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Introducing your staff for the FLED Class of 2030! We are so excited for this year, and ready to find our perfect 72❤️💚💛🩵💜🖤 by @fledtamu

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Ferb, I know what Flo we’re gonna join today! 👀

Meet the FLED ‘30 staff! 🎬💙

We’re officially kicking things off and getting ready to meet the NEW FLED CLASS! 🗣️🔥 We’ve got a lot planned, and trust us… you’re gonna want to be part of it.

Freshmen, it’s almost time! Come meet the staff, find your people, and see what Phineas and FLED is all about!

LET’S GET THIS YEAR STARTED! 🎸🛠️

#PhineasAndFLED #FLED #FLO #TAMU #GigEm by @fledtamu

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We are so beyond proud to introduce our Directors for the FLED Class of ‘30!

Tessa Olsen - Executive Director
Jose Velazquez - Director of Finance
Jaxson Hover - Director of Engagement

We are so excited for what’s ahead and trust that FLED is in great hands!
#fled #tamuclassof2030 #tamu by @fledtamu

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We couldn’t be more excited about our perfect 72!! FLED ‘30 you are so loved already!🩵🥂✌️😜🙌🏻 by @fledtamu

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YOU THOUGHT WE WERE DONE??? 😈‼️ The grind 💪 is never over, because we have to shoutout our AWESOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS!!! 👑✨

First, we have to introduce our Head Director 👑 TOP DAWG 🐕 TESSA OLSEN!! She is a Junior Elementary Education 📚🍎 major from Frisco, Texas!! 🤠

Tessa likes ranch 🥛 (peep the TikTok), stars ⭐️, floral arranging 💐, Glee 🎶 (shoutout Sue Sylvester), Mamma Mia 🎤🌊, and spending time with friends and family
She dislikes ostriches 🦤 (oh?), seafood 🦐, and slow walkers 🚶🐌

Some fun facts about Top Dawg are:
✮ She’s had a kidney stone 🪨
✮ She likes to sing 🎤🎶
✮ She’s gone viral 🔥 on TikTok

Her hot take 🔥 is that Chipotle 🌯 is overrated (sad)

This year, she’s excited 🤩 to watch her staff 👥 have so much fun 🎉 with their committees and be there for them! 💗

Up next 🆙, we have our Director of Engagement 🤝, a Junior Food Science and Technology 🧪🍎 major from San Antonio, Texas… the mustached 🥸 JAXSON HOVER!!

Jaxson’s SCALDING 🔥☀️ take is that everything is better plain 😐 — like a plain burger 🍔 with no cheese 🧀 or nothing (bro…)

He likes his dogs 🐶, houseplants 🪴, hiking 🥾, Stale Peeps 🐰 (i agree 🤝), and stone fruit 🍑🍑 (apricots 🍑/ peaches 🍑/ plums 🍑)
Jaxson dislikes the ends of roadtrips 🛣️😔, condiments 🥫🚫, and forgetting 🧠💨 right before you say something 🗣️😭

Some fun facts about Jaxson are:
✮ He works for NASA 🚀👨‍🚀
✮ He is a twin 👯

Jaxson is excited 🤩 to watch the staff and freshman grow 🌱 a special bond (bond mention) 🫂 and have the BEST year ever. Boom!! 💥

Finally, we have the penny pincher 💰 himself, our Director of Finance 💵📊 JOSE VELAZQUEZ!! He is a Junior Industrial Engineering 📦⚙️ major from The Woodlands, Texas 🤠

Jose likes sushi 🍣 (me too twin 👯), football season 🏈, and mid-day naps 😴💤
He dislikes slow walkers 🚶🐌, people that don’t turn on protected rights 🚗➡️, and Torchy’s 🌮🚫 (disagree 😤)

His hot take 🔥 is that cucumber 🥒 Gatorade 🧃 is a TOP 3 flavor (oh my 😭)

Some fun facts about Jose are:
✮ He is a first gen Aggie 👍🤠
✮ He has been skydiving
✮ He lived in Mexico 🇲🇽 for 12 years 🔢

Jose is excited 🤩 to get FLED’s PERFECT 72️⃣‼️💚 by @fledtamu

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And now to finish out our committee spotlights… @serve.ass !!! 💛🛠️🌞🌻🍋🐝🍌🌟🧀🌽💛

First, we have our niche 🧐 & performative 💅 king, SAMUEL JORDAN!! He is a Sophomore Journalism 📰✍️ major from Houston, Texas!! 🤠

