Rank 5

Rank 5 is the main home of the mellophones, who are full of love for each other and pretty much everyone else. They never disappoint when it comes time for a dance break and they're never anything less than utterly majestic.

Matt Diaz, Sophia Gavaris,Hans Kuder,Will Stewart,Ben McDannell,Kyla Richards,Amelia Macura,Heather Petersen Shannyn Konek

Matthew Diaz

Matthew is in the class of '25. He is originally from Orlando, FL! He is majoring in Molecular Biology with a minor in Psychology! He is also a part of JM Entertainment, Helius, Phi Sigma Pi, and Modeling Club! Matthew's favorite part of M97 is the sense of community and family that we build among each other! When asked why he joined M97 he responded “I wanted to continue doing marching band in college and I wanted to be able to have an outlet for my creativity and a group of people to go to during my first year.” His favorite M97 memory is all the away games! His goal as rank leader was to “make my frosh comfortable with being themselves in and out of rehearsal and create a family with the members of my rank.” A fun fact about Matthew is that he can do a good impression of commercial advertiser voices!