Honoring 2020 Grads With Senior Send Off Profiles

     To say this has been an unusual and disappointing end to the 2019-20 school year would be quite the understatement. With the cancellation of the spring sports season and the postponement or cancellation of many of the traditional year-end activities to honor the senior class, Valley News wanted to highlight some of the wonderful student athletes who make up the Class of 2020.
     In the coming weeks, we will highlight senior athletes in our Senior Send Off Feature and give them the spotlight they deserve.
Seniors: You should receive information from your coaches with a link to submit your information for our Senior Send Off profiles. If you have not received this information and would like to participate, please send us an email to news@grainvalleynews.com. We will publish profiles in the order received.
 

​Jase Tipton
Sports: Swim, Golf, and Tennis
 
Plans after high school:
Enlisted in the United States Army.
 
Highlights of your career as a student athlete:
Conference swim meet this year when we beat our goal and got our state consideration time. Also our Team bonding and El Maguey team dinners as well as pasta dinners. 
 
What were some of the biggest lessons you learned as a student athlete? Nothing worth having is easy to get.
 
Thank You:
Shout out to Coach Vanfleet and Coach Byrd who always pushed me to be the best version of myself and to be an athlete I didn’t know I had in me at some points.

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​Haylee Vermeland
Sport: Swim and Dive

Plans after high school:
​I’m going to school at UMKC to become a dentist.
 
Highlights of your career as a student athlete:
Making friends with all the girls. The team really just felt like one big family.
 
What were some of the biggest lessons you learned as a student athlete?
To challenge yourself. You’re only going to get better if you’re willing to put in the work that comes with it.
 
Thank You:
Thank you coach Liddle, Byrd, and Vanfleet for everything you have done for me. Swim was definitely my favorite part of high school, so thank you for making it so much fun.