
Name: Kenzie Burns
Hometown: Rotterdam, New York
Class Year: 2020 (but that’s assuming I can pass all of my classes) (jk I’m actually kinda smart I promise)
Major: Environmental Engineering
Interests: Hammocking (sometimes I even break Ben’s hammock), running, ice skating, MY DOG, plants, astronomy, space.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking/backpacking
Past Trips/Experience: I went paddling on my freshman trip it was lit. Also I’ve been paddling on Mars, it was out of this world. I led Ohiopyle last year, we had fun! Also I’ve gone backpacking and tenting lots. And I’m an aspiring Adirondack 46er!
Fun Fact: I can recite the entire periodic table from memory AND in increasing atomic order.
Name: Matt Drescher
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Class Year: 2020
Major: Biology
Interests: Any and all animals (the more the name sounds like the word elephant the better), stars, wondering if I could ever be a universal unit of measure.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: rolling down hills
Past Trips/Experience: Hiking/Backpacking, skiing, and skating on ice (different than ice skating).
Fun Fact: Yes, this is a fun fact: During WWII, the United States tried to develop a “bat bomb,” where they would fly over an enemy territory and release tons of bats, each with a small firecracker attached to them. The idea was that the bats could all start small fires in hard to reach places, which would eventually become large fires, and destroy an area. The idea never panned out, but about $2 million was spent on research for it. I have two rabbits, one named Henry, and the other named Larry. I found them in Indiana and kept them. Also my goal in life is to never let the tradition of flat Stanley die.
Name: Evan Filion
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Class Year: 2020
Major: Civil Engineering
Interests: Having deep convos, carpentry, gazing at beautiful trees, rock climbing, playing music, pottery, doing outdoorsy things, longboarding, eating, looking at maps, etc.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Climbing on trees, geological formations, ice, or man-made structures
Past Trips/Experience: Hiking the Salkantay Trek in Peru, bro-ing out in the Adirondack Mountains, ice climbing in Colorado, and doing some climbing, caving, and backpacking with Buckwild
Fun Fact: I can spin a basketball on my finger, I cannot hula-hoop even if my life depended on it, and I was Shrek. (Also, that silly boi in the background is my roommate!)
Name: Rachel Johnson
Hometown: Waynesboro, PA
Class Year: 2020
Major: Physics
Interests: Piano, juggling, finding dogs to pet
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Night hikes, or running in the woods with a dog. Actually, anything involving dogs.
Past Trips/Experience: Ohio Pyle Camp 3! Lots of unprofessional tree climbing
Fun Fact: ‘Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.’ is a grammatically correct sentence.
Name: Peter Leary
Hometown: Pfafftown, North Carolina
Class Year: 2020
Major: Environmental Engineering
Interests: Laughing at my own jokes (out loud or in my head), watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, looking at maps, buying fancy overpriced chairs
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Sitting down while enjoying a snack and a view (snack and view optional).
Past Trips/Experience: I hike and paddle sometimes
Fun Fact: Yawns are contagious. I am addicted to snapchat (this is actually a serious condition that I was diagnosed with. The doctor said if I don’t ever respond to a snapchat I might die). I like all kinds of music. Spongebob and Avatar references are applicable in every situation. I have a shrine dedicated to the death of vine. Also I steal dirty socks from people's laundry and wear them when I am alone.
Name: Brenna Prevelige
Hometown: Easton, CT
Class Year: 2020
Major: Biology
Interests: Puns, Bee Movie memes, Buns (bee movie puns), self-embarrassment
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking
Past Trips/Experience: I have hiked in 7 national parks! And have gone caving, white-water rafting in Costa Rica, paddleboarding, backpacking, and waterfall rappelling. I also once had an intimate experience with a deer.
Fun Fact: I am hard of hearing so scream in my ears if you want me to hear you. I smile to hide my shame. I was also asked by Nicholas Cage if I would be his stunt double for National Treasure but graciously turned him down.
Name: Sam Soldatis
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Class Year: 2020
Major: Geology
Interests: Indiana stuff, rocks, ice
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Downhill/backcountry skiing
Past Trips/Experience: I like to travel as much as I can. I love the rockies and try to ski/hike there every year
Fun Fact: I lived in the safe chamber under the Denver Airport for 3 months and 12 days.
