Members and Officers
Officer Bios (2011-2012)
President, Jasmine Yan
Jasmine Yan is currently a senior at John P. Stevens High School in NJ. She has been playing Go for nine years. In addition to the AGHS, she founded and teaches a Go class in FCD Chinese School and leads her school's Go team as well. In 2008, she participated in the World Mind Sport Games in Beijing as a member of the US National Go Team. This past summer, Jasmine helped direct the North American Ing Masters and won the AGF College Scholarship. She hopes to better publicize and expand the activities of the AGHS. Outside of Go, she plays varsity basketball and is an editor in her school newspaper. She enjoys eating sushi, visiting NYC, and hitting the snooze button.
Vice President, Eric Chen
Eric Chen is working to increase the impact of AGHS among the youth of America. Starting Go because of the manga Hikaru no Go, Eric has been playing Go for 3 years without any formal training and ranks at an 8k. Eric was the President of the Jasper High School Go Club where he competed in multiple AGHS tournaments and is now a junior at Plano Senior High. Outside of Go, Eric is a violist in his school’s orchestra and enjoys debating in JSA. He also loves to draw and is usually working on a project for an event or a cause. In the future, Eric hopes to enter the engineering field.
Vice President, Justin Teng
Justin Teng is a junior at Richard Montgomery High School in Maryland and has been playing Go for four years after being introduced by Hikaru no Go. Outside of Go, he swims, plays piano, and takes part in Boy Scouts. He is also President of the Richard Montgomery High School Go Club that meets everyday at lunch and has ~10 people on any given day. This year he hopes to not only continue promoting Go among the youth in the US, but also work to cultivate the base to further expand and strengthen everyone's love for the game.
Promotion Head, Quoc-Van Tran
Quoc-Van Tran is currently a junior attending Klein Oak High School in Houston, Texas. He is involved in fencing, violin, and most importantly Go. He is an active Go player who teaches at his local public library. He just recently spent part of his summer in Korea studying Go at Lee Sedol's Go school. It was a wonderful experience for him to concentrate on studying Go everyday with very devoted Go players and teachers. This year he hopes to spark up new interests in Go in the three biggest cities in the U.S. (NYC, L.A., and Houston), as well as set up some games with the students from Lee Sedol's school, broadening views of Korean style of playing.
Tournament Organizer, Viral Kotecha
Viral Kotecha is the Vice-President of the newly restored Plano Senior Go Club. He has been an active participant in AGHS. He participated in the School Team Tournament for two years and the Young Lions tournament for a year. He was also a member of FLIP. Viral hopes to increase the amount of participants in the tournaments this year, as well as simply get better at the game. Aside from Go, Viral enjoys activities such as playing computer games, hanging out with friends, reading books, and studying for history tests (Viral LOVES history).
Secretary, Jerry(Zhongmin) Zhang
Jerry Zhang is a senior at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, TX. He is eager to see the massive amount of e-mail he will be handling as this year's AGHS Secretary. He tries to be as active as he can in Go between playing in his own band, applying to colleges, debating, and other miscellaneous activites. He usually plays Go whenever he can during lunch time on Fridays during club meetings. As President of the Bellaire Go Club, he hopes to increase interest and participation in Go. His goal this year is to get up to around 4-5K in rank and build up interest for Go on a local level as well as helping out with any broader interests.
Treasurer, Keiju Takehara
Keiju Takehara is fourteen years old and a freshman. He has played go for as long as he can remember. He currently takes lessons from Guo Juan 5p. This is his seventh consecutive year as a homeschooler. Other than Go, he juggles an intensive schedule of piano, art, composition, studying, Japanese sword-fighting, and swimming. His ultimate goal is to become a piano virtuoso.
Contact us via KGS!
Jasmine: esrever
Eric: jhsgc13
Justin: odnihs
Viral: AnimeGo
Jerry: gophoenix
Keiju: horowitz
Click here to check out a state-by-state listing of youth Go clubs!
AGHS Volunteering & Future Leaders Immersion Program
AGHS Volunteering - If you are interested in volunteering for the AGHS and furthering go in America, check out the application. The application is quick and simple, yet it offers a rewarding experience in the AGHS.
You can volunteer in the tournament department and public relations. There are many subcategories of volunteering under those two main areas. Check out the application and job description sheet that following the information on FLIP.
Future Leaders Immersion Program - FLIP is a program designed for youth in secondary schools to advance their leadership skills. This experience will allow them to work in all of the AGHS volunteer fields as well as:
- Business
- Communications
- Go Studies
- Leadership Studies
- Linguistics
Check out the application and job description sheet below!
Job Descriptions
AGHS Volunteer/ FLIP Application
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