The Mighty Guard of St. Pat
Since 1920, those who completed the challenges of TCM day have earned their place in the ever-growing Might Guard of St. Pat. Their proof? The coveted TCM green card.
The Mighty Guard is the force behind the fun, the builders of the experience, and the ones who roll up their sleeves to bring TCM Day to life. From bold ideas to last-minute problem solving, the Guard steps up year after year to make the tradition happen.
Over the decades, records of the Guard have been preserved, but legends are still being uncovered. If you know someone who holds a TCM green card and should be recognized, help us keep the history alive by emailing TCM@utep.edu with their full name (nicknames are always welcomed) and year of participation.
St. Pat - Ignacio “Nacho” O’Duarte
Theme - Miners of the Lost Ark
| Faculty/Staff: Avila, Maria F. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Cordova, Eleazar (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Espinoza, Aileen (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Fernandez Loya, Javier (Hunt COB) Flores, Fatima (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Gomez, Mauricio (Hunt COB) Granda, Virginia D. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Hinojosa, Elizabeth (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Holguin, Andrew J. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Karplus, Marianne (EERS Dept) Monarez, Jacob (Hunt COB) Morales, Dilan (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Pena Montes, Victor E. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Perales, Cynthia (Hunt COB) Rodrigues, Davi (ECE Dept) Sterling, David (Hunt COB) Torres, Evelyn (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Tovar, Lilia S. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) Young, Jennifer S. (Loya COEN Dean's Office) |
St. Pat - Mariana O’Sigala
Theme - Bricks Up!
| Garcia, Diego Garcia, Michael Garcia, Thelma Garcia-Gama, Jose Gomez Diaz, Daniela Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Kairi Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez, Vanessa Guereque, Laiza Guerra, Joseph Gueta, Jose Guillen, Eduardo Gutierrez Altamira, Cristian Hagar-Montoya, Janine Hernandez, Brenda Hernandez, Jesus Hernandez, Jocelyn Hernandez, Josue Hernandez, Pablo Hernandez Duran, Agustin Herrera, Damian Hughes, Andrew Ibarra, Damian Ibarra, Jesus Ibarra, Ramon Jacques, Madison Jaramillo, Anthony Jimenez, Stephanie Jiron, Samuel Jones, Donovan Jurado, Eian Kazhe, Kristen Khoury, Raeanne |
Lara Ortiz, Valeria Lopez, Iker Lopez, Iris Lopez, Noah Lozano, Santiago Lucero, Edwin Lujan, Joel Magers, Ashton Marquez, Maximiliano Marquez, Miguel Martinez, Damian Martinez, Edwin Martinez, Linda Martinez Heredia, Angel Martinez Parada, Hector Medina, Gustavo Mendoza, Emilio Mireles, Cristian Misher, Asianay Montero, Vania Montoya Almanza, Isaac Mora, Jeremy Mora Olvera, Abril Morales, Giselle Morales, Natali Morales, Viviana Moreno, Dorothy Moreno, Esperanza Moreno, Manuel Moreno, Sheyla Morfin, Yaakov Olivas, Hector Ortega, Ethan |
