Alvin Tseng

Alvin Tseng

Physiology + Neuroscience, Minor in Chemistry

Revelle College

Senior Nickname: Best Carnivore

2015-2016 Equipment Manager
UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member

Alvin began archery during his third year here at UCSD, getting interested at one of our many beginner workshops at the start of Fall Quarter in 2014. He found it to be a great stress reliever and decided that it would be a fantastic extracurricular.

After graduating from UCSD, Alvin has hopes of finding a job after he freaks out. Working the job for a few years, he hopes to develop his skills and then apply and successfully enroll in a Pharmacy school.

For Alvin, Sun God Archery was a fun community where he met some very close friends. The weirdest memory he has was during his first competition, after long hours of practice he was a little overconfident and proceeded to shoot his first arrow into someone else’s target.

Alvin’s happy demeanor and eagerness to improve and shoot will be missed! We wish Alvin the best of luck in finding a job and getting into pharmacy school!

Janette Lee

Janette Lee

Sociocultural Anthropology, Minor in Human Rights

Marshall College

Senior Nickname: Best Stylist

UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member

Unlike many archers on our field, Janette started archery in high school as she sought to participate in a sport that was not as physical as other sports such as soccer and martial arts. She shot briefly in high school through group classes then continued her learning by shooting independently seeking to emulate Legolas Greenleaf with his astounding skill.

After graduating from UCSD, Janette plans to take a gap year to volunteer at several programs while also saving up funds for graduate school. Her final academic goal is to achieve a Masters in Anthropology which she will use to contribute to the community by working at a government position as a civil servant or by working for any type of international organization such as the UN or UNICEF.

Janette states that the most interesting memory she had with Sun God Archery was when she conducted an ethnography field work project on the competitive team. She continues to say that Sun God Archery is filled with a group of very interesting people that she probably could not find anywhere else that together create a community she enjoys being a part of. She recollects many fond memories with the club and states that she will be sad to part from them after she graduates.

Janette has become a part of the lives of the members of Sun God Archery and in her we have found a very close friend. We wish her luck on her volunteer programs and achieving her Masters degree!

Joyce Kim

Joyce Kim

Molecular Biology

Sixth College

Senior Nickname: Best Mom

2015-2016 SGA Co-Team Captain
UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member

Accolades
2016 SGA Apollonian Award
2016 State Indoor Collegiate Female Recurve Bronze
2016 Female Recurve All-West
2016 Western Regional Female Recurve Team Champion

Joyce began archery when she transferred to UCSD at the beginning of Fall 2014. She had always wanted to try archery when she was younger due to how enticing manga made it appear, though she realized later how physically and mentally taxing it really is.

After she graduates, Joyce plans on working in a biological research laboratory where she can immerse herself into modern biomedical research and gain the experience and skills necessary before she applies to grad school. After her gap year(s), she plans on applying to graduate school for Microbiology, or Genetics and Genomics and eventually contribute her efforts to research for people with medical disabilities.

Out of the many competitions Joyce has attended, her favorite continues to be the 2015 U.S. National Outdoor Collegiate Championships in Harrisonburg, Virginia hosted by James Madison University. 2015 NOCC was the first time Joyce had been on a plane, the first time she had left the state, the first time she had competed in mixed team and team rounds, her first outdoor competition, and the first time she ever wore 6” heels. Leaving California was a little scary, but the competition was incredible, and traveling with the team and meeting everyone from different colleges across the country was the best. During team rounds, the UCSD Female Recurve team was going against the JMU Female Recurve team for the bronze medal and as JMU is Nick’s Alma Mater, Joyce enjoyed watching the banter between Nick and his old coach.

For Joyce, the 2015 NOCC was one of the defining competitions for her as an archer as it an evaluation for her of the work she put into practice, how much she improved and how much she grew as an archer. Though the banquet at the end was long and arduous, Joyce found the cheer battles at the end cool, and though the 2015 NOCC wasn’t the best, it continues to be an unforgettable experience for her and the team.

Joyce has contributed greatly to the development of SGA and the competitive team during this past year! We all hope to see her as a community member continuing to shoot during her gap years! Congratulations on making it through UCSD and SGA!

Kyle Kole

Kyle Kole

Applied Mathematics + Economics, Minor in Business

Revelle College

Senior Nickname: Most Kolefied

UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member

Accolades
2016 3rd Place Male Barebow Individual Eliminations
2016 1st Place Male Barebow Team

Kyle started Archery with Sun God Archery in his final year at UCSD following some thematic goals that he had set up for himself starting his second year. His second year was focused singularly on academics, his third year on his social skills, and his final year on his physicality.

After Kyle graduates from UCSD, he has plans to pursue a PhD in Economics at UC Irvine! They extended to him, a full ride for his interest in econometrics and applied microeconomics. As he’s grown to enjoy archery, he hopes to keep it as a part of his life in UCI, and if time allows, possibly join the UCI team. For long term goals, Kyle plans to travel to Asia, start a Lao restaurant, work as a professor, work in the video game industry, improve on his Lao heritage, and eventually, start a family.

Shooting with UCSD both on the field and at competitions, Kyle grew with his fellow competitors and developed unforgettable memories. One of those memories was while Kyle was preparing for outdoor competition, he began to do a lot of SPT’s, shoot as much as he could, and lift weights. He understood that muscle growth could not be forced, but in hopes of gaining strength for outdoor, he had forgotten that fact and soon he developed a pinched nerve in his back. Rather than taking a few days off, he pushed through practice and hoped to simply stretch it out, but the muscle was too stiff and by attempting to stretch, he tore the muscle in his back. The end result, was that his shoulder was completely frozen and simple movements were a struggle. Fortunately he recovered by going to physical therapy (A lesson everyone should really learn from) and continues to train with the team to this day!

Kyle will be traveling with the competitive team to Lansing, Michigan next Wednesday to compete in the U.S. National Outdoor Collegiate Championships! We wish him luck in Michigan and in his PhD program!

Ted Kim

Ted Kim

General Biology, minor in Science Education

Marshall College

Senior Nickname: Most Optimistic

UCSD Competitive Archery Team Member

Ted began archery in high school, shooting at Orange County Archery as a birthday present from his dad. As he began to shoot more, Kevin from the archery club began to help him out more! He took a long hiatus from archery in high school, and through most of college, starting it back up again when he joined us in the Competitive Team Workout class during Fall Quarter. Ted began to learn about competitive archery with the team and competed with the team for State Indoor and National Indoor, and hopes to compete in more competitions in the future!

When he graduates from UCSD, Ted will be going immediately into his master's and credential program at UCSD in education which also means he will be able to continue shooting with us!

Ted’s favorite part of being in SGA is going to the field and being able to step away from the craziness of school and life. He appreciates how friendly and helpful the community is and loves how he is constantly getting help on technique and form during every practice!

This year, the team competed in the U.S. National Indoors in Chula Vista, at the Olympic Training Center. National Indoors was Ted’s favorite competition as the facility at the Easton Center of Excellence is incredible and he hopes to shoot in that facility in the future.

It has been amazing to have Ted apart of SGA and we hope to see him come out to the field more often to shoot!