Springtown High
School
Valedictorian
Kylie Hornback
Parents Jennifer Hachtel and Carl
Hornback
GPA 105.558
This
Springtown
valedictorian
is on her way
to the Texas
Track and
Field championships
in Austin.
She is a shot
putter and
will be competing against 8 others
during her event and hopes to beat
the Springtown record of 38.5’. Her
longest throwing distance of the 8.8
pound shot put is 37.9’. She will
be attending Tarleton University
and participating on its track team
in the fall. She’s looking forward to
adding the javelin and the hammer
to her list of track and field events in
college, “I’m excited to be throwing
new things. The javelin you run and
throw it. The hammer is a shot put
attached to a handle and you spin to
throw it. It’s a whole new technique,”
she said. While at Tarleton she will
be working towards a math teaching degree with a minor in kinesiology. When asked about specializing
in math, she said, “I kind of read
math like another language. I think
English is harder to read.” She would
like to be a middle school shot put
and discus coach along with coaching volleyball. She will be living in
the honors residence hall and when
asked what she was looking forward
to she honestly answered, “I don’t
know just yet. The whole experience.” She’s attended Springtown
schools since third grade and she
said, “I’m going to miss the people
who have influenced my life the
most. It’s a long list including my
coaches and my teachers.” She thinks
her favorite memory of school will be
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tomorrow’s state track meet, but she
also said, “Every track meet is different and I can only do my best.”
Salutatorian
Michelle Padilla
Parents Deborah and Michael Padilla
GPA 105.13
Springtown’s
salutatorian is
going east to
the University
of Kentucky
where she
will study
psychology. But
she doesn’t
want to be a
psychologist, “I want to go a weird
route with it. I want to get into acting
with it, to be more authentic,” she
said. During school she participated
in debate and played on the school’s
tennis team where she made it to
the regional tournament with her
good friend and doubles partner.
About leaving Springtown, she said,
“I’ll miss having a whole bunch of
people around that I know. I usually
just found someone to hang out with
and do something fun. There are all
the restaurants in town and then if
we leave Springtown, the movies
aren’t that far. I also go to the tennis
courts a lot and just play for fun,”
said Michelle. She received a great
scholarship to attend the University
of Kentucky and has visited the
campus where she said, “The campus
was well put together and really
pretty. It was fancy.” The university
is in Lexington, Kentucky and it’s a
much larger city than Springtown,
but according to Michelle, “It is
really posh,” she said. She’s looking
forward to, “All the fancy places and
the people. All the new things and
new experiences.”
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