A throng of UC Davis student-athletes made what is now the second-annual Aggie EVO road trip to Silicon Valley, visiting Waymo, Google Cloud and Levi's Stadium on Friday.
Alphabetically, the Aggies in attendance comprised Jaleah Calvillo (track & field), Amanda Chau (diving), Carson Crawford (football), Shannon Cross (lacrosse), Drake Foote (track & field), Woojin Gallo (golf), Nil Giraldez (tennis), Blake Hannah (baseball), Sydney Holmes (track & field), Matt Hyman (football), Mitch Iwahiro (tennis), Laura Lampron (swimming), Sadye Peschke (track & field), Renata Saenz (swimming), Ivan Thamma (tennis) and Dylan Wood (soccer).
Former baseball player and mechanical engineer Justin Andrade hosted the group at Waymo's office at the Mountain View-based Google X campus. Aggie football alumnus Khalid Jones joined his Google Cloud colleagues Aaron Illathu and Danielle LaMarche for insight on the hiring process. Finally, Aggie alum Sam Sugarman gave a tour of Levi's Stadium while sharing his story on entering the world of stadium operations.
All photos below were taken by
Mark Honbo and
Tianna Diaz of the UC Davis athletics department.
Former Aggie baseball player Justin Andrade now serves as senior mechanical engineer at Waymo, a leading producer of self-driving cars. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Special thanks to Waymo and the Google X campus for providing breakfast to kick off the field trip. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Justin Andrade explains the technology that goes into each Waymo self-driving vehicle. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Waymo's No. 1 priority with its technology, says engineer Justin Andrade, is safety. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
UC Davis student-athletes at Waymo. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Next stop: Google Cloud, located at Google's massive Sunnyvale campus. (Photo: Tianna Diaz, UC Davis Athletics)
From left to right: Aaron Illathu, Khalid Jones and Danielle LaMarche. (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
The Google Cloud panel provided insight on the qualities that they seek in future employees, including a little intangible called "Googliness." (Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Nine Aggies from seven different sports listen on with rapt attention. (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Tennis players Mitch Iwahiro, Ivan Thamma and Nil Giraldez pause for a photo before hitting the Google cafeteria for lunch. (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Sam Sugarman, stadium operations coordinator for Levi's Stadium, greets the EVO group for the last stop of the trip.
Aggie student-athletes meet Sam Sugarman outside the main entrance of Levi's Stadium (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
A stroll through Levi's Stadium's 25,000-foot United Club. (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Besides serving as the home of the San Francisco 49ers, Levi's Stadium has hosted a Super Bowl and an NCAA football championship. (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
Levi's Stadium operations coordinator Sam Sugarman recalls his career path since graduating from UC Davis. (Photo: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics Communications)
