The Team

Vibav is a senior at Rickards High School. He likes watching college football and the NFL. His favorite teams are FSU and the Buccaneers.

Good riddance to detector building.

Hi guys!! My name's Aileen and i'm currently a junior at Rickards High School. I love almost all things science, and you can usually find me cramming for something I procrastinated. Apart from that, I love dancing, singing, and picking up random hobbies.

Hi my name is Himank and I'm a junior at Rick. I've been doing Science Olympiad for 5 years now. I like to play basketball and I hate thai food. If you're reading this I probably need a beard trim

Hello, My name is Rishi and i'm a junior at Rickards High School. I've been doing Science Olympiad for 5 years. I like Chipotle and sports. If you're reading this I probably need a haircut.

I am an incoming senior at Irvine High School hoping to major in environmental science in the future. My favorite events are ornithology, entomology, and forestry.

Adhrit is a 9th grader at Baton Rouge High Magnet High School! He loves dinosaurs, and his favorite is the Spinosaurus! He also has a ton of stuffed animals (hi Cloosheen!) :D

Hi! I'm a sophomore at Holly Springs, and my favorite events are bio and ID events. yummy microbes

Hello, I'm Allison. I like violin and morse code, and I'm currently a freshman at Shady Side Academy. My Discord is "summersaurus." if you want to chat!

Allison is a senior at Purdue University. This spring, she'll graduate with two degrees- one in Biology, one in Science Education- and minors in Chemistry and Wildlife. She's written exams for several prestigious competitions since 2021, and she's glad to write for Rickards again!

Hi, I'm Amy Peng and I'm a junior at the (totally fascinating) Oakton HS! This is my 5th year competing (and 4th year writing) and my favorite events are Forestry (rip), Anatomy & Physiology, Ecology, and Flight (rip). I enjoy anything biology, envirosci, and aerodynamic engineering related. When I'm not doing scioly or procrastinating for school, you can find me looking at trees or listening to music. Good luck and go Rickards! Hope the tests were as enjoyable as my experience writing (not grading) them! .

Hi I'm Anand, I'm a sophomore at IA East, I only do physics & chem events for some reason and my fav event is IAT. I love music and love playing string instruments, and at this point I have so many music extracurriculars that UMich is going to just tell me to take Music Theory instead of Aerospace Engineering as my career.

Hey, I'm Andrew, a sophomore from Shady Side Academy (Discord: thebirdybirdybird if you want to talk). I like astrophysics, computer science, and puzzle solving, and that is why some of my main events are Astronomy, Robot Tour, and Codebusters. I've done Science Olympiad for 4 years now, and it was the first community I ever felt I belonged in, so now I'm getting involved with test writing too!

Hi, I'm Aneesh and I am one of the senior captains at Mason High School. I've been competing in Science Olympiad for the last 6 years in mostly tech/inquiry events, with some of my longest being in Codebusters and Experimental Design. I'm also a yapper.

Hi! My name is Anna Zamastsyanina, and I am a senior at Jordan High School, in my 5th year competing in Science Olympiad. My favorite events are Ornithology(RIP) and Astronomy, as well as Botany. My hobbies include birdwatching, reading, drawing, crochet, taekwondo, and making matcha. I'm really excited for this new Science Olympiad season!

Hi! My name is Anthony Egan and I'm a senior at Guilderland High School in upstate New York. This will be my 5th full year doing Science Olympiad (having done anatomy for most of them). Whenever I'm free from SciOly, I enjoy studying languages (currently on my 12th) and medical anthropology.

local physical science enthusiast writes wordy tests for fun

Hi, I'm Brycen! I am a junior attending Fulton Science Academy. This is my fourth year competing in SciOly and my third year coaching Road Scholar. My favorite events are Microbe Mission and Chem Lab. I love to crochet, listen to music (I am a big Rina Sawayama fan), and play with my four cats in my free time (Buddy and Pookie are in the picture, left to right). I am also extremely enthusiastic about proteins and RNA.