Ortiz, Isaih Ortiz, Luis Padilla, Ashley Palacios, Miguel Patino, Gavin Perez, Alexis Perez, Daren Perez, Paola Perez, Patrick Perez Ramos, Arian Perez Ramos, Samantha Perry, Lauren Portillo, Valeria Quinones, Walter Ramirez, Alexa Ramirez, Iliana Ramirez Campa, Yanel Ramirez Trevizo, Karen Renteria, Ricardo Retama Sierra, Valeria Rivera, Eduardo Robles Tostado, Pepe Rocha, Yamilet Rodriguez, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Marco Rodriguez, Vanessa Rodriguez, Yael Romero, Isabella Ruiz, Adrianna Ruiz, Graciela Ruiz, Roberto Salais, Julian Salas Hernandez, Alejandro |
Salazar, Sean Saldana, Codi Salgado, Diana Salinas, Angel Saucedo, Gabriel Shibata, Antonio Silvas, Anthony Soto, Angel Suarez Alvarez, Zahira Tarango, Joshua Tejada, Edmundo Terrazas, Steven Terrazas Mendoza, Mariana Torres, Catherine Torres, Jonathan Torres, Miguel Trish, Kardan Ulloa, Jacquelyne Valencia, Raul Valladares, Benjamin Valle Lopez, Cesar Valverde, Ana Varela, Erick Vazquez, Victor Velasquez, Naomi Vera Velazquez, Natanael Veytia, Nicolas Villalobos, Dante Villalobos, Israel Vizcarra, Edward Walsmith, Melanie Yanez Sanchez, Alejandra Yglecias, Angel |
St. Pat - Mckenna O’Hitter
Theme - Top Gun
| Aguilar, Leslie Alba, Alan Aleman, Jakob Alonso, Frida Alvarado, Ixchel Alvarez, Juanandres Alvarez Grajeda, Jose Amato, Bryan Apodaca, Mariaelena Arellano, Jesmyn Arellano, Valeria Arias, Ariana Armstrong, Austin Arriaga, Mauricio Ayoub, Emily Baeza, Mariana Balderrama, Sebastian Barraza, Isabella Barraza, Ivan Barraza Hernandez, Harley Barrios, Gabriel Betances, Jobany Bocanegra, Angel Buraczyk, Michael Byers, Katelin Cabello, Sofia Cabello De La Cruz, Jocelyn Cabrales, Daniela Caldera, Diego Camacho, Christopher Campos, Gael Campos Valles, Pamela Caranto, Joanne Carrillo Navarro, Vanesa Castano, Daniela Ceniceros, Brian Cervantes, Eduardo Chapa Mills, Nicolas Chavez, Jesus Chiong, Celine Cruz, Abdiel Cruz, Daniel Davis, Nicholas De Haro Ruiz, Jesus De La O, Julian Deguire, Kaitlyn Del Palacio, Thomas Delgadillo, Jyan Delgado, Paula Diaz Caraveo, Cesar Dominguez, Alexandro Dow, Michael Enchinton Linan, Abraham Escobar, Melanie Esparza, Roberto Espino, Alan Fernandez, Eugenio Flores, Denise Franco Moraga, Jose Frank, Douglas Fuentes, Luis Fuentes, Mario Gabaldon, Seth Galicia, Oscar Galindo, Maria Garcia, Allen Garcia Castro, Hugo Garcia Fernandez, Marco Gardea, Daniela Garnica, Priscila Gaytan, Isabella Gomez Alvarez, Mynel Gomez Diaz, Daniela Gonzalez, Adrian Gonzalez, Alejandro Gonzalez, Kairi |
Guerra, Joseph Gueta, Jose Guevara, Gabriel Guevara Hernandez, Felipe Gutierrez Ruiz, Angel Hampton, Jacob Heredia, Karime Hernandez, Abraham Hernandez, Alexis Hernandez, Gustavo Hernandez, Jesus Hernandez, Manuel Hernandez Dozal, Mirka Herrera, Valeria Hidalgo, Andrea Hnat, Joseph Houlahan, Ian Hughes, Andrew Ibarra, Jesus Ibarra, Ramon Jackson, Emilio Jaquez, Adrian Jara, Nicholas Javalera, Cesar Jimenez, Nicole Johnson, Dion Kazhe, Kristen Kenney, James Kunard, Lylah Lepe, David Leyva, Julian Lhaden, Tenzin Licerio, Lizbeth Lopez, Eric Lopez, Iris Lopez, Martha Loya, Alejandra Loya, Jazmin Luevano, Maria Lujan, Miranda Luna, Mario Macias, Yuky Martinez, Airam Martinez, Carlos Martinez, Cesar Martinez, Julian Martinez, Leah Martinez Parada, Hector Martos, Leia Mejia, Abraham Mendoza, Adrian Mendoza, Emilio Mendoza, Paula Mercado, Jose Messina, Mariana Mesta Valenzuela, Natalia Meyer, Charles Mijarez, Jorge Mireles, Cristian Morales, Ivan Morales, Viviana Moreno, Kenya Moreno, Mario Mota, Johanna Munoz, Enrique Naidu, Rishikesh rahul Najera, Montsserrat Navar, Carla Ann Nevarez, Michael Newman, Eathan Nieto, Vilma Nunez, Javier Ordonez, Gavin Ordonez, Jonathan Ordonez, Roberto |
