·Won State Department scholarship for cultural and language immersion in Taiwan (junior year, completed online due to COVID); achieved intermediate proficiency in Chinese
·Selected for Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages (Mandarin)
·Highest junior student government position at school
·Led the band during senior year (administrative drum major role)
·Elected to school's honor council for senior year, presiding over cases of lying, cheating, or stealing
·Played lead trombone for Jazz Band (freshman, sophomore, senior year)
·Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop
·Led weekly Buddhist service at Christian-majority school
·Rowed in the V8 (freshman, sophomore, junior year); no regional or national medals