Kenneth McVearry

Major: Creative facial hair
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Certifications: Certified Action Adventure Hero
Interests: whitewater kayaking, canoeing, caving, backpacking

Quote: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller

Student Leaders

Eric Agnew

Class: 2009
Major: Biology
Hometown: Poolesville, MD
Interests: climbing,snowboarding, backpacking, caving in wet caves, snorkeling, anything else I could possibly try

Quote: "For of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" John Greenleaf Whittier

Alicia Becker

Class: 2010
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Elizabethtown, PA
Certifications: WFR, LNT Trainer
Interests: skiing, climbing, caving, kayaking, running, waterskiing, hiking, backpacking, but I will try anything

Quote: "To live... to live would be an awfully big adventure." -Hook

Colleen Brandt

Class: 2013
Major: History/Political Science
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Certifications: WFR
Interests: climbing, kayaking, backpacking, exploring in general

Quote: "Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." -Doug Lawson

Lauren Bland

Class: 2008
Major: Elementary Education
Hometown: Olney, MD
Interests: caving, climbing, hiking, whitewater rafting

Quote: "The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth... the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need-- if only we had the eyes to see." Edward Abbey

Taylor Bunnell

Class: 2010
Major: Sociology
Hometown: Cecilton, MD
Certifications:
Interests: backpacking, kayaking, and experimenting/ tasting edible flora

Quote: "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it."

Mike Keating

Class: 2011
Major: Biology and Spanish
Hometown: Woodstock, MD
Certifications: WFR
Interests: climbing, paddling, eating

Quote: "On the road of life, there are passengers and there are drivers." Volkswagon Commercial

Elizabeth Kitchen

Class: 2009
Major: Political Science & History
Hometown: Newark, DE
Interests: caving, long walks, Chinese foreign policy

Quote: "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to pray in and play in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and mind." John Muir

Bennett Myers

Class: 2009
Major: Biology
Hometown: Woodstock, MD
Interests: running, climbing, kayaking, backpacking, skiing, fishing, excessively large slurpees

Quote: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming... "WOW!  What a ride!" Bill McKenna

Branda Reynolds

Class: 2008
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Hagerstown, MD
Interests: caving, wilderness medicine, anything on water

Quote: "I thought it was a good idea at the time..."

Cheryl Rice

Class: 2009
Major: Theology
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Interests: rock climbing, caving, challenge courses

Quote: "There are only a few adventures left for mankind.  They offer the experience of a lifetime however.  Once you start you depend on your equipment, your skills, and your personal strength in mind and body."

Siobhan Riley

Class: 2010
Major: History & Theology
Hometown: Chadds Ford, PA
Certifications: WFR, LNT Master Educator
Interests: caving, hiking, backpacking

Quote: "The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God." Anne Frank

Samantha Russell

Class: 2009
Major: International Studies & French
Hometown: Ijamsville, MD
Interests: backpacking, running, mountaineering, reading

Quote: "Life is about passion, the intense and undeniable emotion that fills the body with overwhelming energy and strength.  It allows good people to become great people, their passion so contagious that their words and their deeds inspire others to follow and rise to do great things."

Dana Young

Class: 2010
Major: Environmental Science
Hometown: Seaford, DE
Certifications: WFR, Swift Water Rescue
Interests: kayaking, canoeing, caving, pretty much anything outside, environmental ethics