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Hometown: Smiths Grove, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biochemistry

Email: Spencer.bass@uky.edu

Fun fact: I got engaged at Yellowstone National Park and married in Glacier National Park.

Hometown: Scottsville, KY

UG Institution: University of Kentucky

Major: Kinesiology

Email: ogbr222@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I love the Olympics, and I've visited the first Olympic stadium in Athens, Greece!

Hometown: Russell Springs, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biology and Psychology

Email: Sara.grider@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I grew up working as a mechanic in my family's shop.

Hometown: Brandenburg, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biology

Email: Owen.honaker@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I worked on a towboat during my gap year.

Hometown: Chicago, IL

UG Institution: University of Louisville

Major: Biology

Email: Anna.lipinski@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I run around 100 miles a month!

Hometown: Owensboro, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biology

Email: shaleena.millay@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I'm a freelance artist.

Hometown: Santa Claus, IN

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biology

Email: kenley.mulzer@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I was a barista for a summer!

Hometown: Gadsden, AL 

UG Institution: Samford University

Major: Sports Medicine

Email: josgatharp@uky.edu

Fun Fact: The dean of the College of Medicine and I are from the same hometown, and his dad was my pediatrician. 

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

UG Institution: University of Nevada, Reno

Major: Chemistry and Public Health

Email: Joseph.Pagan@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I've been to 8 music festivals in one year all over the US!

Hometown: Bowling Green, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Chemistry

Email: Kareena.Pansuria@uky.edu

Fun Fact: My typing speed is 110 words per minute.

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

UG Institution: University of Tennessee

Major: Classical History

Email: apa484@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I participated in an archeological excavation of an Ancient Roman Villa near Rome.

Hometown: Orange County, CA

UG Institution: California Baptist University

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Email: Jayden.Ramirez@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I used to brew my own kombucha as a former scoby parent. I love kombucha.

Hometown: Louisville, KY

UG Institution: Western Kentucky University

Major: Biochemistry

Email: Benjamin.Riddle@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I love roller coasters but I'm scared of heights.

Hometown: Tracy, CA

UG Institution: Murray State University

Major: Music Education

Email: stormjsantos@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I read a 12,000+ page book series in under 2 months

Hometown: Westview, KY

UG Institution: University of Evansville

Major: Biochemistry

Email: Lincoln.Smith@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I beat Pokémon White with only Magikarp.

Hometown: Bowling Green, KY

UG Institution: University of Kentucky

Major: Neuroscience

Email: Garret.Towe@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I used to have a pet octopus

Hometown: New York, NY

UG Institution: University of California, San Diego

Major: General Biology

Email: Rominavahedi@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I had a British accent from ages 6-10

Hometown: Riddleton, TN

UG Institution: Tennessee Technological University 

Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology 

Email: Katherine.Wright@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I shadowed doctors in Italy and Spain! 

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

UG Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology

Major: Neuroscience

Email: Elizabeth.Wright@uky.edu

Fun Fact: I've swam with hippos!