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AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL
YOUTH CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITIO N
March 19-21, 2021
Virtual National Finals Competition
Presenting Sponsor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Welcome Letter 2
Schedule of Events 3
About CyberPatriot 4
CyberPatriot National Sponsors 8
Meet the Teams
OPEN DIVISION TEAMS 10
TNPatriot | Cyber Age Is Tennessine – Cookeville High School – Cookeville, TN
CyberAegis Cobalt – Del Norte High School – San Diego, CA
CyberAegis Nobelium – Del Norte High School – San Diego, CA
Delete DNS – Faith Lutheran High School – Las Vegas, NV
‘IoSec – ‘Iolani School – Honolulu, HI
Callipygian Consortium of Cybersecurity – Liberal Arts and Science Academy – Austin, TX
Team Crystal – Loyola Blakefield – Towson, MD
MOPatriot | Cyber Age Is Swift – Parkway West High School – Chesterfield, MO
ILPatriot | 101sec – Rolling Meadows High School – Rolling Meadows, IL
VAPatriot | Cyber Age Is ScubaSquad – Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology – Alexandria, VA
A Certain Scientific Cybersecurity Team – Troy High School – Fullerton, CA
VAPatriot | Cybercavs – W. T. Woodson High School – Fairfax, VA
ALL SERVICE DIVISION TEAMS 22
A-Team – Forest Park High School – Woodbridge, VA
TXPatriot | Invicta – Roosevelt High School – San Antonio, TX
Patriot Battalion – Patrick Henry High School – San Diego, CA
Runtime Terror – Troy High School – Fullerton, CA
CyberEagles2 – International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School – Garland, TX
CyberBears – La Cueva High School – Albuquerque, NM
Foxhounds – Louis D. Brandeis High School – San Antonio, TX
Falcons GigaBites – Scripps Ranch High School – San Diego, CA
The Lockouts – Air Academy Cadet Squadron – Colorado Springs, CO
Tempest – Fullerton Composite Squadron – Fullerton, CA
Union County Composite Sapphire – Union County Composite Squadron – Charlotte, NC
Silicon Knights – Band of the West Division – Redwood City, CA
Spartans – Sacramento Division – Roseville, CA
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION TEAMS 35
CyberAegis Iridium – Design 39 Campus – San Diego, CA
CyberAegis Technetium – Oak Valley Middle School – San Diego, CA
CyberBots – Toby Johnson Middle School – Elk Grove, CA
CyberPatriot Programs 39
CYBERPATRIOT 1
Welcome to the Air Force Association’s
CyberPatriot XIII Virtual National Finals Competition
On behalf of 95,000 Air Force Association members worldwide, welcome and congratulations
on being one of only 28 teams to qualify for the CyberPatriot XIII Virtual National Finals
Competition!
CyberPatriot, like many things, looked different this year as a result of COVID-19. Even though
many school districts shifted to remote learning models and terminated many extracurricular
programs, a remarkable 4,801 teams registered for this season. Teams were allowed to compete
this season in a variety of models to accommodate social distancing and local pandemic protocols.
You should be proud of your achievements, and we wish you the best of luck as you compete this
week for the honor of being named National Champion.
A special thank you is owed to our volunteer coaches, mentors and team assistants. Through
generously sharing your time, talent and energy, AFA’s CyberPatriot program has become the
largest team-based cyber defense competition in the world. And because of you we are shaping
the global technical workforce.
Our deepest thanks go to our Presenting Sponsor, the Northrop Grumman Foundation, and
our other sponsors—AT&T, AT&T Foundation, Cisco, US Department of Homeland Security,
Microsoft, Air Force Reserve, Bank of New York Mellon, Facebook, Symantec, The USAA
Foundation, Air Force STEM, American Military University, Boeing, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Gannon University, Leidos, Mastercard, University of Maryland-Global Campus, and
VMWare. AFA is grateful for your investment in America’s future.
