Volume 1, issue 12
SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS
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Dylan Sexton
Dylan Sexton has chosen to attend the University of Cincinnati Sarah Bensonin the fall. If this news causes severe trauma to your heart in which you would need a replacement heart, you’re in good hands. Sexton plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and will be able to build you an artificial heart in the future. This accomplished young man specializes in multi-tasking as he has been extremely involved in multiple extracurricular activities. He is a 4 year member of the soccer team, The Essentials, band, and quiz bowl, and has competed for the track team for 3 years. He has also been a proud member of the Boy Scouts and has received the high prestige of being an Eagle Scout. Sexton’s leadership skills, a quality that must be prevalent in a doctor, has set him apart from the pack by his participation in Hancock Youth Leadership and his application of the leadership tools he learned in the program to give back to his community. Best wishes to Dylan Sexton to have a very successful journey through his studies. What would be your advice to students when school gets tough? I would advise students to seek out help from teachers and students. Nobody is there to make you feel stupid, and almost everybody wants to help. Favorite athletic memory: One of my favorite athletic memories is driving home on the soccer bus after having won a game. How do you picture your life 10 years from now? Ten years from now, I hope to have finished medical school and have become a doctor. Top things on your bucket list? I want to travel across Europe, save somebody’s life, and go skydiving. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I always wanted to be a zookeeper, because animals are pretty awesome. Favorite teacher? My favorite teacher is definitely Mr. Vennekotter.
Alexis Kelley
“Shoot for the Moon” would be a phrase to describe Sarah Benson Alexis Kelley’s ambitions. This standout senior has a dream to one day walk on the moon. As a youngster, Kelley wanted to be an astronaut. Since NASA had a significant cut-back on spending her career aspiration changed, but her desire to walk on the moon has remained the same. This could possibly be a reason why she has chosen to attend The University of Toledo, Home of the Rockets. Kelley is a leader in the classroom, on the stage, and in athletics. She is ranked number 1 in the senior class for her 4.0 GPA, is a 4 year member of The Association, and has helped the girl’s golf team to a state birth. Kelley has accomplished an even more impressive feat than excelling significantly in high school; she has received contingent admission into UT’s Pharmacy Program and is a winner of the Pharmacy Excellence Award, which will provide her tuition for the next 4 years. Congratulations to Alexis Kelley, and good luck in the future. What is your advice to students when school gets tough: My advice to students when school gets tough is to just get more comfortable with your teachers. A teacher is there to help students and I know it sounds cliché but they will help. Favorite golf memory: My favorite memory was my last hole at the state golf tournament my junior year. I was on the tee box of my last hole on the Grey Course in Columbus and I hadn’t had one par in the past 35 holes that I had played. I eventually took a par on the hole by changing my mindset. What will your life be like 10 years from now: Ten years from now I imagine I’ll have a hot husband that will do whatever I tell him and of course loves me very dearly. I’ll be a big time pharmacist that manages hundreds of different retail pharmacies around the state and therefore making tons of dough. I’ll maybe have a child or two depending on how it is all playing out. I’ll have a dog for sure though. Top things on her bucket list: 1. Walk on the moon 2. Write and create a Nancy Drew PC Game 3. Discover a new kind of sea creature Favorite high school class: My favorite high school class is any class with Mr.Rader. Some advice to the young ones: take every Photos Courtesy of the Yearbook Staff Rader class possible, he is the man.