Samuel likes Torchy’s queso 🧀, peanuts 🥜, music 🎶 (Bob Dylan 🎸 + LCD Soundsystem 🎧), speeding 🚗💨 (bad girl), & postcards 💌!
He dislikes people that camp left lane 🚗🚗😡, slow drivers 🐌🚘, oblivious people 🧍‍♂️❓, and jerks 🙄

Some fun facts about Sam are:
✮ He once ran a 4:25 mile 🏃‍♂️💨⏱️
✮ He owns every single Peanuts comic strip 🥜📚 that’s been released
✮ He has a massive vinyl collection 💿🎶 (his favorite being Masayoshi Takanaka’s Rainbow Goblins 👺)

His favorite yellow thing 💛 is the SUN ☀️ (ykw hell yeah)

Up next 🆙, we have a Sophomore Business 💼 major from New Braunfels, Texas… the beautiful SADIE MOUL!! 💛

Sadie’s favorite yellow thing 💛 is MAC AND CHEESE 🧀💛!
She likes hand hugs 🤝, Jesus ✝️, Aquaphor 🧴, laughing, Minecraft ⛏️, talking 🗣️, coconut Red Bulls 🥥⚡ (THIS.), and belting songs 🎤 in the car 🚗 on a roadtrip 🛣️!
Sadie lady dislikes hugs 🫂🚫, wearing shoes 👟, pillows that aren’t flat enough 🛏️, awkward silence 😶, peanut butter 🥜🚫, and “when I miss spell something and no one corrects me” 📝😭 (it’s misspell btw)

Her hot take 🔥 is that diet Dr Pepper 🥤 is better than normal (ew)

Finally, proving why he’s here 🏆, we have EVAN HAACK!! He is a Sophomore Industrial Distribution 📦📊 major from Rockwall, Texas 🤠

Evan likes the Green Bay Packers 🧀🏈, the gym 🏋️, school 📚, etc. (don’t give us too many now)
He dislikes “Jose Velasquez” (???)

His favorite yellow thing 💛 is ALSO the sun ☀️ (chibes)

The SINGLE fun fact Evan provided is:
✮ He lives with Parker

SERVICE 💛🛠️ is so excited to be committee parents 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, meet their freshmen 🤩, and “get that shack thang done” by @fledtamu

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THIS IS THE SPOTLIGHT I AM MOST EXCITED 🤩 TO POST! Introducing the minds behind everything recruitment… @clout.reach 💜👾🦄😈🪻🔮☂️🍆

1st, we have chud 1 & MS FLED 👑 herself ALYSSA HOOKS!! She is a Sophomore Human Development & Family Science 🧠👨‍👩‍👧 major from Missouri City, Texas!!

Alyssa likes music 🎶, bees 🐝, friends, dancing 💃, singing, yellow 💛, acting 🎭 (SpongeBob mention), painting 🎨, & the outdoors 🌳🌻
She dislikes lying 🤥, humidity 🥵, rude people 😒, & when you sneeze & people don’t say bless you after 🤧

Some fun facts about Alyssa are:
✮ She can play the ukulele 🎶
✮ She sings the whole fast rap part in Rap God
✮ She thinks ketchup 🍅 is gross
Her favorite purple thing 💜 is LAVENDER 🪻

I’m already giggling 🤭 because next up, we have chud 2… a Sophomore Nutrition 🥗🍎 major from Cypress, Texas… PARKER PHAN!! 🍇

Parker’s favorite purple thing is the purple Minion 💜👿

He likes side questing 🗺️, Tame Impala 🎶 (wow), SEC Football 🏈 (RAHHHH), gym sesh 🏋️, lake days 🌊, sleeping 💤, & cold pillows 🛏️❄️
Parker dislikes slow drivers 🚗🐌, humid weather 🥵, 8ams ⏰😵, & hydroplaning 🚗💦💀

His HOT AHH take 🔥 is that Chipotle 🌯 is absolutely mid 😐 (SO wrong btw)

Some fun facts about Parker are:
✮ He broke his elbow 💪 at 5 yrs old
✮ He’s seen Ocean’s 11 four times 4️⃣
✮ He played high school football 🏈 for 4 years (👀)

Lastly, we have our little ray of sunshine ☀️, chud 3 AVERY REICH!! 🪻 She is a Sophomore Public Health 🩺💜 major from Austin, Texas 🤠

The Big AR likes joy + whimsy ✨🦋 (obvi), full volume music 🔊🎶, mukbangs 🍜, Sushi Masa 🍣, weenie dogs 🌭🐶, frolicking 🧚‍♀️🌸, & when her bangs bang 💇‍♀️💥
She dislikes riding her scooter 🛴 on bumpy roads 🪨, POLS 207 📚😵, negativity 🚫, squirrels 🐿️❌, chicken pot pie 🥧🤢, & writing about herself in the 3rd person

Her favorite purple thing 💜 is TARO TEA 🧋💜

Some fun facts about Avery are:
✮ She works at the Dutch Bros ☕️ on Wellborn 📍
✮ She’s met Flatland Cavalry 🤠🎶
✮ In the next month 📅 she’s going to 3 concerts!

