By: BHS Senior Spotlights Staff
March 20, 2024
Chosen for this week’s second senior spotlight is Aidan Westerhold. Aidan is calm, observant, and understanding. Aidan loves talking to his closest friends. He has also been playing baseball ever since his freshman year and really enjoys playing.
Q: What are your plans after high school?
A: “I plan to join the Navy once I graduate. I am interested in going into the Navy for a trade school certification and college credits.”
Q: How has your circle of friends impacted your identity?
A: “My friends definitely impacted my identity a lot. Some of them are very judgmental and some of them are very accepting, so sometimes, I conceal things that I think people will judge me over.”
Q: Have you discovered any new passions during high school?
A: “I discovered my passion for baseball in my freshman year and have played it all four years. Playing baseball keeps me on top of my grades.”
Q: How do you manage your time with school and sports?
A: “Well, I usually go home for maybe 30 minutes before I go to baseball practice. Time management puts my education and sports before anything else. When I’m free, I like to hang out with friends and my girlfriend most of the time.”
Q: What impact did the global COVID-19 pandemic have on your high school experience?
A: “COVID affected me negatively because I am better at working in person and physically, rather than digitally.”
Q: What is something that you wish people knew about you?
A: “Something I wish people knew about me is that I have a side interest in learning about perspective and how other people think.”
Q: How do you learn to cope with change, and what advice would you give others about it?
A: “I still struggle to cope with change quite a bit, but I always have someone reminding me that the uncomfort of the situation will pass and things will get better. Even if I think it’ll last forever, it does change, especially when I least expect it.”
Q: What has been the most important aspect of your senior year, thus far?
A: “The most important part of my senior year is being able to manage my grades and to play my last season of high school baseball.”
Q: Describe senioritis.
A: “For me, senioritis is not wanting to be at school as much as I did at the start of the year. I used to stay at school all day, but I leave early pretty often, and then, I dread the days when I have to stay until 3:00.”
Q: Out of your entire school career, what teacher has been the biggest inspiration and/or influence to you?
A: “I would say Mrs. Campbell has had the biggest influence on me with all of the college and career fairs and field trips that she set up for her BCCA class. They all definitely helped me figure out my choice of going to the Navy. Mainly, it is because she led me to the connections with the recruiters and helped me look deeper into that field of work.”
Aidan, we hope that you have a great baseball season. No regrets!
THE RETURN OF THE EYE 