Hey wassup y'all, I'm Claire. A sophomore at Solon High School, for scioly I enjoy doing ID events like entomology + bio events + code. Beyond that in my free time I love listening to music and enjoy traveling the world 🤩 (even tho I don't get to do it often lmao)

Hi, my name is Claire and I'm a junior at WWP North. I do code and some bio events. I like to swim, watch soccer, and hangout with friends.

Hi! I'm Claire, a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School! For Scioly, I compete in Entomology, Ecology, and Wind Power, with a deep hatred for the last one. I hope you have a great competitive season, and if you compete with me, feel free to say hi!

Cloris Shi is a high school senior competing for Troy Science Olympiad. She finds biostatistics and bioengineering fascinating. Her favorite events are Anatomy and Disease Detectives. In her free time, she is likely singing karaoke.

Mechanical engineering student at Missouri S&T, I love build events in Science Olympiad!

Hi folks! My name is Connor Jin, and I'm from the riveting town of Syosset. Here, I help protect the honor of our scioly team by doing way too many build events. I like physics, drawing, cooking/baking, and comic books! Enjoy the optics test I wrote and good luck with the rest of the season.

Connor Chang is a Science Olympiad captain at North Hollywood High School who has an affinity for rock tasting.

I'm an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, and dedicated high school student preparing for college studies in business. I’m looking to expand my skill set, gain experience, and contribute to my community while also being passionate about learning, experimenting, and working with numbers.

Hi! I'm a freshman at UCLA studying molecular biology. I competed for six years at Jeffrey Trail Middle School and Northwood High School, and my main events were Codebusters, Anatomy, and Experimental Design. I look forward to helping make your competition experience as fun as possible!

Hello! I'm Elisabeth, a Bronx Science alumna currently studying biology and philosophy. This is my third year event supervising for Rickards. Please enjoy the tests, and good skill! :)

I'm Emmy, a freshman at MIT who used to do ess/chem/bio/phys/inquiry events (basically everything but builds, though I did make a salt bridge for detector last year and have helped my teammates test their devices more than once) for Davidson Academy.

Hi I'm Eric Lin, a junior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School. I like to watch cat videos in my free time.

Hi, I'm Eric! I like flying things, stuff in my body, and my dog.

I am a Junior attending Shady Side Academy that enjoys biology, cognitive science, and the brain! I was a captain of my Div B team for multiple years, placing several times at the National Tournament, and am currently a captain of my Div C team (we fell off). Interestingly I was a 2024 USABO Camper and USESO Camper, yet I have always enjoyed doing SciOly builds... I love the natural sciences, and I'm excited for another year of Rickards SciOly! Skibidi out.

Hi, I'm Eydan! I'm competing for Orlando Science High School, and this will be my 3rd year in Science Olympiad. I placed 1st at the 2024 National Tournament for the Tower event, and it is also, funnily enough, my favorite event. (Crazy right) Thanks, and good luck! I hope I can meet you guys at Comps!

Florence is a junior from Camas High School in Washington who got her start in Science Olympiad in 9th grade. Since then, she's dedicated herself to studying hard, helping the community, and foster a love of science everywhere she goes. Her favorite event has always been Detector Building, but she loves to help with Ecology and Microbe Mission as well. All in all, she hope her efforts will help Camas High School get to Nationals!

Hi, I'm Harrison (Discord 3s0x if you want to talk) and this is my 1st year writing and my favorite events are Experimental Design, Disease Detectives, and Crime Busters. I wrote and graded Crime Busters and graded Experimental Design for Rickards. Good luck in your events!

Hi, my name is Huong and I'm a junior at Milpitas High. I've been doing the Science Olympiad for 3 years now and anatomy is my fav event! Outside of school, I love doing taekwondo and piano.

