Jake

Age: 22

Studying: Mechanical Engineering

Interests: All type of sports, music, snowboarding, skateboarding, swimming, hunting & fishing, movies

Accomplishments: V.P. of Service for co-ed community service fraternity ΑΦΩ, varsity letters in highschool track & football, all star selection in football. Fluent in Spanish!

Favorite Movies: Tombstone, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Gladiator, Casino Royal, No Country for Old Men, Pan's Labrynth, Cinderella Man, Hoosiers

Favorite Books: Freakonomics, I am Legend by Richard Matheson (favorite author), Naked Pictures of Famous People, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Kite Runner

 

Liza

Age: 21

Studying: Wine and Viticulture

Accomplishments: Graduating National Charity League

Interests: People, culture, art, exercising, and happiness

Favorite Movies: Anchorman, Almost Famous, Step Brothers, Paris Je T'aime, and Moulin Rouge

Favorite Books: White Oleander, Notes from the Underground, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Le Petit Prince

Favorite Quote: "...Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.  Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.  You are already naked.  There is no reason to not follow your heart.

 

Tyler

Age: 18

Home town: San Luis Obispo

Studying: Undecided

Accomplishments: Achieved a 4.0 at Mission College Prep, Varisty Football team captain, Outstanding leadership award

Interests: Football, traveling, food, psychology

Favorite Movies: Troy, Inception

Favorite Books: Catcher in the Rye

Favorite Quote: "Keep calm Carry On."

 

 

Alex

Age: 21

Home town: Santa Cruz, California

Studying: Art, Biology

Accomplishments: I'm an accomplished lyrical word-smith.  

Interests: I've found that my interests span far and wide; From sporting activities such as snowboarding, soccer, skateboarding, wake boarding, dodgeball, golf, even a bit of ping pong here and there. Other personal interests include a liking for aquariums and all things incorporated in a good zoo . Huge fan of the natural world. Hiking, trudging, climbing, and adventuring anywhere the wild takes me. 

Favorite Movies: I'm a big fan of a good movin' picture. Action, comedy, and psychological thriller movies are my favorites. movies like Snatch, Anchorman, RockNRolla, Fight Club, Wayne's World, Happy Gilmore, Gangs Of New York. Even a few kids movies like Fievel Goes West, and The Rescuers Down Under, I couldn't say no to. 

Favorite Books: A favorite author of mine is Chuck Palaniuk, his stuff is da' bomb

Favorite Quote: -Everyone has photographic memory; some just don't have the film. 

 

Amanda

Age: 21

Home town: Pleasanton, Ca

Studying: Kinesiology with a minor is Sports Nutrition

Accomplishments: I play lacrosse for Cal Poly and am a 3-time First Team All-League player.  We placed 2nd at Nationals in 2010 and 6th place in the nation in 2011!  

Interests: I love anything outdoors! The beach is my favorite place to be and I enjoy watching and playing any sport. I love to travel and have been around Europe, road-tripped through New Zealand, studied abroad in Australia and hope to eventually travel to every continent.  I am a definite adrenaline junkie, love spontaneity, and am pretty much down to try anything!

Favorite Movies: Movies are great! Some of my favorites are How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, She's the Man, Limitless, Paycheck, and Hitch

Favorite Books: The Notebook, and anything by Jodi Picoult

Favorite Quote: YOLO-You Only Live Once

 

Atticus

Age: 21

Home town: Topeka, ks

Studying: Communications

Accomplishments: 3x ks state wrestling champion/ 2 time all state football selection, all-american. 

Interests: Music, Wrestling, GTL

Favorite movies: V for Vendetta, Due Date

Favorite Books: That would involve reading

Favorite quote: "Do What Feels Right."

  

 

Austin

Age:19

Home town: Redwood City

Studying: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

Accomplishments: Becoming a Butler for Beach Butlerz!!!

Interests: Playing soccer with friends, Hiking

Favorite Movies: Back to the Future, The Pursuit of Happyness

Favorite Books:  The Alchemist, Dialogue and the art of thinking together

Favorite Quote: "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

 

 

James

Age: 21

Home town: Fresno Ca.

Studying: Business Management

Accomplishments: 2 x National placer Collegiate Wrestling

Interests: snowboarding, hanging out at the lake, skate boarding, going on hikes 

Favorite Movies: Step Brothers, Wedding Crashers, Full Metal Jacket, Fast times at Ridgemont high 

Favorite books: Football Genius by Tom Green, Holes by Louis Sachar,   Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halper

Favorite quote: "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" -MA

 

 

June

Age: 19 

Home town: McCloud, CA

Studying: English and Cultural Anthropology 

Accomplishments: Athlete of the Year two years in a row at high school; league MVP for basketball and volleyball; valedictorian

Interests: Hiking, Amateur Photography, Kayaking, Anything where I'm around puppies, Music, Life 

Favorite Movies: Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney version), The Last Unicorn, Princess and the Frog, Fight Club, Riding the Bullet, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, House Bunny and Dirty Love

Favorite Books: (authors) Ayn Rand, Daniel Quinn and I love the books The Neverending Story, Alice in Wonderland, Crime and Punishment and War Boy

Favorite Quote: "To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”