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#1

Alain Saal-Dalma

Masters '24

Alain Saal-Dalma

Major Mechanical Engineering
Hometown Palo Alto, CA
Height 5'9"

What’s your favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Goddamn Myrtle Beach

What is your "go-to" move on the field?

Flick pump fake.

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

O-week pickup on the cut.

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Dylan Freechild.

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Shark Tank.

#2

Vardaan Shah

Senior

"Vardaania"

Major Economics, Statistics
Hometown Baaaay Areaaaa
Height 6'1"

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

We got margs - Mahith after gets margs from Chile's

What is your go-to move on the field?

Dump

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Absolute scenes when our rookie line broke Pitt and regionals

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Could be recency bias, but I'd have to say almost winning it for the old lady in IM soccer. I've never seen Joe run that fast.

Did you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

D line is ugly

#3

Benjamin Colby

Sophomore

Benjamin Colby

Major Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown Piedmont, CA
Height 6'1"

What has been favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Steel City 23

What is your go-to move on the field?

Winning the under no matter how big of a buffer you give me

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

The Corn Fed Mule (Steve Mo)

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Rookie D-Line breaking Pitt

Do you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Corn Syrup

Do you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Getting locked in and pooping

#4

Ethan Tang-Jones

Freshman

Ethan Tang-Jones

Major
Hometown
Height

#7

Spencer Matonis

PhD

Spencer Matonis

Major Materials Science and Engineering (PhD)
Hometown Greenwich, CT
Height 6'5"

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

DM'ing leadership on FB and saying I'm going to rock their world

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

"How did you become like this?" - Brandon Zhou

What's your go-to move on the field?

Blueberry muffin, 100%

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Lamar Jackson

#8

Wyatt Krisky

Junior

"Sky"

Major Business Administration
Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
Height 5'8"

#9

Joe Dosch

Junior

"181""

Major Chemistry
Hometown Sewickley, PA
Height 5'11"

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Jing and I would throw on the cut during orientation week of freshman year, turns out there’s a whole sport for that

What is your go-to move on the field?

Absolutely sky the crap out of Lucas

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Jojah

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Getting a D on and subsequently breaking Pitt’s (one of the best teams in the nation) O-line as a rookie on a rookie line

If you didn’t do ultimate at CMU, what would you do?

Cry because I would have no friends

#11

Zachary Fan

Freshman

Zachary Fan

Major Information Systems
Hometown Princeton, NJ
Height 6'0"

Bio

Hello! My name is Zachary Fan. I am class of 2027 studying information systems. I love wizbee

What has been favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Steel City

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Skying Moth

What is your go-to move on the field?

The turnover

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

My HS captain

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Watching people layout a bunch

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

The roof

Do you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Kick Spike

Do you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Watch Callahan videos or montages or listen to hard style music

If you didn’t do ultimate at CMU, what would you do?

Idk Scotty’s lab plus sum other club probs

#17

Chris Chang

Masters '24

Chris Chang

Major Mechanical Engineering, Robotics
Hometown Minnesota
Height 5'9"

#18

Brandon Zhou

Sophomore

"B-Drizzle"

Major Behavioral Economics
Hometown San Mateo, California
Height 5'9"

Bio

I'm not like the other guys, I have an additional major in Philosophy

What has been favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Fish Bowl

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

On the cut playing mini, then getting reminded that I’m out of shape.

What is your go-to move on the field?

Clog the force lane and yell I'm poached

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

John Randolph if and only if he's at a date show

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

2023 Buffalo

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Our 2023 spring break trip

Do you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

El Camino

Do you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Morning dump

#21

Kaitao Luo

Freshman

Thomas Luo

Major
Hometown
Height

#22

Jackson Trone

Senior

Jackson Trone

Major Mechanical Engineering
Hometown Fort Collins, CO
Height 5'3"

What's your favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Queen City

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Going to winter practice during covid

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

"I love… Joe" -Lucas

What's your go-to move on the field?

Get ball, throw ball

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Nick Amano

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Moth getting a layout goal on uni vs uncw while we wore propeller hats

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Anything that has happened in the dojo

Did you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Hit the gwiddy

Did you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Put on my pants

If you didn't do ultimate at CMU, what would you have done?

Golf

#27

Matthew Yang

Freshman

"Yanger"

Major Chemical Engineering
Hometown Beijing, China
Height 6'1"

Bio

Weakest Yuk Member

What's your favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Steel City

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

On the cut playing mini, then getting reminded that I’m out of shape.

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

You’re the future of Yuk

What's your go-to move on the field?

