Senior Spotlights

Sydney Millikan

1. What colleges are you applying to? UGA, Auburn, Georgia Southern and Alabama.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Basketball and Lacrosse.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Mitchell Robinson in 5th grade.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? One of the most embarrassing moments happened recently at our basketball game against Holy Innocents. After the game, I found out that my aunt had gone to the student section during the game and bribed some of my friends to tell the student section to “make more noise.”
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? I wish I had tried out for volleyball.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Watch Out” by 2Chainz.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why?Mrs. Panetta because she’s so artsy and the sweetest person ever.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Smartfood popcorn, Odell Beckham Jr. and my dog.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I want to be married and travelling the world.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? I would go to a tropical island and swim with sharks.

Abigail Mitchell

1. What colleges are you applying to? Clemson.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Soccer.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Bryce Cook.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Catching a soccer ball during a game.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Not stress so much about grades.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mrs. Morris because she makes class enjoyable and she’s so funny.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? My dogs, food and water.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Have a job and be successful.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Go to Marlow’s Tavern with my friends then watch Impractical Jokers.

Adam Moon

1. What colleges are you applying to? Samford, The Citadel, UGA, Ole Miss and Auburn.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Football and Baseball.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Paige Prettyman.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? I can’t remember.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Gone on the ski retreat.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Coach Pridgen, because being the football coach would be fun.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Water, food and a bed.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Married with children. Living in Birmingham.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Spend it with my family.

Shane Moore

1. What colleges are you applying to? Georgia Tech, Purdue, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Auburn and Tennessee.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Cross Country and Track.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Riley Casey.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Probably when I was in middle school; I was a new student at the time about 2 weeks into school and while trying to hustle down to beat the lunch line I face planted on the stairs right in front of Mr. Scheer, who at the time I was scared of because he was the Dean of Students.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Gotten fantasy football unblocked this year.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mr. McDaniel as he gets to hang out with high schoolers a ton through coaching track and cross country, he is a laid back and funny guy, and I would want to be the voice of good news as everyone can get excited for a Mr. McDaniel call when it is snowing outside.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Tom Brady jersey, phone and lots of chicken wings.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I hope I will have a good job either here in the South or up North, and I hope that am married or almost married at the time.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Go up to Boston for the day and see a Patriots game.

Lauren Morales

1. What colleges are you applying to? Georgia Tech, UT Austin, University of Miami and Clemson.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Softball, Swimming and Missions.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? William Delk.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? When I was on the ski retreat sophomore year, some guy hit me from behind and I went flying down the slope and broke my jaw. I couldn’t eat/talk for like a month.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Soccer or beach volleyball.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Live Your Life” by T.I.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Coach Lloyd because she’s hilarious and always has candy.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Not a boat because I’m not basic.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Hopefully a successful doctor or medical examiner.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Gamble in Vegas, update my will and donate my organs.

Kristopher Moratti

1. What colleges are you applying to? A number of schools. Primarily looking towards Georgia Tech, Michigan, CU Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines.
2. What were you involved with in high school? I ran cross country and played soccer all 4 years.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Whitney Archer in 8^th grade.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? When I was 7, my brother Matt chased me outside with a bat while I was in my “tighty whities” and the neighbors were having a gathering. All of our neighbors saw basically everything your boy had to offer.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Gone drag racing.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Matt Cole. He is his own man.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? A lemur, potato seeds and duct tape.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I hope I am happy. However, more importantly, I hope to have lots of money.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Liquidate my assets. Buy a rocket ship. Fly to Saturn.

Rachel Morgan

1. What colleges are you applying to? GCSU.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Varsity Basketball Managing, SALSA, Literary Magazine and Mission Trips.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Mitchell Robinson.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? One time in seventh grade PE we were playing hide and seek across the whole quad area. Whenever I play hide and seek, I get a really bad urge to pee. I thought I was being sly and found a spot behind the dumpster to hide. I was sitting there for a really long time…longer than my bladder could hold. I was trying to keep my cover, but I sneezed and peed my pants. Luckily, I ran into the locker room and stole someone’s shorts (sorry) and no one ever knew. Until now.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Hand in Hand.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Letter to Me” by Brad Paisley.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mrs. Shupert, she’s super smart and a very hard worker. Plus, she makes me laugh uncontrollably every day in class.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Chick-Fil-A nuggets, a good book and a friend.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Married with a job and maybe a dog (RIP Midnight).
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Eat good food and watch my favorite movies with family and friends.

