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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007
Name: Cheree Coffman
High School: Hinton
College: Missouri State University in Springfield
Plans for the Future: Study to teach math at a high school and teach piano and voice lessons at home
Interesting Fact: She already teaches private piano lessons and tutors math students.
Parents: Dick and Esther Coffman
Name: Emily Gamm
High School: Dakota Valley
College: Iowa State University
Plans for the Future: Prepare to go to vet school to study exotic animal medicine
Interesting Fact: Her favorite activities during high school have been playing soccer and volunteering with the Special Troopers Adaptive Riding School. She has gone to camps the past three summers at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and will be doing an internship there this summer. Through Omaha zoo's program, she has gone to Costa Rica to study rainforests and to the Bahamas to study coral reefs.
Parents: Darwin and Martha Gamm
Name: Nick Horan
High School: South Sioux City
College: University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Plans for the Future: Start by studying mathematics and possibly move into a medical or engineering field
Interesting Fact: His favorite high school activity was basketball. He was a guard on the varsity squad for four years.
Parents: John and Beth Horan
Name: Jacqui Kalin
High School: Sioux City North
College: University of Northern Iowa
Plans for the Future: Play basketball for UNI and then one day coach college basketball
Interesting Fact: She got a full-ride basketball scholarship to UNI.
Parents: Bruce and Linda Kalin
Name: Stephanie March
High School: Bishop Heelan
College: Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.
Plans for the Future: Play the cello -- perhaps giving solo performances, doing chamber music or playing with a symphony
Interesting Fact: She started asking for a cello when she was 18 months old. She began playing professionally with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra when she was 13.
Parents: James and Kathryn March
Name: Jill Nation
High School: Sioux City West
College: University of Iowa
Plans for the Future: Possibly go to medical school
Interesting Fact: Helped plan and decorate for her senior prom, and said that dance will probably be her favorite memory from her high school years
Parents: Sandra Nation and Jeff Nation
Name: Luke Saunders
High School: Sergeant Bluff-Luton
College: Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa
Plans for the Future: Could go several different directions, from neurologist to college professor to professional actor
Interesting Fact: He is in the upcoming production of "Disney's High School Musical" at Lamb Theatre.
Parents: Bill and Patty Saunders
Name: Alex Turner
High School: Sioux City East
College: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Plans for the Future: Study international relations and political science, and possibly go to graduate school for law
Interesting Fact: He was born in Brazil, and because his parents are missionaries, he has also lived in Chile and Zimbabwe. He can speak Spanish and Portuguese.
Parents: Mark and Angela Turner
High School: Hinton
College: Missouri State University in Springfield
Plans for the Future: Study to teach math at a high school and teach piano and voice lessons at home
Interesting Fact: She already teaches private piano lessons and tutors math students.
Parents: Dick and Esther Coffman
Name: Emily Gamm
High School: Dakota Valley
College: Iowa State University
Plans for the Future: Prepare to go to vet school to study exotic animal medicine
Interesting Fact: Her favorite activities during high school have been playing soccer and volunteering with the Special Troopers Adaptive Riding School. She has gone to camps the past three summers at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and will be doing an internship there this summer. Through Omaha zoo's program, she has gone to Costa Rica to study rainforests and to the Bahamas to study coral reefs.
Parents: Darwin and Martha Gamm
Name: Nick Horan
High School: South Sioux City
College: University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Plans for the Future: Start by studying mathematics and possibly move into a medical or engineering field
Interesting Fact: His favorite high school activity was basketball. He was a guard on the varsity squad for four years.
Parents: John and Beth Horan
Name: Jacqui Kalin
High School: Sioux City North
College: University of Northern Iowa
Plans for the Future: Play basketball for UNI and then one day coach college basketball
Interesting Fact: She got a full-ride basketball scholarship to UNI.
Parents: Bruce and Linda Kalin
Name: Stephanie March
High School: Bishop Heelan
College: Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.
Plans for the Future: Play the cello -- perhaps giving solo performances, doing chamber music or playing with a symphony
Interesting Fact: She started asking for a cello when she was 18 months old. She began playing professionally with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra when she was 13.
Parents: James and Kathryn March
Name: Jill Nation
High School: Sioux City West
College: University of Iowa
Plans for the Future: Possibly go to medical school
Interesting Fact: Helped plan and decorate for her senior prom, and said that dance will probably be her favorite memory from her high school years
Parents: Sandra Nation and Jeff Nation
Name: Luke Saunders
High School: Sergeant Bluff-Luton
College: Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa
Plans for the Future: Could go several different directions, from neurologist to college professor to professional actor
Interesting Fact: He is in the upcoming production of "Disney's High School Musical" at Lamb Theatre.
Parents: Bill and Patty Saunders
Name: Alex Turner
High School: Sioux City East
College: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Plans for the Future: Study international relations and political science, and possibly go to graduate school for law
Interesting Fact: He was born in Brazil, and because his parents are missionaries, he has also lived in Chile and Zimbabwe. He can speak Spanish and Portuguese.
Parents: Mark and Angela Turner
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