Executive Board and Officers

Our 2026-2027 Executive Board

Click here for a list of past executive board members and officers.

Quetzal Machado, President

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Psychology
Year Joined: 2024
Bow Style: Barebow

Quetzal joined Trojan Archery with no prior experience after spotting the bows at a campus table and thinking they looked really cool. Their favorite memory is cheering on teammates at SIACC during the one-arrow shoot-off and shouting “GET BIG, GET GOLD!” with the team.


Max Chun, Vice President

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Business Administration
Year Joined: 2024
Bow Style: Barebow

Max thinks competitions are the best part of Trojan Archery, not just for the shooting but for yelling his lungs out cheering for teammates. He loves carpool karaoke and showing off his niche and amazing music taste.


Jason ChandlerSecretary

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major:
Year Joined:
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve

Coming soon!


Rachel Zhu, Treasurer

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Biochemistry
Year Joined: 2025
Bow Style: Freestyle / Compound

Rachel joined Trojan Archery as an Olympic recurve shooter before switching things up to compound. She loves pushing herself to grow as an archer while building friendships with teammates who share the same passion. Her favorite memory is playing video games with friends in hotel rooms during away competitions.


Kayla Rigo, Team Captain

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Human Biology
Year Joined: 2025
Bow Style: Barebow

Kayla joined Trojan Archery in her freshman year and has made many of her closest friends by joining the competitive team. She loves bonding closely with her peers at both SIACC and Westies, along with after-practice dinners.


Irene Zheng, Team Captain

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Business Administration
Year Joined: 2025
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve

Coming soon!


Chayse Erkelens, Team Captain

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Coming soon
Year Joined:
Bow Style: Fixed Pin / Compound

Coming soon!


Brianna Cerna, Events

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Biochemistry
Year Joined: 2024
Bow Style: Barebow

Brianna joined Trojan Archery in hopes of expanding her knowledge and fulfilling her curiosity in a novel sport. She enjoys her team’s camaraderie and inquiring about bow technique during indoor and outdoor seasons.


Kevin SohnArmorer

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major:
Year Joined: 2025
Bow Style: Freestyle / Compound

Coming soon!


Emma WangSocial Media

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Communications
Year Joined: 2025
Bow Style: Freestyle / Compound

Emma joined Trojan Archery in her first semester of USC with no previous experience, but has been honing her skills since then. Her favorite part of being on the team is cheering each other on and finding good food spots after practice.


George ZhouDirector of Education

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Biochemistry
Year Joined: 2023
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve

George started shooting before he joined Trojan Archery, and he joined our competitive team because he thinks archery is really fun. His favorite memory is rooting for his teammates at competitions because it feels good to be a part of a team and cheering each other on. He also thinks screaming is fun.


Fred ShaoDirector of Education

USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor

Major: Data Science / Applied & Computational Mathematics
Year Joined: 2023
Bow Style: Fixed Pin / Compound

Fred enjoys both the technical and team aspects of archery. His favorite part of Trojan Archery is the bonding activities, where he gets to share his passion for the sport and connect with his teammates outside of practice.



Leadership

There are a number of leadership opportunities within Trojan Archery:

  • Elected Positions
  • Appointed Positions
  • Instructors
  • Volunteers

Elected Positions – The President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Team Captain(s) and Director of Education positions are elected each year in March for the following academic year. These generally need more experience from within the club, or substantial leadership experience elsewhere, and may have prerequisites. Elected individuals serve from the top down, managing paperwork, organizing schedules and deadlines, fundraising, and delegating to teams.

Appointed Positions – Other positions are appointed by the elected Executive Board. These are still considerable titles, but tend to require fewer hours. Appointed Officers, such as the Social Chair, can lead Committees, but can also operate independently, such as the Armorer.  Appointed positions can be taken up by the Executive Board members when necessary. Positions can also be combined or newly created as needed by the club.

Instruction – Club members also have the opportunity to gain instructor certifications through the nationally recognized USA Archery program. Instructors are the bread and butter of the club, and all operations would cease without them! Only certified instructors are allowed to operate and manage an active range – we would not be able to hold practice without our wonderful instructors. Only certified instructors are allowed to teach the sport to ensure all archers are shooting safely, both for their own physical health and the safety of others on the range. Any archer interested in learning more and willing to either run the range (range rules, whistle calls) or teach basic technique is encouraged to sign up for the subsidized class, which it typically held twice a year. WE NEED YOU! 

Peer-to-Peer Instruction – While we stress learning directly from our Instructors and Coaches, if you and fellow archers are working on similar goals during a practice, you can lead each other through peer-to-peer instruction. While one archer shoots, a peer can watch and spot technique that can be improved, and take pictures and video which are hugely helpful to have on hand to review, and to allow Instructors and Coaches to review. Peer-to-peer instruction is extremely valuable because it is challenging for our Instructors and Coaches to focus on every archer. It is even more valuable if your peers are certified. (Instructors like to shoot, too!)

Volunteers – Even if you aren’t able to serve consistently in a position, any amount of help is valued, whether it is coming early to help set up the range, make supply runs, or cheer on club and team members, any amount of help is appreciated. We will sometimes ask for volunteers for a specific event, or you can reach out to us with an idea. Want to lead a craft at the start of practice to make banners? Want to schedule study days with your fellow members? Want to lead a stretch circle? These are all great opportunities to lead. Just contact an officer and let us know what you’re planning!