OUTREACH 💜📣 is so excited 🤩 to be touse, & get their 1️⃣2️⃣ freshmen 💫 🫂💜!! by @fledtamu

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Took the weekend off 💤 but we’re BACK to the grind!! 💪 NEXT UP…. @oppa.stoppaz 🖤🩶⚫️🐼🐈‍⬛🌑🕷️

First, we have FLED MOM 👩‍👧‍👦 KATE BESTE!! She is a Sophomore Ecology & Conservation Biology 🌱🦋 major from St. Louis, Missouri 🌆 (gurl what are u doing here 😭)

Kate likes traveling ✈️🌎, flowy pants 👖, rainy days 🌧️, scuba diving 🤿, hiking 🥾, animals 🐢🐘, side quests 🗺️, and line dancing 🤠💃 (someone play miami 🎶)
She dislikes spiders 🕷️, sweet tea ❌ (ts is NOT valid), the color orange 🟠, hedgehogs 🦔, and layover flights ✈️⏰😩

Some fun facts about Kate are:
✮She can drive stick 🚗🕹️
✮ She has an Irish twin 👯‍♀️☘️ (what??)
✮ She helped out with sea turtle conservation 🐢🌊 in Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Her favorite black thing 🖤 is PANDAS 🐼

DING DING DING 🔔🥊! Next up, we have my favorite chud… a Sophomore Civil Engineering 🏗️📐 major from Friendswood, Texas… TYLER KENNEDY!! 🖤

Tyler’s favorite black thing 🖤 is ALSO pandas 🐼 (originality is key 🤌)

He likes yapping 🗣️, tennis 🎾, sunsets 🌅, running 🏃‍♂️, music 🎧, and late night food runs 🌙🍔 with friends 🫂
Tyler dislikes hot weather 🥵☀️, messy houses 🏠🗑️, people who wear shoes 👟 in the house 🏠🚫, and wasps 🐝😡

His hot take 🔥 is that RAP is the single best genre of music AND the single worst at the same time (I agree but I don’t?? 🤨)

Some fun facts about Tyler are:
✮ He’s run a marathon 🏃‍♂️🏅
✮ He can solve a Rubik’s cube 🧩🧠
✮ He’s undefeated 🏆 in ping pong 🏓 at College Station

Lastly, we have the charming ✨ OLIVIA STENOIEN!! Olivia is a Sophomore Kinesiology 🏃‍♀️💪 major from Houston, Texas 🌆

Liv likes Dairy Queen 🍦, Dutch Bros ☕️, hanging out with friends 🫂, working out 🏋️‍♀️, and taking baths 🛁🫧.
She dislikes loud eaters 😭🍴, bad drivers 🚗💥, slow walkers 🚶🐌, being annoyed 😤, and corn 🌽❌

Her favorite black thing 🖤 is her black cat 🐈‍⬛, Stella 🖤

Olivia’s hot take 🔥 is that she LOVES doing laundry 🧺🫧 (come do mine pls)

OPS 🖤 is so excited 🤩 to get their freshmen, help them branch out 🌱, and make some awesome memories 🫂! They are looking forward to an AWESOME year!! 🖤🎉 by @fledtamu

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It’s a bird 🐦, it’s a plane ✈️… WAIT NO IT’S @tradz.dadz !! ❤️🏀🏈⚾️🥊🔴🏆❤️ This committee spotlight is about to be a SLAM DUNK 🏀🔥

First, we have our golden retriever 🐕☀️ COLE ALBRECHT!! He is a Sophomore Business Management 💼 major from Austin, Texas 🤠

Cole likes traveling ✈️🌎, hunting 🦌, surfing 🏄‍♂️, Aggie Sports 🏈 (BANNGGG 👍), sidequests 🗺️, road trips 🚗💨, and FOOD!!!! 🍔🍕🍗

His hot take 🔥 is that mustard 🌭, mayo 🤍, and ranch 🥛 gotta be the most OVERRATED condiments of ALL TIME (don’t tell tessa 🤫)

