President and Co-Founder - Brady Zhang
Brady Zhang is currently a 12th -grade student at Chattahoochee High School. Starting
from a young age, he has been very passionate about STEM, specifically mathematics,
and music. He does various community service activities such as playing piano and
bassoon for various senior living homes and churches and tutoring middle schoolers in
both competition math and school subjects. Brady is currently the president of his
school’s math team, where he organizes competitions and assists in giving weekly
lectures on various competition math topics. Brady is also the president of his school's band.
Some notable achievements Brady has:
- Perfect score on the 2021 AMC 8
- 5-time consecutive AIME qualifier (since 2020)
- 3 rd place at 2022 National Beta Convention for math
- 2 nd place at 2023 National Beta Convention for math
- 2 nd place at 2022 Georgia Tech HSMD Competition
- 2023 Georgia All-State 9-10 Concert Band Bassoonist
- 6-time qualifier for GMTA State Piano Competition
Brady is involved in many of his school clubs and organizations, such as ArtReach,
Beta, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Math Team, Band, and Pit Orchestra.
Vice-President - Yi-shiuan Lin
Yi-shiuan Lin is a 17-year-old junior at Lexington High School. Being a passionate table tennis player since age 7, she has taken part of the USA Junior National Table Tennis Team and Adult National Table Tennis Team since 2021. Yi-shiuan currently is the co-president of the table tennis club at her school, leading the school team to win first place in AYTTO Massechussett Inter-High-School table tennis competition, organizing fun fundraising events for humanitarian causes while spreading the charm of the sport within her high school. Her major accomplishments include:
● Junior U15 USA TEAM for 2023 ITTF World Youth Table Tennis Championships, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
●Junior U15 USA TEAM for 2023 Pan America Youth Table Tennis Championships, West Virginia, USA
○Gold: Girls Teams and Girls Doubles
○Silver: Girls Singles
○Bronze: Mixed Doubles
●2023 US National Table Tennis Championships
○Gold: U15 Girls Doubles, U15 Mixed Doubles
○Bronze: U15 Girls Singles, U19 Girls Doubles
●USA TEAM for 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals, Durban, South Africa
●USA TEAM for 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals, Chengdu, China
When she is not on the court, she spends her time invested in STEM due to her strong interest in exploring how technology can positively impact table tennis, making it more accessible to a larger audience and benefitting the training for athletes. She also tries to utilize her knowledge to give back to her community: in the past year, she has led an AI-based food waste reduction effort at her school, the work is being used by the school kitchen to optimize food purchasing and meal planning.