Name: Ryan Stanitski
Hometown: Spotsylvania, Virginia
Class Year: 2020
Major: Physics with a concentration in Astrophysics and Geology
Interests: Any outdoor activity that takes place near water or mountains, space, sports, feelings, and honey.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Whitewater Kayaking and Skiing
Past Trips/Experience: I have hiked, climbed, canyoneered, and mountain biked throughout North Carolina and Tennessee. I have WW kayaked throughout the mid-atlantic region and I hiked Mt. Washington with 60 m.p.h. winds
Fun Fact: I am always up for a riddle and I have almost broken my car window because I was listening/dancing to spanish music.
Name: Julia Stevens
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Class Year: 2020
Major: French with a Russian minor
Interests: Mexican food, reading, tea, classic rock
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking and swimming
Past Trips/Experience: As a BuckWild participant, I did the Ricketts Glenn trip and I lead that same trip last year. I’ve also hiked in the Adirondacks and the Alps!
Fun Fact: My friends tell me I vaguely resemble Steve Buscemi and honestly I kinda see it. Also, this pic was taken moments before Peter Leary pushed me down that hole. Don’t worry, I’m fine. Sometimes I eat raw pasta because I think it will help me grow.
Name: Savannah Weaver
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Class Year: 2020
Majors: Environmental Science & Biology
Interests: Water polo, swimming (especially in the ocean), surfing (although I’m terrible), hiking, star-gazing, travel, FOOD, music/concerts, books. I also love watching basketball - GO WARRIORS!
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Really anything water related because I was definitely a fish in a past life.
Past Trips/Experience: My family was very outdoorsy and would take long summer road trips, camping at cool places along the way and I was a summer camp leader for 4 summers. I did the Ricketts Glen Basecamp trip as a participant and led it last year - live love RG3!!!
Fun Fact: I have watched every episode of friends at least twice and when I was in high school I had a pet bunny named Indiana Jones.
Name: Carrie Baeckstrom
Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
Class Year: 2021
Major: Early Childhood Education/Psychology
Interests: Swimming, running, biking, swimming in all kinds of bodies of water, rereading my favorite books
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Swimming
Past Trips/Experience: I was a participant on the Ricketts Glen trip, I’ve been hiking in the Grand Canyon, Sedona, and other moderately cool places, and I enjoy skiing, swimming, paddleboarding, kayaking.
Fun Fact: I can quote the entirety of Jurassic Park and ride a bike with no hands (but not at the same time.)
Name: Chris Barton
Hometown: Inland Empire, California
Class Year: 2020
Major: Undeclared Management
Interests: Drawing/painting, music, cooking, swimming, exploring
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking
Past Trips/Experience: I participated in the Rickets Glenn Basecamp trip as an incoming first year and had the opportunity to participate in the 2017 May Trip. Outside of OEL, I have explored and hiked at various places in Southern California such as the Malibu Creek Trail, Sapphire Falls Trail, Mount Baldy, and the Claremont Loop.
Fun Fact: I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
Name: Brielle Cenci
Hometown: Pequannock, NJ
Class Year: 2019
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Interests: THE BEACH, anything chocolate or ice cream related, golden doodles, good music (aka nothing they play on the radio)
Favorite Outdoor Activity: surfing, skiing, kayaking, fishing, soccer, hiking
Past Trips/Experience: I was on the Ricketts Glen trip for BuckWild, which was my first camping experience! Last spring, I went mountain biking, canyoneering, and backpacking in Utah. This fall, I spent my semester abroad in Australia and traveled around New Zealand too. My favorite parts were hiking the Blue Mountains, climbing the Glasshouse Mountains, and kayaking/snorkeling around the Whitsunday Islands :))
Fun Fact: Kangaroos will punch you away if you try to spoon with them (see example above)
Name: Katie Charcalis
Hometown: Stamford, CT
Class Year: 2021
Major: Probably psychology
Interests: Sloths, hiphop dancercizing (i can teach you all), avocados, shake shack - I cried after eating it one time because it was just so good, doing art, being buckWIILD on the daily (yes i coined that phrase), protecting the world from R. Kelly, Bob Ross, my dog (she’s royalty… I’ll explain this at some point), talking, and laughing
Favorite Outdoor Activity: I like to be one with nature definitely but I really like to hike and sleep outside and see really beautiful things that you can’t see in the city
Past Trips/Experience: I went to camp every summer since I was 12 where we slept outside and had no phones and everything, and then I went on the Old Loggers Buckwild trip before my freshman year and it was flippin awesome :) :) :)
Fun Fact: Oh where to begin... I can tell you the entire geography of Africa, I hopped on a random train at grand central hoping that I would make it home, I currently use a burner phone because my iphone broke (another explanation needed…) You can ask me for more facts in person :)
Name: Michael Dettmer
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Class Year: 2021
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
Interests: Trees, my little pony, and bingo night at the senior center
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Just about all of them.