Some fun facts about Cole are:
✮ He’s been to 14 different countries 🌎✈️
✮ He got to hike 🥾 & paraglide 🪂 in Switzerland 🇨🇭 this summer ☀️
✮ He was raised to be a TU longhorn 🤘 (yuck 🤢), but made the great switch ❤️👍 (THANK GOD 🙏)

His favorite red thing ❤️ is STEAK 🥩 STEAK 🥩 STEAK 🥩 (ok rare 👀)

I’m shaking 🫨 because next up we have a Sophomore Special Education 📚 major from Hondo, Texas… the beautiful ALYSSA SPRENGER!! 💃❤️

Alyssa’s favorite red thing ❤️ is ELMO ❤️🔴

She likes fist bumps 👊, her pillow 🛏️, and Dutch Bros ☕️ (shoutout 📢). She dislikes when the Dallas Cowboys lose 🏈💀, cats 🐈 (WHAT ), and waiting in lines 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️

Some fun facts about Sprenger are:
✮ She’s been in an earthquake 🌎
✮ She can’t touch her toes 🧘‍♀️❌
✮ Apparently, she’s never been on live television 📺 before (I laughed out loud )

Lastly, we have my favorite middle parter ❤️, Sophomore Environmental Engineering 🌎⚙️ major from Dripping Springs, Texas… 🥁🥁🥁 ISAAC ZACHRISON!!

Isaac likes water 💧 (say hi drated), listening to music 🎧 while doing anything, laughing, thrifting , working out 🏋️, lamps 💡, frozen grapes 🍇, a good lawn 🌱, and people watching 👀

He dislikes waiting in long lines 🧍‍♂️ cause he gets impatient 😤, waking up from a nap 💤 all sweaty 🥵, scrolling 📱 but it just doesn’t hit 😐, sunburns ☀️🔥 (shoutout bannering), when his hands are clammy 🖐️💦, rude people 🙄, cold feet 🧦🥶, coffee ☕️, and an empty fridge 🧊💀

His favorite red thing ❤️ is YouTube ▶️🔴

Tradz ❤️ is so excited 🤩 to go to Aggie Gamedays 🏈, watch the freshmen grow 🌱, and give them an amazing experience!! 🎉❤️ by @fledtamu

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THE @progz.frogz 🐸💙 ARE HOPPING 🐸 INTO THE SPOTLIGHT 🔦 NEXT!! Let’s get to know the Programs committee! 🩵🔵🫐🦋🌊🐬🧊🐳🪻💙

First, we have the loud 📢 and proud 😤 AIDAN KELLNER!! He is a Sophomore Biomedical Engineering 🧬⚙️ major from Spring Branch, Texas 🤠

Aidan likes yapping 🗣️💬 (oh we KNOW), Krispy Kreme Donuts 🍩, Wicked 🧙‍♀️🎶, La La Land 🌃🎬, Sushi Masa 🍣 (LET’S GO TONIGHT ), and 2010s Pop 🎶📻
He dislikes slow walkers 🚶🐌, rap music 🎤🚫, when people have no common sense 🧠❌ (naturally), the rain 🌧️, and tomatoes 🍅🚫

Some fun facts about Aidan are:
✮ He plays the clarinet 🎶 for the TAMU Wind Symphony 🎼
✮ He knows the words to every single song 🎤📖 in Wicked 🧙‍♀️
✮ He works at Schlitterbahn 🌊🎢

His favorite blue thing 💙 is bluebonnet flowers 🪻💙

Now 🆙 we have a Sophomore Agribusiness 🌾 major from Junction, Texas … OUR 5’0” QUEEN 👑 Ashlyn Crabtree!!

Shlyn’s favorite blue thing 💙 is the blue Sour Patch Kid 🔵👻

She likes caffeine ☕⚡, pickles 🥒, walks 🚶‍♀️, rewatching shows 📺🔁, hangouts that involve food 🍔🍕 (big), and talking 🗣️💬

She dislikes FRAT FLOPS 🩴 (like let’s please trim our toenails 😭), Whataburger 🍔, choosing where to eat 🤔🍴, WHEN TWO SEMIS 🚛🚛 TRY TO PASS EACH OTHER 😡, when people don’t catch a reference 🤨💭 and bats 🦇

Ashlyn’s hot take 🔥 is that black coffee ☕ is actually really good 😟

Lastly, we have a Sophomore Aerospace Engineering 🚀⚙️ major from Dripping Springs, Texas… 🥁🥁🥁 DIEGO HOYOS!!

