Elle Engelke
School: West Leyden High School
IHSA Sports/Activities: Volleyball, Softball
Activities: ACCESS (freshman) Mentoring, WSC Leaders, Assist. Principal’s Advisory, National Honor Society (president), 2020 Class Advisory, Italian Honor Society (secretary), Service Club, Student Council (vice president), High School Heroes, LHS Blue Crew, College Ambassadors, NFHS NSLS, Chinese Exchange Summer Program, Summer Camp Counselor
Achievements/Awards: AP Scholar, Top 2% Class of 2020, High Honor Roll, Leyden Athletics Highest GPA (2016), Elmhurst College Art Exhibit Honors Award, Leyden Dean interview participant, Illinois AP Teachers panel speaker
Fun Fact: I have a white board on my fridge that I update each week with a new quote, saying, or fact that caught my attention.
Who do you admire, and why?My hero is my previous softball coach Christine.
What makes her my hero is all the things she would do without realizing. She taught us (softball team) an insane amount of softball related things, but she made it a point to talk to us about being strong women by never accepting less than what you deserve and standing your ground. I will never be able to forget how much of an impact she has had on the person I am and hope to become.