Team Roster 2023-24
Alessandro Bonecchi
11th Grade
Modesto, CA
Team Captain
I play tennis and basketball competitively, enjoy racing RC cars, and have been at Stanford OHS for 2 years.
Rachael Lin
10th Grade
Millbrae, CA
Vice Captain
Hi! I'm Rachael and I'm honored to be serving as vice captain this year! This is my third year on the team, and I've mainly worked on CAD. Outside of robotics, I enjoy swimming, reading, and creative writing. I'm incredibly grateful for the time I've spent on the team, and I'm looking forward to the next few years with my amazing fellow members!
Aanya Gupta
9th Grade
San Francisco, CA
Outreach Lead
Hi! I am Aanya! I love to design objects online and programming. In my free time I enjoy dancing, cooking/baking, and hanging out with friends.
Ethan Yun
12th Grade
San Jose, CA
Software Lead
I live in the bay area. I love programming. In my free time, I like playing roblox and shadow fight 2. I'm currently interested in machine learning.
Tanisha Gupta
12th Grade
San Francisco, CA
Hardware Lead
I'm a full-time senior at OHS and Associate Editor for the OHS Observer. I spend my time striving to make an impact on my school and community. This is my fourth year at OHS, and I have many positions within and outside of the school. Between the hours spent volunteering at my local beach in Half Moon Bay and working on computational oncology research, I co-lead the science fair club at OHS, thrive as a passionate ethicist, and develop computer science projects. This is my fourth year with the Knights of Ni and I am extremely delighted to continue building bots with this team!
Han Lu
9th Grade
San Jose, CA
Hardware
Hi!!! I'm Han and I playing and listening to music. I have a super cute doggy and his name is Brownie. In my spare time I do CAD, music production, and watch botched historical theses.
Maxwell Palance
10th Grade
Palo Alto, CA
Software
Hi my name is Maxwell Palance. My main interests are programming, neuroscience, and video games. As far as hobbies go, I am an avid leader of SOHS' Advanced Programming Club and a proud USACO competitor.
Ashwin Naren
9th Grade
Santa Clara, CA
Software
I live in the Bay Area and work on software. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, machining, and playing the guitar.
Antonio O'Hara
9th Grade
Fremont, CA
Hardware
Electronics and Mechanics have always been my passions. I've done everything from building 3d printers, piloting multiple r/c planes, cars, and FPV drones; building speaker enclosures and furnishings for my room, Selling CAD models on Cults and Thingiverse, Working on muscle cars, experimenting with raspberry pi's, and even building computers. You name it, I've done it.
William Crouch
9th Grade
Alpharetta, GA
Software
After completing multiple computer science courses, I started tinkering with game design and robotics. I worked in software for a previous FTC team. I enjoy playing video games and working with mathematics. This is my first year at OHS.
Sejong Kim
9th Grade
Joplin, MO
Hardware, Outreach
Hi! This is my first year on the team and I love to play tennis, go on runs, cook, and take my dogs for walks. I am super interested in all fields of medicine.
Sadie Giessner
9th Grade
MA
Software, Outreach
Hello, I'm Sadie! Though I could never pick a favorite subject (I like them all), I especially enjoy creative writing and computer science. Outside of school, I also love spreadsheets and data of all kinds :) This is my seventh year in robotics (of varying levels), and I'm passionate about helping more people get involved in robotics and the FIRST community.