Past Trips/Experience: I’ve been backpacking in Ohio and Texas, hiking in Peru and Ecuador, and gone on canoeing and kayaking trips in Maine.
Fun Fact: I have swam to Mexico from the shore of Mexico. So basically I swam in Mexico. Actually it was more like I waded around on the beach of Mexico. Also it was NEW Mexico, which I guess is better because it’s newer.
Name: Garrett Gabianelli
Hometown: San Rafael, CA
Class Year: 2019
Major: Accounting and Financial Management (ACFM)
Interests: Rugby, Classic Rock, Fishing, Backpacking, Baseball, Football, and generally anything to do with Steve Irwin.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: I’ve climbed and summited 7 mountains in my day and love do it.
Past Trips/Experience: I’ve spent all my summers doing things like solo hiking British Columbia, kayaking the coastline of Washington State, and rock climbing in New Zealand. I have been on trips like this and led them as well! I was a Buckwild participant my freshman year and was not disappointed.
Fun Fact: In highschool I was Danny in the play Grease and led my A Capella group. I will only eat peanut butter if it is with a stick I have a collection of rubber ducks.
Name: Emily Haas
Hometown: Princeton Junction, NJ
Class Year: 2021
Major: Undecided
Interests: Swimming, paddle boarding, hiking, mountain biking, piano, the ocean, traveling, photography, my dog, being outside,
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Swimming in jello
Past Trips/Experience: Hiking in Sedona, Arizona; skydiving; paragliding, mountain biking, and hiking in Wyoming, hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains
Fun Fact: my dog is obese
Name: Ben Iwaoka
Hometown: Charlotte NC
Class Year: 2021
Major: Electrical Engineering
Interests: Rugby, Outdoors, Fishing, Video games, Eating, Backpacking, sleeping, meeting new people, meeting old people,
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Rugby, backpacking, fishing, catfishing, memeing
Past Trips/Experience: Black forest trail, Outward bound, Hiking the Grand Canyon, Hiking in North Carolina, Hiking in Wyoming, Hiking in Oregon, Hiking in New Zealand, Hiking in boots, Hiking in Maine, Camping in Florida, Camping in North Carolina, Camping in Tennessee, Camping in Minnesota.
Fun Fact: I am afraid of submarines, I once fought a goose over a piece of bread and won, and I only like to wear black socks. In fact, I will only wear black socks. I can’t remember the last time I wore a pair of socks that weren’t black. If I was to wear a pair of - wait for it- white socks, I would feel horrible the whole day. Black socks never get dirty. I love black socks. I must wear black socks!
Name: Ivy Jin
Hometown: manhasset, NY
Class Year: 2021!
Major: psychology :)
Interests: traveling, meeting new people, dancing, laughing, making other people laugh, having a good time, dogs, hanging with friends
Favorite Outdoor Activity: hiking and paddleboarding!
Past Trips/Experience: I was on the Ricketts Glen trip with Buckwild and loved it (RG1 IS RG FUN)!! I have hiked in the Grand Canyon/various outdoor parks and have done a few Inca trails in Peru. I have also traveled to many different countries.
