Travel Team Rosters and Awards

2024-2025

High School Travel Team Members

• Sam Benkin, 1st Year, Freshman

• Sagan Embury, 2nd Year, Sophomore

• Ben Hanna, 2nd Year, Sophomore

• Lilly Lane, 1st Year, Freshman

• Nate McCracken, 2nd Year, Senior

• Liam Mullins, 2nd Year, Freshman

• Katie Ness, 2nd Year, Sophomore

• Nico Ness, 2nd Year, Freshman

• Alex Papp, 1st Year, Freshman

• Alexandra Tait, 2nd Year, Freshman

• Kara Tait, 2nd Year, Sophomore

• Nicholas Velasquez, 2nd Year, Sophomore

• Annalise Watkins, 2nd Year, Sophomore

Middle School Competitive Team Members

• Ronin Andruszkiewicz, 1st Year, 8th Grade

• Victoria Bernard, 1st Year, 8th Grade

Conferences

• High School

  • KnightMUN XXIII - Brazil, Netherlands, Norway, and Peru

    • Best Position Paper - Nicholas Vesasquez, representing the Kingdom of Norway on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    • Verbal Commendation - Annalise Watkins, representing Nico Hulkenberg on F1 Board of Directors

    • Verbal Commendation - Nate McCracken, representing Dr. Sunny [REDACTED] on SCP Board of Directors

  • GatorMUN XXII - Denmark

    • Outstanding Medium Delegation - Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations High School Travel Team

    • Verbal Commendation - Annalise Watkins, representing the Kingdom of Denmark on the United Nations Commission for the Status of Women

    • Verbal Commendation - Kara Tait, representing the Kingdom of Denmark on the United Nations General Assembly, First Committee (DISEC)

    • Honorable Delegate - Ben Hanna, representing Iron Jacket on Come and Take It: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

    • Outstanding Delegate - Nate McCracken, representing Scott Alexander on Scripts, Strikes, and Solidarity: The 2023 Writer's Guild of America

  • NAIMUN LXII - Algeria, Guyana, and the United Kingdom

    • Book Award - Annalise Watkins & Nicholas Valesquez (Dual-Delegate), representing the United Kingdom on the United Nations General Assembly First Committee (DISEC)

    • Book Award - Nate McCracken, representing Richard W. Thompson on the Other Pacific War: La Guerra del Pacifico, 1878 (American Cabinet of Rutherford B. Hayes)

    • Honorable Delegate - Katie Ness and Ben Hanna (Dual-Delegate), representing Algeria on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

    • Honorable Delegate - Sagan Embury, representing Zeynep Oduncu on the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

    • Verbal Commendation - Alexandra Tait, representing Fathi El-Baradei, DeNILE is a River in Egypt: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, 2011: Egyptian Cabinet of of Essam Sharif

  • FHSMUN 46 - United Kingdom

    • Honorable Delegation - Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations Travel Team

• Middle School

  • BullsMUN II - Paraguay & Mongolia

  • FMSMUN 15

2023-2024

High School Travel Team Members

• Sagan Embury, 1st Year, Freshman

• Ben Hanna, 1st Year, Freshman

• Nate McCracken, 1st Year, Junior

• Katie Ness, 1st Year, Freshman

• Sophia Shiereck, 3rd Year, Senior

• Kara Tait, 1st Year, Freshman

• Nicholas Valesquez, 1st Year, Freshman

• Annalise Watkins, 1st Year, Freshman

Middle School Competitive Team Members

• Liam Mullins, 1st Year, 7th Grade

• Nico Ness, 1st Year, 7th Grade

• Alexandra Tait, 1st Year, 8th Grade

Conferences

• High School

  • KnightMUN XXII - Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Finland, and the United States

  • GatorMUN - United Arab Emirates

    • Honorable Delegate, Nate McCracken, representing Zhangsub Wuji on A Clash of Fire and Fang: Goguryeo-Tang War of 626

  • FHSMUN 45 - Albania & Switzerland

• Middle School

  • FMSMUN 14 - Hungary

2021-2022

Travel Team Members

• John Paul Bencomo, 2nd Year, Junior

• Joseph Bencomo, 1st Year, Freshman

• Braydon McCabe, 1st Year, Freshman

• Sophia Shiereck, 2nd Year, Junior

• Silvia Shiereck, 1st Year, Freshman

Conferences

GatorMUN XIX - Norway

• Best Position Paper - Sophia Schiereck, representing the Warden on Alcatraz 1934