Gerald Murray Bruce A. “Orville” Wright
Chairman of the Board President
Air Force Association Air Force Association
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
CYBERPATRIOT 3
CYBERPATRIOT
THE NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITION
The CyberPatriot XIII competition season began in October The Virtual National Finals Competition
2020 with teams across the country and around the globe ready
to compete. Despite schools and organizations facing a plethora
– Teams and Challenges
of challenges and uncertainties brought on by COVID-19, an The Blue Teams (Competitors) are the National Finalist teams
impressive 4,801 teams registered to participate. Since many and the main players of the event. During the competition,
teams were not able to gather to compete, CyberPatriot allowed each Blue Team must manage the IT infrastructure of a
individual competitors to compete from their homes (for the small company and ensure all the proper cybersecurity steps
first time in competition history) if local restrictions prevented are taken to keep the infamous Red Team (Attackers) from
them from meeting as a team. After two rounds of rigorous compromising their networks.
online challenges, the Open Division and All Service Division The Red Team (Attacker) conducts planned and controlled
teams were divided into three tiers: Platinum, Gold and Silver. attacks on Blue Team systems during the Northrop Grumman
The teams then competed within their tiers for state awards Foundation Network Security Master Challenge. Red Team
and, for hopeful Platinum tier teams, a change to advance to activity subjects competitors to real-word attacks that thwart
the National Finals Competition. efforts to implement security, meet best practices, and maintain
The top twelve Platinum Tier Open Division teams, the top services in a timely and efficient manner.
thirteen Platinum Tier All Service Division teams (two from The Green Team (Referee) monitors the performance and
each category and one wildcard team), and the top three conduct of the Blue Teams. Green team members ensure that
Middle School Division teams have earned their spot in the the competition is run fairly and in compliance with the rules
National Finals Competition, and on March 20, 2021, will outlined in the official competition rules book.
compete for top honors within their divisions. In the case of The White Team (Competition System Administrator)
the Open and All Service Divisions, educational scholarships conducts the Northrop Grumman Foundation Network
are also up for grabs. Security Master Challenge and manages competition scenarios
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and injects. The White Team ensures that each Blue Team Beyond the Competition
is monitored, supported, and scored within the rules of the
competition. In addition to our National Youth Cyber Defense Competition,
During the Northrop Grumman Foundation Network CyberPatriot also manages a robust AFA CyberCamp program,
Security Master Challenge with AT&T Component, teams are an Elementary School Cyber Education Initiative (ESCEI), a
provided with seven operating system images. Teams must find Cyber Education Literature Series, and CyberGenerations – an
and fix vulnerabilities, maintain critical services, resolve injects initiative for senior citizens.
(including the AT&T Component), and defend against hostile Through the AFA CyberCamp program, organizations deliver
Red Team attacks. AFA-provided curriculum consisting of instruction modules,
During the Cisco NetAcad Challenge, teams are scored on accompanying instructor’s guides, student workbooks,
their ability to demonstrate proficiency in network security demonstration software, and competition software, all of
administration. They are tested with a networking quiz and which are designed to teach students important skills in cyber
an advanced packet tracer exercise, and must utilize the team safety and cybersecurity.
members efficiently if they plan to complete all aspects of the The camps are offered at two skill-levels: Standard camps are
challenge within the allotted time. designed for novice students looking for an introduction to
cybersecurity, while advanced camps are geared toward students
looking to expand on what they’ve learned in the CyberPatriot
competition or a previously attended AFA CyberCamp.
The 20-hour curriculum for either camp is taught over five
days, with the fifth day serving as a competition day. Camps
can be held in-person or as a virtual event.
CYBERPATRIOT 5
The Elementary School Cyber Education Initiative (ESCEI) save their friends, families, and communities from cyber danger.
uses engaging game-like modules to teach students in grades The books are available for purchase from BookBaby.com,
K-6 basic cybersecurity principles, personal information Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
protection, and online safety. CyberPatriot’s newest program is CyberGenerations – the
The program’s three modules, Security Showdown 2 (grades Senior Citizen’s Cyber Safety Initiative. Made possible through
K-2), JeffOS (grades 3-6) and Packet Protector (grades 3-6) can the generous support of AT&T, CyberGenerations offers self-
be downloaded for free from the CyberPatriot website. Since paced and workshop resources for teaching seniors how to keep
the program’s launch, more than 10,000 ESCEI kits have been their information and their devices protected from various
delivered worldwide. online cyber threats and scams.