John Michael Morris

1. What colleges are you applying to? UGA.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Football, Baseball, Model Arab League, Young Life and Boys’ Bible Study.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Charis Thompson.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Getting yelled at by Coach Krehmeyer in a state playoff baseball game for trying to make an unnecessary extraordinary play.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Started doing Model Arab League a long time ago.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Wooden Heart” by Listener.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Chip Myrick. Despite his strong desires to eat everything in sight, he has strong enough will power to not… most of the time.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? A piano, a bed and self-sufficient desalination equipment.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Well balanced between faith, my own family and my own company (in that order of importance).
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Go on one of those plane rides that counter gravity and then skydive into a coral reef to scuba dive in.

Kelsey Strott

1. What colleges are you applying to? I applied to NYU, UGA, Georgia Tech, SMU, UVA, UNC and University of Florida.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Chapel band, peer leadership, ambassadors, cheerleading, track, prom committee, Lit Mag and National Charity League.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? My best friend, Chelly. Also referred to as Mitchell Robinson.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? I was hanging out in New York with Maguire Wilder and had called an Uber to take me home. I couldn’t understand the driver’s English, so I had been searching for his car for a while. I finally opened the door to what I thought was my Uber and as I was about to step into the car, I realized it was a cop car packed with the NYPD. I embarrassingly apologized for being oblivious, while they laughed at me and told me to be more watchful of my surroundings.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Musical theatre.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “The Love Club” by Lorde.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mr. Koch to finally get the inside scoop about the “dean things” that he’s always dealing with.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? All my clothes, my record player & records and unlimited sushi.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Living in Manhattan with Paige Prettyman, working for either a law firm or a magazine.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Throw a big “going away” party for myself and invite all of my best friends and family. It’d be the perfect send off.

Rylei Tamel

1. What colleges are you applying to? I am going to GCSU.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Marching Band, Winter School Visual Performance Ensemble and Prom Committee.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Well, I fell madly in love with Colin Hall in 5^th grade, then, about a week later, Charlie Miller said hi to me in the hallway and I began to question monogamy.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Growing up I always felt the need to live up to the intellectual standards my brother had set with his extensive knowledge of weird facts. So, I let my family know, in front of a whole group of people, that a dog that was up for adoption was blind because she had blue eyes. One of the volunteers was very quick to loudly deny my “alternative fact” as she had seen the flood of people begin to dissipate because they all heard my idiocy and did not want the task of caring for a blind dog that was not actually blind. If you know my family, then you know that they were very quick to start making fun of me. In the end, I was red in the face and still inferior to my brother, but I truly hope that dog got adopted and that lady rued the day she embarrassed me.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? The Crucible play, but I couldn’t with Winter School Visual Performance Ensemble.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Unsteady” by X Ambassadors.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Joe Tamel because it is the option in which I am the least likely to gain a genetic deformity while becoming another person.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Jaucqir LaFond, Abrianna Harris, and a genie in a bottle—we would get 9 impractical, but hilarious wishes that would end with the three of us still stranded on the island Lord of the Flies style.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I hope to be 27, but that’s all I can plan for right now.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? No idea, but I am going down in flames.

Will Tanner

1. What colleges are you applying to? I applied to Washington and Lee and UGA.
2. What were you involved with in high school? I was involved in Cross Country, Model Arab League, Mock Trial, Honor Council and Lacrosse.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Ansley Guthrie in 6^th Grade.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Middle school.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Rocketry Club.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “God and Guns” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
7.  If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Definitely Mr. Cole. He’s the best.
8.  If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? A beach chair, a cooler full of Wesleyan approved beverages and a Jolly Roger pirate flag.
9.  What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I would like to be working on a book of President Trump’s best quotes. Maybe it would even have some throwbacks to his quotes on the campaign trail.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? I would try to break into Area 51 and see if I could find some aliens.

