2022 - 2023 CPDT Members
Jillian Steinhilber (Co-Captain)
Hometown: San Diego, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Senior
Major: Architecture
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing at all the games, meeting my best friends, and continuing to pursue one of my many loves in this life!
Role model: My family
Future goals: Practically, become a licensed architect in California! On the side maybe a house flipping business or a potato cookbook!
Random fact: I own a 1966 Volkswagen bug, love to BBQ, and lived abroad for a year!
Sydney Stone (Co-Captain
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to do what I love with my best friends while representing Cal Poly
Role model: My dance teacher, Brittney Anderson
Future goals: To work for a Major League Baseball team
Random fact: I have nine toes
Athena Conley
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Business administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: My favorite thing about CPDT is the bonds between all the girls on the team. They have such a great sense of community, and I cannot wait to be a part of that so soon!
Role model: My role model is my grandma. She is the strongest, most selfless person I have ever met, and I’m so lucky to have someone like her to lookup to every day.
Future goals: In the future, I hope to move to either LA or New York directly after college to pursue an MBA, while hopefully working as an intern for a financial firm.
Random fact: When I was a baby, my twin sister and I played baby Emma on Friends! (but only temporarily because my sister cried too much and they had to replace us lol)
Avery Lee
Hometown: San Diego, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Nutrition
Favorite thing about CPDT: Being able to continue my passion for dance in college
Role model: My mom
Future goals: To be successful and happy in whatever path I take
Random fact: I can do a blind taste test of several different water brands and get them all right.
Emily Comerford
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Ethnic Studies
Favorite thing about CPDT: Having the best teammates ever!! They truly are so supportive of everyone and are always reliable with anything you need
Role model: My mama
Future goals: Becoming a sports psychologist
Random fact: I have a really flexible diaphragm (has to be seen in person lol)
Hailey Flowers
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Child Development
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing with my best friends!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: I want to go on the grad school to become a physical therapist for special needs children and own my own practice. I also hope to become an NFL or NBA cheerleader.
Random fact: I was on The Price is Right and won the whole showcase!
Julianna Christopolous
Hometown: Tustin, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Favorite thing about CPDT: Performing and bonding with the best teammates!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: To be working in the engineering field
Random fact: I can solve a Rubik's cube
Kassidy Kar
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Nutrition
Favorite thing about CPDT: Meeting people who also love dance, and getting to continue performing
Role model: My Parents
Future goals: Find a job I love doing, start a family, and buy a mansion
Random fact: I love watching Dodger Games
Kate Roarke
Hometown: Burbank, California
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Journalism
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to perform for the school and continue my passion for dance!
Role model: My mom & dad
Future goals: I want to work in graphic design or writing
Random fact: I played softball when I was younger
Katie Chriss
Hometown: San Clemente, California
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Construction Management
Favorite thing about CPDT: Being able to continue dancing and make the greatest memories
Role model: My dad! He is the most inspirational person I know
Future goals: To enjoy college and make memories that I will cherish forever
Random fact: I passed out from corn nuts
Lauren Fujii
Hometown: San Mateo, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Public Health
Favorite thing about CPDT: Everyone is such good friends!
Role model: My teammates and the girls I dance with
Future goals: Find something I love to do and be happy!
Random fact: I’ve swam with sharks
Lexi McFarlane
Hometown: Danville, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Master's student
Major: Industrial Technology and Packaging
Favorite thing about CPDT: Bonding with the girls and performing at games
Role model: My dance teacher, Rachel Jackson
Future goals: To be on shark tank and work as a packaging engineer
Random fact: I’m afraid of the dark
Mia Licosati
Hometown: Solana Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: English
Favorite thing about CPDT: how close every single girl is and how supportive we are!
Role model: Dave Portnoy
Future goals: Lawyer maybe!
Random fact: I like to do handstands
McKenna Douglas
Hometown: Temecula, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to dance and perform for the student body with amazing friends!
Role model: My mom and dad
Future goals: Graduating with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and getting into medical school.
Random fact: I can't go out without hoops on
Natalie Levesque
Hometown: Huntington Beach, California
Year on Dance Team: 3rd
Year at Cal Poly: Junior
Major: Journalism
Favorite thing about CPDT: Getting to dance with my best friends everyday.
Role model: My parents.
Future goals: To be an entertainment newscaster or work in some type of production
Random fact: I could've pursued a career as an opera singer
Nicole Arcolino
Hometown: San Jose, California
Year on Dance Team: 4th
Year at Cal Poly: Senior
Major: Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
Favorite thing about CPDT: Dancing with my friends, especially during late night practices.
Role model: Tyra Banks
Future goals: Working at a tech company in SF, coding and designing.
Random fact: I’m related to Jersey Shore's DJ Pauly D.
Riley Gotowala
Hometown: Ramona, California
Year on Dance Team: 2nd
Year at Cal Poly: Sophomore
Major: Business Administration
Favorite thing about CPDT: My team!!
Role model: My high school coach
Future goals: to grow as a dancer and see what career I can make out of it
Random fact: I'm allergic to cats
Toula Hubbard
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Year on Dance Team: 1st
Year at Cal Poly: Freshman
Major: Industrial engineering
Favorite thing about CPDT: Making new friends and being able to do what I love!
Role model: My parents
Future goals: To be an engineer
Random fact: I have danced for 16 years