Our 2022-2023 Executive Board
Click here for a list of past executive board members and officers.
Nikki Suh, President
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Bachelor of Science in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve
Nikki joined Trojan Archery as a sophomore in 2021, but she has been shooting since 2017. She has met some of her closest friends through the sport, and she loves the supportive and positive energy in the collegiate archery community!
Ethan Wang, Team Captain
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve
Ethan joined Trojan Archery during his Sophomore fall semester. He started out as a barebow archer but is currently trying out recurve. His favorite thing about Trojan Archery is the people you get to meet and of course, archery.
Callia Geib, Team Captain
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Master of Art in Literary Editing and Publishing
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Barebow
Callia joined Trojan Archery at the beginning of her senior year. She had been shooting recreationally since junior high, but had never though of joining a team until college. Little did she know how much the sport and the Trojan Archery team would come to mean to her.
Emily Peng, Secretary
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Bowhunter
Emily joined Trojan Archery in the fall of her sophomore year to pick up a new, fun, competitive activity. Her favorite archery moments are watching and cheering on teammates during tournaments!
Jessie Lee, Treasurer
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Olympic Recurve
Jessie joined Trojan Archery in the fall of her freshman year, but she shot recurve competitively since middle school. Her favorite archery memory is attending competitions with the team and having fun!
Megan Mossembekker, Event Coordinator
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Bachelor of Science in Music Industry
Year Joined: 2021
Bow Style: Bowhunter
Megan had been wanting to try archery ever since she was a kid, and thanks to Trojan Archery she finally got the chance to learn and even compete!! She joined her freshman year and she has learned and grown so much as a person, archer, and teammate. Her favorite memory involves hyping up the team at competitions with “get big, get gold!”
Allison Ou, Media and Communications Chair
USA Archery Certified L2 Instructor
Major: Master of Science in Digital Social Media
Year Joined: 2018
Bow Style: Barebow, Olympic Recurve
Allison joined Trojan Archery in the fall of her undergraduate freshman year, but had been shooting traditional Mongolian bows recreationally for a few years prior. Her favorite archery memory is getting to know all the wonderful people at Trojan Archery and supporting them at competitions!
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!
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