The Cyber Education Literature Series introduces cybersecurity CyberGenerations is available for download (free of charge)
principles to our youngest audience in a storybook format. The from the CyberPatriot website. A virtual workshop is also
series features two books – Sarah the Cyber Hero and Ben the Cyber available, allowing senior citizens to participate from home
Defender – both of which follow the stories of young children who during the pandemic.
CyberPatriot Awards
ORDER OF MERIT CYBER ALL-AMERICAN
The CyberPatriot Order of Merit is The Cyber All-American designation is awarded to those exceptional individuals
awarded to select individuals who have who have qualified for the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition in each of
demonstrated exceptionally distinguished their high school years.
dedication and service to the National
Youth Cyber Education Program through Carlin Idle 2015 Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron
promoting growth and sustainment of Joshua Klosterman 2015 Big Sioux Composite Squadron
the program and by enabling it to achieve Connor Quick 2015 Montachussett Regional Vocational Technical School
its objective of promoting STEM and Victor Griswold 2016 Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron
cybersecurity education in our nation.
Leon Gaulin 2017 Montachussett Regional Vocational Technical School
Noah Bowe 2018 Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron
Chris Cook 2014
Taylor Coffey 2018 Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron
Al Cortes 2014
Charissa Kim 2020 Troy High School
Cindy DeCarlo 2014
Evan Huang 2021 US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Sacramento Division
Diane Miller 2014
Justin Lin 2021 Del Norte High School
Carey Peck 2014
Harry Talbot 2014
Montana Williams 2014
John Klebonis 2015
Susan Mallett 2015
Lance Spencer 2015
Hal Arata 2016
Brian Hale 2016
Lisa Bruce 2017
Dr. Paul Kaminski 2017
Suzanne Vautrinot 2018
Meghan Barnes 2019
Betty Hemby 2019
Dr. Chris Jones 2019
Marc Moffett 2020
Dr. Greg White 2021
CyberPatriot congratulates the newest Cyber All-Americans Justin Lin (left) of Del Norte High School
and Evan Huang (right) of US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Sacramento Division.
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CYBERPATRIOT The Air Force Association's
National Youth Cyber Education Program
NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER AFA CYBERCAMPS
DEFENSE COMPETITION Changes were made to the 2020 camp program,
allowing for virtual camps that could be held within
6387
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75%
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0 VIRTUAL STANDARD ADVANCED
CAMPS CAMPS
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Despite COVID-19 restrictions and virtual schooling, over 4,800
teams registered to participate in the CyberPatriot XIII (2020-
2021) competition season
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CYBER CYBER EDUCATION
EDUCATION INITIATIVE LITERATURE SERIES
The literature series continued to thrive:
250 copies of "Ben the Cyber
Defender" distributed in 2020
10,500 900 1,500+
copies of "Sarah the
Cyber Hero" distributed
TOTAL DOWNLOADS DOWNLOADS IN 2020 since 2017
CYBERGENERATIONS GET INVOLVED
The program got a makeover in 2020, with a fresh
look, new content, and contributions from AT&T's Since 2010, CyberPatriot programs have reached nearly
Cyber Aware resources. 300,000 students. Help grow our reach by:
Coaching or mentoring a CyberPatriot team
300+ virtual workshop attendees
Hosting an AFA CyberCamp
700+ self-paced guides
distributed to senior
Donating literature series books to local schools
and libraries
citizens across the country
Teaching a workshop at your local senior center
Made available through the generous support of
Visit www.uscyberpatriot.org for program updates!
OUR SPONSORS
AFA and the CyberPatriot Program thank the following organizations for their generosity as sponsors.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
CYBER DIAMOND SPONSORS
CYBER GOLD SPONSORS
CYBER SILVER SPONSORS
8 CYBERPATRIOTCongratulations to the
CyberPatriot XIII National Finalists
who are Defining Possible every day.
northropgrumman.com
©2021 Northrop Grumman
9 CYBERPATRIOT CYBERPATRIOT 9OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: TNPatriot | Cyber Age Is Tennessine
School/Institution: Cookeville High School
Location: Cookeville, TN
CyberPatriot is a great opportunity to learn important values like integrity and teamwork. With the digital
age growing, those in the career must grow!