Diego likes guitar 🎸, hiking 🥾⛰️, going to the gym 🏋️, being with friends 👫, music 🎶, FLED 💙 (GREEENNNN 🤑), and Chicago Bears 🐻🏈.

He dislikes slow drivers 🚗🐌, slow walkers 🚶🐌, slow bikers 🚲🐌, slow scooters 🛴🐌 (don’t be slow around Diego ig ), sweet potatoes 🍠🚫, and Green Bay Packers 🧀🏈🚫

His favorite blue thing 💙 is PERRY THE PLATYPUS 🦦💙

Some fun facts about Diego are:
✮ He’s been bungee jumping 😱 before
✮ He’s played guitar 🎸 and sang 🎤 at actual gigs before (stream Wall of Paint 🎶👀)
✮ He’s been parasailing 🪂 and paragliding 🪂

Progz 🐸💙 is so excited to plan awesome events with the freshmen 👶 and get their PERFECT 12️⃣!! by @fledtamu

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TAKE COVER, IT’S ABOUT TO START RAINING MONEYYYYYY!! 💸🌧️ We’re starting our committee spotlights with the @devo_divas 💅💚💵🍀💰🌱🤑

First, we have the beautiful TAYLI STRYK!!! 💃✨ She is a Sophomore Elementary Education 📚🍎 major from Cypress, Texas! 🤠

Her hot take 🔥 is that Coke 🥤 and Dr Pepper 🥤 are not good… (Coke I get.. BUT DR PEPPER?!?)

Tayli likes running 🏃‍♀️, sunsets 🌅, mini golf ⛳, grilled cheese 🧀🥪, the beach 🏖️, dolphins 🐬, and inside jokes 🤫💀 (niche)

She dislikes getting gas ⛽😩, cold pizza 🍕🥶, slow walkers 🚶‍♀️🐌 (ESP IN THE BIKE LANE), and lizards 🦎

Her favorite green things 💚 are Turtles 🐢 and Christmas trees 🎄

SHE IS SO SO EXCITED 🤩 TO MEET OUR AMAZING FRESHMAN 👶💚 AND HAVE THE BEST YEAR!! 🎉

Next up 🆙 we have a Sophomore Kinesiology 🏃‍♂️💪 major from Dallas, Texas … OUR KING 👑 Matthew Zamora!!🥸

Matty Z’s favorite green thing 💚 is a banana bread 🍌🍞 matcha latte 🍵 (ok performative)

He likes Cherry Coke 🍒🥤, Hamilton 🎭🎶, Bruno Mars 🎤🕺, Aggie Football 🏈👍, laughing until you cry 😭, side questing 🗺️, cornhole, karaoke 🎤, WINGSTOP 🍗🤤 (mukbang?? 👀), New York City 🗽, and spending time with friends and family 👨‍👩‍👦💚

Some fun facts about Matthew are:
✮ He can recite the entirety of Hamilton 🎭🎶 almost bar for bar
✮ He was in drumline 🥁 in high school 🏫
✮ He can cook a really good Mac and cheese 🧀🍝
His hot take 🔥 is that boneless wings 🍗 are just chicken nuggets 🍗🐔 (lukewarm take tbh)

Last but not least we have……🥁 MOLLY OELKERS!!! 🐢💚 She is a Sophomore Journalism 📰✍️ major from Katy, Texas!!

Her favorite green thing 💚 is a random turtle 🐢 you find in your backyard grass 🌱 ???

Molly likes Musical 🎶 slime tutorials 🫠, melon 🍈 in ball form ⚽, and Kindle Unlimited 📚♾️! She dislikes the topic of Space travel 🚀👽, leftovers 🍱😐, and phone calls 📞🚫.

Some fun facts about Molly are:
✮ She’s on the pre-law ⚖️📚 track and still doesn’t know how the Electoral College 🗳️🤨 works
✮ She has a Weiner dog 🌭🐶 named Beenie (BRING ME THERE 🏃‍♀️ BRING ME THERE 🏃‍♀️ BRING ME THERREEE)

Devo 💚 is so excited 🤩 and ready to meet the class of ‘30 🎓💚 (AAAAAAA 🗣️‼️)!!!! by @fledtamu

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Before we officially kick off recruitment season, let’s take a moment to recognize the staff behind FLED!🌟 Our beautiful FLED ‘30 staff took a trip down to Lake Texoma for our Staff Retreat, and we had SO MUCH FUN!! Here’s the picture proof🦋🕺💌🙌🏻 taken in Lake Texoma by @fledtamu

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