Rizzing the defender then breaking their ankles

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Mr. Sky Krisky

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Just watching Vardaan

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Being a cow for party

Did you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Gas pedal

Did you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Peanuts

If you didn't do ultimate at CMU, what would you have done?

Theater and a capella

#29

Alex Kirages

Sophomore

Alex Kirages

Major Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown Lake Forest, IL
Height 6'0"

#31

Lucas Storm

Junior

"El Nino"

Major Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown Washington, DC
Height 6'5"

What's your go-to move on the field?

Sky Joe

#33

Alexander Capestany

Sophomore

"Lex"

Major Civil Engineering
Hometown Seattle, WA
Height 5'7"

#34

Alex Wilf

PhD

"Wilf"

Major PhD Student at Language Technologies Institute
Hometown
Height 6'4"

#35

Colin Daines

Sophomore

Colin Daines

Major Biology
Hometown New Jersey
Height 6'0"

#37

Roy Park

Freshman

Roy Park

Major Decision Science
Hometown NYC
Height 5'11"

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

rj

If you didn’t do ultimate at CMU, what would you do?

Nothing

#38

Jing Lin

Junior

Jing Lin

Major Chemical Engineering
Hometown Roseville, MN
Height 5'9"

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Playing frisbee on the cut and getting hand blocked by RJ :(

Did you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Y UK YU K

#41

Mahith Edula

Senior

"Mothman"

Major Information Systems
Hometown Charlotte, NC
Height 5'9"

What's your favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

QCTU 2022

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

I know this doesn't exactly count but I'll say the 2021 Invitational Yuk Series

What's your go-to move on the field?

Throwing insides instead taking the wide open around

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

I'm one of Nick's boys so Nick Amano. Also Matt Gouchoe-Hanas and Suhas Madiraju

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Scoring the winning goal at Regionals my sophomore year to beat Penn St. on universe

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

The long car rides

Did you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

Y ... UK ... YU ... K"

If you didn't do ultimate at CMU, what would you have done?

idk ... memorize all the vice presidents?

#42

Vijay Viswanathan

PhD

Vijay Viswanathan

Major
Hometown
Height

#56

James Alzona

Sophomore

James Alzona

Major Chemical Engineering
Hometown Bethesda, Maryland
Height 5'10"

What's your favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Buffalo

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

My first experience was going to a 50 person practice full of freshman and playing minis across the field with 0 frisbee knowledge.

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Hitting a full extension layout goal from a huck in the Bubble bowl

If you didn't do ultimate at CMU, what would you have done?

I would have played too many videogames

#84

Nick Blair

Sophomore

Nick Blair

Major Philosophy
Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
Height 6'2"

Coach

Ryan Harty

CMU('16-'21)

"Harty"

Occupation Data Scientist
Hometown Old Lyme, CT
Years Coached 1

Bio

Old boomer who played Yuk awhile ago! Coaching now cuz it's a blast. Go yuk make em sick, yung gross boys nevalost

What has been favorite tournament Mr. Yuk has gone to?

Tally Classic

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Pickup on the cut ballin hard

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

High-pitched scream from Riq trying to get a layout D

What is your go-to move on the field?

You don't wanna know

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Justin Abel, Jasper M Tom, Foster Bowls, Steven Mogielski, Matt Weiss

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Playing with everyone again in Fall 2021

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Spring break

Do you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

O Line is Sexy and D Line is Ugly

Do you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Listen to magic school bus theme song

If you didn’t do ultimate at CMU, what would you do?

Bring back CMU CYPHERS from the brink of death or like quiz bowl or something

Coach

Max Sprigg-Dudley

CMU('18-'23)

Max Sprigg-Dudley

Occupation Researcher
Hometown Loveland, OH
Years Coached 1

What was your first experience with ultimate frisbee at CMU?

Ryan Hoffman commented on my "introduce yourself" Facebook post while I was still in high school and told me to play for Mr. Yuk.

Most memorable quote from a teammate?

"BOUNCE" -RJ and Quan probably

What is your go-to move on the field?

Low release backhand around break throw

Was or is there an ultimate player you look up to? (on or off Yuk)

Alton Olson! What a kind dude.

What is your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (on-field)?

Coming to practice and seeing my friends :)

What was your favorite memory of Mr. Yuk (off-field)?

Spring break, any year!

Do you have a favorite cheer or celebration?

YU K Y UK

Do you have a pre-game or tournament ritual?

Pre-game: do as many glute activation exercises as possible.

If you didn’t do ultimate at CMU, what would you do?

Graduated

Flexbox can be tricky ;)