Nicknames: Amandaconda, Furious Quail, Pistol Whip, Manders

Hometown: Sand Springs, OK

Major: Computer Science

Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, Sewing, Singing, Video Games, Board Games, Baking.

Dream Jobs: Video game designer, stay at home mom, teacher

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla with pecans and banana

Favorite Fictional Character: Leo Valdez from Percy Jackson

Favorite Music: Stevie Wonder, Sleeping at Last, Kingdom of Priests

Favorite Food: Sweet Potatoes

Favorite Bible Verse: “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.” -James 1:5-6

Favorite XA Memory: Went on vacay with the Dobbs in Broken Bow, and spoke at a youth camp.

Fun Fact: I’m the 5th child born May 5th at 5:55am

Nicknames: Carabear

Hometown: Sweetwater, OK

Major: Creative Writing with minors in Chinese and history

Hobbies and Interests: Playing Piano, thrift shopping

Dream Jobs: Fantasy author and missionary

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Favorite Fictional Character: Eustace Scrubb from Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Favorite Poet: Christina Rosetti

Favorite Movie: The Neverending Story

Favorite Music Artist: Third Day

Favorite Food: Tomatoes

Favorite Bible Verse: “The seas have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty. -Psalm 93:3-4

Favorite XA Memory: A summer trip with Cynthia, serving on the worship team at a youth camp!

Fun Fact: Yes, I’m 4’10”.

Nicknames: Dac, Dishwater, Dayshanae, Dacia Mae, Lou

Hometown: Weatherford, OK

Major: Comm. Arts- Mass Comm.

Hobbies and Interests: Singing, editing, theatre, cross-stitch, cooking, baking, anything mystery, escape rooms, puzzles, video games, and traveling.

Dream Jobs: I already have it! Also, music producer, movie producer, editor, stay-at-home mom

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Mint Choc. Chip or Choc. Chip Cookie Dough (depends on the season)

Favorite Fictional Character: Piglet from Winnie the Pooh

Favorite Music: Worship, Christian rock, Jazz, Folk, and Blues + any mixture of these.

Favorite Food: Mashes potatoes and gravy

Favorite Bible Verse: Phil. 1:6

Favorite XA Memory: When we celebrated Garret moving and some of the guys gave him a “toilet” as a gift.

Fun Fact: In college, I worked for my school’s newspaper and got to interview some neat people. My favorite, was Henrietta Mann of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal College.

Nicknames: “Too much”

Hometown: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Major: Theological Studies

Hobbies and Interests: Soccer, Singing, Rapping, Gym

Dream Jobs: Healing Evangelist

Favorite Sports Team: Manchester United

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Salted Caramel

Favorite Fictional Character: Black Panther

Favorite Book: Bible

Favorite Actor: Tom Holland

Favorite Music Artist: Sean Feucht

Favorite Food: Kwanga na Ndendo

Favorite Bible Verse: “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    that the mountains would tremble before you!” -Isaiah 64:1

Favorite XA Memory: Singing Christmas songs and playing white elephant

Fun Fact: I’m Trilingual (Lingala, French, and English)

Hometown: Richland Washington

Major: Finance and Energy Management

Job: Tutor, Land Intern

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, writing, philosophy, religion, board games, hiking

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cookie Dough

Favorite Book: Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

Favorite Movie: Princess Mononoke

Favorite Music: Symphonic Metal

Favorite Food: Mediterranean – Tabouli

Favorite Bible Verse: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” John 1:1

Favorite Chi Alpha Memory: Playing TI4 for the first time with XA. TI4 is a crazy strategy and trade board game that takes a full day to play. I came in, new to the group, and jumped right into the crazy strategy and loved all of the people there—I remember us all short-changed DuWayne by giving him no planets in his starting area, trying to bribe Destry; Cynthia threatening me, coming up with crazy strategies with Thomas to stop Cynthia from steamrolling us, Amanda’s harsh negotiations, and Obadiah’s off-the-wall, rule-bending play that bought Cynthia more time. It was a lot of fun, and from then on I knew I would stick around.

Fun Fact: My friends and I all went skydiving for our 18th birthdays

Full name: Selah Conklin

Nicknames: N/A

Hometown: Kalispell, Montana

Major: Accounting

Hobbies and Interests: Escape rooms, logic puzzles, hiking

Dream Jobs: Accountant or entrepreneur

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate chip cookie dough

Favorite Fictional Character: Carmen Sandiego

Favorite Music: Indie Worship

Favorite Food: Pho

Favorite Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 5:18

Favorite XA Memory: Talking really late with XA people after Friday nights

Fun Fact: Saw a bear once

Full name: Nathan Carr

Nicknames: Nate

Hometown:Richland, Washington

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Hobbies and Interests: Running, basketball, volleyball, reading, board games

Dream Jobs: Engineer

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cookies and cream

Favorite Fictional Character: Jack Sparrow

Favorite Music: Power metal

Favorite Food: Chicken curry and rice

Favorite Bible Verse: Hebrews 4:15-16

Favorite XA Memory: Building sand castles

Fun Fact: I enjoy math

Nicknames: None

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Major: Anthropology with a minor in Mechanical Engineering

Hobbies and Interests: Volleyball, Reading, Music, Jounaling, Anime, Running

Dream Jobs: Anthropologist/Archeologist

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate

Favorite Fictional Character: Courage the Cowardly Dog

Favorite Music: Jazz

Favorite Food: Seafood, Chinese, Soups

Favorite Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:1-3

Favorite XA Memory: Regnevacs at Leadership Weekend

Fun Fact: None