Sophia Scheller

Sophia Scheller, class of 2025, is a journalism major with a history minor from St. Louis, Missouri. She transferred from McKendree University where she played D2 lacrosse. Scheller began her passion for visual storytelling in high school, where she worked on the student newspaper. She has since discovered her passion for covering sports and the…

Malakai Wampler

Malakai Wampler has lived in many locations across Missouri, the most recent being Columbia. They are majoring in psychology and art and have aspirations of becoming an art therapist. Hired as a marketing intern in Fall 2022, Wampler focuses on video editing for the CASE website and social media platforms. They started video editing as…

Eden Harris

Eden Harris, a St. Louis native, is a part of the class of 2024 here at MU. She is majoring in journalism with a minor in political science.  Coming to Mizzou, Harris always had a passion for social justice and civil rights. At 14-years-old, she completed a summer classroom experience with the School of The…

Royce Griffin

Royce Griffin was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He is a sophomore at Mizzou. Griffin is majoring in journalism with an emphasis in sports broadcast, and he is pursuing a minor in business. Griffin’s dream job is to become a sports analyst for ESPN and a commentator for professional sports. Prior to coming to…

Bri Davis

Brianna Davis, better known as Bri, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Parkway West High School thinking she wanted to be a veterinarian. But soon, she found a love for writing and took a class in Convergence Journalism her junior year. Her interest in writing only grew from there. Bri is…

Sarah Parisien

Sarah Parisien is a junior from the Chicagoland area pursuing journalism and Chinese Studies at MU. She has dreams of writing and storytelling for a publication or company that shares her passion for culture, equity, and is dedicated to the truth. Sarah's passion for journalism was sparked her sophomore year of high school when it…

Sireen Abayazid

Sireen Abayazid is from Omaha, NE and is part of MU’s class of 2024. She began writing and reporting at 15 years old for her high school’s newspaper. She has since pursued graphic design, photography and audio producing both independently and through student-led and professional media outlets at the University. She is studying Cross-Platform Producing…

Cydnee Dotson

Cydnee C. Dotson was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Her interest in journalism sparked in high school, where she took broadcasting classes for two years. One day, during her junior year of high school, Chicago White Sox in-game host and anchor Alyssa Bergamini guest lectured for her broadcasting class. Bergamini…

Hannah Gates

Growing up in the St. Louis area, Hannah was surrounded by Mizzou tiger pride, but never guessed she would end up becoming a tiger herself, especially a teacher. Hannah is majoring in Secondary Education, with an emphasis in English Language Arts. She is planning to teach English as a second language (ESL) to refugees in…

Ryan Wilson

Ryan Wilson was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to the suburbs of Mundelein, Illinois when she was 3 years old. Wilson was drawn to Mizzou because of the prestigious journalism school. She also earned the university's Diversity Award. Prior to coming to MU, Wilson had an interest in magazine writing but decided strategic communications…