Hi!!! so great to meet you all :) I'm Isaac Jones (he/him). originally hailing from Milpitas, a suburb squeezed between San Jose and Fremont CA! I'm studying Electrical/CS at UC Berkeley. I love hiking and backpacking; aerospace/math; hanging out with my friends; and playing video games, especially Minecraft, terraria, and Legend of Zelda.

Hi I'm Ishan from the riveting town of Syosset.

Hi, my name is Jasmine and I am a 9th grader in Oregon. I have been actively competing in SciOly for the past 3 years and am currently focusing more on test-writing and improving available resources for competitors. Aside from science, I also enjoy math, playing violin, composing, and programming. My scioly.org username is @BlueVireo.

Hi! I'm a freshman at Garnet Valley High School. I enjoy building flying things as well as finding them out in the wild, grinding math to AIME qual(hopefully), and playing piano. I do all types of events, but my main two are Disease Detectives and Helicopter this year. It's an honor to help out with Rickards this year and I hope this year will be the best yet! Good luck! (Image credits to Rooni)

I'm a senior at Vestal High School and in my fourth year of SciOly. I really enjoy chem and bio events. It's a pleasure to help out at Rickards!

Hi, I'm Melody! I'm now in my third year of captaining MacArthur High School's SciOly team. My favorite events are those in biology. Otherwise, I love music, good food, and rubber ducks.

Hello, my name is Malachi Dawson. I am a freshman at Seven Lakes High School who greatly enjoys Fossils and Ecology, and I'm looking to try out Entomology too. I truly hope my test was able to strain your skills adequately and challenge you to push beyond your limits. Enjoy!

Hi, I'm Manank! I'm a freshman at UC Berkeley studying Astrophysics! I'm a proud Lynbrook alum where I competed for all 4 years of high school. I primarily enjoy doing earth science and physics events, and this is my third year supervising for Rickards. Hopefully you enjoyed my tests :)

Hello! I'm Mel, an upcoming freshman at Monta Vista High School! My favorite events are bio/inquiry events. Outside of Scioly I love to run and do art :D!

Typical asian nerd who likes chess and video games and is dying over college apps.

Pembroke Hill junior and science olympiader. I'm ok at most things except builds and biochemistry.

hi i'm olivia and im a freshman at clayton high in missouri ! i rly like food and i hope you enjoyed rickards !

Hi! My name is Revanth Raparla, and I'm a sophomore at Jordan High School. This is going to be my fourth year doing Science Olympiad. My favorite events are Experimental Design and Rocks and Minerals.

Hi! I'm your local ID event enthusiast. I hope you enjoy the tests!

Hi, I'm Ruth. The image of me is totally real. I'm a junior at MIT studying EECS, but competed in Disease Detectives for all 4 years of high school. When I'm not studying, I like watching birds (sometimes they watch me back).

Howdy! If you ever meet me and I'm just staring blankly, I'm either sleeping or thinking about Physics (i love physics).

Hi! I'm Sourish and I'm a rising senior at Montgomery High School. I've been a part of scioly since middle school and have competed in study events including It's About Time, Wind Power, Optics, Astronomy, and Detector Building. I'm also super interested in physics, having a physics based YouTube channel (sour5blue), and was part of this year's US Physics Team. I hope to come up with some interesting problems for you all to solve!

My name is Sukhad Mutatkar and I am an incoming freshman at UC berkeley. I am majoring in chemical engineering and double majoring in material science. I love to play the drums, have been in band since elementary, scouts(eagle scouts) and other activities that have shaped me to who I am. I learn through everything I do and try to become a better version of myself. Through science I hope to teach and guide the future generation.

pembroke hill junior, one of two builders on the team. cobgang enthusiast, # (number) one(1) jak specialist. this invy needs a hero!

Hey, my name is Vilius. I am currently a freshman studying Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. I competed for Creekside Middle School and Castro Valley High School in California for my Science Olympiad career. Very proud of my 3rd place medal at Nationals for Green Generation. I love watching F1 and thanks to a friend, hooked on Premier Leugue Draft.