Emily |
Hometown: Kingwood, Texas |
Major: Marketing
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Activities: Chillin with friends, being on the lake, traveling, doing anything adventurous
"No Problems only Situations..."
Courtney |
Hometown: Huntsville, TX |
Major: Mathematics
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Activities: Canoeing, reading, biking, and cake decorating!
Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Camp Food: anything out of a dutch oven!
Amanda "Cha Cha" |
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA |
Major: Geography with a minor in Nutrition
Favorite Colors: Green, Blue, and Yellow
Favorite Activities: Rock climbing, traveling, hiking, festivals, praise and worship, and being active in every opportunity presented.
Favorite Book: Born to Run
"Whoever of you love life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it." Psalm 34:12-14
Molly |
Hometown: Fredericksburg, TX |
Major: Criminal Justice
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Activities: Bike riding, cooking, and reading
Favorite Book: Anything by Morgan Llewelyn
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." -William Arthur Ward
Kelli |
Hometown: Silsbee, TX |
Major: Biology with a minor in Art
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Activities: Soccer, Climbing, Canoeing, Mountain Biking, and Ultimate Frisbee
Jordan |
Hometown: Dallas, TX |
Major: Photography
Favorite Color:Cerulean Blue
Favorite Activities:Climbing, sports, anything other than english homework
Favorite Book: Calvin and Hobbes
Favorite Camp Food: Anything off of Katy Deene's Menu
"No, I'm not dumb. I've just a command of thoroughly useless information."
Juan |
Hometown: Houston, TX |
Major:Forensic Chemistry
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Activities:Climbing, biking, hiking, backpacking, swimming, and long walks on the beach
Favorite Book: A Tale of Two Cities
Favorite Camp Food: Blueberry Cobbler
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."-Albert Einstein
Tayler |
Hometown: Sugarland, TX |
Major:Studio Art and History
Favorite Color:Green
Favorite Activities:Climbing, hiking, drawing/painting, skim boarding, and reading
"The eighth rule of fight club is, if its your first night at fight club, you have to fight."
Eddy |
Hometown: Miami, FL |
Major:Biology and Spanish
Favorite Color:Green
Favorite Activities:Rock climbing, martial arts (Hapkido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Tae Kwon Doe, Muay Thai), reading, anime, going on outdoors trips, and swimming
Favorite Book: Demon in My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Favorite Camp Food: Blueberry Cobbler
"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you die today." -James Dean
Kat Kuczaj, |
Hometown: Waxahachie, TX |
Major:B.S. in Wildlife and Conservation Science with a minor in Photography from Texas A&M University- Commerce
Working on a M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership from SHSU
Favorite Color:The glow of a burning ember
Favorite Activities:Climbing, paddling, hiking, photography, birding, and napping.
Favorite Book: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Favorite Camp Food: Anything cooked in a dutch oven
"When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world." -John Muir
Patrick Spencer, |
Hometown: Abilene, TX |
Bio: Patrick was a Horticulture major here at Sam. He is a person who is genuinely interested in the outdoors, and loves to get out as much as he can. He's raced mountain bikes, paddled Texas whitewater (he nailed a 10 foot drop once), and has climbed the pink granite of central Texas. He has also climbed and backpacked extensively in Southern Arizona where he lived before returning to Sam. He lives on site at University Camp along the Trinity River.
Chris Mahlen, |
Hometown: Ft. Worth, TX |
Bio: Chris joined SHSU Outdoors in the summer of 2008. He earned his Bachelors in Business Administration from Baylor University and a Masters in Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Julie have lived in Huntsville with their two boys Drew and Cade since 1997. Chris is a Wilderness First Responder and has been leading outdoor trips since 1998. He was also a traditional three event collegiate waterski competitor while at Baylor. He enjoys mountain biking, backpacking, hiking, canoeing, snow skiing, camping and fly fishing.