—Coach Scott Waites
Team members:
Landon Byrge – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Penetration Tester
Daniel Fleisig – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Undecided
Parker Johnson – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Network Engineer
Nathan Papa – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Analyst
John Reagan – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Canadian Federal Cybersecurity Analyst
Brycen Walters – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer or Web Developer
10 CYBERPATRIOTOPEN DIVISION
Team Name: CyberAegis Cobalt
School/Institution: Del Norte High School
Location: San Diego, CA
CyberPatriot is a valuable and rewarding competition which encourages students to develop teamwork
skills, cybersecurity knowledge, and critical thinking. It is an incredible opportunity to grow both as a
student and for aspiring cybersecurity professionals in a real-world, fast-paced growth environment.
CyberPatriot has opened up many doors. It is an essential event for young minds wishing to pursue
cybersecurity or Computer Science. CyberPatriot helps students learn about the critical problem of
cybersecurity which people are facing every day from both foreign and domestic adversaries. They feel
forever grateful and indebted to CyberPatriot for the opportunities it has given them.
—Coach Paul Johnson
Team members:
Rohan Juneja – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer
Akshay Rohatgi – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Expert, Infrastructure Security
Tanay Shah – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cyber Operations Specialist at US Cyber Command
Safin Singh – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: DevOps Engineer
Ellen Xu – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Undecided
Alvin Zheng – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
CYBERPATRIOT 11OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: CyberAegis Nobelium
School/Institution: Del Norte High School
Location: San Diego, CA
CyberPatriot is a groundbreaking initiative to promote the benefits of productive and secure technological
infrastructures. The awareness it brings to students early on not only expands their opportunities for
careers in the future but also gives students a pivotal skill set in our growingly technology-reliant society.
CyberPatriot is an excellent way to gain experience in the vast field of cybersecurity while also allowing
competitors to pursue their Computer Science passions. It gives students the opportunity to learn
valuable skills in a new digital age. CyberPatriot inspires students to not only develop technical skills, but
create accountable, responsible, and compassionate individuals.
—Coach Paul Johnson
Team members:
Akhil Guntur – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Kevin Hu – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Senior Information Security Engineer at SpaceX
Bryant Jin – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Researcher
Jonathan Lin – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Researcher
Justin Lin – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Information Security Analyst
Joshua Tan – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Ethical Hacker
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Team Name: Delete DNS
School/Institution: Faith Lutheran High School
Location: Las Vegas, NV
It has been an awesome experience teaching and guiding high school students into the world defensive
and offensive cyber skills. These students do not live vicariously, they endeavor to learn and push
themselves in field that is critical to today’s government, business and financial infrastructure and I
applaud them for that.
—Coach Jose Diaz
Team members:
Lucas Bergman – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
Lorenzo Cacciapuoti – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Own my own company working with Virtual Reality
Cherly Kirgan – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Surgical Oncologist
Colin Saumure – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
Ben See – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: IT Specialist
Owen Thompson – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computational Linguist
CYBERPATRIOT 13OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: ‘IoSec
School/Institution: ‘Iolani School
Location: Honolulu, HI
CyberPatriot is the viewport to careers they didn’t know existed. They also learned skills and values that
will help them through life.
—Coach Darryl Kimura
Team members:
Caleb French – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer or Computer Scientist
Braden Lee – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Engineer
Zach Osada – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Engineer
Sean Safi – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Chief Information Security Officer
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Team Name: Callipygian Consortium of Cybersecurity
School/Institution: Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Location: Austin, TX
The value of CyberPatriot is that our students have enthusiastically embraced cybersecurity issues and
team-building that has brought them together to pursue a common goal. It’s enabled students to step
up and be leaders and ensure the programs future success.
—Coach Rainer Mueller
Team members:
Alan Baade – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
Evan Ellis – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
Liam Langert – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
Max Weinreb – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
Jeriah Yu – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
CYBERPATRIOT 15OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: Team Crystal
School/Institution: Loyola Blakefield
Location: Towson, MD
CyberPatriot and their awesome supporters continue to provide a fantastic training and competition
environment that inspires students to consider pursuing careers in cybersecurity and computer science.
