Mary graduated in 2026 with a B.S. in meteorology. She was a member of the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. Some of her hobbies include running, drawing, painting, and exercising. In the future, she hopes to become a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.

Isabelle is studying Broadcast Meteorology, hoping one day to become an On Air Meteorologist for a news station. Being from Northeast Ohio she grew up fascinated by lake effect snow which brought her to love all types of weather phenomena. When she’s not at WOUB forecasting for Newswatch, she’s busy being the President of her sorority Sigma Kappa.

Jakeb Wagner received his B.S. in meteorology in 2024. Jakeb is from Canton, Ohio where he played baseball and graduated from Canton GlenOak High School. Jakeb researched Antarctic Sea ice extent through case studies of the three biggest decreases in sea ice since 1970. Reed Timmer, Simon Brewer, and Jim Cantore are meteorologists that influenced Jakeb’s passion for meteorology growing up. Jakeb’s dream is to one day be part of the Storm Prediction Center.

Elijah is currently a Senior at Ohio University and is majoring in Meteorology. He is from Westerville, OH, where he competed in Cross Country and Track and Field throughout high school. Elijah is a member of the Ohio University’s Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (OUCAMS) and has served as an intern in the summer of 2023 for the NSF-funded NEPARS REU, a research internship co-hosted by both Plymouth State University and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His weather interests lie in winter weather, polar climatology, and severe weather. Outside of class, Elijah enjoys running with people, Chess, watching sports (such as NASCAR, F1, and football), simulation and racing video games (City Skylines, Sid Meijer’s Civilization, and Forza), and listening to music from artists such as The Chainsmokers, Porter Robinson, Coldplay, Empire of the Sun, Twenty One Pilots, and Illenium (electronic, dance, ambient, pop punk, and pop rock music).

Bailey graduated with a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology with a minor in Geological Sciences. She is from Dayton, Ohio and has been fascinated by the weather since she was little. She has always been known as the kid who was going to be a meteorologist since 3rd grade. Her parents remark that she ‘wouldn’t hear her parents calling her’ from her room, but once the local meteorologist came on TV, she would come barreling out into the living room to watch.

Her interests in weather lay within severe weather and tornadoes, but also has a love and passion for volcanoes, hydrology, forestry, nature, and earth science in general (she’s always been a science girly at heart). Outside of school, she had a passion in digital drawing, writing, color guard, roller coasters, and coffee.

Nico Sartori grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio where he became fascinated by the weather at a very young age in elementary school. Beginning in August of 2019, he got accepted into The Ohio State University undergraduate program for Atmospheric Sciences. Since becoming a Buckeye, Nico joined the Scarlet and Gray Forecasting Club as a lead forecaster and later as president introducing the area of broadcasting to the club. In the summer of 2022, he gained research experience working for the Center of Western Weather Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps in San Diego, California. He worked on a research project on how the Madden-Julian Oscillation System (MJO) has impacted extreme precipitation in a warming climate in the western United States. Through the internship, Nico gained a research interest in climate variability as well as extreme weather such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Nico accepted an offer into the graduate program for Ohio University starting in the fall of 2023 in Atmospheric Sciences as the Associate Director of Scalia Labs. Having graduated with a master’s degree during the 2025 Spring, he plans on entering a career in operational meteorology such as in the National Weather Service (NWS) or the private sector.

Benjamin Woodson graduated with a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology. He is from Nelsonville, Ohio which is about 20 minutes north of Athens. His main interest within meteorology is severe weather and tropical meteorology. In his free time, Ben enjoys watching the current weather, playing the piano, and landscaping.

Emily Dietz is currently a 5th-year working on a Geography – Meteorology major and Geology major at Ohio University. She is involved with the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (OUCAMS) and the club rowing team. Her interests include extreme weather, weather instrumentation, and climate research. In her free time, Emily enjoys hiking, reading, and playing soccer.