Style Magazine April 2020

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Hannah Lucho
18, ROCKLIN HIGH SCHOOL
What accomplishment are you most proud
of and why?
Winning third place at the Vegas Acro Cup,
an international competition. I trained in
gymnastics for 13 years and standing on the
podium made all the blood, sweat, and tears I
poured into the sport worth it.
What are your hobbies and involvements in
school?
I’m heavily involved in aquatic athletics and
participate in swim, dive, and water polo. I’m
also in the French Club and the American Red
Cross Club.
What’s one thing not many people know
about you?
I’ve observed a heart surgery in Peru.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Swimming at the beach
GUILTY PLEASURE: Smelling fresh towels
from the dryer
MEAL IN TOWN: In-N-Out Burger
LOCAL LANDMARK: Quarry Park
MOVIE: Arrival
MUSICIAN/BAND: Queen
SAYING: “You don’t know what you’ve got
until it’s gone.”
Samantha Sonntag
18, ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL
What accomplishment are you most proud of and why?
Getting accepted into my dream college, University of Arizona.
I worked really hard in school to get where I am today.
What are your hobbies and involvements in school?
Paddleboarding on the lake, drawing, painting, playing pingpong,
and working out. In school, I’ve played all four years on
the university tennis team, am in the Environmental Club,
and played basketball my freshman year.
What’s one thing not many people know about you?
I did competitive cheerleading and gymnastics when I was
younger.
Favorites
ESCAPE: The beach
GUILTY PLEASURE:
Avocados
MEAL IN TOWN: Relish
Burger Bar
Trenton Schmitt
18, GRANITE BAY HIGH SCHOOL
What accomplishment are you most proud
of and why?
Being recruited by Columbia University, along
with winning the Gold Medal in fencing at the
Junior Olympics.
What are your hobbies and involvements in
school?
Lifting weights, guitar, and trap shooting.
What’s one thing not many people know
about you?
I have three National Gold Medals and a Gold
Medal from the Youth Pan American Games
for sabre fencing. Also, I have played the
electric guitar since I was seven.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Hanging out with friends
GUILTY PLEASURE: Spicy snacks: hot
wings, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, jalapeño chips
MEAL IN TOWN: Chipotle
LOCAL LANDMARK: Folsom Lake
MOVIE: Step Brothers
MUSICIAN/BAND: Metallica and NBA
Youngboy
SAYING: “It won’t always go your way, so
you can’t get trapped in this idea that just
because you’ve imagined a possibility
for yourself that you somehow deserve
it.”—David Goggins
LOCAL LANDMARK:
Historic Folsom
MOVIE: Just Go With It
MUSICIAN/BAND: Florida
Georgia Line
SAYING: “It’ll get better.”
Annabel Maguire
17, EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL
What accomplishment are you most proud of
and why?
Being the youth volunteer director for El Dorado
County’s Empty Bowls fundraiser last year, where
I was recruited to provide training, organization,
and leadership to 100 volunteer students. The
event raised $37,000 to reduce hunger and
malnutrition in our community and throughout
the world. I’m also proud of being asked to attend
the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.—a lifechanging
event that led me to become a strong
advocate for stricter gun regulations.
What are your hobbies and involvement in
school?
I’ve played high school soccer for the last three
years and ran both track and cross-country
my freshmen and sophomore year. I’m also
the president of Hands4Hope, a youth-driven
organization that works on improving our
community through student leadership and
service, and founded the We Are Earth Club, which
works on making our school and community more
environmentally friendly and sustainable.
What’s one thing not many people know
about you?
The last two summers I’ve gone to Cozumel,
Mexico, and became a certified PADI Open Water
Diver, which allows me to scuba dive around the
world.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Hiking
GUILTY PLEASURE: Road trips
MEAL IN TOWN: Totem Coffee
LOCAL LANDMARK: Henningsen Lotus Park
MOVIE: On the Basis of Sex
MUSICIAN/BAND: Rainbow Kitten Surprise
or Florence and the Machine
SAYING: “I raise up my voice—not so I can
shout but so that those without a voice can
be heard ...we cannot succeed when half of
us are held back.”—Malala Yousafzai
Photo of Hannah Lucho by Ray Burgess.
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