—Coach Steve Morrill
Team members:
Luke Alonsozana – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Tech CEO
Aidan Brehm – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Engineer
Will Erdman – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: CyberPatriot Discord Moderator
Matt Fleschner – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Chief Technology Officer
Julian Javillo – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer
Jack Klug – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Optometrist
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Team Name: MOPatriot | Cyber Age Is Swift
School/Institution: Parkway West High School
Location: Chesterfield, MO
CyberPatriot has provided our youth authentic learning experiences in one of the most important areas
for the future of our nation, cybersecurity.
—Coach Jason Rooks
Team members:
Dhruv Argarwal – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer
Yusuf Hacking – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Lawyer
Sri Jaladi – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Member of Congress
Skyler Ji – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Anthropologist
Shane Liu – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Kesava Viswanadha – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Healthcare Executive
CYBERPATRIOT 17OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: ILPatriot | 101sec
School/Institution: Rolling Meadows High School
Location: Rolling Meadows, IL
The world is changing very quickly, and technology is a leading factor of that change. Students need to be
equipped with the skills and knowledge to navigate this changing landscape in order to be safe, secure and
responsible. Cybersecurity education, specifically CyberPatriot, is an important step in that journey.
—Coach Mike Drenth
Team members:
Hao Duong – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Content Creator or Design Engineer
Minh Duong – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Penetration Tester or Security Researcher
Colin Parker – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Engineer
Rebecca Phillips – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
Kamil Podgorski – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Stock Trader or Financial Analyst
Audrey Wheeler – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: System Administrator
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Team Name: VAPatriot | Cyber Age Is ScubaSquad
School/Institution: Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology
Location: Alexandria, VA
CyberPatriot is a good simulation of what it would look like to work in the IT field later on in life. It gives
students an engaging hands-on experience of what their future tech jobs could look like — research,
planning, teamwork, and execution.
—Coach Dan Tra
Team members:
Lauren Delwiche – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Network Security Engineer
Darius Kianersi – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Ryan Kim – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Tech Journalist and Reviewer
Darin Mao – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Autin Mitra – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: GeekSquad Director
Alex Suh – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cisco Architect
CYBERPATRIOT 19OPEN DIVISION
Team Name: A Certain Scientific Cybersecurity Team
School/Institution: Troy High School
Location: Fullerton, CA
CyberPatriot is the premier cybersecurity competition for students in middle school and high school.
Troy high school and our feeder middle schools have generated a lot of interest in our cyber classes and
teams as a direct results of CyberPatriot. Our 400 students thank you!
—Coach Allen Stubblefield
Team members:
Sammy Hajhamid – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Penetration Tester
Kile Hsu – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Engineer
Sky Jung – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Junha Kim – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Data Scientist
Roy Ren – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Programmer
Kenneth Tang – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Engineer
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Team Name: VAPatriot | Cybercavs
School/Institution: W.T. Woodson High School
Location: Fairfax, VA
CyberPatriot propels students towards careers in STEM by providing them with real-world experiences,
preparing the youth to face the next generation of technological challenges and demands.
—Coach Angela Millsap
Team members:
Aaron Amartuvshin – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Network Analyst
Steven Liu – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Hardware Engineer
Collin Ollis – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Aerospace Engineer
Josh Park – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Electrical Engineer
Sam Park – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer
Tony Tran – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer
CYBERPATRIOT 21ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: A-Team
School/Institution: Forest Park High School
Location: Woodbridge, VA
The need for cybersecurity and cyber safety is paramount during these times. The digital age has caused
an unrelenting level of awareness of cyber vulnerabilities. Youth involvement in CyberPatriot allows
students to learn valuable skills they will use for a lifetime. It elevates their exposure to cybersecurity
issues that surround us while increasing their interest in a needed field of study. This program bridges
the gap for students unaware of cybersecurity as a career choice. Also, this program encourages
CyberPatriot Team members to teach younger youth and elderly these skills. This program embodies the
spirit of “each one, teach one”.
—Coach Jacqueline Bullock
Team members:
Luhani Adkins – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Bailey Crawford – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Systems Administrator
Corey Crum – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Ethical Hacker
Joshua Floersheim – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Ethical Hacker
22 CYBERPATRIOTALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: TXPatriot | Invicta
School/Institution: Roosevelt High School
Location: San Antonio, TX
CyberPatriot has navigated, encouraged, and inspired our competitors to develop their individual
technological skills that can be utilized in a real time environment. The plethora of technical knowledge
that our students are required to master, in order to qualify for the national level, are critical skills
that are lacking in our current workforce. With the encouragement and inspiration of CyberPatriot our
students will harden our future workforce. This responsibility will be accomplished with the skills, the
knowledge, and the support of our CyberPatriot organization.