• Best Position Paper - John Paul Bencomo, representing Carl Bernstein on Watergate: Perjury, Press, and Politics

FHSMUN 43 - China

2019-2020

Travel Team Members

• John Paul Bencomo, 1st Year, Freshman

• Collin Greenhalgh, 3rd Year, Senior

• Jacob Keene, 1st Year, Freshman

• Job Macht, 1st Year, Junior

• Bart Richter, 1st Year, Sophomore

• Patrick Oefelein, 2nd Year, Junior

• Sophia Schiereck, 1st Year, Freshman

• Claudia Vitale, 3rd Year, Senior

Conferences

KnightMUN XVIII - North Korea

• Outstanding Delegate, Patrick Oefelein, representing Bellatrix Lestrange on JCC: The Rise of the Dark Lord (Deatheaters)

GatorMUN XVII - Indonesia

• Best Position Paper - Bart Richter, representing Elmar Brok on the Convention for the Future of Europe

FSHMUN 41 - Belgium

• Honorable Delegation - Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations

2018-2019

Travel Team Members

• Collin Greenhalgh, Junior, 2nd Year

• John Knapp, Junior, 2nd Year

• Anna Pawlusiak, Sophomore, 1st Year

• Patrick Oefelein, Sophomore, 1st Year

• David Shiereck, Senior, 3rd Year

• Rachel Sommers, Senior, 1st Year

• Claudia Vitale, Junior, 2nd Year

Conferences

KnightMUN XVII - People’s Republic of China

• Outstanding Delegate - David Schiereck, representing M. Kelley on the Ad Hoc

• Outstanding Delegate - Rachel Sommers, representing China on the International Atomic Energy Agency

• Best Position Paper - Claudia Vitale, representing China on the United Nations Security Council

• Best Position Paper - Collin Greenhalgh, representing the Minister of National Defense on the Fall of North Korea

GatorMUN XVI - The Netherlands

• Honorable Delegate - David Schiereck, representing Renate Busch on Der Zwölfte Deutsche Bundestag

• Honorable Delegate - Collin Greenhalgh, representing the Superintendent of Hospitals on the Governance of the Panama Canal Zone

• Best Position Paper - Patrick Oefelein, representing the Liberal Party on the Future of the Independent Quebec

FHSMUN 40 - France

2017-2018

Travel Team Members

• Dimitre Bobev, Junior, 2nd Year

• Collin Greenhalgh, Sophomore, 1st Year

• John Knapp, Sophomore, 1st Year

• Thomas Knapp, Junior, 1st Year

• William Peterson, Senior, 1st Year

• John Robinson, Junior, 1st Year

• Alexis Rosario, Senior, 2nd Year

• Justin Settle, Senior, 2nd Year

• David Sheireck, Junior, 2nd Year

• Claudia Vitale, Sophomore, 1st year

Conferences

KnightMUN XVI - Russia

• Verbal Commendation, Justin Settle, representing Russia on the United Nations Security Council

• Verbal Commendation - Claudia Vitale, representing Russia on the United Nations International Emergency Children's Fund

• Verbal Commendation - David Schiereck, representing Alfred Rosenberg on Kaiserreich 1936

• Verbal Commendation - William Peterson, representing Sim Chase on the Angolan Civil War

GatorMUN XV - United Kingdom

• Honorable Delegate - Michael Schiereck, representing the United Kingdom on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - GatorMUN XV

FSHMUN 39 - Sweden and Poland

• Honorable Delegation - Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations

2016-2017

Travel Team Members

• Emily Balling, Junior

• Dimitre Bobev, Sophomore

• Alexis Rosario, Junior

• Justin Settle, Junior

• David Sheireck, Sophomore

• Mark Thivierge, Sophomore

Conferences

KnightMUN XV - Ukraine

GatorMUN XIV - Italy

FHSMUN 38 - Italy

• Outstanding Delegation Award - Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations

• Best Delegate, Emily Balling, United Nations Peacekeeping Commission

Our Mission

Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations was founded in order to give homeschool students throughout the Tampa Bay area the opportunity to participate in the Model United Nations circuit which would otherwise be closed to them as homeschoolers. 

We strive to develop not only the skills necessary to succeed on the circuit, but also tools to help our students in the real world: public speaking, networking, research, writing, negotiation, and teamwork. 

Our goal is to help produce well-rounded citizens who will make a positive impact on the world around them.