Ortega, Abigail Ortega, Grecia Pacheco, Brianna Paez, Brandon Paredez, Michael Pasillas, Jacqueline Pasillas, Rogelio Patino, Dylan Patino, Gavin Perez, Jorge Perez Ramos, Arian Perumal, Maha Guru Shankar Porras, Christian Portugal, Julianna Prine, Justin Quinonez, Josue Ramirez, Irvin Ramirez Campa, Yanel Ramirez Trevizo, Karen Realyvasquez, Melanie Reyes, Andrew Reyes, Valeria Rios Ibanez, Gustavo Rivas, Emilia Rivera, Eduardo Roacho, Daniel Robles, Juan Rodela, Juvenal Rodriguez, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez, Ruben Rodriguez De San Miguel, Bryan Romero, Pablo Romero, Samantha Ruiz, Roberto Rybak, Ian Salas, Aaron Salas, Dibani Salas, Fermin Salas, Kenneth Salazar, Sean Sanchez, Michael Sanchez Castano, Valentina Sandoval, David Sandoval-Montanez, Paulina Santacruz, David Sigala, Mariana Siqueiros Rivas, Regina Suiter, Blake Tejada, Edmundo Tinajero, Caleb Tonche, Miguel Torres, Bryan Torres Casas, Emilio Tovar, Sophia Trejo, Edwin Uribe, Maximiliano Urriticochea, Isaac Valencia, Raul Valero Garcia, Marco Valle Lopez, Cesar Varela, Erick Vasquez, David Vela, Victor Velarde, Masiel Velasquez, Naomi Veliz, Andrea Vera Velazquez, Natanael Villalobos, Daisy Villalobos, Dante Villalobos, Isai Webb-Sosa, James Yagual, Luis Zambrano, Aaron Zepeda-Rodriguez, Aurorasofia |
Faculty/Staff: Avila, Maria Fernanda (COEN Dean's Office) Barrera, Elizabeth (COEN Dean's Office) Bonilla, Christine (COEN Dean's Office) Bradley, Christopher (MMBME Dept) Casas, Carmen Paola (EEL Dept) Cordova, Eleazar (COEN Dean's Office) Flores, Ximena (COEN Dean's Office) Garcia, Gabriel (COEN Dean's Office) Granda, Virginia (COEN Dean's Office) Holguin, Andrew "Drew" (COEN Dean's Office) Lumpkins, Roablas (COEN Dean's Office) Miranda, Laura (COEN Dean's Office) Rodriguez, Angel CE Alumni Torres, Evelyn (COEN Dean's Office) Urbina, Mariano (COEN Dean's Office) Young, Jennifer (COEN Dean's Office) |
St. Pat - Max O’Rothblatt
Theme - Football Fanatics
| Acosta, Philip Acosta-Lopez, Lucero Aguilar, Anna Aguirre, Jimmy Alarcon, Danae Alvarez Leal, Wendy Anaya, Jesus Arias, Ariana Arteaga, Julissa Ayala, Juan Azzam, Omar Balanzar Almazan, Odalys Barker, James Barragan, Alejandro Bejarano, Lya Betances, Jobany Bohm, Nicholas Caldera, Diego Calderon, Xiadany Campos Valles, Pamela Cano, Angie Carrasco-Cardona, Darinka Carrillo, Krystian Cepeda, Carlos Cepeda, Cristian Chavez, Cristo Chinolla, Cebastian Ciriza, Joseph Cobos, Jessica Cruz, Abdiel Cruz, Jesus Da Silva, Tamara Dehesa, Joaquin Delgado, Fernanda Diaz De Leon Jimenez, Michelle Dominguez, Alexis Duarte, Ignacio Dudu, Nicholas Escobedo, Arely Estrada, Andres Estrada, Jose Estrada, Maria Flores, Miguel Flores Acosta, Ramiro Galindo, Maria Galvan, Andrea |
Garcia Ledezma, Frida D Gaystardo, Dennise Giner Vega, Alejandro Gomez, Angel Gomez Diaz, Daniela Gomez Pinon, Jose Gonzalez, Adrian Gonzalez, David Gonzalez, Nicholas Grajeda, Jonathan Guerra, Joseph Guerrero, Erubiel Guillen, Francisco Gutierrez, Eduardo Gutierrez, Jesus Guzman, Aldo Guzman, Eric Heredia, Karime Hernandez, Brandon Hernandez, Stephanie Herrera, Nicolas Hitter, Jordan Hitter, Mckenna Huerta, Elian Jimenez, Rogelio Jurado, Alfonso Jurado Gutierrez, Luis-Carlos Komiyama, Yoshio Lepe, David Loaeza, Marian Lozoya Flores, Keren Luevano, Maria Luna, Vianney Magallanes, Bryan Maldonado, Andres Mata, Emily Maving, Katherine Mena, Alejandro Meouchi Madrid, Francisco Mijares Delgadillo, Pamela Mireles, Cristian Moncada, Rebekah Montejano, Alejandra Montes, Oscar Morales Pantoja, Diego Moreno, Christopher Moreno, Kevin |