—Coach Dalia Pulido
Team members:
Alex Bryant – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Penetration Tester
Tristan Lee – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cyber Warfare Engineer
Julian Peña – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Researcher
Francisco Rodríguez Vara – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Network Security Specialist
Rose Schnabel – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
CYBERPATRIOT 23ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Patriot Battalion
School/Institution: Patrick Henry High School
Location: San Diego, CA
CyberPatriot offers a place where students can get together, have fun, learn about cybersecurity and
build confidence in the cyber realm.
—Coach Casey Spaulding
Team members:
Ben Gonzalez – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Data Scientist
Andrew Gordon – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: US Navy Nuclear Engineer
Diego Johnson – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: US Air Force Fire Protection
Darren Lee – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Offensive Security Engineer
Spencer Magedman – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cyber Network Architect
Alain Zhang – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
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Team Name: Runtime Terror
School/Institution: Troy High School
Location: Fullerton, CA
CyberPatriot is such a valuable competition to these students because all competitors, regardless of
competition placement, walk away with skills that hold intrinsic value for employers. The students learn
the technical skills necessary to excel at their first job, as well as the soft skills to take suggestions,
share responsibilities, and communicate with leadership effectively. I’ve been through numerous job
interviews since the start of my journey with CyberPatriot in 2011, and the competition is always a
strong talking point with potential employers. With the experience amassed from their tenure in
CyberPatriot, I’m excited to see what the young STEM leaders of tomorrow accomplish important field
of cybersecurity and apply the practical skills we’ve accrued. Even with 100% virtual practices and
competitions, our resolve and team chemistry have never wavered, and we look forward to competing
at Nationals! —Coach John-Michael Linares
Team members:
Taiyu Chen – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
Chan Chung – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Physician
Justin Huang – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Forensics Analyst
Brian Ni – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Information Security Engineer
Johnny Ni – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Anna Wu – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Chief Information Officer
CYBERPATRIOT 25ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: CyberEagles2
School/Institution: International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School
Location: Garland, TX
The youth of today are growing up in a world where everything they do or say is recorded in every
possible medium. All of their thoughts and actions are there for the world to support or rebuke. It is a
new world that can affect your occupation, friends and family. Things they do or say can become “viral”.
Just as these actions are recorded for all to see, so is most of our biometric and financial data. Elon
Musk destroys his own phone every year in an effort to prevent data theft. Yet in 2020, he demonstrated
Neuralink implanted in a pig’s brain. The idea being that Artificial Intelligence will help us with tasks and
directly accessing information from our brain to the internet. This is a future where anything is possible,
but also the risk to information and identity theft is even higher. We need youth that are trained to
safeguard and protect people in this battleground. We need Cyber Warriors. —Coach Chris Fears
Team members:
Laura Cole – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Author
Kyara Gutierrez – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cardiologist or Realtor
Moe Jassim – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Sciencist
Maxine Rodriguez – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: ER Doctor
Michael Ylagan – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Independent IT Consultant, System Engineer or Analyst
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Team Name: CyberBears
School/Institution: La Cueva High School
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Today’s youth is tomorrow’s future. CyberPatriot is the first step to opening many different career
possibilities for these young men and women. Work hard, play hard and your efforts will be rewarded.
—Coach Al Griego
Team members:
Caden Box – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Air Force Pilot and NASA Astronaut
Eli Hajagos – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Data Analyst
Molly Palko – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Hardware Engineer
Miriam Reichsfeld – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Pastry Chef
Andrew Schmidt – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Aeronautical Engineer
CYBERPATRIOT 27ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Foxhounds
School/Institution: Louis D. Brandeis High School
Location: San Antonio, TX
The Foxhounds were first time National Finalists last year. This year, we knew the hard work and dedication
it takes to reach this level and are proud and honored to have another chance to compete against the best
teams in the country. CyberPatriot is a valuable program that offer cadets the opportunity to increase
their cybersecurity skillsets and learn the importance of team dynamics.
