20 Under 20

Age: 19 Parents’ Names: Tswana Johnson, Freeman D. Hickman Jr. Dream job: I have a wide variety of interests — I’m currently trying to narrow them all down to one. Favorite class in high school: AVID. Favorite club or extracurricular in high school: Track and field and the Battle Volunteer Corps. Proudest accomplishment in high […]

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Greg and Gina Wiswall. Post-graduation plans: Attend college and continue to grow my lawn care business. Dream job: I’d like to be a hunting guide and run an outfitter service. Favorite class in high school: Math, calculus in particular. Favorite club or extracurricular in high school: Wrestling and football. Proudest accomplishment

Age: 17 Parents’ names: Kim Wade and David Bones. Post-graduation plans: I plan to study PPE (philosophy, political science, and economics) at the University of Pennsylvania. Dream job: My dream job is to become a civil rights lawyer. Favorite class in high school: I liked all of my social studies classes, but I especially enjoyed U.S.

Age: 17 Parents’ names: Steven Bledsoe and Fawsia Hassan. Post-graduation plans: I will be attending the University of Chicago. Dream job: Some kind of professor or teacher, hopefully in another country. I really want to move around as much as possible. Favorite class in high school: AP World History, mainly because of how much I

Age: 17 Parents’ names: Brad and Kristin Eiffert. Post-graduation plans: I’m studying computer science at Purdue University’s main campus starting in the fall. Dream job: I want to develop new applications and algorithms for any of the tech giants (Google, Microsoft) and new startups. Favorite class in high school: Advanced C++ programming. Favorite club or

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Michelle and Dave Steinhauer. Post-graduation plans: University of Missouri. Dream job: I want to be a patent attorney. Favorite class in high school: In principles of engineering, I’ve learned all the basic engineering disciplines and have done hands-on labs to expand my knowledge.  This class has been highly enjoyable and has

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Panprai and Janpen Palipatana. Post-graduation plans: I plan to attend Cornell University and major in information science with a concentration in data science. Dream job: I’d love to be a data scientist or business analyst for a tech giant until I either hold a management role or gain enough technical know-how

Age: 17 Parents’ Names: Sean and Misti Hollrah. Post-graduation plans: Chapman University in Orange, California, majoring in dance and physical therapy. Dream job: Back-up dancer. Favorite class in high school: Photography. Favorite club or extracurricular: Dance team. Proudest accomplishment: Raising $6,500 for Lizzy’s Lifesavers as a Hickman Homecoming Queen candidate.  Each candidate choses a local

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Jason Bavlnka and Gretchen Bavlnka. Dream job: Chemical engineer. Favorite class in high school: AP chemistry. Favorite club or extracurricular in high school: Track and field. Proudest accomplishment in high school: I’m most proud of taking and aceing Calculus 3 at MU on top of my high school schedule. I put