Munoz Castro, Gabriela Murrah, James Nares, Gustavo Narvaez, Priscila Noriega, Itzel Nunez, Javier Obregon, Victoria Orozco Diaz, Daniel Ortega, Abigail Pasillas, Jacqueline Patino, Gavin Perez, Andy Perez Ramos, Arian Ramirez, Alexa Ramos Ceron, Maya Realyvasquez, Melanie Reyes, Erika Reyes, Valeria Riefenberg, Elijah Rodela, Juvenal Rodriguez, Karla Romeu Chen, Marta Ronquillo Silva, Laura Rosa, Marco Ruiz, Esteban Salas, Caroline Salas, Dibani Sanchez, Irvin Sandoval, Muriel Sandoval-Montanez, Paulina Santacruz, David Shaheen, James Sigala, Gregorio Smilovitz, Gianna Solem, Emily Sordini, Nicholas Tarango, Luis Terrazas, Steven Tinajero, Caleb Toriano, Jose Torres, Destiny Vanley, Jazmine Vasquez, David Venzor Nava, Aldo Vera, Alejandro Villalobos, Israel |
 Max O'Rothblatt with President Wilson, Provost Wiebe, Dean Meissner and students Faculty/Staff: Wilson, Heather (UTEP President) Wiebe, John (UTEP Provost) Meissner, Kenith (Dean of Engineering) Najera, Sandra (Career Center) Maynes, Gabriela M. (Career Center) |
St. Pat - Gina O’Zavala Alvarado
Theme - Ninjas
| Acosta Gomez, Madeline Adame, Mikel Aguilar, Anna Aguilar Molina, David Allibanawi, Hadeel Alvarado Munoz, Vanessa Alvarez, Luis Alvarez, Paola Alvelais, Silvia Amato, Bryan Andrade Chavez, Daniela Aranda Saucedo, Karina Baca, Jaime Barbosa, Aylin Barragan, Eric Barrera, Emiliano Barrera, Luis Camargo, Gaby Campos, Karla Cardenas, Briana Castillo, Sebastian Cepeda, Joel Chavez, Cristian Chinolla, Catalina Chinolla, Cebastian Chowdhury, Sara Contreras Guerrero, Veronica Cossio, Melanie Croslen, William Cruz, Alan Cuevas, Gerardo Delgado, Ashley Dominguez, Brandon Dominguez, Fernando Dorado, Itzy Dorji, Garab Duarte, Daniela Durand, Nicholas Edens, Christopher Edwards, Eric Enriquez, Eduardo Esparza, Neida Estrada, Aaron Estrada, Benjamin Faz, Nelia Flores, Berenice |
Fraga, Anthony Garay, Alejandra Garcia Martinez, Luis Giron, Juliza Gomez, Maria Gomez Alvarez, Mynel Gomez Ramirez, Sandra Gomez Saldana, Camila Gonzalez, Alejandro Gonzalez, Analy Gonzalez, Josue Gonzalez, Karen Gracia Mazuca, Luis Antonio Guerra Fernandez, Jesus Guerrero, Arleth Guerrero, Erubiel Guillen, Francisco Guillen, Magdalena Gutierrez, Naomi Gutierrez Araiza, Jesus Gutierrez Gomez, Gilberto Guzman-Gonzalez, Vianey Hernandez, Demetrius Hernandez, Pablo Hernandez, Tristan Hernandez Arriola, Aurea Holguin Serrano, Imelda Hurtado, Salma Ibarra, Zimri Infante, Roxana Jimenez, Mireya Juarez, Carlos Lazcano, Juan Leyva, Nallely Licon, Crystal Loaeza, Marian Long, Aiden Lopez, Manuel Loya, Andrea Martinez, Israel Mata, Emily Medina, Maria Mendoza, Diego Mendoza, Priscilla Minjarez, Jaime Montes, Raul |