Fun Fact: I have been on three continents in one day ;)
Name: Clayton Keller
Hometown: Kenilworth, IL
Class Year: 2020
Major: Undeclared
Interests: Reading, outdoor activities, working with special needs kids
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Backpacking
Past Trips/Experience: Backpacking (Wind River Range/Yosemite) Rock-climbing (Northern Cal) Summited 4 peaks (Shasta)
Fun Fact: I used to live in Italy
Name: Justin Kuo
Hometown: Mclean, VA
Class Year: 2020
Major: Undeclared (too many to choose from)
Interests: pogo-sticking, sick tricks on my razor scooter, geling my hair
Favorite Outdoor Activity: i enjoy sitting in meadows and loooking at wild flowers
Past Trips/Experience: 3 week backpacking trip in backcountry Alaska and so many others
Fun Fact: there are so many facts that are fun
Name: Clara Mankowski
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Class Year: 2021
Major: Biology & Environmental Science
Interests: Spotify ads, macaroni & cheese, Netflix comedy specials, dogs, crazy socks, tuba
Favorite Outdoor Activity: climbing, backpacking, frightening my parents
Past Trips/Experience: Backpacking the Wind River Range with NOLS, trekking through the Peruvian Andes and Himalayas of Nepal
Fun Fact: I’ve eaten 12.5 s’mores in 20 minutes and been charged by a rhino (surprisingly, these occurred at the same time). Proud owner of the best sock collection on the planet (come at me, Anthony). They asked me to guest star on Supernatural, but I had to respectfully decline due to a prior commitment.
Name: Lourenco Martins
Hometown: Lowell Massachusetts
Class Year: 2021
Major: Neuroscience and Classics/ Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Interests: Latin (I’m serious, I will try to teach you), Nature documentaries, fashion, Youtube and violent reality television (the cattier the better)
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Backpacking, Rock Climbing (though I’m not very good, photo is proof), Running on ankle breaking trails, and anything related to Rowing (don’t bring up rowing, you will regret it). Basically I’m an outdoor athletic masochist, but I don’t have the bod to match
Past Trips/Experience: I’ve done a lot of day hiking in NE and in the Azores (my actual hometown) and I backpacked the AT trail for my BuckWild Trip
Fun Fact: I once ate an entire pizza in 20 mins and have successfully completed the Buffalo Wild Wings Challenge. I am lactose intolerant and a vegetarian.
Name: John Owen
Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland
Class Year: 2021
Major: Computer Engineering
Interests: Video Games, Card/Board Games, Running, Theater
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Running
Past Trips/Experience: I was on the Black Forest Trail trip for Buckwild. I spent a week at the Grand Canyon and Zion Canyon. I’ve also sailed around the British Virgin Islands. (Not sure if that counts)
Fun Fact: I am a dual citizen with the US and the United Kingdom (God Save the Queen) and I have three older siblings who live there
Name: Mateen Qureshi
Hometown: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Class Year: 2019
Major: Computer Engineering
Interests: Soccer, Football, anything outdoors
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Backpacking, kayaking, hiking
Past Trips/Experience: Black Forest Trail, Bushwhacking in Northern PA, kayaking
Fun Fact: I can touch my tongue with my nose.
Name: Elizabeth Raynor
Hometown: Canton, Connecticut
Class Year: 2021
Major: Chemical Engineering
Interests: Playing the flute, traveling,
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Backpacking, climbing, kayaking
Past Trips/Experience: Before BuckWild I didn’t have much outdoor experience other than hiking but I knew I wanted to do more of it so I decided to do BuckWild
Fun Fact:
Name: Elise Rubenstein
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Class Year: 2021
Major: Women and Gender Studies, Anthropology
Interests: photography, feminism, and excessive friendship bracelet making
Favorite Outdoor Activity: backpacking and reading under (or in) a tree
Past Trips/Experience: With Buckwild I went on the Old Loggers backpacking trip. Before that, I have spent two weeks hiking in Iceland and 20 days backpacking in the Annapurna Conservation Area of the Himalayas in Nepal.
Fun Fact: baby carrots give me the hiccups, and I’ve made prolonged eye contact with a water buffalo while peeing. Ask me if I went to Nepal for a fun time!
Name: Matt Sennett
Hometown: Wilmette, IL
Class Year: 2021
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Anything involving snow, Paintball, Hockey, Lacrosse, Rugby, Steak
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Backpacking, Building Snow Forts
Past Trips/Experience: Spent two weeks in the Peruvian Andes. Two weeks in the galapagos and a few days in the Amazon. Split backpacking and sea kayaking in Alaska, One month of backpacking in the European Alps. Older Loggers, various other day hikes/smaller backpacking trips.
