Senior Spotlight
Brooke Miller
Another one of the reasons she
loves tennis is because of the over head
shot. “The girl I was playing set up the
Brooke Miller is ready to move on
overhead shot perfectly. I hit the ball
to her bright future once she leaves
so hard and it hit her and broke her
through the doors of Westview high
nose,” said Miller. She is ruthless on
school. But she will walk out of the
the court. “That was one of my glory
doors with a lot more knowledge and
many more good memories than what days.”
Miller’s high school days haven’t
she had when she entered.
all been about sports though. She enMiller has been very busy during
joys hanging out with her friends and
the past four years. She has been a
member of the tennis team for all four has had the best memories with them.
years (she was all-area last year) as well “One time I was driving the girls to an
as playing volleyball through her junior away game for basketball my sophoyear and basketball through her sopho- more year. We took the wrong exit on
the way there and got lost. And then on
more year. Other than playing sports,
the way back, we went down the wrong
she has participated in the Dynamic
way on the bypass.” Luckily this turned
Singsations (D.S.) for all four years of
high school as well. She has also been a into a funny memory. Driving down
cadet teacher at Westview Elementary the wrong side of the road usually isn’t
a good thing.
this year.
For the most part, Miller has
Sticking with a sport for all four
enjoyed her time at Westview. “I really
years takes dedication and Miller has
that. “I love tennis, obviously. With all like the small school aspect. The teachers have made it really good too. And
the other sports, I’ve dreaded going
of course, tennis has been a highlight
to practice, but with tennis I don’t. I
enjoy going to practice and working on every year.” The classes that have made
Miller happy to come to school every
improving my game.”
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day have been her advanced English
class as well as D.S. Her favorite teachers over the years include Les Hively,
Roger Slagle, Ryan Glassman, and
Jesse Martin.
As ready as Miller is to leave Westview behind her and start something
new, she will miss these days. “I’m
going to
miss the
people
because
I’ll probably never
see most
of them
again.
You grow
up with
them all
the way
from Elementary so there’s that aspect
too,” she said. In her college plans, she
is going to attend Ball State University this fall. She is going to be double
majoring in apparel design as well as
fashion merchandise. She isn’t going
to play competitive sports during college but will probably play intramural
tennis. After college, Miller plans to
move to New York City. She is hoping
to work for a magazine for fashion or
as a stylist.
High school can be a tough place
but Miller has gotten through her
senior year with advice for the younger
students. “Don’t overstress about stuff.
You’re only in high school once,” said
Miller. “You only live once, Y.O.L.O,”
she laughed. “You are going to miss it.”
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