—Coach Jim Mangiafico
Team members:
Bernard Dzogbenuku – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Penetration Tester
Sebastian Dominguez – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Chef
Ezequiel Garza – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Analyist
Grant Lippenholz – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Forensics
Alexis Obeng – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Analyst
Nirucha Uerkwitz – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Human Intelligence Specialist
28 CYBERPATRIOTALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Falcons GigaBites
School/Institution: Scripps Ranch High School
Location: San Diego, CA
CyberPatriot has provided tremendous opportunities for our Cadets to learn about the technical insights
of the emerging field of cybersecurity, such as securing virtual networks, the internal working of
Linux, Cisco, and Windows operating system. At the same time, acquiring important soft skills such as
teamwork, communications, and leadership that will grow them into thoughtful and caring leaders of
future AJROTC.
—Coach Ferdinand Toledo
Team members:
Saatvik Aggarwal – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Professional or Engineer
Michael He – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Professional or Engineer
Jake Lee – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Professional or Engineer
Leopold Li – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Propfessional or Engineer
Mikella Nuzen – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity professional or Engineer
CYBERPATRIOT 29ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: The Lockouts
School/Institution: Air Academy Cadet Squadron
Location: USAFA, CO
In this day and age where children are living their lives online, it’s so important to teach them how to be
safe. It’s also a big bonus that these same skills have the potential to lead to a career.
—Coach Donna Fay
Team members:
Natalie Feng – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Jenna Jones – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity or Digital Forensics Attorney
Isabella Olivarez – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Air Force Officer
Thomas Zapel – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Air Force Pilot
30 CYBERPATRIOTALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Tempest
School/Institution: Fullerton Composite Squadron
Location: Fullerton, CA
I am extremely proud that CyberPatriot is able to provide quality training and education to our youth so
that they have an opportunity to gain the knowledge needed to start their professional careers and will
create and be a part of innovative solutions for the future of our country.
—Coach Brian Vu
Team members:
Austin Ahn – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Analyst
Jesse James – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Foreign Service Officer
Chaeeun Kim – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Engineer
Kayla Kim – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: United Nations Ambassador
Ryan Kim – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Engineer
Esther Kwon – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Forensics Examiner
CYBERPATRIOT 31ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Union County Composite Sapphire
School/Institution: Union County Composite Squadron
Location: Charlotte, NC
CyberPatriot gives our cadets a focused and fun way to learn skills that are important to our country’s
future and builds skills that may help them get a head start on a rewarding career.
—Coach Rick Hallihan
Team members:
Evan Ambrose – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer for SpaceX
Ally Davis – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Combat Medic
Ben Donahue – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Davy Hallihan – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Mechanical Engineer
Jack Krueger – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Incident Response Engineer
Mason Wise – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Pilot
32 CYBERPATRIOTALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Silicon Knights
School/Institution: Band of the West Division
Location: Redwood City, CA
CyberPatriot provides an open entry point for our youths to explore the ever-changing digital ecosystem.
With the skills and knowledge our team members learned through the online courses, tireless practices,
and challenging competitions, they become much more responsible cyber citizens no matter what
career path they choose. Many young cadets in the program have been inspired to consider joining the
cybersecurity fields.
—Coach Ming Ikehara
Team members:
Matt Chan – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Biochemist
Dylan Heng – 12th Grade Grade
Career Aspiration: Information Security Analyst
Jonathan Kon – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Trauma or Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon
Nikolas Loke – 10th Grade
Career Aspiration: Pilot
Larry Luong – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Neurosurgeon
Arkin Si – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Architect/Engineer
CYBERPATRIOT 33ALL SERVICE DIVISION
Team Name: Spartans
School/Institution: Sacramento Division
Location: Roseville, CA
The CyberPatriot program educates and immerses our cadets in the cybersecurity field, exposing them
to hands-on cyber defense and safety environment. As the Sacramento Spartans, we not only strive to
spread awareness about the constant threat of cyberattacks but also train to defend against such attacks.
These opportunities allow the cadets to further pursue their interest in the technology field and help them
discover their talents, potentially shaping their future careers.