Fun Fact: If you tell me to dress casual I will show up in athletic shorts and a hoodie. I hog the covers. When I am older I want to own a jellyfish and name it peanut butter.
Name: Nathan Sisack
Hometown: Doylestown, PA
Class Year: 2021
Major: undeclared
Interests: guitar, music, reading, hiking, doodling, skateboarding, Philadelphia sports, drinking coffee
Favorite Outdoor Activity: hiking
Past Trips/Experience: I have been to eight national parks in the U.S., I was on the Black Forest Trail for Buckwild, kayaking
Fun Fact: My favorite movie is Shrek 2. I also really appreciate the artistic genius displayed in Shrek: The Musical.
Name: Will Snyder
Hometown: Severna Park, MD
Class Year: 2021
Major: Neuroscience
Interests: Soccer, bouldering, painting
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Climbing on rocks that would make my mom nervous
Past Trips/Experience: I didn’t do any outdoor trips before my climbing and caving BuckWild pre-orientation, but immediately fell in love with it. I’ve been lucky to do many more trips as a BuckWild leader, and I hope to travel for more trips to climb over spring and summer breaks.
Fun Fact: Bob Ross is my spirit animal, and I dabble in joggling (it’s worth a Google).
Name: Nathan Ware
Hometown: Lewisburg Pa
Class Year: never graduating i love bucknell
Major: Art
Interests: Paintball!!!! And video games and nature
Favorite Outdoor Activity: anything in nature, paintball lol in nature
Past Trips/Experience: buckwild :)
Fun Fact: I can lick both my elbows at the same time.
Name: Benny Wilken
Hometown: Honesdale, PA
Class Year: 2021
Major: Biochemistry / Cell biology
Interests: wombat watching, cow tipping, phishing
Favorite Outdoor Activity: dizzy stargazing
Past Trips/Experience: Once I looked out the window and witnessed a swarm of squirrels harassing your friendly neighborhood mailman.
Fun Fact: I am a professional hip model and amateur erotic novelist. Ask me about my truck.
Name: Kameron Winters
Hometown: Camp Hill, PA
Class Year: 2021
Major: B.S. Animal Behavior
Interests: hiking, traveling, video games, music, movies, playing instruments, cosplaying, having fun, and getting good grades
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Caving and finding a peaceful place to sit and think
Past Trips/Experience: My BuckWild trip as a participant was climbing and caving. This was also my first time really experiencing the outdoors. Since then, in preparation to be a leader, I have gone backpacking and paddling.
Fun Fact: My goal in life is to travel all over the world, I hope to be fluent in Japanese one day, and my spirit animal will always be the red panda
Name: Payton Kirkpatrick
Hometown: Basking Ridge NJ
Class Year: 2019
Major: Education, Biology, Photography
Interests: Photography, volleyball, biology, longboarding
Favorite Outdoor Activity: walking
Past Trips/Experience: A lot, just ask. Also studied abroad in NZ which was crazy cool
Fun Fact: I played bagpipes for the prince of England
Name: Jake Reiman
Hometown: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Class Year: Graduate Student (Graduating in 2019)
Major: College Student Development, Humanities, Film Studies
Interests: Hiking, Biking, Camping, Watching movies
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Relaxing by a campfire
Past Trips/Experience: Hiked the Wind River for 30 Days, Reached the peak Gannett Mountain, snowshoed in Swiss Alps. Studied Abroad in Florence, Italy. Also paddled the St. Croix River, led conservation crew in national parks in Washington D.C., worked as a course guide at ropes course in Tallahassee.
Fun Fact: I can play seven degrees of Kevin Bacon with any two actors
Name: Tony Stafford Director of OEL
Hometown: Lewisburg, PA
Class Year: Class of Life
Major: Bachelor of Marine Science, Masters in Education Higher Education Student Development, Masters in Sports Management
Interests: Gardening, Biking, International Travel, ANYTHING OUTDOORS!
Favorite Outdoor Activity: International Cultural Adventure Travel
Past Trips/Experience: Spent a year backpacker style travel in South America. Hit Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands,and Patagonia.
Fun Fact: I am married to an AWESOME woman Cassie Stafford and I have the OEL Mascot Gila the Golden Retriever and 2 fantastic cats Mocha and Sammie!
