Following a five-day tryout process, the band’s 247 newest members heard their names read aloud in the rehearsal hall of the Steinbrenner Band Center. That total includes the band’s 228 music-playing members, the 6 members of D Row — the drum major training row — and 13 student staff members. More than 370 students tried out for the band this year.

The tryout process began on Thursday when the band’s 35 performing squad leaders — who are chosen for those positions by their peers in the off-season — officially earned their position in the band with a music and marching audition.

On Friday and Saturday, potential first-time members of the band took part in Candidate Days where they learned the band’s unique marching style to prepare for the full, scored tryout process.

On Sunday and Monday, those potential first-year candidates joined the band’s veterans for two days of scored tryouts. Candidates were scored on their music abilities during a Sunday-morning session and then had four scored marching sessions combined on Sunday and Monday.

All students in the marching band, including returning members, must earn their spot each season. Veterans are not guaranteed a spot in the band on a year-to-year basis.

Students come from 19 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

Members of the 2024 marching band are as follows:

(** indicates Squad Leader, * Indicates Assistant Squad Leader)

A-Row

Jordan Bechtol**

Henry Kochensparger

Joshua Dunkerson

Robbie McCutcheon

Matthew Finney

Spencer Hurt

BJ Hobson

Connor Caviness

Logan Henry

Nick Schnitzspahn

Bobby Petty

Kevin Agyekum*

Joshua Weakley

Alexander Butte

B-Row

Ann Stallsmith**

Sofia Barragan

Will Fisher

Ava Diederich

Diego Leon

Favius Pena-Amaya

Luke Atkins

Carson Forquer

Joshua Mason

Madison Bricker

Eric Pattison

Blake Hassay*

Ellie Hill 

Joel Kellar

C-Row

Payton Greulich**

Olivia Truocchio

Chase Sprenger

Colleen Hutchinson

Kyle Short

Preston Snoke

Matthew Gerstner

Lydia Hanna

Nathan DeRodes

Nathan Asbury

Sam Baker

William Gilicinski*

Zach Spence

Maddie Dalton

D-Row

Clayton Callender**

Josh Ford*

Brian Speckman

Ellie Conaway

Jaikob Long

Romeo Gonzalez

E-Row

Chris White**

Abigail Burger

Allie Polzin

Mirai Nawa

Sami Steinhauser

Nicholas Blum

Crosbee Lisser

Megan Thompson

Emma Brunswick

Ray Johnson

Caleb Austin

Zach Thompson*

Landon Gedeon

Ephraim Baturin

F-Row

Griffin Heintz**

Hayden Hostetler

Andric McNabb

Will Kerry

Charlotte Stefani

Amanda Kazsmer

Nick Olney

Michael Herring

Sebastian Pena

Nathan Greenberg

Alex Myers

Owen Kovach*

Reese HillerFreund

Sam Giles

H-Row

Jacob Carlson**

Jaykuhn Song

Andrew Eynon

Willow Mauldin

Carter Greenlees

Clayton Messinger

Ayden Casa

Dominic Barnes

Elliott Luman

Trevor Paul

Zach Ferko

Andrew Scott*

Sayaka Iimura

Gianna Marchese

I-Row

Ethan Strohacker*

Faris Matus

Nathaniel Criss

Grant Thieding

Richard Kelly

Justin Williams**

Payton Yaffe

Brendan Barcus

Nick Piccone

Jillian Cupples

Julien Brandon

James Shuman

Richard White

Brady King

J-Row

Abby Dickman*

Jillian Kumfer

Andrew Haines**

Alex Burlison*

Andrew Dhume

Thomas Giles

Jared Yoder

Zarek Ahmed

Joey Speidel

Jason Shuman

Owen Morris

Emily Harbison

Grayson Niemi

Michaela Strunck

Coda Gahris

Adam Quinn

Daniel Allen

Jackson Dilts

K-Row

Brody Hyre**

Sam George

Joseph Orr

Ruth Bittence

Robert Gawdyda

Kelly Scott

Michael Sterling

Mitchell Ewaska

Matthew Sliwinski

Evan Kvach

Ryan Schoeff

Nick Pisanelli*

Sydney Reeves

Luke Funk

L-Row

Andrew Moulas**

Max Cogswell

Wyatt Smith

Graham Randolph

Conner Click

Michael Bacasa

Connor Croley

Ryan Ouimet

Brayden Hyder

Andrew Boden

Carter Tull

Sean Bauman*

Christian Heil

Joshua Goding

M-Row

Grace Bittence**

Nathan Howe

Hannah Lyons

Brendan Elliott

Colin Fogerty

Alex Ruble

Jake Radcliffe

Jacob English

Lucas Swiderski

Justin Planck

Leo Lipker

Aidan Pukansky*

Tommy McPommell

Burgos

Q-Row

Callum Murphy**

Joey Wyler

Gavin Schooley

Carson Dickey

Lucia Cherok

Luke Brown

Eric Oxsalida 

Benjamin Jordan

Abigail Miller

Mark Fanning

Katie Moore

Tristan Miller*

Trent Meiring

Jacob Myers

R-Row

Olivia Sexton**

Sarah Jones

MiVan Pham

Drew Chapman

Colin Kovinchick

Nathan Savino

Kellen Horvath

Randall Wiles

Ki Jones

Lydia VanVleet

Lucas Behrendsen

Adeline Harper*

Spencer Heintz

David Grove

S-Row

Matthew Curie**

Carter Smyke

Alexander Schroeder

Grace Monfort

Amanda Hann

Paige Pawlikowski

Austin Smith

Ray Ryzenga

Lucas Wolf

Kaitlyn Konis

Kenneth Shafer

Andrew Scherley*

Graham Bentley

Ethan Cox

T-Row

Jacob Hofer**

Stephen Gerstner

Connor Kachmarik

Finn O'Connor

Tommy Kasarcik

Alex Tuma

Ava Grasso

Kirsten Shaneyfelt

William Garvey

Everett Herald

Carolyn Hensley

AJ Derosette*

Michael Trepke

Elizabeth Lang

X-Row

Ian Bruns**

Alessandro Nocera

Noah Ketcham

Jonathan Levene

AJ Alexander

Brandon Jiang

Connor McMullen

Nathaniel Bell

Jacob Adkins

Abbey Zunic

Zach Heffner

Ella Wielinski*

Dani Atai

Clare Niekamp

Student Staff

Sidney Apel**

Lucas Snouffer*

Alex DeMarais

Nic Digena

Hannah Eggenschwiler

Rowan Hauer

Arianna Kelawala

Erin Madden

Joy Mak

Grace Reven

Evan Schroeder

Matt Son

Ashley Watkins