Gymnastics was basically my whole childhood, and I ended up winning the national all-around title — best in the country. Then senior year it was time for a change. I went out for football instead. I didn’t know what a first down was, and I still played in every game.
Maybe I just like being bad at something and then not being bad at it. Coaching kids, speech and debate, building a raft and learning to row it, climbing rocks. I wasn’t good at any of it at first, and maybe that’s exactly why I liked it.
Growth, and sticking with whatever I’m doing until I figure it out. That’s me, and I’m always for fun.
Coach & Birthday Party Host
3 yearsI coached kids here for three years and ran the birthday parties. Some of them started asking to be in my class, which honestly meant more to me than most of my own medals.
Maintenance & Marketing Support
2 yearsSpent two years doing real maintenance work at KPS3. Fixing things, building things, hauling things, the stuff nobody notices. I also helped with building marketing materials, writing, and other office help.
National All-Around Champion
Through senior yearI trained a ridiculous amount growing up and ended up winning the national all-around, so first in the country. A lot of early mornings and a lot of falling before anything worked.
Varsity Football
Senior yearWent out for football as a senior having never played. Didn’t know the rules, didn’t know what a first down was, made the team anyway. Learned it one rough practice at a time.
Speech & Debate
All 4 yearsDid speech and debate all four years and won around 20 first places. Turns out I don’t really mind talking in front of a room.
Rafting & Rock Climbing
OngoingLearned to raft on a 6-day trip without ever having touched an oar. My dad and I built the boat and figured it out together. Now I can read and run whitewater up to Class III+, and I climb whenever I can get to rock.
National all-around champion. First in the country in gymnastics.
20+ podium finishes in speech and debate.
Made varsity football as a senior without knowing the rules.
Read and run whitewater to Class III+, self-taught with my dad.