Reed Thomas

1. What colleges are you applying to? UNC, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee, Georgia Tech, UGA and The University of Alabama.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Lacrosse, Model Arab League, Honor Council, Water Polo, Football and the ATL mission trip.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Caroline Johnson in first grade.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Considering I pull into campus five minutes before the bell every day, I’m quite familiar with employing a brisk walk or jog to get to class on time. One rainy, moist day junior year I had just seconds to spare before the tardy bell would give off its subtle chime. I was in a full sprint down the science hall on the first floor and right before I reached the stairs my dependable Sperry Topsiders lost traction and I just ate it. I willed myself back up and continued onward, thinking no one had seen me. As I began my ascent to Josh Smith’s class, I heard laughter behind me but could not turn around to see who it was. It’s just the not knowing part that kills me.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? I wish I had gotten extended time.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mr. Crew. He wields immense power, has that sweet Mizuno windbreaker/vest combo and is the one of the wisest men I know.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? A positive attitude, a willingness to try new things and a flat of Gatorade.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I’ll be grinding away at some big accounting or finance firm paying off an ill-advised auto loan while also putting a little money away to purchase a used boat. I’ll be living in the Greater Metro Atlanta Area, preferably in DeKalb or Fulton. Odds are I will have a dog named Diesel.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? I’d pay final respects to my local McDonald’s, Willy’s, and Taco Bell for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (respectively). I’d try and take out a big life insurance policy on myself. If I am unable to, I will then put all my money on the over for the biggest sporting event on that fateful day. Other than that, I’ll just kind of chill out and if people want to drop by they certainly can. I’d hate to be super high maintenance about the whole thing.

Noni Thompkins

1. What colleges are you applying to? I’m going to Tennessee Tech University.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Volleyball for 4 years and Basketball for 2 years.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? I didn’t have one.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Falling down the stairs in front of a bunch of people.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? Try to be a part of a play.
6. What is the theme song to your life? I didn’t know people had theme songs to their lives.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Coach Wolf. I would be fit for life and have the cutest babies ever.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Food, boat and money.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Done with nursing school, very successful and married with children.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? Spend time with my family and close friends and tell them how much I love them.

Charis Thompson

1. What colleges are you applying to? Clemson, CU Boulder, UGA, Ole Miss, NC State, Alabama, Colorado State and Georgia Tech.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Cheerleading (all 4 years), track (freshman year), freshman-senior bible study, Vet Club, art club and diversity club.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? James Claffey at new student orientation in 6th grade
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? This isn’t at Wesleyan, but in 4th grade I was destroying everyone in dodgeball. I got overconfident, I think, since I was the only one left on my side. So, I was diving for a ball and ripped my pants. Everyone was looking at me, it was the loudest tear ever, and they all started laughing. I had to go to the clinic and call my mom to get her to bring me a new pair of pants…people decided it would be hilarious to ask me for the rest of the day why I changed, even though they all knew. So yeah. Super embarrassing…at least I won the dodgeball game, right? Priorities.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? I don’t know, maybe diving or soccer.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “***Flawless” by Beyoncé.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mrs. Gholston. She is the wisest and kindest woman I’ve ever met. I hope to grow up to be half the woman she is.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Food, a pillow and Abby Gardner.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? Hopefully I’ll be done with school (undergrad and grad school), have a good job, be married, and maybe have a kid or two. I’m basically going to be one of the super fit AAC moms with a Range Rover.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? I’d spend the entire time outside and get as many of my friends to go with me as possible – we’d go hiking, water skiing and snow skiing (though I’m not entirely sure how I’d do the last two in the same day). I would eat an entire tub of Blue Bell ice cream by myself. I’d also probably get some sushi and chicken wings at some point.

William Thurston

1. What colleges are you applying to? UGA, Clemson, Auburn, Samford and Furman.
2. What were you involved with in high school? Lacrosse, Cross Country, Model Arab League and Chapel Band.
3. Who was your first Wesleyan crush? Lauren Alexander.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? During football in 9th grade, I was constipated for almost 2 weeks. It got to the point where I couldn’t even do a light jog. I ended up telling Coach Pridgen that I needed to sit out of practice, and he ended up announcing to the whole locker room that I was as extremely constipated. I will never eat Arby’s again.
5. What is one thing you wish you had done in high school? A play or musical.
6. What is the theme song to your life? “Send Me On My Way” by Rusted Root.
7. If you could be any faculty member, who would you be? Why? Mr. Cole because he’s extremely smart, honest, and can get away with saying anything that is on his mind.
8. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? A surfboard, fruit snacks and a massage therapist.
9. What do you hope your life will be like in 10 years? I hope to be employed, possibly married and out of my parent’s basement.
10. Assuming you had 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining hours? I would be flown up to the top of Mount Everest and snowboard down. If I somehow survive, I would then just take a nap and die in my sleep.

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