—Coach Matt Foreman
Team members:
Emily Foreman – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Developer or Information Security
Evan Huang – 12th Grade
Career Aspiration: Anesthesiologist
Emily Kelso – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Naval Cyber Warfare Engineer
William Smith – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Information Technology Attorney
Yannis Smith – 9th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Qi Zhihao – 11th Grade
Career Aspiration: Electrical Engineer
34 CYBERPATRIOTMIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
Team Name: CyberAegis Iridium
School/Institution: Design 39 Campus
Location: San Diego, CA
CyberPatriot is one of the most important things in the students’ lives. CyberPatriot is the ultimate
youth cyber education program! There are many cyberattacks, and to stop them, society needs more
defenders. CyberPatriot trains students to become experts to help defend the internet. In life, to do
anything big, you need to work with other people. CyberPatriot revolves around growing and getting the
job done together as a team. It’s not so much a class than a hobby that students love to take and helps
students protect and defend themselves on the internet.
—Coach Sheirman Szeto
Team members:
Aditya Desai – 7th Grade
Career Aspiration: Scientist
Risha Guha – 6th Grade
Career Aspiration: CEO of a Biomedical Security Company
Kapil Inguva – 7th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Executive
Rachit Jaiswal – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Executive
Tanvi Mohanty – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Ethical Hacker
Matthew Wakayama – 7th Grade
Career Aspiration: Cybersecurity Scientist
CYBERPATRIOT 35MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
Team Name: CyberAegis Technetium
School/Institution: Oak Valley Middle School
Location: San Diego, CA
Cybersecurity has become more important than ever as the internet has become a crucial link to the
world. CyberPatriot is an inspiring program that introduces cybersecurity skills essential for combatting
cyber threats, which have grown in size, sophistication, and strategy. CyberPatriot has taught the
importance of leadership, team collaboration, sportsmanship, perseverance, communication, and other
valuable skills vital to success, and how melding our skills together can achieve much more than what
individuals can achieve. Skills needed can be applied to solve real-world problems and challenges that
may seem daunting, but are possible if one perseveres.
—Coach Paul Johnson
Team members:
Brandon Chu – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
Eshaan Kumar – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Security Solutions Architect
Raymond Sheng – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Electrical Engineer
Sophia Tang – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Network Engineer
Kate Xu – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Scientist
Ethan Zhao – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Chief Cybersecurity Officer
36 CYBERPATRIOTMIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
Team Name: CyberBots
School/Institution: Toby Johnson Middle School
Location: Elk Grove, CA
These students have excelled at CyberPatriot this year. I’m very proud of their hard work and dedication
to learning and working together as a team. CyberPatriot has allowed these students to learn more about
technology and has also helped prepare them for college and a future career.
—Coach Ryan North
Team members:
Noah Bohn – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Software Engineer
William De Anda – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Anesthesiologist
Nathan Lee – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Concept Artist
Caden Luu – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Computer Programmer
Pratham Rangwala – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Data Engineer
Priyam Rangwala – 8th Grade
Career Aspiration: Data Engineer
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The National Youth Cyber
Education Program
The National Youth Cyber Defense Competition puts teams of middle and high
school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with
managing the network of a small company. Through a series of online rounds,
students are scored on how well they identify and secure known vulnerabilities
on a virtual network.
Through the AFA CyberCamp program, schools and educational organizations
conduct week-long camps using an AFA-developed curriculum kit that teaches
students important skills in cyber safety and cybersecurity.
The Elementary School Cyber Education Initiative (ESCEI) teaches students in
grades K-6 the basics of cybersecurity, personal information protection, and online
safety in an entertaining and engaging game-like format.
The Cyber Education Literature Series introduces cybersecurity principles to our
youngest audience in storybook format. The series features two books – Sarah the
Cyber Hero and Ben the Cyber Defender. Both books, available for purchase online,
follow the stories of two children who save their communities from cyber danger.
CyberPatriot’s newest program is CyberGenerations, the Senior Citizens’ Cyber Safety
Initiative. CyberGenerations offers self-paced and workshop resources for teaching
seniors how to keep their information and their devices protected from various online
cyber threats and scams. CyberGenerations is available for download on our website.
Thanks to our generous sponsors for making CyberPatriot possible!
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