This week for senior spotlight we will be featuring Ellie Reuter. Ellie lives in Le Mars with her Mom: Kate, Dad: Jerry, and siblings, Blaine, Derek, Kayla, and Emma.Throughout high school, Ellie has been involved in numerous activities and sports. This includes playing volleyball from freshman to senior year, lettering in all 4 years. She also played girl’s basketball freshman year, and switched over to basketball manager starting sophomore year going all the way to senior year. Ellie also participated in archery from sophomore to senior year, where she lettered in all three years as well as becoming a state participant. Ellie went out for track from freshman year to junior year, where she lettered all three years, and was a state participant. She joined student council freshman year, and stayed a member all the way through senior year. Ellie also participated in NHS from sophomore year to senior year. She joined speech junior and senior year where she lettered in both years. She also joined dance junior year, and lettered in it. She joined Royals Impact senior year, and she has been involved in band from sophomore to senior year. Some awards Ellie has earned throughout the years include the Top 5 Academic Award, War Eagle Conference Academic Award, Governor’s Scholar Recognition, and Principal’s Honor Roll.
Some of Ellie’s favorite memories from high school include going to state for basketball and track, as well as having lots of fun during homecoming. Outside of school, Ellie likes to hangout with friends and family. Some advice Ellie would like to give to the underclassmen is to join clubs, sports, and to just be involved, because you can make a lot of new friends and it makes high school a lot more fun. Ellie has worked at Beer City since freshman year. Her favorite school lunch is crispitos, and her favorite year of high school is senior year because classes were easier, and she had a lot more free time. Ellie’s greatest accomplishment in high school so far has been going to state for track, and getting the Governor’s Scholar Recognition. Her biggest pet peeve is when people chew too loudly. Ellie’s favorite movie is Mamma Mia, her favorite singer is Luke Combs, and her favorite color is blue. One of Ellie’s biggest fears is the fear of spiders. Next year, Ellie plans to attend USD for accounting. What Ellie would like to accomplish in her life is to graduate college and become a certified public accountant, get a good job, and travel. When Ellie leaves, she would like to be remembered as a good person who works hard, is friendly and helpful, and is involved.