Morales-Rosario, Valeria Ortega, Abigail Perez Moreno, Rafael Perezchica, Isaac Porras Villalba, Sergio Prieto, Monica Puente Martinez, Mariana Quiroz, Michelle Rabbi, Md Fazle Ramirez, Manuel Realyvasquez, Melanie Reyes, Edgar Reyes Farias, Javier Riefenberg, Elijah Rivera, Paola Robles, Leonardo Rocha, Mireya Rodriguez, Alyson Rodriguez, Cesar Rodriguez, Melony Rodriguez, Rafael Rojero, Antonio Romero, Jessica Romeu Chen, Marta Ruiz, Brian Ruiz, Robert Saenz, Ana Salinas, Luis Sanchez Beltran, Sergio Schiaffino Bustamante, Eva Serna, Patrick Silva, Cristian Soto, Erick Soto, Grecia Soto, Robert Toriano, Jose Tovar Felix, Laura Valenzuela, Lorraine Vazquez, Alejandro Verdugo, Savina Villalobos, Angel Villegas, Arturo West, David Yanez Vazquez, Brenda Yetis, Hande |
 Gina O’Zavala Alvarado |
St. Pat - Sebastian O'Lopez
Theme - AstroNut Escapes From Home
| Aguilar, Anna Avila, Nicole Bejarano, Lya Caraveo, Brenda Carrillo, Krystian Chavez, Ana Corral, Rosemarie Del Rio Jr, Ruben Dorado, Zayra Flores, Gabriel Herrera, Nicolas Jimenez, Francisco |
Leyva, Diana Loaeza, Marian Maes, Daniel Maes, Nicholas Martinez, Jessica Medina, Maria Monroy, Isaac Montenegro, Jacob Perez, Arturo Reyes, Erika Reynolds, Christopher Rothblatt, Maximilian |
Salas-Tobias, Angie Sanchez, Bryant Schiaffino Bustamante, Eva Subia, Leila Trevizo, Jorge Trujillo, Leslie Valtierra, Christina Vanley, Jazmine Vasquez, Priscilla Villalobos, Carla Zavala Alvarado, Gina |
 Virtual TCM Day 2021 was a crazy Zoom day Faculty/Staff: Akers, Grace (Career Center) Fierro, Jeannett (Career Center) Garcia, Heriberto (Career Center) Munguia, Alejandro (Engineering Edge Center) Maynes, Gabby (Career Center) |
St. Pat - Brayan O'Farfan
Theme - Lucky Charms
| Aguilar, Anna Aguilar, Stephen Alvarez Velazquez, Erick Andres, Karen Arballo, Wendy Arias, Ariana Baca, Jaime Bernal, Emmanuel Bordier, Rebeca Castillo, Sebastian Chacon Polanco, Hector Chavira , Victor Contreras Guerrero, Veronica Cortez, Antonio Cruz, Liliana Dagostino, Brianna Diaz, Ashley Diaz de Leon, Cynthia Edens, Christopher Esparza , Aibhlin Gamez, Maximo |
Gandara, Alejandro Garcia, Alexis Gonzalez, Izik Guerra Arias, Stephanie Gutierrez, Cynthia Hernandez, Roy Lara, Salvador Licon, Crystal Lloyd, Jacob Lopez, Sebastian Luna, Vianney Mariscal, Daisy Marquez, Laura Marquez-Calleros, Luis Martinez, Esteban Mendez, Nicolas Meza, Andres Meza Arreola, Silvia Mohammadi, Alireza Montenegro, Jacob Ochoa, Noemi |
Ochoa, Steven Olivas, Sergio Pallera, Renato Pasaret, Ana Pino, Kenneth Porras, Lino Raguini, Katherine Ramos, Valeria Rangel, Eleazar Rivera, Cedric Robles, Ilyhanee Robles, Steven Ruiz, Waldo Segura Sandoval, Luis Solem, Emily Stephens, Austin Torres, Yulianna Ugarte Sanchez, Lilia Vargas, Samantha Venegas Kupper, Kadri Zeller, Garret |
 Brayan O'Farfan |
St. Pat: The Legend, The Leader, The Theme
Each year, one senior from the Miguel A. Loya College of Engineering is chosen to take on the legendary role of St. Pat. More than a title, it is an honor, a responsiblity, and a chance to leave a mark on TCM Day hisotry.
As St. Pat, this student leads participants through the TCM day route, beginning with the iconic grand entrance known as the Coming of St. Pat. Thought the year, St. Pat represents the College at key events, but on TCM Day, becomes the face of the the tradition.
Since 1997, St. Pat has also selected the annual theme, setting the tone for the entire celebration. From costumes to t-shirt designs, the theme sparks creativity, friendly competition, and a fresh take on the patron saint of engineers.
